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2018-19 regular season

Wild at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Penguins beat Wild 2–1 at PPG Paints Arena on December 20, 2018.

MIN – PIT
41–37
Shots on goal
29–27
Hits
8–16
Blocked shots
5–7
Takeaways
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Bryan Rust
2 G
4 shots · 15:30 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Jake Guentzel
2 A
4 shots · 17:16 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Casey DeSmith
40 saves
0.976 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Jordan Greenway Go-ahead 1st · 07:13
Assists: Charlie Coyle, Jonas Brodin · beat Casey DeSmith
1–0
🐧 Bryan Rust Tying 1st · 13:30
Assists: Jake Guentzel · beat Devan Dubnyk
1–1
3rd period
🐧 Bryan Rust Go-ahead 3rd · 08:12
Assists: Jake Guentzel · beat Devan Dubnyk
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Staal · Koivu · Granlund 17:25
L2 Parise · Zucker · Coyle 16:48
L3 Greenway · Kunin · Niederreiter 13:36
L4 Foligno · Eriksson Ek · Fehr 10:39
D1 Suter · Spurgeon 26:54
D2 Brodin · Pateryn 22:32
D3 Seeler · Prosser 9:22
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Guentzel 18:07
L2 Kessel · Hornqvist · Rust 15:53
L3 Pearson · Brassard · Simon 13:02
L4 Sheahan · Cullen · Aston-Reese 12:05
D1 Letang · Dumoulin 23:52
D2 Johnson · Maatta 17:58
D3 Riikola · Pettersson 16:18

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN PIT🐧
41 Shots on goal 37
29 Hits 27
8 Blocked shots 16
5 Takeaways 7
6 Giveaways 7
8 Penalty minutes 6
MIN shooting 2.4% (1/41) PIT shooting 5.4% (2/37)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Devan Dubnyk
35/37
.946 SV% · 2 GA · 59:32 TOI
🐧Penguins
Casey DeSmith
40/41
.976 SV% · 1 GA · 59:49 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Jordan Greenway · 1st 07:13 · 1–0 Bryan Rust · 1st 13:30 · 1–1 Bryan Rust · 3rd 08:12 · 1–2
MIN PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 5-7-1 (38% win rate, 13 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 6-3-1 (60% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 6-1 (86% win rate, 7 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 1-3-4 (12% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Jan 252018 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 3–6 Oct 282017 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 1–2 Nov 252016 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 2–6 Nov 102016 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 4–2 Dec 262015 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 3–1
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Who won Wild vs Penguins on December 20, 2018?

Penguins won 2–1. The final score was Wild 1, Penguins 2.

Who scored for Wild?

Jordan Greenway.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bryan Rust (2).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Devan Dubnyk made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Casey DeSmith made 40 saves on 41 shots (.976 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Wild vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 18 🦈SJS @ 🌲MIN 4–0 AfterDec 22 ⭐DAL @ 🌲MIN 2–1
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 19 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 2–1 AfterDec 22 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 3–0
Also on December 20
🦆ANA 1–3 🐻BOS 🐆FLA 1–6 🍁TOR 🐯NSH 1–2 🔔PHI 🐙DET 4–1 🌪️CAR 😈NJD 1–2 🧥CBJ 🪶CHI 5–2 ⭐DAL ⚡TBL 5–4 🔥CGY 🇨🇦MTL 2–1 🌵ARI
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