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2018-19 regular season

Penguins at Hurricanes

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Penguins beat Hurricanes 3–0 at PNC Arena on December 22, 2018.

PIT – CAR
32–39
Shots on goal
20–27
Hits
16–15
Blocked shots
15–9
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
3 A
5 shots · 20:34 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Jake Guentzel
2 G
4 shots · 18:22 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Matt Murray
39 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Kris Letang Go-ahead 1st · 08:41
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust · beat Curtis McElhinney
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Jake Guentzel 2nd · 03:00
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust · beat Curtis McElhinney
2–0
🐧 Jake Guentzel 2nd · 19:09
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel · beat Curtis McElhinney
3–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Guentzel · Rust 18:22
L2 Malkin · Simon · Hornqvist 15:32
L3 Sheahan · Aston-Reese · Kessel 12:14
L4 Pearson · Cullen · Brassard 11:19
D1 Letang · Dumoulin 23:31
D2 Johnson · Maatta 20:01
D3 Riikola · Pettersson 16:04
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Aho · Wallmark · Svechnikov 17:48
L2 Ferland · Martinook · Teravainen 16:43
L3 Foegele · Rask · Williams 14:38
L4 McGinn · Di Giuseppe · Staal 10:07
D1 Slavin · Pesce 20:30
D2 Faulk · Hamilton 19:18
D3 de Haan · van Riemsdyk 17:02

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT CAR🌪️
32 Shots on goal 39
20 Hits 27
16 Blocked shots 15
15 Takeaways 9
11 Giveaways 25
8 Penalty minutes 4
PIT shooting 9.4% (3/32) CAR shooting 0.0% (0/39)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Matt Murray Shutout
39/39
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Curtis McElhinney
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Kris Letang · 1st 08:41 · 1–0 Jake Guentzel · 2nd 03:00 · 2–0 Jake Guentzel · 2nd 19:09 · 3–0
PIT CAR
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-2-2 (50% win rate, 8 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-6 (25% win rate, 8 games)
After 2nd — 3–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Feb 232018 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 6–1 Jan 232018 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 1–3 Jan 42018 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 4–0 Dec 292017 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 Apr 22017 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 2–3
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Who won Penguins vs Hurricanes on December 22, 2018?

Penguins won 3–0. The final score was Penguins 3, Hurricanes 0.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jake Guentzel (2), Kris Letang.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 39 saves on 39 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Curtis McElhinney made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Hurricanes 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
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 20 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 1–2 AfterDec 27 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 2–5
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 20 🐙DET @ 🌪️CAR 4–1 AfterDec 23 🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR 3–5
Also on December 22
🐯NSH 2–5 🐻BOS 🧥CBJ 4–3 🔔PHI 🐆FLA 2–1 🐙DET 🎵STL 3–1 🔥CGY 🇨🇦MTL 4–3 🎰VGK 👑LAK 3–2 🦈SJS 🦆ANA 0–3 ⚔️BUF 🗽NYR 3–5 🍁TOR
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