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2018-19 regular season

Penguins at Blues

🗓 📍 Enterprise Center, St. Louis 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Penguins beat Blues 6–1 at Enterprise Center on December 29, 2018.

PIT – STL
30–31
Shots on goal
4/4–0/2
Power play
12–25
Hits
23–5
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 18:13 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Kris Letang
3 A
2 shots · 23:20 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Matt Murray
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Sidney Crosby PP Go-ahead 1st · 00:48
Assists: Patric Hornqvist, Phil Kessel · beat Jake Allen
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Juuso Riikola PP 2nd · 05:13
Assists: Tanner Pearson, Derick Brassard · beat Jake Allen
2–0
🐧 Zach Aston-Reese 2nd · 07:17
Assists: Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby · beat Jake Allen
3–0
🐧 Patric Hornqvist PP 2nd · 09:25
Assists: Kris Letang, Phil Kessel · beat Jake Allen
4–0
🎵 David Perron 2nd · 14:36
Assists: Ryan O'Reilly, Alexander Steen · beat Matt Murray
4–1
3rd period
🐧 Jake Guentzel 3rd · 03:05
Assists: Brian Dumoulin, Sidney Crosby · beat Jordan Binnington
5–1
🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP 3rd · 03:38
Assists: Phil Kessel, Kris Letang · beat Jordan Binnington
6–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Kessel 18:13
L2 Guentzel · Brassard · Hornqvist 16:28
L3 Pearson · Aston-Reese · Simon 14:55
L4 Sheahan · Cullen · Rust 11:50
D1 Letang · Dumoulin 22:12
D2 Johnson · Maatta 19:29
D3 Pettersson · Riikola 17:00
🎵Blues
L1 Perron · O'Reilly · Schwartz 19:15
L2 Steen · Schenn · Tarasenko 17:46
L3 Maroon · Bozak · Barbashev 12:41
L4 Thomas · Sundqvist · Nolan 10:54
D1 Bouwmeester · Parayko 20:50
D2 Pietrangelo · Edmundson 19:06
D3 Bortuzzo · Dunn 17:56

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT STL🎵
30 Shots on goal 31
4/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
12 Hits 25
23 Blocked shots 5
14 Takeaways 9
7 Giveaways 9
9 Penalty minutes 13
PIT shooting 20.0% (6/30) STL shooting 3.2% (1/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Matt Murray
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🎵Blues
Jake Allen
13/17
.765 SV% · 4 GA · 29:25 TOI
Jordan Binnington
11/13
.846 SV% · 2 GA · 30:35 TOI

Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located
Sidney Crosby · 1st 00:48 · 1–0 Juuso Riikola · 2nd 05:13 · 2–0 Zach Aston-Reese · 2nd 07:17 · 3–0 Patric Hornqvist · 2nd 09:25 · 4–0 David Perron · 2nd 14:36 · 4–1 Jake Guentzel · 3rd 03:05 · 5–1 Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 03:38 · 6–1
PIT STL
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-2-2 (56% win rate, 9 games)
Blues
Blues — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 4–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Blues
Blues — 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 112018 🐧PIT @ 🎵STL 4–1 Oct 42017 🎵STL @ 🐧PIT 5–4 OT Feb 42017 🐧PIT @ 🎵STL 4–1 Jan 242017 🎵STL @ 🐧PIT 3–0 Jan 182016 🐧PIT @ 🎵STL 2–5
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Who won Penguins vs Blues on December 29, 2018?

Penguins won 6–1. The final score was Penguins 6, Blues 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel, Juuso Riikola, Patric Hornqvist, Sidney Crosby, Zach Aston-Reese.

Who scored for Blues?

David Perron.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Blues goalie play?

Jake Allen made 13 saves on 17 shots (.765 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Blues played?

At Enterprise Center in St. Louis, the Blues home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Blues 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 27 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 2–5 AfterDec 31 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 3–2
🎵 Blues
BeforeDec 27 ⚔️BUF @ 🎵STL 1–4 AfterDec 31 🗽NYR @ 🎵STL 2–1
Also on December 29
🌪️CAR 0–2 😈NJD 🌲MIN 3–1 ✈️WPG 🦈SJS 7–4 🛢️EDM 🎰VGK 4–1 👑LAK 🐻BOS 3–2 ⚔️BUF 🏝️NYI 4–0 🍁TOR 🦅WSH 3–2 🏛️OTT 🇨🇦MTL 5–6 ⚡TBL
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