Penguins 3–2 Wild — Final Score & Stats (Dec 31, 2018)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🐧 PIT	2	1	0	3
🌲 MIN	1	0	1	2

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Phil Kessel

1 G, 2 A

4 shots · 14:56 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Sidney Crosby

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 19:56 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Casey DeSmith

31 saves

0.939 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🌲 Mikko Koivu PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:27

Assists: Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle · beat Casey DeSmith

0–1

🐧 Sidney Crosby PP Tying 1st · 15:43

Assists: Phil Kessel, Kris Letang · beat Devan Dubnyk

1–1

🐧 Phil Kessel Go-ahead 1st · 19:39

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Zach Aston-Reese · beat Devan Dubnyk

2–1

2nd period

🐧 Riley Sheahan 2nd · 10:19

Assists: Phil Kessel, Matt Cullen · beat Devan Dubnyk

3–1

3rd period

🌲 Zach Parise 3rd · 15:55

Assists: Mikko Koivu, Mikael Granlund · beat Casey DeSmith

3–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Crosby · Guentzel · Malkin 18:34

L2 Aston-Reese · Simon · Hornqvist 16:46

L3 Pearson · Brassard · Kessel 13:31

L4 Cullen · Grant · Sheahan 9:48

D1 Letang · Dumoulin 24:24

D2 Johnson · Maatta 18:56

D3 Riikola · Pettersson 16:11

🌲Wild

L1 Parise · Granlund · Staal 18:45

L2 Greenway · Coyle · Koivu 16:53

L3 Zucker · Kunin · Niederreiter 15:28

L4 Foligno · Fehr · Hendricks 9:19

D1 Suter · Spurgeon 26:56

D2 Brodin · Pateryn 23:24

D3 Bartkowski · Prosser 8:54

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT MIN🌲

32 Shots on goal 33

1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/1

25 Hits 29

15 Blocked shots 9

6 Takeaways 10

0 Giveaways 4

4 Penalty minutes 4

PIT shooting 9.4% (3/32) MIN shooting 6.1% (2/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Casey DeSmith

31/33

.939 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🌲Wild

Devan Dubnyk

29/32

.906 SV% · 3 GA · 58:01 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located

PIT MIN

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–1

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-2-2 (60% win rate, 10 games)

Wild

Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-3 (57% win rate, 7 games)

After 2nd — 3–1

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Wild

Wild — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-6 (14% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 2–0

Dec 202018 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 1–2 Jan 252018 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 3–6 Oct 282017 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 1–2 Nov 252016 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 2–6 Nov 102016 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 4–2

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❓ PIT vs MIN, answered

Who won Penguins vs Wild on December 31, 2018?

Penguins won 3–2. The final score was Penguins 3, Wild 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Phil Kessel, Riley Sheahan, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Wild?

Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Casey DeSmith made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Wild season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐧 Penguins

BeforeDec 29 🐧PIT @ 🎵STL 6–1 AfterJan 2 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 7–2

🌲 Wild

BeforeDec 29 🌲MIN @ ✈️WPG 3–1 AfterJan 3 🌲MIN @ 🍁TOR 4–3

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