Wild 3–4 Penguins — Final Score & Stats (Dec 18, 2023)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🌲 MIN	0	2	1	3
🐧 PIT	1	2	1	4

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Sidney Crosby

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 22:04 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Jake Guentzel

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 23:01 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Evgeni Malkin

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 16:42 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Reilly Smith Go-ahead 1st · 07:39

Assists: Valtteri Puustinen, Marcus Pettersson · beat Filip Gustavsson

0–1

2nd period

🐧 Jake Guentzel PP 2nd · 00:36

Assists: Erik Karlsson, Sidney Crosby · beat Filip Gustavsson

0–2

🐧 Evgeni Malkin 2nd · 03:34

Assists: Valtteri Puustinen, Marcus Pettersson · beat Filip Gustavsson

0–3

🌲 Ryan Hartman 2nd · 15:06

Assists: Brock Faber, Marcus Johansson · beat Alex Nedeljkovic

1–3

🌲 Jake Middleton 2nd · 17:30

Assists: Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov · beat Alex Nedeljkovic

2–3

3rd period

🌲 Vinni Lettieri Tying 3rd · 05:33

Assists: Jon Merrill, Daemon Hunt · beat Alex Nedeljkovic

3–3

🐧 Sidney Crosby PP Go-ahead 3rd · 06:20

Assists: Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin · beat Filip Gustavsson

3–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌲Wild

L1 Kaprizov · Eriksson Ek · Rossi 20:58

L2 Boldy · Johansson · Foligno 15:56

L3 Maroon · Gaudreau · Hartman 12:51

L4 Dewar · Lettieri · Duhaime 9:30

D1 Faber · Middleton 26:04

D2 Bogosian · Hunt 16:05

D3 Goligoski · Merrill 13:46

🐧Penguins

L1 Guentzel · Crosby · Malkin 22:04

L2 Acciari · Smith · Puustinen 15:15

L3 Eller · Carter · Rakell 14:40

L4 O'Connor · Zohorna · Harkins 10:30

D1 Karlsson · Letang 26:04

D2 Pettersson · Graves 21:14

D3 Ruhwedel · Ludvig 9:24

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌲MIN PIT🐧

27 Shots on goal 30

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

17 Hits 9

12 Blocked shots 13

5 Takeaways 9

5 Giveaways 10

14 Penalty minutes 10

MIN shooting 11.1% (3/27) PIT shooting 13.3% (4/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌲Wild

Filip Gustavsson

26/30

.867 SV% · 4 GA · 58:18 TOI

🐧Penguins

Alex Nedeljkovic

24/27

.889 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located

MIN PIT

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

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Wild

Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-6-3 (0% win rate, 9 games)

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-4-1 (38% win rate, 8 games)

After 2nd — 2–3

Wild

Wild — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-4-2 (25% win rate, 8 games)

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Apr 62023 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Nov 172022 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 6–4 Mar 312022 🐧PIT @ 🌲MIN 4–3 OT Nov 62021 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 5–4 SO Jan 142020 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 3–7

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❓ MIN vs PIT, answered

Who won Wild vs Penguins on December 18, 2023?

Penguins won 4–3. The final score was Wild 3, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Wild?

Jake Middleton, Ryan Hartman, Vinni Lettieri.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel, Reilly Smith, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Filip Gustavsson made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 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 16 🐋VAN @ 🌲MIN 1–2 AfterDec 19 🌲MIN @ 🐻BOS 4–3

🐧 Penguins

BeforeDec 16 🐧PIT @ 🍁TOR 0–7 AfterDec 21 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 1–2

Also on December 18

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