Hurricanes 1–2 Penguins — Final Score & Stats (Dec 21, 2023)

The game

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

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Three stars

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1st star 🐧 PIT

Sidney Crosby

1 G

4 shots · 22:37 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Jake Guentzel

1 A

2 shots · 23:08 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Rickard Rakell

1 A

2 shots · 20:38 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 1st · 08:51

Assists: Rickard Rakell, Jake Guentzel · beat Pyotr Kochetkov

0–1

2nd period

🌪️ Teuvo Teravainen Tying 2nd · 14:52

Assists: Jack Drury, Jaccob Slavin · beat Alex Nedeljkovic

1–1

Shootout

🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead SO · 00:00

Unassisted · beat Pyotr Kochetkov

1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Martinook · Staal · Aho 17:44

L2 Jarvis · Teravainen · Fast 16:00

L3 Necas · Drury · Svechnikov 15:22

L4 Bunting · Kotkaniemi · Noesen 11:46

D1 Skjei · Slavin 23:24

D2 Burns · Pesce 22:50

D3 Orlov · Chatfield 15:35

🐧Penguins

L1 Guentzel · Crosby · Malkin 22:37

L2 Acciari · Rakell · Smith 17:34

L3 O'Connor · Carter · Puustinen 14:47

L4 Zohorna · Eller · Harkins 9:45

D1 Letang · Karlsson 26:40

D2 Pettersson · Graves 21:00

D3 Ruhwedel · Ludvig 11:02

Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR PIT🐧

24 Shots on goal 25

16 Hits 26

19 Blocked shots 27

14 Takeaways 9

5 Giveaways 17

10 Penalty minutes 4

CAR shooting 4.2% (1/24) PIT shooting 8.0% (2/25)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Pyotr Kochetkov

24/25

.960 SV% · 1 GA · 64:24 TOI

🐧Penguins

Alex Nedeljkovic

23/24

.958 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located

CAR PIT

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

Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-4 (56% win rate, 9 games)

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-4-1 (44% win rate, 9 games)

After 2nd — 1–1

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 4-1-1 (67% win rate, 6 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 2nd: 5-4-2 (45% win rate, 11 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1

Nov 182023 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 2–4 Jan 142023 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 Dec 222022 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 4–3 OT Dec 182022 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 2–3 Nov 292022 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 3–2 OT

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Who won Hurricanes vs Penguins on December 21, 2023?

Penguins won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Hurricanes 1, Penguins 2.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Teuvo Teravainen.

Who scored for Penguins?

Sidney Crosby.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Pyotr Kochetkov made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Alex Nedeljkovic made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Hurricanes vs Penguins season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🌪️ Hurricanes

BeforeDec 19 🎰VGK @ 🌪️CAR 3–6 AfterDec 23 🏝️NYI @ 🌪️CAR 5–4

🐧 Penguins

BeforeDec 18 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 3–4 AfterDec 23 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 4–5

Also on December 21

🍁TOR 3–9 ⚔️BUF 🦅WSH 3–2 🧥CBJ 🎵STL 4–1 🐆FLA 🐯NSH 4–2 🔔PHI 🎰VGK 4–5 ⚡TBL 🛢️EDM 6–3 😈NJD 🐋VAN 3–4 ⭐DAL 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 🌲MIN

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