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Pittsburgh 2,
Minnesota 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 20, 2018
Where: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Pierre Racicot
Attendance: 18435
Where: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Pierre Racicot
Attendance: 18435
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Periods:
- All
- 1
- 2
- 3
1
| Minnesota | Pittsburgh | |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. | 0:00 | |
| Shot by Jared Spurgeon misses the net | 0:11 | |
| 0:20 | Brian Dumoulin hits Eric Staal. | |
| Ryan Suter shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 0:27 | |
| Eric Staal shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 0:33 | |
| Eric Staal shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 0:35 | |
| Mikael Granlund shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 0:35 | |
| Mikko Koivu wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. | 0:37 | |
| Greg Pateryn hits Dominik Simon. | 0:51 | |
| Zach Parise blocks shot from Juuso Riikola. | 0:54 | |
| Luke Kunin hits Marcus Pettersson. | 1:19 | |
| 1:30 | Marcus Pettersson shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Luke Kunin hits Marcus Pettersson. | 1:39 | |
| Charlie Coyle hits Patric Hornqvist. | 1:47 | |
| 2:19 | Zach Aston-Reese hits Nick Seeler. | |
| Marcus Foligno blocks shot from Kris Letang. | 2:21 | |
| 2:21 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. | |
| 2:21 | Bryan Rust hits Jonas Brodin. | |
| Greg Pateryn hits Bryan Rust. | 2:29 | |
| 2:29 | Shot by Brian Dumoulin misses the net | |
| 2:35 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. | |
| 2:38 | Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net | |
| Giveaway by Jonas Brodin. | 2:42 | |
| Giveaway by Eric Staal. | 3:14 | |
| 3:29 | Giveaway by Olli Maatta. | |
| 4:13 | Jack Johnson blocks shot from Jordan Greenway. | |
| Nate Prosser hits Derick Brassard. | 4:15 | |
| 4:23 | Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Luke Kunin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 4:29 | |
| 4:30 | Tanner Pearson shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 4:30 | Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr. | |
| Eric Fehr hits Olli Maatta. | 4:51 | |
| 5:05 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Joel Eriksson Ek. | |
| 5:26 | Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Eric Staal hits Jake Guentzel. | 5:39 | |
| Zach Parise shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 6:29 | |
| 6:50 | Giveaway by Derick Brassard. | |
| Jordan Greenway scores. Assisted by Charlie Coyle and Jonas Brodin. | 7:13 | |
| 7:13 | Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr. | |
| Nate Prosser hits Riley Sheahan. | 7:18 | |
| 7:36 | Shot by Zach Aston-Reese misses the net | |
| 7:36 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr. | |
| 7:40 | Kris Letang shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen. | 7:54 | |
| 8:09 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr. | |
| Mikael Granlund penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brian Dumoulin. | 8:09 | |
| 8:21 | Kris Letang shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 8:23 | Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 8:24 | Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 8:25 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Mikko Koivu. | |
| 8:32 | Shot by Phil Kessel misses the net | |
| Mikko Koivu wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. | 8:39 | |
| Joel Eriksson Ek wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. | 8:59 | |
| Marcus Foligno blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. | 9:58 | |
| Giveaway by Marcus Foligno. | 10:04 | |
| Nate Prosser shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 10:53 | |
| 10:56 | Bryan Rust blocks shot from Nick Seeler. | |
| Charlie Coyle hits Marcus Pettersson. | 11:30 | |
| Charlie Coyle hits Marcus Pettersson. | 11:38 | |
| Jordan Greenway hits Zach Aston-Reese. | 11:48 | |
| Charlie Coyle shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 12:11 | |
| Takeaway by Mikko Koivu. | 12:36 | |
| Mikko Koivu shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 12:58 | |
| 12:58 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. | |
| Giveaway by Devan Dubnyk. | 13:28 | |
| 13:30 | Bryan Rust scores. Assisted by Jake Guentzel. | |
| 13:30 | Derick Brassard wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr. | |
| 13:41 | Tanner Pearson hits Nate Prosser. | |
| 13:43 | Derick Brassard hits Eric Fehr. | |
| Nate Prosser blocks shot from Jack Johnson. | 13:47 | |
| 14:06 | Takeaway by Dominik Simon. | |
| Jonas Brodin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 14:59 | |
| Nino Niederreiter shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 15:21 | |
| Mikko Koivu shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 15:21 | |
| 15:28 | Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Charlie Coyle shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 16:18 | |
| Charlie Coyle shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 16:19 | |
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Derick Brassard. | 16:20 | |
| 16:25 | Kris Letang hits Luke Kunin. | |
| Shot by Jason Zucker misses the net | 16:26 | |
| Takeaway by Jason Zucker. | 16:35 | |
| 16:46 | Derick Brassard hits Jason Zucker. | |
| Eric Staal shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 16:48 | |
| 16:49 | Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Mikko Koivu. | |
| Zach Parise shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 17:38 | |
| Jonas Brodin blocks shot from Phil Kessel. | 17:46 | |
| Joel Eriksson Ek wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. | 17:56 | |
| 18:22 | Shot by Dominik Simon misses the net | |
| 18:29 | Juuso Riikola hits Eric Fehr. | |
| Charlie Coyle wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. | 19:00 | |
| Luke Kunin hits Jake Guentzel. | 19:18 | |
| 19:20 | Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 19:32 | Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Ryan Suter hits Jake Guentzel. | 19:35 | |
| 19:40 | Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 19:41 | Derick Brassard wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. | |
| 19:48 | Derick Brassard shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Jonas Brodin hits Patric Hornqvist. | 19:48 |
2
| Minnesota | Pittsburgh | |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. | |
| 0:44 | Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. | |
| Takeaway by Zach Parise. | 1:13 | |
| 1:19 | Olli Maatta blocks shot from Nino Niederreiter. | |
| Nino Niederreiter hits Juuso Riikola. | 1:33 | |
| Nino Niederreiter hits Olli Maatta. | 1:40 | |
| 2:00 | Tanner Pearson hits Jonas Brodin. | |
| 2:03 | Derick Brassard wins the faceoff against Mikko Koivu. | |
| 2:11 | Derick Brassard hits Jonas Brodin. | |
| 2:29 | Patric Hornqvist hits Nate Prosser. | |
| Nate Prosser hits Riley Sheahan. | 2:52 | |
| 2:57 | Zach Aston-Reese hits Luke Kunin. | |
| Nate Prosser hits Zach Aston-Reese. | 3:05 | |
| 3:12 | Matt Cullen shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 3:22 | Kris Letang shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 3:23 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Joel Eriksson Ek. | |
| 3:27 | Juuso Riikola shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. | 3:29 | |
| 3:38 | Juuso Riikola hits Jason Zucker. | |
| 3:45 | Olli Maatta shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Mikko Koivu wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. | 3:47 | |
| 4:27 | Jack Johnson blocks shot from Jared Spurgeon. | |
| 4:54 | Derick Brassard wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle. | |
| Jordan Greenway hits Brian Dumoulin. | 5:14 | |
| 5:36 | Olli Maatta blocks shot from Charlie Coyle. | |
| 5:47 | Matt Cullen shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Eric Fehr wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. | 5:48 | |
| 5:54 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr. | |
| 6:09 | Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. | 6:15 | |
| 6:27 | Marcus Pettersson hits Jason Zucker. | |
| 6:54 | Jack Johnson shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 7:17 | Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Mikko Koivu. | |
| Greg Pateryn hits Dominik Simon. | 7:25 | |
| Jonas Brodin hits Phil Kessel. | 7:30 | |
| 7:35 | Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin. | |
| 7:52 | Brian Dumoulin hits Nino Niederreiter. | |
| 8:25 | Takeaway by Phil Kessel. | |
| Charlie Coyle wins the faceoff against Derick Brassard. | 8:28 | |
| 8:42 | Brian Dumoulin hits Jordan Greenway. | |
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen. | 8:49 | |
| Takeaway by Jason Zucker. | 9:01 | |
| Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 9:05 | |
| Mikael Granlund shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 9:06 | |
| 9:06 | Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. | |
| 9:27 | Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Eric Staal shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 9:45 | |
| Shot by Mikael Granlund misses the net | 9:45 | |
| 9:46 | Olli Maatta blocks shot from Jonas Brodin. | |
| 10:16 | Matt Cullen hits Mikael Granlund. | |
| 10:16 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Mikko Koivu. | |
| 10:31 | Jake Guentzel hits Ryan Suter. | |
| Luke Kunin blocks shot from Jack Johnson. | 11:13 | |
| 11:17 | Evgeni Malkin penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Charlie Coyle. | |
| 11:17 | Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle. | |
| 11:27 | Jack Johnson blocks shot from Mikael Granlund. | |
| 11:52 | Olli Maatta blocks shot from Eric Staal. | |
| Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 11:58 | |
| 12:02 | Giveaway by Jack Johnson. | |
| 12:05 | Takeaway by Bryan Rust. | |
| 12:10 | Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Jared Spurgeon shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 12:23 | |
| Mikko Koivu shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 12:26 | |
| 12:30 | Giveaway by Sidney Crosby. | |
| 13:22 | Jack Johnson blocks shot from Joel Eriksson Ek. | |
| 13:22 | Jack Johnson hits Joel Eriksson Ek. | |
| 13:23 | Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Joel Eriksson Ek. | |
| 13:59 | Dominik Simon blocks shot from Nate Prosser. | |
| 14:40 | Shot by Kris Letang misses the net | |
| 14:40 | Derick Brassard wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle. | |
| 14:45 | Juuso Riikola shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Luke Kunin hits Olli Maatta. | 14:57 | |
| 15:01 | Giveaway by Phil Kessel. | |
| Charlie Coyle shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 15:03 | |
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen. | 15:04 | |
| 15:10 | Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. | |
| 15:10 | Jack Johnson blocks shot from Jared Spurgeon. | |
| Ryan Suter shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 15:13 | |
| 15:31 | Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Ryan Suter. | |
| 15:58 | Zach Aston-Reese hits Ryan Suter. | |
| Eric Staal shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 16:02 | |
| 16:08 | Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Eric Staal. | |
| Mikko Koivu hits Bryan Rust. | 16:27 | |
| 16:34 | Sidney Crosby hits Zach Parise. | |
| Greg Pateryn shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 16:48 | |
| Mikko Koivu wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. | 16:48 | |
| Greg Pateryn hits Patric Hornqvist. | 17:14 | |
| 17:49 | Jack Johnson hits Marcus Foligno. | |
| 18:24 | Tanner Pearson blocks shot from Jared Spurgeon. | |
| 18:30 | Tanner Pearson blocks shot from Jared Spurgeon. | |
| 18:42 | Jack Johnson hits Marcus Foligno. | |
| 18:59 | Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle. | |
| 19:16 | Kris Letang shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 19:17 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. |
3
| Minnesota | Pittsburgh | |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. | 0:01 | |
| 0:14 | Shot by Brian Dumoulin misses the net | |
| Mikko Koivu wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. | 0:30 | |
| Nino Niederreiter hits Marcus Pettersson. | 0:39 | |
| 0:40 | Jack Johnson blocks shot from Zach Parise. | |
| Shot by Zach Parise misses the net | 0:48 | |
| Jared Spurgeon shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 0:56 | |
| Mikko Koivu shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 1:00 | |
| Mikko Koivu blocks shot from Juuso Riikola. | 1:23 | |
| Charlie Coyle shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 1:40 | |
| 2:34 | Shot by Brian Dumoulin misses the net | |
| 3:17 | Giveaway by Jake Guentzel. | |
| Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 3:19 | |
| 3:20 | Jack Johnson penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jason Zucker. | |
| Mikko Koivu wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. | 3:20 | |
| Jason Zucker penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jack Johnson. | 3:20 | |
| Zach Parise shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 3:24 | |
| 4:12 | Kris Letang shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 4:13 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle. | |
| Jonas Brodin penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jake Guentzel. | 4:48 | |
| 4:48 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Mikko Koivu. | |
| 5:24 | Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 6:16 | Giveaway by Juuso Riikola. | |
| 6:36 | Takeaway by Derick Brassard. | |
| 6:39 | Derick Brassard wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle. | |
| 7:05 | Derick Brassard shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Nick Seeler hits Zach Aston-Reese. | 7:19 | |
| Nate Prosser shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 7:36 | |
| 7:57 | Shot by Zach Aston-Reese misses the net | |
| Nate Prosser hits Matt Cullen. | 7:58 | |
| Giveaway by Greg Pateryn. | 8:11 | |
| 8:12 | Bryan Rust scores. Assisted by Jake Guentzel. | |
| 8:12 | Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Mikko Koivu. | |
| 8:47 | Shot by Jack Johnson misses the net | |
| 8:56 | Marcus Pettersson hits Greg Pateryn. | |
| Ryan Suter shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 9:02 | |
| 9:25 | Derick Brassard wins the faceoff against Charlie Coyle. | |
| Jordan Greenway blocks shot from Juuso Riikola. | 9:41 | |
| Charlie Coyle shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 9:53 | |
| 11:13 | Kris Letang shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 11:15 | Matt Cullen shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 11:17 | Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Eric Fehr wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. | 11:20 | |
| 11:33 | Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 11:34 | Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr. | |
| 12:17 | Tanner Pearson shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 12:18 | Derick Brassard wins the faceoff against Nino Niederreiter. | |
| 12:57 | Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| Charlie Coyle shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 13:07 | |
| 14:03 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. | |
| Takeaway by Jared Spurgeon. | 14:14 | |
| 14:18 | Takeaway by Kris Letang. | |
| Mikko Koivu wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. | 14:26 | |
| 14:38 | Jack Johnson hits Nino Niederreiter. | |
| Mikko Koivu shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 14:52 | |
| Mikko Koivu wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen. | 14:54 | |
| Greg Pateryn shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 14:58 | |
| 15:42 | Olli Maatta hits Charlie Coyle. | |
| Charlie Coyle wins the faceoff against Derick Brassard. | 15:49 | |
| 16:21 | Juuso Riikola penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Luke Kunin. | |
| Charlie Coyle wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. | 16:23 | |
| Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 16:36 | |
| Shot by Jason Zucker misses the net | 16:40 | |
| Charlie Coyle wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. | 16:41 | |
| 16:53 | Riley Sheahan hits Mikael Granlund. | |
| Giveaway by Devan Dubnyk. | 17:03 | |
| 18:00 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Eric Fehr. | |
| Team penalty for Minnesota too many men on ice - 2 mins (Minor). Served by Nino Niederreiter. | 18:00 | |
| 18:31 | Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 18:49 | Shot by Derick Brassard misses the net | |
| 18:58 | Takeaway by Patric Hornqvist. | |
| 19:02 | Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Devan Dubnyk. | |
| 19:23 | Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Mikko Koivu. | |
| Jared Spurgeon hits Bryan Rust. | 19:41 | |
| Ryan Suter shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. | 19:54 |