National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 6, Nashville 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 28, 2019
Where: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: T.J. Luxmore, Garrett Rank
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 18628
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Nashville 0314
Pittsburgh 3126
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:32 - Penguins Bryan Rust (EV) Assists: Jake Guentzel , Evgeni Malkin
1:05 - Penguins Dominik Kahun (EV) Assists: Alex Galchenyuk , Juuso Riikola
9:04 - Penguins Kris Letang (PP) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Bryan Rust
Penalties
8:01 - Predators Kyle Turris (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
4:07 - Predators Viktor Arvidsson (PP) Assists: Calle Jarnkrok , Roman Josi
8:02 - Penguins Alex Galchenyuk (PP) Assists: John Marino , Juuso Riikola
16:03 - Predators Craig Smith (EV) Assists: Colin Blackwell , Roman Josi
19:01 - Predators Mikael Granlund (EV) Assists: Matt Duchene , Filip Forsberg
Penalties
3:41 - Penguins Sam Lafferty (2) High sticking
 4:31 - Predators Kyle Turris (2) Hooking
 6:53 - Predators Bench (2) Too many men on ice
3rd Period
Scoring
8:56 - Predators Mikael Granlund (EV) Assists: Matt Duchene , Roman Josi
18:57 - Penguins Jake Guentzel (PP) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Bryan Rust
19:22 - Penguins Bryan Rust (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
4:37 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Hooking
 18:34 - Predators Austin Watson (2) Goaltender interference
Nashville Predators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Pekka Rinne G 0 0 0 0 0 50:08 44:10 2:26 3:32 0 0 - - - - -
Juuse Saros G 0 0 0 0 0 9:04 8:01 0:00 1:03 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Ellis D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 31 26:43 21:49 1:31 3:23 0 0 3 - - - -
Yannick Weber D 0 0 0 E 0 2 14 9:31 9:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kyle Turris C 0 0 0 +1 4 2 19 14:18 13:23 0:55 0:00 0 0 - - 5 6 45
Filip Forsberg LW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 25 18:40 16:14 0:55 1:31 0 0 1 - - - -
Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 13:10 10:40 0:00 2:30 0 0 1 - 12 8 60
Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 31 23:48 21:41 0:55 1:12 0 0 1 1 - - -
Craig Smith RW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 16 11:41 11:41 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Calle Jarnkrok C 0 1 1 -1 0 4 26 16:06 11:22 1:31 3:13 0 0 - 1 - - -
Rocco Grimaldi RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 12:26 12:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Jarred Tinordi D 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 11:35 10:41 0:00 0:54 0 0 2 - - - -
Viktor Arvidsson RW 1 0 1 -2 0 4 24 16:04 14:33 1:31 0:00 1 0 2 - - - -
Colin Blackwell C 0 1 1 +1 0 4 17 12:39 12:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 5 - - - -
Austin Watson LW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 21 12:51 11:29 0:00 1:22 0 0 5 2 - - -
Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 28 20:45 20:27 0:00 0:18 0 0 1 1 - - -
Roman Josi D 0 3 3 +1 0 3 30 26:43 21:49 1:31 3:23 0 0 - 1 - - -
Mikael Granlund LW 2 0 2 +2 0 2 22 16:01 15:06 0:55 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 3 0
Ryan Johansen C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 25 16:47 15:18 0:55 0:34 0 0 1 1 9 9 50
Matt Duchene C 0 2 2 +1 0 9 23 16:25 14:54 1:31 0:00 0 0 4 - 8 10 44
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Matt Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 59:38 52:37 4:35 2:26 0 0 - - - - -
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 14:23 12:46 0:00 1:37 0 0 3 - - - -
Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 28 20:59 20:36 0:00 0:23 0 0 2 2 - - -
John Marino D 0 1 1 E 0 2 26 19:53 18:43 0:28 0:42 0 0 3 - - - -
Brandon Tanev LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 11:16 10:34 0:00 0:42 0 0 3 1 1 1 50
Bryan Rust RW 2 2 4 +1 0 3 25 22:36 17:34 3:56 1:06 0 0 - 3 - - -
Alex Galchenyuk C 1 1 2 E 0 1 19 13:13 12:45 0:28 0:00 1 0 2 1 - - -
Dominik Simon RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 11:44 11:44 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Jared McCann LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 15:27 14:14 0:28 0:45 0 0 1 - 6 3 67
Dominik Kahun LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 20 12:37 12:03 0:34 0:00 0 0 - - 1 3 25
Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 25 18:09 17:05 0:00 1:04 0 0 1 - - - -
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 E 2 2 16 9:59 9:59 0:00 0:00 0 0 5 - 5 4 56
Zach Aston-Reese LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 12:15 11:37 0:00 0:38 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Juuso Riikola D 0 2 2 E 0 2 25 15:01 14:22 0:39 0:00 0 0 3 2 - - -
Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21 12:31 11:49 0:00 0:42 0 0 3 1 6 9 40
Kris Letang D 1 0 1 E 0 4 30 28:01 22:48 4:07 1:06 1 0 3 2 - - -
Jake Guentzel LW 1 1 2 +1 0 4 26 22:23 17:23 4:01 0:59 1 0 - - - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 0 3 3 +1 2 4 25 22:06 17:59 4:07 0:00 0 0 - - 17 12 59
Patric Hornqvist RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 15:23 11:16 4:07 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Goaltending
Nashville
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Pekka Rinne L (18-14-4) 27 25 2 .926 0 50:08
Juuse Saros 8 5 3 .625 0 9:04
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Matt Murray W (20-11-5) 48 44 4 .917 0 59:38