National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Minnesota 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 19, 2013
Where: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Chris Rooney, Brad Watson
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 18623
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 0112
Pittsburgh 1315
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:49 - Penguins Chris Kunitz (EV) Assists: Pascal Dupuis , Sidney Crosby
Penalties
2:19 - Wild Zenon Konopka (5) Fighting
 2:19 - Penguins Craig Adams (5) Fighting
 4:19 - Wild Keith Ballard (5) Fighting
 4:19 - Penguins Chuck Kobasew (5) Fighting
 10:14 - Wild Mikko Koivu (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
1:54 - Penguins Brandon Sutter (EV) Assists: Olli Maatta , Joe Vitale
3:33 - Penguins Matt Niskanen (PP) Assists: Jussi Jokinen , James Neal
10:43 - Penguins Chris Kunitz (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Matt Niskanen
11:20 - Wild Jason Pominville (EV) Assists: Nino Niederreiter , Ryan Suter
Penalties
2:27 - Wild Nino Niederreiter (2) Interference
 3:55 - Penguins Brian Dumoulin (2) Hooking
 6:36 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (2) Goaltender interference
 10:18 - Wild Keith Ballard (2) Clipping
 10:18 - Wild Keith Ballard (5) Fighting
 10:18 - Penguins James Neal (2) Roughing
 10:18 - Penguins James Neal (5) Fighting
3rd Period
Scoring
3:13 - Wild Dany Heatley (EV) Assists: Zenon Konopka , Keith Ballard
7:54 - Penguins Olli Maatta (SH) Unassisted
Penalties
5:44 - Penguins Olli Maatta (2) Hooking
 5:58 - Penguins Craig Adams (2) Interference
 13:12 - Penguins Matt Niskanen (2) Holding
 14:41 - Wild Charlie Coyle (2) Interference
 17:58 - Wild Brett Bulmer (2) Interference
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Johan Gustafsson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 45:40 7:43 6:37 0 0 - - - - -
Keith Ballard D 0 1 1 E 12 2 18 12:37 8:47 2:31 1:19 0 0 1 2 - - -
Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 23 16:11 13:25 2:31 0:15 0 0 4 - 1 4 20
Clayton Stoner D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 15:06 13:01 0:04 2:01 0 0 - 3 - - -
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 26 16:06 12:35 0:00 3:31 0 0 - 2 - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 0 0 -3 2 3 24 18:55 13:05 5:12 0:38 0 0 - 2 11 8 58
Zach Parise LW 0 0 0 -3 0 3 24 19:26 13:02 4:57 1:27 0 0 2 - - - -
Dany Heatley LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 18 14:58 12:12 2:46 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 12:58 10:42 0:00 2:16 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Suter D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 31 27:36 20:53 5:27 1:16 0 0 - 1 - - -
Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 17:31 14:01 0:00 3:30 0 0 2 1 14 5 74
Nino Niederreiter RW 0 1 1 +1 2 0 19 13:22 10:51 2:31 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Matt Cooke LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 16:11 12:34 0:00 3:37 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 35 25:44 19:30 2:55 3:19 0 0 - - - - -
Zenon Konopka C 0 1 1 +1 5 0 11 5:39 5:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 5 2 71
Jason Pominville RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 20 16:46 11:34 5:12 0:00 0 0 - - 3 0 100
Jared Spurgeon D 0 0 0 E 0 4 30 22:51 16:34 4:29 1:48 0 0 - 1 - - -
Brett Bulmer RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 15 8:47 8:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Erik Haula LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22 12:08 10:37 0:00 1:31 0 0 2 - 4 4 50
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Marc-Andre Fleury G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Zatkoff G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 45:40 6:37 7:43 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 1 1 2 +2 2 5 27 23:23 17:15 5:14 0:54 1 0 - - - - -
Olli Maatta D 1 1 2 +3 2 4 29 21:46 17:33 1:43 2:30 0 1 - 1 - - -
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 25 18:07 14:08 3:05 0:54 0 0 1 - - - -
Pascal Dupuis RW 0 1 1 +2 0 2 20 17:07 12:51 0:22 3:54 0 0 - 1 - - -
Chuck Kobasew RW 0 0 0 -2 5 0 12 9:03 8:41 0:22 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Chris Kunitz LW 2 0 2 +2 0 4 22 21:38 16:17 5:05 0:16 0 0 - - - - -
Brandon Sutter C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 22 16:27 12:15 1:19 2:53 0 0 1 - 2 14 12
James Neal LW 0 1 1 E 7 2 19 14:43 10:46 3:57 0:00 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Chris Conner RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 10:25 10:16 0:09 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Craig Adams RW 0 0 0 -1 7 2 16 12:17 8:43 0:00 3:34 0 0 2 - - - -
Jussi Jokinen LW 0 1 1 -1 0 4 19 15:07 11:22 3:45 0:00 0 0 - - 3 6 33
Zach Sill C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 11:46 6:47 0:59 4:00 0 0 2 2 5 5 50
Harry Zolnierczyk LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 10:13 10:13 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 17:45 13:22 0:07 4:16 0 0 4 1 - - -
Joe Vitale C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 17 13:43 11:55 1:03 0:45 0 0 - - 6 0 100
Simon Despres D 0 0 0 E 0 2 26 18:02 14:39 0:50 2:33 0 0 2 1 - - -
Philip Samuelsson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 24 17:13 14:40 0:00 2:33 0 0 - 2 - - -
Sidney Crosby C 0 2 2 +2 2 5 22 21:15 16:06 5:05 0:04 0 0 - 1 8 12 40
Goaltending
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom L (5-11-2) 36 31 5 .861 0 60:00
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jeff Zatkoff W (12-6-2) 26 24 2 .923 0 60:00