Pittsburgh Penguins 3 — 2 Minnesota Wild
2018-12-31 · Xcel Energy Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | PIT | MIN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 11 |
| 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 14 | 9 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devan Dubnyk start | MIN | L | 29 | 32 | 3 | 27/29 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 58:01 |
| Casey DeSmith start | PIT | W | 31 | 33 | 2 | 30/31 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
PIT skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Kessel | R | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14:56 |
| Sidney Crosby | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19:56 |
| Zachary Aston-Reese | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:06 |
| Riley Sheahan | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 09:00 |
| Matt Cullen | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:10 |
| Kris Letang | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:16 |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:11 |
| Dominik Simon | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:51 |
| Jake Guentzel | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:34 |
| Juuso Riikola | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17:50 |
| Tanner Pearson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:30 |
| Jack Johnson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 19:16 |
| Patric Hornqvist | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:46 |
| Derick Brassard | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:31 |
| Brian Dumoulin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 23:33 |
| Derek Grant | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:48 |
| Olli Maatta | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:35 |
| Marcus Pettersson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:32 |
MIN skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikko Koivu | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:53 |
| Zach Parise | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18:45 |
| Mikael Granlund | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:32 |
| Charlie Coyle | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:09 |
| Nino Niederreiter | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:28 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:12 |
| Eric Staal | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18:22 |
| Jared Spurgeon | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26:01 |
| Jonas Brodin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 25:19 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15:39 |
| Luke Kunin | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:29 |
| Ryan Suter | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27:50 |
| Eric Fehr | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:19 |
| Matt Hendricks | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:26 |
| Matt Bartkowski | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:32 |
| Marcus Foligno | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:19 |
| Nate Prosser | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 07:16 |
| Greg Pateryn | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:30 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-21 | 2025-26 | MIN | 5 | PIT | 0 | |
| 2025-10-30 | 2025-26 | PIT | 4 | MIN | 1 | |
| 2025-03-09 | 2024-25 | PIT | 3 | MIN | 1 | |
| 2024-10-29 | 2024-25 | MIN | 5 | PIT | 3 | |
| 2024-02-09 | 2023-24 | PIT | 2 | MIN | 3 | |
| 2023-12-18 | 2023-24 | MIN | 3 | PIT | 4 | |
| 2023-04-06 | 2022-23 | MIN | 1 | PIT | 4 | |
| 2022-11-17 | 2022-23 | PIT | 6 | MIN | 4 | |
| 2022-03-31 | 2021-22 | PIT | 4 | MIN | 3 | OT |
| 2021-11-06 | 2021-22 | MIN | 5 | PIT | 4 | SO |