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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 3, Minnesota 1
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 26, 2015
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen: Ryan Galloway, Brian Mach
Attendance: 19234
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 0303
Minnesota 0101
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
1
Pittsburgh   Minnesota
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Granlund, Mikael. 0:00  
  0:28 Stoll, Jarret wins the face-off against Malkin, Evgeni.
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Granlund, Mikael. 2:15  
  3:13 Niederreiter, Nino shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
Malkin, Evgeni shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 3:41  
Malkin, Evgeni wins the face-off against Stoll, Jarret. 3:42  
  3:59 Koivu, Mikko wins the face-off against Bonino, Nick.
Dumoulin, Brian shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 4:34  
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Stoll, Jarret. 4:48  
Perron, David shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 5:11  
Malkin, Evgeni wins the face-off against Granlund, Mikael. 5:21  
Bonino, Nick wins the face-off against Granlund, Mikael. 5:55  
  6:51 Koivu, Mikko shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  7:06 Scandella, Marco shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
Maatta, Olli shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 7:27  
Malkin, Evgeni wins the face-off against Stoll, Jarret. 8:42  
  9:06 Minnesota team penalty for Too many men on ice - 2 mins.
  9:06 Koivu, Mikko wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
Perron, David shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 10:45  
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Koivu, Mikko. 11:01  
  13:20 Koivu, Mikko wins the face-off against Bonino, Nick.
Kessel, Phil shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 14:15  
Crosby, Sidney penalty for Hooking - 2 mins. 15:03  
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Koivu, Mikko. 15:03  
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Koivu, Mikko. 15:08  
  15:15 Koivu, Mikko shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  15:27 Koivu, Mikko wins the face-off against Bonino, Nick.
  16:15 Granlund, Mikael wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
Kessel, Phil shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 17:44  
Maatta, Olli shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 17:52  
  17:52 Stoll, Jarret wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
Perron, David shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 18:52  
Perron, David shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 19:03  
Malkin, Evgeni wins the face-off against Koivu, Mikko. 19:04  
Hornqvist, Patric shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 19:36  
2
Pittsburgh   Minnesota
  0:00 Granlund, Mikael wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Granlund, Mikael. 0:12  
  0:38 Coyle, Charlie wins the face-off against Malkin, Evgeni.
Kessel, Phil shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 2:00  
Bonino, Nick wins the face-off against Koivu, Mikko. 2:01  
Bonino, Nick shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 2:37  
Bonino, Nick shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 2:54  
Porter, Kevin shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 3:38  
Letang, Kris shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 3:49  
Crosby, Sidney scores. Assisted by Perron, David. Assisted by Letang, Kris. 4:23
(1-0) 		 
Malkin, Evgeni wins the face-off against Granlund, Mikael. 4:23  
Hornqvist, Patric penalty for Delay of game - 2 mins. 4:34  
  4:34 Koivu, Mikko wins the face-off against Malkin, Evgeni.
  4:47 Parise, Zach shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  6:28 Koivu, Mikko wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
Hornqvist, Patric shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 6:43  
Hornqvist, Patric shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 6:45  
  6:46 Stoll, Jarret wins the face-off against Malkin, Evgeni.
Letang, Kris shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 7:10  
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Coyle, Charlie. 7:38  
  9:18 Pominville, Jason shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
Sheary, Conor shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 10:04  
Hornqvist, Patric shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 10:06  
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Stoll, Jarret. 10:07  
  10:40 Stoll, Jarret wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
Crosby, Sidney shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 10:59  
Malkin, Evgeni wins the face-off against Koivu, Mikko. 11:00  
  11:11 Zucker, Jason shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Koivu, Mikko. 11:12  
  11:41 Granlund, Mikael wins the face-off against Bonino, Nick.
  11:54 Granlund, Mikael wins the face-off against Bonino, Nick.
Wilson, Scott penalty for Hooking - 2 mins. 12:18  
  12:18 Koivu, Mikko wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
Fehr, Eric shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 12:41  
Bonino, Nick wins the face-off against Coyle, Charlie. 12:42  
  13:34 Niederreiter, Nino shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  13:35 Koivu, Mikko wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
Malkin, Evgeni wins the face-off against Stoll, Jarret. 14:57  
  15:53 Coyle, Charlie shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  17:27 Scandella, Marco shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  17:50 Fontaine, Justin shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Coyle, Charlie. 17:51  
Fehr, Eric scores. Assisted by Porter, Kevin. Assisted by Cullen, Matt. 18:10
(2-0) 		 
Malkin, Evgeni wins the face-off against Koivu, Mikko. 18:10  
  18:55
(2-1) 		Zucker, Jason scores. Assisted by Vanek, Thomas. Assisted by Scandella, Marco.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Stoll, Jarret. 19:00  
  19:10 Spurgeon, Jared penalty for Cross checking - 2 mins.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Stoll, Jarret. 19:10  
Letang, Kris shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 19:24  
Hornqvist, Patric scores a power play goal. Assisted by Crosby, Sidney. Assisted by Letang, Kris. 19:26
(3-1) 		 
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Granlund, Mikael. 19:26  
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Koivu, Mikko. 19:57  
3
Pittsburgh   Minnesota
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Coyle, Charlie. 0:00  
Malkin, Evgeni wins the face-off against Koivu, Mikko. 0:56  
Malkin, Evgeni wins the face-off against Vanek, Thomas. 1:05  
  1:27 Zucker, Jason shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  3:14 Brodin, Jonas shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  3:19 Stoll, Jarret penalty for Illegal Check to head - 2 mins.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Koivu, Mikko. 3:19  
Crosby, Sidney shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 4:25  
Malkin, Evgeni shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 4:37  
  4:38 Haula, Erik wins the face-off against Bonino, Nick.
  6:53 Koivu, Mikko wins the face-off against Malkin, Evgeni.
  7:01 Koivu, Mikko wins the face-off against Malkin, Evgeni.
  8:11 Coyle, Charlie wins the face-off against Bonino, Nick.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Stoll, Jarret. 8:41  
  9:14 Granlund, Mikael wins the face-off against Malkin, Evgeni.
  11:09 Koivu, Mikko shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  11:22 Brodin, Jonas shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  11:23 Haula, Erik wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
  12:39 Granlund, Mikael shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
Sheary, Conor shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 12:48  
Malkin, Evgeni wins the face-off against Stoll, Jarret. 12:49  
Hornqvist, Patric shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 12:55  
  13:11 Koivu, Mikko wins the face-off against Fehr, Eric.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Koivu, Mikko. 13:35  
Perron, David penalty for Tripping - 2 mins. 13:43  
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Koivu, Mikko. 13:43  
  14:25 Suter, Ryan shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  14:30 Vanek, Thomas shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  14:53 Parise, Zach shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  15:06 Vanek, Thomas shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  15:07 Granlund, Mikael wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
  15:25 Dumba, Mathew shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  15:40 Granlund, Mikael shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Coyle, Charlie. 15:41  
Perron, David shoots. Saved by Dubnyk, Devan. 15:50  
  17:26 Granlund, Mikael wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
  18:03 Parise, Zach shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Koivu, Mikko. 18:04  
  19:15 Granlund, Mikael wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
  19:57 Scandella, Marco shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.
  19:59 Niederreiter, Nino shoots. Saved by Murray, Matthew.