
Game No: 514
Started: 2017-12-18 21:08:00
Ended: 2017-12-18 23:32:00
Attendance: 15,824
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| Period | Time | Team | Scorer | Shot Type | Distance (ft) | Assist | Assist | Highlight | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5:04 | COL | Tyson Barrie | Wrist | 51 | Matt Nieto | ||
| 1 | 10:39 | PIT | Chad Ruhwedel | Wrist | 54 | Carter Rowney | ||
| 2 | 5:56 | COL | Tyson Barrie | Slap | 56 | Mikko Rantanen | Sven Andrighetto | |
| 2 | 18:20 | COL | J.T. Compher | Wrist | 17 | Sven Andrighetto | ||
| 3 | 1:25 | PIT | Evgeni Malkin | Wrist | 27 | Ian Cole | Chad Ruhwedel | |
| 3 | 18:27 | COL | Mikko Rantanen | Wrist | 16 | Nathan MacKinnon | Gabriel Landeskog | 
#19 Gord Dwyer
#7 Garrett Rank
#58 Ryan Gibbons
#93 Brian Murphy
| Period | Time | Team | Player | Penalty | PIM | Drawn By | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10:52 | COL | Nikita Zadorov | Hi-sticking | 2 | Kris Letang | 
| 2 | 4:54 | PIT | Ian Cole | Cross checking | 2 | Matt Nieto | 
| 2 | 11:00 | PIT | Kris Letang | Tripping | 2 | J.T. Compher | 
| 2 | 10:26 | COL | Nikita Zadorov | Interference | 2 | Conor Sheary | 
| 2 | 13:53 | PIT | Ian Cole | Holding | 2 | Tyson Jost | 
| 2 | 19:02 | PIT | Olli Maatta | Tripping | 2 | Tyson Jost | 
| 2 | 19:23 | COL | Mikko Rantanen | Holding | 2 | Carl Hagelin | 
Coach: Mike Sullivan
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chad Ruhwedel | D | 
| 3 | Olli Maatta | D | 
| 8 | Brian Dumoulin | D | 
| 15 | Riley Sheahan | C | 
| 17 | Bryan Rust | R | 
| 22 | Matt Hunwick | D | 
| 28 | Ian Cole | D | 
| 30 | Matthew Murray | G | 
| 34 | Tom Kuhnhackl | R | 
| 35 | Tristan Jarry | G | 
| 37 | Carter Rowney | R | 
| 43 | Conor Sheary | L | 
| 45 | Josh Archibald | R | 
| 58 | Kris Letang | D | 
| 59 | Jake Guentzel | C | 
| 62 | Carl Hagelin | L | 
| 71 | Evgeni Malkin | C | 
| 75 | Ryan Reaves | R | 
| 81 | Phil Kessel | C | 
| 87 | Sidney Crosby | C | 
Coach: Jared Bednar
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semyon Varlamov | G | 
| 4 | Tyson Barrie | D | 
| 10 | Sven Andrighetto | R | 
| 12 | Patrik Nemeth | D | 
| 13 | Alexander Kerfoot | C | 
| 14 | Blake Comeau | L | 
| 16 | Nikita Zadorov | D | 
| 17 | Tyson Jost | C | 
| 22 | Colin Wilson | C | 
| 29 | Nathan MacKinnon | C | 
| 34 | Carl Soderberg | C | 
| 37 | J.T. Compher | L | 
| 44 | Mark Barberio | D | 
| 45 | Jonathan Bernier | G | 
| 49 | Samuel Girard | D | 
| 54 | Anton Lindholm | D | 
| 64 | Nail Yakupov | R | 
| 83 | Matt Nieto | L | 
| 92 | Gabriel Landeskog | L | 
| 96 | Mikko Rantanen | R | 
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 27 | Kevin Czuczman | D | 
| 49 | Dominik Simon | C | 
| 72 | Patric Hornqvist | R | 
| # | Player | Position | 
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Erik Johnson | D | 
| 57 | Gabriel Bourque | L | 
| 2 | Goals | 4 | 
| 3 | Assists | 6 | 
| -6 | Plus / Minus | 5 | 
| 4 | Penalties | 3 | 
| 8 | PIM | 6 | 
| 40 | Corsi For | 46 | 
| 46.51 | Corsi % | 53.49 | 
| 32 | Fenwick For | 46 | 
| 41.03 | Fenwick % | 58.97 | 
| 32 | Shots | 37 | 
| 16 | Shots Blocked | 18 | 
| 8 | Missed Shots | 9 | 
| 11 | Hits | 10 | 
| 7 | Giveaways | 1 | 
| 6 | Takeaways | 3 | 
| 18 | Blocked Shots | 16 | 
| 25 | Faceoffs Won | 28 | 
| 28 | Faceoffs Lost | 25 | 
| 47% | Faceoff Percentage | 53% | 
| Pittsburgh Penguins | Colorado Avalanche | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | Time With Lead | Lead | Time With Lead | 
| 1 | 5:35 | 1 | |
| 2 | 15:17 | 2 | |
| 3 | 12:24 | 3 | |
| 4 | 3:05 | 4 | |
| 5 | 17:02 | 5 | |
| 6 | 1:33 | 6 | |
| Pittsburgh Penguins - Colorado Avalanche | Time With Lead | 
|---|---|
| 1 - 0 | 5:35 | 
| 2 - 0 | 15:17 | 
| 3 - 0 | 12:24 | 
| 4 - 0 | 3:05 | 
| 5 - 0 | 17:02 | 
| 6 - 0 | 1:33 | 
| # | Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | P | PIM | S | SB | MS | H | GV | TK | B Shots | FW | FL | F% | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chad Ruhwedel | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 3 | Olli Maatta | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 8 | Brian Dumoulin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 15 | Riley Sheahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 78 | 
| 17 | Bryan Rust | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 22 | Matt Hunwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 28 | Ian Cole | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 30 | Matthew Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 34 | Tom Kuhnhackl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 35 | Tristan Jarry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 37 | Carter Rowney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 83 | 
| 43 | Conor Sheary | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 45 | Josh Archibald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 58 | Kris Letang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 59 | Jake Guentzel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 62 | Carl Hagelin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 71 | Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 
| 75 | Ryan Reaves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 81 | Phil Kessel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 87 | Sidney Crosby | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 
| # | Player | G | A | Pts | +/- | P | PIM | S | SB | MS | H | GV | TK | B Shots | FW | FL | F% | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semyon Varlamov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 4 | Tyson Barrie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 10 | Sven Andrighetto | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 12 | Patrik Nemeth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 13 | Alexander Kerfoot | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 
| 14 | Blake Comeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80 | 
| 16 | Nikita Zadorov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 17 | Tyson Jost | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 22 | Colin Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 29 | Nathan MacKinnon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 
| 34 | Carl Soderberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 
| 37 | J.T. Compher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 
| 44 | Mark Barberio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 45 | Jonathan Bernier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 49 | Samuel Girard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 54 | Anton Lindholm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 64 | Nail Yakupov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 83 | Matt Nieto | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 92 | Gabriel Landeskog | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 96 | Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| TOI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shifts | Avg Shift | Total | Power Play | Shorthanded | Even Strength | 
| 2 | Chad Ruhwedel | 23 | 00:49 | 18:48 | 00:56 | 00:00 | 17:52 | 
| 3 | Olli Maatta | 27 | 00:43 | 19:32 | 01:11 | 02:00 | 16:21 | 
| 8 | Brian Dumoulin | 28 | 00:41 | 19:21 | 00:00 | 01:57 | 17:24 | 
| 15 | Riley Sheahan | 22 | 00:35 | 12:50 | 00:54 | 02:07 | 09:49 | 
| 17 | Bryan Rust | 19 | 00:47 | 15:05 | 00:51 | 01:16 | 12:58 | 
| 22 | Matt Hunwick | 23 | 00:43 | 16:47 | 00:21 | 01:42 | 14:44 | 
| 28 | Ian Cole | 22 | 00:49 | 18:00 | 00:07 | 00:32 | 17:21 | 
| 34 | Tom Kuhnhackl | 12 | 00:46 | 09:23 | 00:15 | 00:31 | 08:37 | 
| 37 | Carter Rowney | 21 | 00:46 | 16:11 | 00:15 | 01:35 | 14:21 | 
| 43 | Conor Sheary | 20 | 00:50 | 16:52 | 00:43 | 00:00 | 16:09 | 
| 45 | Josh Archibald | 14 | 00:40 | 09:27 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 09:27 | 
| 58 | Kris Letang | 31 | 00:49 | 25:35 | 01:54 | 01:43 | 21:58 | 
| 59 | Jake Guentzel | 19 | 00:49 | 15:47 | 01:28 | 00:00 | 14:19 | 
| 62 | Carl Hagelin | 20 | 00:45 | 15:01 | 00:29 | 02:08 | 12:24 | 
| 71 | Evgeni Malkin | 22 | 00:46 | 16:55 | 01:49 | 00:00 | 15:06 | 
| 75 | Ryan Reaves | 15 | 00:34 | 08:39 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 08:39 | 
| 81 | Phil Kessel | 20 | 00:58 | 19:34 | 01:57 | 00:02 | 17:35 | 
| 87 | Sidney Crosby | 24 | 00:51 | 20:47 | 01:25 | 00:15 | 19:07 | 
| TOI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shifts | Avg Shift | Total | Power Play | Shorthanded | Even Strength | 
| 4 | Tyson Barrie | 29 | 00:50 | 24:31 | 03:03 | 00:17 | 21:11 | 
| 10 | Sven Andrighetto | 17 | 00:51 | 14:29 | 01:10 | 00:00 | 13:19 | 
| 12 | Patrik Nemeth | 29 | 00:50 | 24:34 | 00:12 | 02:38 | 21:44 | 
| 13 | Alexander Kerfoot | 14 | 00:41 | 09:47 | 00:56 | 00:00 | 08:51 | 
| 14 | Blake Comeau | 21 | 00:53 | 18:50 | 00:00 | 01:32 | 17:18 | 
| 16 | Nikita Zadorov | 28 | 00:41 | 19:20 | 00:02 | 00:00 | 19:18 | 
| 17 | Tyson Jost | 13 | 00:44 | 09:43 | 00:00 | 00:00 | 09:43 | 
| 22 | Colin Wilson | 17 | 00:47 | 13:32 | 00:54 | 00:00 | 12:38 | 
| 29 | Nathan MacKinnon | 25 | 00:46 | 19:26 | 03:01 | 00:00 | 16:25 | 
| 34 | Carl Soderberg | 20 | 00:52 | 17:23 | 00:14 | 00:38 | 16:31 | 
| 37 | J.T. Compher | 21 | 00:46 | 16:26 | 02:47 | 01:32 | 12:07 | 
| 44 | Mark Barberio | 26 | 00:45 | 19:46 | 00:02 | 01:59 | 17:45 | 
| 49 | Samuel Girard | 18 | 00:45 | 13:32 | 00:54 | 00:00 | 12:38 | 
| 54 | Anton Lindholm | 19 | 00:45 | 14:33 | 00:00 | 00:56 | 13:37 | 
| 64 | Nail Yakupov | 11 | 00:41 | 07:32 | 00:42 | 00:00 | 06:50 | 
| 83 | Matt Nieto | 19 | 00:45 | 14:19 | 00:00 | 00:49 | 13:30 | 
| 92 | Gabriel Landeskog | 25 | 00:44 | 18:28 | 02:47 | 01:19 | 14:22 | 
| 96 | Mikko Rantanen | 25 | 00:42 | 17:49 | 03:01 | 00:00 | 14:48 | 
| # | Player | Period | Goals Against | Shots Against | Save Percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Matthew Murray | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0.923 | 
| 2 | 2 | 15 | 0.867 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 
| # | Player | Period | Goals Against | Shots Against | Save Percentage | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semyon Varlamov | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0.944 | 
| 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 8 | 0.875 |