Minnesota at Pittsburgh

Shots

	1	2	3	OT	T
Minnesota	12	14	10	0	36
Pittsburgh	10	4	16	0	30

Goals

	1	2	3	OT	T
Minnesota	2	1	1	0	4
Pittsburgh	2	1	2	0	5

Scoring Summary

Period 1
1. PITTSBURGH, STEPAN 16 (UNASSISTED), 00:48
2. MINNESOTA, GIROUX 5 (MURSAK, ADAM), 05:49
3. PITTSBURGH, KOVALCHUK 20 (JARNKROK, KADRI) (PP), 15:41
4. MINNESOTA, CATENACCI 11 (PIETRANGELO, TURRIS) (PP), 19:00

PENALTIES: M. STAAL PIT (ELBOWING, Minor) 01:41, C. PAINCHAUD MIN (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 07:00, C. JARNKROK PIT (BOARDING, Minor) 07:00, C. STEWART MIN (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 12:17, C. PAINCHAUD MIN (BOARDING, Minor) 15:17, B. SCHENN PIT (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:00

Period 2
5. MINNESOTA, PAINCHAUD 13 (CATENACCI, FISCHER) (SH), 04:32
6. PITTSBURGH, JARNKROK 5 (KULIKOV, CUMA) (PP), 07:20

PENALTIES: C. STEWART MIN (CHARGING, Major) 03:43, D. CATENACCI MIN (HOOKING, Minor) 04:34, C. TEUBERT MIN (BOARDING, Minor, Misconduct) 12:42, D. STEPAN PIT (CHARGING, Minor) 12:42, M. BLUNDEN PIT (ROUGHING, Minor) 14:30, M. PAAJARVI PIT (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:50, N. BJUGSTAD MIN (CHARGING, Minor) 18:51, M. STAAL PIT (CHARGING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 18:51 (Served by Michael Blunden), D. CATENACCI MIN (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 19:53

Period 3
7. PITTSBURGH, PAAJARVI 16 (BLUNDEN), 06:14
8. MINNESOTA, PIVTSAKIN 3 (ADAM, FISCHER), 09:14
9. PITTSBURGH, SUTER 2 (BLUNDEN, PAAJARVI), 11:12

PENALTIES: D. CATENACCI MIN (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:04, T. CUMA PIT (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 02:04, D. CATENACCI MIN (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 07:13

Goalie Statistics

Alvaro Montoya (MIN), 4 saves out of 4 shots
Jake Allen (MIN), 21 saves out of 26 shots, L, 11-12-3
Steve Mason (PIT), 32 saves out of 36 shots, W, 19-13-1

Power Play Conversions

Minnesota 1 for 4
Pittsburgh 2 for 6

Game Stars

1 - Ryan Suter (PIT)
2 - Daniel Catenacci (MIN)
3 - Magnus Paajarvi (PIT)

Player Statistics

Minnesota

G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Nick Bjugstad 0 0 0 Even 2 3 0 23 Jake Gardiner 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 29 David Fischer 0 2 2 -1 0 4 5 26 Luke Adam 0 2 2 +1 0 3 1 21 Colten Teubert 0 0 0 -1 12 2 2 23 Chad Painchaud 1 0 1 Even 4 5 3 23 Chris Stewart 0 0 0 -1 7 1 5 20 Daniel Catenacci 1 1 2 -2 18 6 2 16 Kyle Turris 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 18 Jake Muzzin 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 5 Jan Mursak 0 1 1 Even 0 0 0 9 John Tavares 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 24 Claude Giroux 1 0 1 Even 0 3 0 10 Nikita Pivtsakin 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 10 Alex Pietrangelo 0 1 1 -1 0 2 4 26

Pittsburgh

G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Dmitri Kulikov 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 27 Denis Tolpeko 0 0 0 +2 0 0 2 16 Brayden Schenn 0 0 0 +1 2 4 1 24 Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 1 +1 0 1 3 20 Michael Blunden 0 2 2 +1 2 1 0 22 Derek Stepan 1 0 1 Even 2 4 0 25 Tyler Cuma 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 17 Ryan Suter 1 0 1 +2 0 5 2 20 Alexander Urbom 0 0 0 Even 0 0 2 8 Patrick Nemeth 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11 Marc Staal 0 0 0 +1 14 1 2 15 Jamie Oleksiak 0 0 0 +2 0 2 2 19 Magnus Paajarvi 1 1 2 Even 2 4 3 23 Calle Jarnkrok 1 1 2 -2 2 3 0 20 Nazem Kadri 0 1 1 Even 0 1 0 12 Beau Bennett 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 14

Financial

Attendance: 14476
Net Profit: $1š085š700,00

Game Notes

Jake Muzzin injured at 18:51 of the 2nd Period
Marc Staal ejected at 18:51 of the 2nd Period
Alvaro Montoya enters game at 11:12 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Houston        15
W-Barre        13
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Christian Thomas 12 (Derick Brassard, Antoine Vermette)
Josh Godfrey 9 (Michael St. Croix, Blair Jones)
Antoine Vermette 12 (Eric O'Dell, Jacob Josefson)
Derick Brassard 11 (Ryan Jones, Ryan Wilson)
Riley Nash 13 (Rhett Rakhshani, Akim Aliu)
Jacob Josefson 12 (Alexander Burmistrov, Ryan Parent)
Rhett Rakhshani 14 (Tom Pyatt, Brian Dumoulin)
Mike Lundin 5 (Troy Brouwer, Tim Brent)
Antoine Vermette 13 (Rhett Rakhshani, Blair Jones)
Tom Pyatt 11 (Ryan Jones, Brian Dumoulin)
Akim Aliu 11 (Tim Brent, Jacob Josefson)
Troy Brouwer 12 (Blair Jones, Alexander Burmistrov)
Christian Thomas 13 (Antoine Vermette, Akim Aliu)
Rhett Rakhshani 15 (Mike Lundin, Eric O'Dell)
Riley Nash 14 (Josh Godfrey, Troy Brouwer)

Joakim Lindstrom 20 (Maxim Afinogenov, Mike Brown)
Nicklas Backstrom 12 (Clarke MacArthur, Stanislav Chistov)
Andrei Markov 4 (Jaroslav Hlinka, Nikita Alexeev)
Brad Winchester 8 (Riley Holzapfel, Philip Gogulla)
Clarke MacArthur 17 (Ryan Getzlaf	, Steve Eminger)
Brad Winchester 9 (Bruno Gervais, Richard Stehlik)
Mike Brown 5 (Devin Setoguchi, Jack Christian)
Nicklas Backstrom 13 (Barret Jackman, Jeff Likens)
Philip Gogulla 24 (Sam Roberts, Devin Setoguchi)
Devin Setoguchi 11 (Riley Holzapfel, Clarke MacArthur)
Brad Winchester 10 (Joakim Lindstrom, Nikita Alexeev)
Philip Gogulla 25 (Nicklas Backstrom, Philip Gogulla)
Jaroslav Hlinka 12 (Nikita Alexeev, Clarke MacArthur)

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Goalies
Houston: Michal Neuvirth
W-Barre: Tobias Stephan
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