CROSBY, PENGUINS TRIP UP MCDAVID, OILERS 3-1

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PITTSBURGH 3, EDMONTON 1

WHEN: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 13, 2019 WHERE: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania REFEREES: Dean Morton, Dan O'Rourke LINESMEN: Darren Gibbs, Libor Suchanek ATTENDANCE: 18570

Bryan Rust and Teddy Blueger scored second-period goals Wednesday to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins over the visiting Edmonton Oilers 3-1.

Pittsburgh improved to 6-0-0 against Edmonton when star centers Sidney Crosby of the Penguins and Connor McDavid of the Oilers are in the lineups. Each had an assist.

Jared McCann added an empty-net goal for Pittsburgh, which won its second game in a row following a four-game losing skid. Penguins goaltender Matt Murray made 38 saves, including a stop of McDavid on a penalty shot.

Leon Draisaitl scored for Edmonton, which is 1-6-2 in its past nine games. Mikko Koskinen stopped 31 Pittsburgh shots.

The Penguins played without center Evgeni Malkin, who served a one-game NHL suspension for wildly swinging a high stick Monday night in Philadelphia, and defenseman Olli Maatta, who missed his first game because of a suspected shoulder injury that could have him out for a lengthy period.

Draisaitl gave the Oilers a 1-0 lead at 4:45 of the first period. He took a pass from McDavid on a two-on-one against Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin. Draisaitl, from below the left hash marks, sent a shot past Murray's blocker.

McDavid extended his point streak to eight games with the assist. He has two goals and 10 assists in that span.

Rust tied it at 2:30 of the second period with a short-handed goal. Penalty-kill partner Matt Cullen, behind the net, fed Rust, also behind the net, and Rust scored on a partial wraparound move.

Blueger gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead at 6:10 of the second with the third goal of his rookie season. Kris Letang, from behind the extended goal line, centered a pass off Koskinen's pad and out to the slot, where Blueger was ready and swept the puck past the goalie's blocker.

At 17:25 of the second, McDavid was awarded a penalty shot. He was sprung after Crosby turned the puck over deep in Edmonton's end. Letang got his stick on McDavid after the Oilers star crossed the blue line.

On the penalty shot, McDavid swung wide left with the puck and cut across as he bore down on Murray, who made a strong glove save.

McCann sealed the outcome thanks to an empty-net goal with one minute left.

TOP GAME PERFORMANCES

EDMONTON		PITTSBURGH
Leon Draisaitl 1	Points	Teddy Blueger 1
Leon Draisaitl 1	Goals	Teddy Blueger 1
Oscar Klefbom 1	Assists	Sidney Crosby 1
N/A	Power Play Goals	N/A
N/A	Short Handed Goals	Bryan Rust 1
Mikko Koskinen .939	Save Percentage	Matt Murray .974
Mikko Koskinen 31	Saves	Matt Murray 38

TEAM STATS SUMMARY

TEAM	SHOTS	GOALS	POWER PLAY	PENALTY KILL	PENALTY MINS	FACE OFFS WON
EDMONTON	39	1	0-2	1-1	2	33
PITTSBURGH	34	3	0-1	2-2	4	25

MY 3 STARS OF THE GAME

GAMES 1^ST STAR: Matt Murray, G – PIT, 38 Saves, .974 SV%

GAMES 2^ND STAR: Bryan Rust, RW – PIT, 1 Goals, 0 Assists

GAMES 3^RD STAR: Teddy Blueger, C – PIT, 1 Goal, 0 Assists

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST PERIOD 4:45 Oilers Leon Draisaitl (33) Assists: Connor McDavid, Oscar Klefbom 1 0

2ND PERIOD 2:30 Penguins Bryan Rust (16) (Shorthanded) Assists: Matt Cullen, Brian Dumoulin 1 1 6:10 Penguins Teddy Blueger (3) Assists: Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby 1 2

3RD PERIOD 19:00 Penguins Jared McCann (11) Unassisted 1 3

FINAL SCORING SUMMARY

FINAL	1	2	3	T
Edmonton	1	0	0	1
Pittsburgh	0	2	1	3

EDMONTON OILERS

Player	POS	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PP	SH	HT	BS	FW	FL	FO%
Mikko Koskinen	G	0	0	0		0	0		59:43	53:43	4:00	2:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Cam Talbot	G	0	0	0		0	0		0:00	0:00	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Kris Russell	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	26	21:03	19:07	0:53	1:03	0	0	3	1	-	-	-
Kevin Gravel	D	0	0	0	E	0	4	15	12:11	11:14	0:00	0:57	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Adam Larsson	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	30	22:38	22:13	0:25	0:00	0	0	2	2	-	-	-
Ty Rattie	RW	0	0	0	E	0	2	13	7:22	6:29	0:53	0:00	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Colby Cave	C	0	0	0	E	0	0	15	9:18	8:43	0:00	0:35	0	0	3	-	4	4	50
Alexander Petrovic	D	0	0	0	E	0	2	14	10:43	10:43	0:00	0:00	0	0	3	-	-	-	-
Jujhar Khaira	LW	0	0	0	E	0	1	18	15:11	15:11	0:00	0:00	0	0	3	1	-	-	-
Tobias Rieder	RW	0	0	0	E	0	0	15	8:20	7:52	0:00	0:28	0	0	1	-	0	1	0
Brad Malone	C	0	0	0	E	0	0	15	10:12	9:47	0:25	0:00	0	0	5	1	7	5	58
Darnell Nurse	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2	28	25:53	21:57	2:53	1:03	0	0	1	4	-	-	-
Milan Lucic	LW	0	0	0	E	0	1	17	11:58	10:40	1:18	0:00	0	0	3	1	1	1	50
Leon Draisaitl	C	1	0	1	-2	0	6	28	24:03	20:59	2:42	0:22	0	0	-	-	6	3	67
Alex Chiasson	RW	0	0	0	-1	0	1	22	17:12	13:27	2:42	1:03	0	0	3	-	-	-	-
Zack Kassian	RW	0	0	0	-1	0	6	24	20:10	20:10	0:00	0:00	0	0	5	-	-	-	-
Oscar Klefbom	D	0	1	1	E	0	2	31	24:29	22:25	1:07	0:57	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	21	17:56	14:11	2:42	1:03	0	0	3	1	8	9	47
Connor McDavid	C	0	1	1	-2	0	4	27	25:06	21:55	2:42	0:29	0	0	-	-	7	2	78
Jesse Puljujarvi	RW	0	0	0	E	0	1	18	14:32	13:14	1:18	0:00	0	0	4	-	-	-	-

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Player	POS	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PP	SH	HT	BS	FW	FL	FO%
Casey DeSmith	G	0	0	0		0	0		0:00	0:00	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Murray	G	0	0	0		0	0		60:00	54:00	2:00	4:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	E	0	3	25	19:45	18:03	0:00	1:42	0	0	4	4	-	-	-
Matt Cullen	C	0	1	1	+2	0	3	18	11:09	9:45	0:00	1:24	0	0	1	-	3	6	33
Brian Dumoulin	D	0	1	1	E	0	1	31	21:12	18:58	0:00	2:14	0	0	1	2	-	-	-
Garrett Wilson	LW	0	0	0	E	0	1	15	9:08	9:08	0:00	0:00	0	0	1	-	0	1	0
Tanner Pearson	LW	0	0	0	-1	2	0	19	13:51	13:51	0:00	0:00	0	0	6	1	-	-	-
Bryan Rust	RW	1	0	1	+1	2	2	25	19:22	18:17	0:00	1:05	0	1	2	1	-	-	-
Jared McCann	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	18	14:53	12:47	0:00	2:06	0	0	-	3	4	10	29
Nick Bjugstad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	19	14:01	14:01	0:00	0:00	0	0	6	-	5	5	50
Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	E	0	1	21	15:40	15:40	0:00	0:00	0	0	5	-	-	-	-
Zach Aston-Reese	LW	0	0	0	+1	0	0	17	10:53	9:31	0:00	1:22	0	0	5	-	-	-	-
Juuso Riikola	D	0	0	0	E	0	0	23	17:23	17:23	0:00	0:00	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Teddy Blueger	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	18	13:42	12:09	0:00	1:33	0	0	4	-	1	0	100
Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	+2	0	9	30	23:53	19:35	2:00	2:18	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Jake Guentzel	LW	0	0	0	E	0	4	22	20:31	18:31	2:00	0:00	0	0	2	1	-	-	-
Patric Hornqvist	RW	0	0	0	+1	0	2	16	14:22	12:22	2:00	0:00	0	0	3	-	-	-	-
Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	27	20:02	18:16	0:00	1:46	0	0	6	1	-	-	-
Phil Kessel	RW	0	0	0	-1	0	1	20	15:37	13:37	2:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	1	0	100
Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	23	20:36	18:06	2:00	0:30	0	0	2	1	11	11	50

Goaltending

Edmonton
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV %	PIM	TOI
Mikko Koskinen L (14-12-2)	33	31	2	.939	0	59:43

Pittsburgh
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV %	PIM	TOI
Matt Murray W (17-9-1)	39	38	1	.974	0	60:00