PITTSBURGH 3,
CAROLINA 1
WHEN: 5:00
PM ET, Sunday, March 31, 2019
WHERE: PPG PAINTS Arena,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
REFEREES: Jon McIsaac, Kelly
Sutherland
LINESMEN: Steve Barton, Derek Nansen
ATTENDANCE: 18616
Pittsburgh's fourth line combined for five points Sunday
as the Penguins topped the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 in an important
Metropolitan Division matchup.
Matt Cullen had a goal and an assist, Adam Johnson had
two assists for his first two NHL points, and Garrett Wilson and Patric
Hornqvist also scored for Pittsburgh, which has won four of its past five
games.
Goaltender Matt Murray stopped 37 of 38 Hurricanes shots.
The Penguins (43-25-11, 97 points) moved to within two
points of the idle second-place New York Islanders in the division.
If Carolina (43-29-7, 93 points) had been able to muster
a regulation win, it would have caught the Penguins in points with 95 and
leapfrogged them into third place in the division based on tiebreakers.
Instead, the Hurricanes remain in a wild-card spot in the
Eastern Conference.
Jaccob Slavin scored and Curtis McElhinney made 25 saves
for Carolina, which has lost three of four.
Carolina's Calvin de Haan left early in the second period
after taking a spill, leaving the team with five defensemen. The Hurricanes
reported he has an upper-body injury.
The fourth line of Johnson, Cullen and Wilson carried the
Penguins in the first period and produced two goals.
Wilson's second NHL goal gave Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead at
10:45. He swatted the puck in off McElhinney's glove during a scramble around
the crease. A Carolina challenge for goalie interference was denied.
Brian Dumoulin forced a Hurricanes turnover to set up the
Penguins' second goal. Johnson collected the puck and fed it to Cullen for a
two-on-one with Olli Maatta. Cullen wristed the puck past McElhinney's blocker
at 18:45.
After a scoreless second, Hornqvist made it 3-0 just 46
seconds into the third. Dominik Simon, from deep, dropped a backhanded pass to
Hornqvist, who one-timed the puck from the right circle for his first
even-strength goal in 33 games.
Slavin spoiled Murray's shutout bid during a power play
at 12:12 of the third on a shot from the top of the slot through heavy traffic.
TOP GAME PERFORMANCES
|
CAROLINA
|
|
PITTSBURGH
|
|
Jaccob Slavin 1
|
Points
|
Matt Cullen 2
|
|
Jaccob Slavin 1
|
Goals
|
Matt Cullen 1
|
|
Micheal Ferland 1
|
Assists
|
Adam Johnson 2
|
|
Jaccob Slavin 1
|
Power Play Goals
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
Short Handed
Goals
|
N/A
|
|
Curtis McElhinney .893
|
Save Percentage
|
Matt Murray .974
|
|
Curtis McElhinney 25
|
Saves
|
Matt Murray 37
|
Team Stats Summary
|
Team
|
Shots
|
Goals
|
Power Play
|
Penalty Kill
|
Penalty Mins
|
Face Offs Won
|
|
Carolina
|
38
|
1
|
1-2
|
1-1
|
6
|
37
|
|
Pittsburgh
|
28
|
3
|
0-1
|
1-2
|
8
|
35
|
MY GAMES 3 STARS
GAMES 3RD STAR: Penguins Right Wing Patric Hornqvist who had 1 goal
GAMES 2ND STAR: Penguins defensemen Adam Johnson who had 2 assist
GAMES 1ST STAR: Penguins Center Matt Cullen who had 1 goal and 1 assist
GAMES SCORING SUMMARY
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FINAL SCORING SUMMARY
|
Final
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
T
|
|
Carolina
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Pittsburgh
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
CAROLINA
HURRICANES
|
PLAYER
|
POS
|
G
|
A
|
P
|
+/-
|
PIM
|
SOG
|
SHF
|
TOI
|
EV
|
PP
|
SH
|
PP
|
SH
|
HT
|
BS
|
FW
|
FL
|
FO%
|
|
Petr Mrazek
|
G
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||
|
Curtis
McElhinney
|
G
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
57:07
|
51:44
|
3:23
|
2:00
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||
|
Jordan
Staal
|
C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
1
|
23
|
18:57
|
16:08
|
1:12
|
1:37
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
13
|
13
|
50
|
|
Warren
Foegele
|
LW
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
2
|
13
|
9:34
|
9:32
|
0:02
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Justin
Williams
|
RW
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
2
|
7
|
23
|
22:44
|
20:34
|
2:09
|
0:01
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
67
|
|
Dougie
Hamilton
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-2
|
2
|
1
|
25
|
22:57
|
21:51
|
1:06
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Sebastian
Aho
|
RW
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
3
|
24
|
23:01
|
20:14
|
2:17
|
0:30
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
13
|
10
|
57
|
|
Nino
Niederreiter
|
RW
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
3
|
24
|
20:43
|
18:43
|
2:00
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Brett Pesce
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
E
|
0
|
3
|
27
|
23:44
|
22:12
|
0:00
|
1:32
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Brock
McGinn
|
LW
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
9:18
|
9:16
|
0:02
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Justin
Faulk
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
E
|
2
|
2
|
28
|
23:21
|
20:55
|
2:26
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Andrei
Svechnikov
|
RW
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
-1
|
0
|
1
|
21
|
16:13
|
14:52
|
1:21
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Greg McKegg
|
C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
10:00
|
9:58
|
0:02
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
7
|
22
|
|
Calvin de
Haan
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
7:08
|
6:40
|
0:00
|
0:28
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jordan
Martinook
|
LW
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
E
|
0
|
1
|
17
|
10:32
|
10:32
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Trevor van
Riemsdyk
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
15:10
|
14:42
|
0:00
|
0:28
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Lucas
Wallmark
|
C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
E
|
0
|
1
|
17
|
10:48
|
10:48
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
4
|
64
|
|
Jaccob
Slavin
|
D
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
-2
|
0
|
5
|
28
|
24:59
|
22:30
|
0:57
|
1:32
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Micheal
Ferland
|
LW
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
E
|
0
|
4
|
20
|
12:49
|
11:45
|
1:04
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Teuvo
Teravainen
|
LW
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
3
|
21
|
16:22
|
14:05
|
2:17
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
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
|
54:37
|
2:00
|
3:23
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||
|
Olli Maatta
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
+1
|
2
|
1
|
26
|
20:50
|
19:57
|
0:00
|
0:53
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Justin
Schultz
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
+1
|
0
|
2
|
25
|
19:12
|
17:19
|
1:53
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Matt Cullen
|
C
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
+2
|
0
|
1
|
19
|
13:12
|
11:03
|
0:00
|
2:09
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
9
|
25
|
|
Brian
Dumoulin
|
D
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
+1
|
2
|
1
|
26
|
22:58
|
20:42
|
0:00
|
2:16
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Garrett
Wilson
|
LW
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
+2
|
0
|
4
|
16
|
8:49
|
8:24
|
0:00
|
0:25
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Dominik
Simon
|
LW
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
+1
|
0
|
1
|
20
|
14:36
|
14:29
|
0:07
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Bryan Rust
|
RW
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
E
|
0
|
1
|
25
|
20:30
|
18:05
|
0:00
|
2:25
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jared
McCann
|
C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
E
|
0
|
1
|
22
|
14:44
|
13:39
|
0:07
|
0:58
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
40
|
|
Nick
Bjugstad
|
C
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
+1
|
0
|
2
|
21
|
13:35
|
13:28
|
0:07
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
-
|
6
|
7
|
46
|
|
Marcus
Pettersson
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
+1
|
0
|
0
|
24
|
18:01
|
16:26
|
0:07
|
1:28
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Erik
Gudbranson
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
+1
|
0
|
0
|
25
|
18:27
|
17:13
|
0:07
|
1:07
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Adam
Johnson
|
C
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
+2
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
4:40
|
4:40
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Teddy
Blueger
|
C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
E
|
0
|
3
|
20
|
13:40
|
12:51
|
0:00
|
0:49
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
7
|
30
|
|
Jake
Guentzel
|
LW
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
E
|
0
|
3
|
26
|
21:29
|
19:36
|
1:53
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Patric
Hornqvist
|
RW
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
+1
|
2
|
4
|
22
|
14:21
|
14:20
|
0:01
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jack
Johnson
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
+1
|
2
|
0
|
26
|
19:07
|
18:05
|
0:00
|
1:02
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Phil Kessel
|
RW
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
E
|
0
|
2
|
18
|
13:11
|
11:18
|
1:53
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Sidney
Crosby
|
C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
E
|
0
|
2
|
27
|
22:42
|
20:49
|
1:53
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
21
|
11
|
66
|
Goaltending
|
Carolina
|
||||||
|
|
Shots
|
Saves
|
GA
|
SV %
|
PIM
|
TOI
|
|
Curtis
McElhinney L (19-11-2)
|
28
|
25
|
3
|
.893
|
0
|
57:07
|
|
Pittsburgh
|
||||||
|
|
Shots
|
Saves
|
GA
|
SV %
|
PIM
|
TOI
|
|
Matt Murray W
(28-13-5)
|
38
|
37
|
1
|
.974
|
0
|
60:00
|
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