PENGUINS DOWN JETS 4-3

PITTSBURGH 4, WINNIPEG 3

WHEN: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, November 27, 2018
WHERE: Bell MTS Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
REFEREES: Frederic L'Ecuyer, Chris Rooney
LINESMEN: Brian Mach, Bryan Pancich
ATTENDANCE: 15321

Zach Aston-Reese's third-period goal gave the Pittsburgh Penguins their first and only lead Tuesday in a 4-3 win over the host Winnipeg Jets.

Aston-Reese broke a 3-3 tie at 14:48 of the third when a centering pass from deep by Phil Kessel bounced off the leg of Winnipeg's Blake Wheeler and right to Aston-Reese in the slot. The second-year center swept the puck over goaltender Connor Hellebuyck's left shoulder.

Sidney Crosby, Riley Sheahan and Derek Grant also scored for the Penguins, who are 3-0-2 in their past five games. Three times they erased one-goal deficits.

Mark Scheifele scored twice, Brandon Tanev scored, and Wheeler and Nikolaj Ehlers each had two assists for Winnipeg, which is 1-3-0 in its past four.

Casey DeSmith made 24 saves for Pittsburgh, Hellebuyck 26 for the Jets.

Tanev carried the puck from behind the net in a sweeping arc and scored a short-handed goal from the slot to give Winnipeg a 1-0 lead at 7:01 of the first period.

Crosby tied it with a backhander at 18:13 of the first. Jake Guentzel got an assist for his 100th career point.

Scheifele got his first of the game 39 seconds into the second period. He scored on a one-timer from the left circle off a pass from Wheeler, beating DeSmith far side to give the Jets a 2-1 lead.

Pittsburgh tied it 2-2 at 4:40 of the second. Grant's centering pass from near the end boards set up a shot by Sheahan. The puck landed behind Hellebuyck in the blue paint, and Sheahan rushed in to poke it over the goal line.

The Jets took their third one-goal lead, 3-2, at 16:00 of the second when Scheifele picked up his 13th. Wheeler chipped the puck off the boards. Scheifele caught up with it in the left circle and beat DeSmith to the far side.

Grant, back after missing two games because of an unspecified injury, got his first goal with the Penguins at 5:08 of the third when Hellebuyck whiffed on an uncontested shot from the right circle. Garrett Wilson, in his 40th career game and sixth this season, got an assist for his first NHL point.

Top Game Performances

Pittsburgh		Winnipeg
Derek Grant 2	Points	Mark Scheifele 2
Derek Grant 1	Goals	Mark Scheifele 2
Derek Grant 1	Assists	Nikolaj Ehlers 2
N/A	Power Play Goals	N/A
N/A	Short Handed Goals	Brandon Tanev 1
Casey DeSmith .889	Save Percentage	Connor Hellebuyck .867
Casey DeSmith 24	Saves	Connor Hellebuyck 26

Team Stats Summary

Team	Shots	Goals	Power Play	Penalty Kill	Penalty Mins	Face Offs Won
Pittsburgh	30	4	0-1	2-2	4	22
Winnipeg	27	3	0-2	1-1	2	28

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST PERIOD 7:01 Jets Brandon Tanev (4) (Shorthanded) Assists: Ben Chiarot, Adam Lowry 0 1 18:13 Penguins Sidney Crosby (10) Assists: Dominik Simon, Jake Guentzel 1 1

2ND PERIOD 0:39 Jets Mark Scheifele (12) Assists: Blake Wheeler, Nikolaj Ehlers 1 2 4:40 Penguins Riley Sheahan (2) Assists: Derek Grant, Jamie Oleksiak 2 2 16:00 Jets Mark Scheifele (13) Assists: Blake Wheeler, Nikolaj Ehlers 2 3

3RD PERIOD 5:08 Penguins Derek Grant (1) Assists: Garrett Wilson, Olli Maatta 3 3 14:48 Penguins Zach Aston-Reese (2) Assists: Phil Kessel, Kris Letang 4 3

THE GAMES 3 STARS

1: Mark Scheifele C – WPG, 2 Goals, 0 Assists

2: Derek Grant, C – PIT, 1 Goals, 1 Assists

3: Sidney Crosby, C – PIT, 1 Goals, 0 Assists

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	T
Pittsburgh	1	1	2	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		60:00	54:00	2:00	4:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Tristan Jarry	G	0	0	0		0	0		0:00	0:00	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Olli Maatta	D	0	1	1	E	0	1	27	20:25	18:12	0:38	1:35	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Jamie Oleksiak	D	0	1	1	E	0	2	23	16:52	15:02	0:00	1:50	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	+2	4	3	28	20:01	20:01	0:00	0:00	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Garrett Wilson	LW	0	1	1	+2	0	0	11	7:41	7:41	0:00	0:00	0	0	3	1	-	-	-
Dominik Simon	LW	0	1	1	+1	0	3	22	15:40	15:40	0:00	0:00	0	0	1	1	-	-	-
Tanner Pearson	LW	0	0	0	-2	0	3	20	14:14	14:14	0:00	0:00	0	0	1	2	-	-	-
Riley Sheahan	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	16	11:58	9:21	0:00	2:37	0	0	1	2	3	1	75
Bryan Rust	RW	0	0	0	-1	0	1	23	15:55	14:29	0:03	1:23	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Derick Brassard	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	19	13:54	12:50	1:04	0:00	0	0	-	-	4	3	57
Derek Grant	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	14	9:34	8:01	0:10	1:23	0	0	-	-	1	1	50
Zach Aston-Reese	LW	1	0	1	+1	0	2	20	15:58	13:18	0:03	2:37	0	0	-	-	0	1	0
Juuso Riikola	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	24	17:36	17:26	0:10	0:00	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	E	0	1	29	25:57	22:10	1:22	2:25	0	0	1	3	-	-	-
Jake Guentzel	LW	0	1	1	+1	0	0	25	17:30	16:44	0:46	0:00	0	0	-	2	0	1	0
Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	21	17:58	16:01	1:57	0:00	0	0	-	-	5	7	42
Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	E	0	2	25	18:06	15:56	0:00	2:10	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Kessel	RW	0	1	1	-1	0	1	19	16:34	14:44	1:50	0:00	0	0	-	-	0	1	0
Sidney Crosby	C	1	0	1	E	0	3	26	20:07	18:10	1:57	0:00	0	0	2	1	9	13	41

Winnipeg Jets

Player	POS	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PP	SH	HT	BS	FW	FL	FO%
Laurent Brossoit	G	0	0	0		0	0		0:00	0:00	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Connor Hellebuyck	G	0	0	0		0	0		57:52	51:52	4:00	2:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Chiarot	D	0	1	1	E	0	0	18	18:45	17:59	0:00	0:46	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Jacob Trouba	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	24	20:42	19:14	0:24	1:04	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Brandon Tanev	LW	1	0	1	+1	0	3	23	14:45	13:58	0:00	0:47	0	1	3	-	-	-	-
Adam Lowry	C	0	1	1	E	0	0	23	15:29	14:42	0:00	0:47	0	0	3	-	7	5	58
Bryan Little	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	22	18:42	18:10	0:32	0:00	0	0	-	-	11	9	55
Nic Petan	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	0	7	5:09	5:09	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Blake Wheeler	RW	0	2	2	+1	0	2	24	23:11	18:15	3:43	1:13	0	0	-	1	0	1	0
Nikolaj Ehlers	LW	0	2	2	E	0	2	19	16:51	16:19	0:32	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Roslovic	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	10	4:51	4:51	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	1	2	33
Patrik Laine	RW	0	0	0	-1	0	4	21	21:52	18:24	3:28	0:00	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Dustin Byfuglien	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	17	22:03	18:35	3:28	0:00	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Josh Morrissey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	22	19:15	17:46	0:25	1:04	0	0	1	2	-	-	-
Brendan Lemieux	LW	0	0	0	E	0	0	7	4:32	4:32	0:00	0:00	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Mark Scheifele	C	2	0	2	+1	0	3	21	22:35	18:35	3:28	0:32	0	0	-	1	9	5	64
Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	17	18:02	17:06	0:00	0:56	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Morrow	D	0	0	0	E	0	1	14	15:26	15:16	0:00	0:10	0	0	-	1	-	-	-
Kyle Connor	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	3	22	22:16	18:07	3:28	0:41	0	0	-	1	-	-	-
Mathieu Perreault	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	2	21	15:42	15:10	0:32	0:00	0	0	1	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Pittsburgh
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV %	PIM	TOI
Casey DeSmith W (6-3-3)	27	24	3	.889	0	60:00

Winnipeg
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV %	PIM	TOI
Connor Hellebuyck L (9-7-1)	30	26	4	.867	0	57:52

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