WHERE: PPG Paints Arena
DATE: 7:00 PM, December
15, 2018
TV Coverage: NHL
ATTENDANCE: 18,627 100%
CAPACITY: 18,087
Referees: Dean Morton and Marc
Joannette
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik and Derek
Amell
Pittsburgh
Penguins goaltender Matt Murray was
just happy to be back on the ice after a rocky start to the season.
Murray made his first start in a
month and his strong play, particularly in overtime, helped the Penguins to
another win.
Phil Kessel scored
a power-play goal at 3:59 of overtime to give Pittsburgh a 4-3 victory over
the Los Angeles
Kings on Saturday night.
Evgeni Malkin pushed
a loose puck from the slot to Kessel, and he finished near the side of the net
for the Penguins' fifth victory in seven games.
Tanner
Pearson scored against his former team, and Matt Cullen and Bryan Rust
also had goals for the Penguins. Matt Murray made 38 saves for his first
victory since Oct. 25 at Calgary.
Murray stopped Tyler Toffoli's
breakaway in the first 30 seconds of overtime. Murray also denied a quality
overtime chance from Jake Muzzin in
the slot.
Muzzin, Matt Luff and Alex Iafallo scored
for Los Angeles, and Jonathan
Quick stopped 32 shots. The Kings have lost four straight and eight
of 10.
Iafallo tied it at 3 with a
power-play goal at 12:30 of the third period.
Murray missed the previous nine
games with a lower-body injury before backing up Casey DeSmith the
last two contests. He made his first start since Nov. 17 when he was pulled for
the third time in six starts during a loss at Ottawa.
Murray, a two-time Stanley Cup
champion, struggled through his first 11 games, posting a 4-5-1 record with a
4.08 goals-against average and a .877 save percentage.
Cullen's short-handed goal opened
the scoring for Pittsburgh. It was the Penguins' second of the season and
second in as many games.
Rust extended the Penguins' lead
to 2-0 later in the period when he beat Quick to the glove side with a wrist
shot.
Toffoli scored in the first
period for the Kings, but the goal was overturned following a Pittsburgh
offsides challenge.
Muzzin's goal stood at 3:22 of
the second period. Muzzin, a former Penguins' draft pick, finished a one-timer
from Anze Kopitar during
an odd-man rush.
Pearson put Pittsburgh in front
3-1 midway through the second period. He stripped Drew Doughty of
the puck at the Kings' blueline; eluded Quick's poke check and elevated a shot
above the fallen Kings' goaltender.
Pearson skated four full seasons
and parts of two others with the Kings before he was traded to the Penguins on
Nov. 14 in exchange for Carl Hagelin,
who is out with a lower-body injury. Pearson, who won a Stanley Cup with Los
Angeles in 2014, has four goals and six points in 16 games with Pittsburgh.
Luff pulled Los Angeles back
within one when he beat Murray to the blocker side with a wrist shot from the
slot.
But Murray did enough down the
stretch to earn the win in his return.
GAME NOTES
Pittsburgh has won four straight at home. ... The Penguins played without
D Kris Letang,
who is day-to-day with a lower-body injury sustained Friday in a collision
with Boston Bruins'
F Joakim
Nordstrom. Juuso Riikola took
Letang's spot in the lineup. ... Kings' D Dion Phaneuf missed
his second straight game with an upper-body injury. ... Pittsburgh F Jake Guentzel extended
an eight-game home point streak.
UP NEXT
KINGS: The Kings return home to Host the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday
night.
PENGUINS: The Penguins remain home to host the Anaheim Ducks on
Monday night.
MY 3 STARS OF THE GAME
1: Phil
Kessel RW – PIT, 1 Goal, 0 Assist
2:
Bryan Rust RW – PIT, 1 Goal, 1 Assist
3: Alex Iafallo C – LA, 1 Goal,
1Assist
SCORING SUMMARY
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TEAM STATS
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LA
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PGH
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Shots
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41
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36
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Hits
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36
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28
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Faceoffs Won
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28
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27
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Faceoff Win Percent
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50.9
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49.1
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Power Play Opportunities
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3
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3
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Power Play Goals
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1
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1
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Power Play Percentage
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33.3
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33.3
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Short Handed Goals
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0
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1
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Total Penalties
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2
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3
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Penalty Minutes
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4
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6
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Blocked Shots
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11
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14
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Takeaways
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2
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8
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Giveaways
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6
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12
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* - A player receives a
"plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or
shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an
even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in
these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.
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* - A player receives a
"plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or
shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an
even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in
these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.
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