Pittsburgh Penguins Game Notes Sat, Dec 28, 2019 NHL Game #596 Pittsburgh Penguins 22 - 11 - 4 (48 pts) Nashville Predators 18 - 13 - 6 (42 pts) Team Game: 38 14 - 4 - 2 (Home) Team Game: 38 10 - 7 - 4 (Home) Home Game: 21 8 - 7 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 17 8 - 6 - 2 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 30 Matt Murray 22 10 6 4 2.91 .892 35 Pekka Rinne 22 13 6 3 3.04 .892 35 Tristan Jarry 17 12 5 0 1.87 .939 74 Juuse Saros 19 5 7 3 3.08 .894 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 2 D Chad Ruhwedel 14 2 3 5 2 10 4 D Ryan Ellis 37 6 22 28 14 13 3 D Jack Johnson 35 2 3 5 8 12 5 D Dan Hamhuis 35 0 5 5 6 21 4 D Justin Schultz 27 2 6 8 -5 0 7 D Yannick Weber 19 0 1 1 2 4 6 D John Marino 35 4 12 16 15 12 8 C Kyle Turris 30 5 11 16 -4 8 7 D Kevin Czuczman - - - - - - 9 L Filip Forsberg 31 14 12 26 -2 18 12 C Dominik Simon 37 3 11 14 -4 10 10 C Colton Sissons 37 7 6 13 1 12 13 L Brandon Tanev 37 7 11 18 4 10 13 C Nick Bonino 37 13 9 22 12 10 17 R Bryan Rust 23 14 12 26 15 10 14 D Mattias Ekholm 36 5 16 21 1 26 18 C Alex Galchenyuk 28 3 8 11 -1 6 15 R Craig Smith 37 6 9 15 10 26 19 C Jared McCann 35 10 12 22 12 4 19 C Calle Jarnkrok 37 12 14 26 3 8 24 C Dominik Kahun 36 8 12 20 10 8 23 R Rocco Grimaldi 34 6 12 18 7 4 28 D Marcus Pettersson 37 1 13 14 5 10 24 D Jarred Tinordi - - - - - - 36 C Joseph Blandisi 17 2 2 4 0 6 33 R Viktor Arvidsson 25 8 9 17 4 6 37 C Sam Lafferty 30 4 6 10 6 15 42 C Colin Blackwell 6 0 1 1 4 2 46 C Zach Aston-Reese 37 4 6 10 4 18 51 L Austin Watson 35 5 6 11 2 42 50 D Juuso Riikola 15 1 2 3 4 2 52 D Matt Irwin 19 0 1 1 -6 11 53 C Teddy Blueger 37 5 6 11 0 17 57 D Dante Fabbro 37 3 5 8 2 28 54 C Thomas Di Pauli - - - - - - 59 D Roman Josi 37 14 22 36 16 25 58 D Kris Letang 29 9 16 25 4 8 64 C Mikael Granlund 31 4 8 12 -4 12 59 L Jake Guentzel 37 18 20 38 8 14 92 C Ryan Johansen 37 8 17 25 0 33 71 C Evgeni Malkin 24 9 23 32 11 18 95 C Matt Duchene 36 8 16 24 -4 12 Executive VP and General Manager Jim Rutherford President of Hockey David Poile Assistant GM Jason Karmanos Operations/General Manager Head Coach Mike Sullivan Assistant General Managers Brian Poile/Jeff Kealty Assistant Coaches Sergei Gonchar, Jacques Head Coach Peter Laviolette Martin, Mark Recchi Associate Coach/Assistant Kevin McCarthy/Dan Muse & Goaltending Coach / Video Coaches Mike Buckley / Andy Saucier, Coaches/Goaltending Coach Dan Lambert/Ben Vanderklok Madison Nikkel Assistant Coach - Video/Video Lawrence Feloney/Andrew Coordinator Meloche Tonight's Officials Referees TJ Luxmore (21), Garrett Rank (7) Linesmen Derek Nansen (70), Derek Amell (75) Supervisor Video Judge DJ Johnson Ntl. Anthem Jeff Jimerson * Denotes Standby Official. Today's Schedule COL @ DAL : 6:00 WSH @ CAR : 7:00 DET @ FLA : 7:00 NSH @ PIT : 7:00 MTL @ TBL : 7:00 NYR @ TOR : 7:00 LAK @ VAN : 7:00 ARI @ VGK : 7:00 PHI @ SJS : 7:30 Pittsburgh Penguins: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Chad Ruhwedel D 5' 11" 191 May 7, 1990 San Diego, CA, USA 3 Jack Johnson D 6' 1" 227 Jan 13, 1987 Indianapolis, IN, USA 4 Justin Schultz D 6' 2" 193 Jul 6, 1990 Kelowna, BC, CAN 6 John Marino D 6' 1" 181 May 21, 1997 North Easton, MA, USA 7 Kevin Czuczman D 6' 2" 206 Jan 9, 1991 Port Elgin, ON, CAN 12 Dominik Simon C 5' 11" 190 Aug 8, 1994 Prague, CZE 13 Brandon Tanev L 6' 0" 180 Dec 31, 1991 Toronto, ON, CAN 17 Bryan Rust R 5' 11" 192 May 11, 1992 Pontiac, MI, USA 18 Alex Galchenyuk C 6' 1" 207 Feb 12, 1994 Milwaukee, WI, USA 19 Jared McCann C 6' 1" 185 May 31, 1996 Stratford, ON, CAN 24 Dominik Kahun C 5' 11" 175 Jul 2, 1995 Plana, CZE 28 Marcus Pettersson D 6' 3" 177 May 8, 1996 Skellefteå, SWE 30 Matt Murray G 6' 4" 178 May 25, 1994 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 35 Tristan Jarry G 6' 2" 194 Apr 29, 1995 Surrey, BC, CAN 36 Joseph Blandisi C 5' 11" 187 Jul 18, 1994 Markham, ON, CAN 37 Sam Lafferty C 6' 1" 195 Mar 6, 1995 Hollidaysburg, PA, USA 46 Zach Aston-Reese C 6' 0" 204 Aug 10, 1994 Staten Island, NY, USA 50 Juuso Riikola D 6' 0" 189 Nov 9, 1993 Joensuu, FIN 53 Teddy Blueger C 6' 0" 185 Aug 15, 1994 Riga, LVA 54 Thomas Di Pauli C 5' 11" 188 Apr 29, 1994 Woodbridge, IL, USA 58 Kris Letang D 6' 0" 201 Apr 24, 1987 Montreal, QC, CAN 59 Jake Guentzel L 5' 11" 180 Oct 6, 1994 Omaha, NE, USA 71 Evgeni Malkin C 6' 3" 195 Jul 31, 1986 Magnitogorsk, RUS 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 191 Age: 26.8 Injured Reserve List (4 Players) 8 Brian Dumoulin D 6' 4" 207 Sep 6, 1991 Biddeford, ME, USA 27 Nick Bjugstad C 6' 6" 215 Jul 17, 1992 Minneapolis, MN, USA 72 Patric Hornqvist R 5' 11" 189 Jan 1, 1987 Sollentuna, SWE 87 Sidney Crosby C 5' 11" 200 Aug 7, 1987 Cole Harbour, NS, CAN Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks EVGENI MALKIN (4 / 4 Games) EVGENI MALKIN (1-4-5 / 4 Games) JARED MCCANN (2 / 2 Games) JARED MCCANN (1-2-3 / 3 Games) JAKE GUENTZEL (1-1-2 / 2 Games) Nashville Predators: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. 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Born Birth Place 4 Ryan Ellis D 5' 10" 180 Jan 3, 1991 Hamilton, ON, CAN 5 Dan Hamhuis D 6' 1" 204 Dec 13, 1982 Smithers, BC, CAN 7 Yannick Weber D 5' 11" 200 Sep 23, 1988 Morges, CHE 8 Kyle Turris C 6' 1" 190 Aug 14, 1989 New Westminster, BC, CAN 9 Filip Forsberg L 6' 1" 205 Aug 13, 1994 Ostervala, SWE 10 Colton Sissons C 6' 1" 200 Nov 5, 1993 North Vancouver, BC, CAN 13 Nick Bonino C 6' 1" 196 Apr 20, 1988 Hartford, CT, USA 14 Mattias Ekholm D 6' 4" 215 May 24, 1990 Borlange, SWE 15 Craig Smith R 6' 1" 208 Sep 5, 1989 Madison, WI, USA 19 Calle Jarnkrok C 5' 11" 186 Sep 25, 1991 Gävle, SWE 23 Rocco Grimaldi R 5' 6" 180 Feb 8, 1993 Anaheim, CA, USA 24 Jarred Tinordi D 6' 6" 230 Feb 20, 1992 Burnsville, MN, USA 33 Viktor Arvidsson R 5' 9" 180 Apr 8, 1993 Skellefteå, SWE 35 Pekka Rinne G 6' 5" 217 Nov 3, 1982 Kempele, FIN 42 Colin Blackwell C 5' 9" 190 Mar 28, 1993 Lawrence, MA, USA 51 Austin Watson L 6' 4" 204 Jan 13, 1992 Ann Arbor, MI, USA 52 Matt Irwin D 6' 1" 207 Nov 29, 1987 Victoria, BC, CAN 57 Dante Fabbro D 6' 0" 189 Jun 20, 1998 Coquitlam, BC, CAN 59 Roman Josi D 6' 1" 201 Jun 1, 1990 Bern, CHE 64 Mikael Granlund C 5' 10" 185 Feb 26, 1992 Oulu, FIN 74 Juuse Saros G 5' 11" 180 Apr 19, 1995 Forssa, FIN 92 Ryan Johansen C 6' 3" 218 Jul 31, 1992 Vancouver, BC, CAN 95 Matt Duchene C 5' 11" 195 Jan 16, 1991 Haliburton, ON, CAN 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 198 Age: 28.9 Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks VIKTOR ARVIDSSON (2 / 2 Games) ROMAN JOSI (2 / 2 Games) CRAIG SMITH (1-1-2 / 2 Games) MATTIAS EKHOLM (3 / 3 Games) VIKTOR ARVIDSSON (2-0-2 / 2 Games) ROMAN JOSI (7-3-10 / 6 Games) MATTIAS EKHOLM (0-3-3 / 3 Games) Pittsburgh Penguins: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks L 59 Jake Guentzel 37 18 20 38 8 14 5 0 3 116 15.5 20:45 43.90 46 19 C 71 Evgeni Malkin 24 9 23 32 11 18 2 0 2 82 11.0 19:07 52.99 9 10 R 17 Bryan Rust 23 14 12 26 15 10 4 1 3 78 17.9 19:10 33.33 35 15 D 58 Kris Letang 29 9 16 25 4 8 2 0 1 93 9.7 25:25 0.00 44 39 C 19 Jared McCann 35 10 12 22 12 4 1 0 3 73 13.7 15:08 47.16 55 15 C 24 Dominik Kahun 36 8 12 20 10 8 0 0 2 56 14.3 13:12 50.00 5 10 L 13 Brandon Tanev 37 7 11 18 4 10 0 2 1 52 13.5 14:39 20.00 141 35 C 87 Sidney Crosby 17 5 12 17 -1 7 1 0 0 46 10.9 20:31 55.43 17 7 D 6 John Marino 35 4 12 16 15 12 1 0 0 50 8.0 20:03 0.00 50 47 C 12 Dominik Simon 37 3 11 14 -4 10 0 0 0 66 4.5 14:51 36.11 25 11 D 28 Marcus Pettersson 37 1 13 14 5 10 0 0 0 41 2.4 19:00 0.00 59 38 R 72 Patric Hornqvist 20 6 5 11 3 17 1 0 1 50 12.0 15:55 0.00 50 20 C 53 Teddy Blueger 37 5 6 11 0 17 0 0 2 52 9.6 15:38 46.65 47 19 C 18 Alex Galchenyuk 28 3 8 11 -1 6 1 0 0 49 6.1 12:25 40.00 23 6 C 37 Sam Lafferty 30 4 6 10 6 15 0 0 1 36 11.1 10:45 46.59 61 14 C 46 Zach Aston-Reese 37 4 6 10 4 18 0 1 0 69 5.8 14:27 33.33 79 20 D 4 Justin Schultz 27 2 6 8 -5 0 0 0 0 62 3.2 20:17 0.00 26 22 D 8 Brian Dumoulin 23 1 6 7 17 8 0 1 0 33 3.0 21:03 0.00 39 27 D 2 Chad Ruhwedel 14 2 3 5 2 10 0 0 0 20 10.0 15:30 0.00 39 5 D 3 Jack Johnson 35 2 3 5 8 12 0 0 0 34 5.9 18:52 0.00 97 41 C 36 Joseph Blandisi 17 2 2 4 0 6 0 0 1 11 18.2 08:28 41.79 22 8 D 50 Juuso Riikola 15 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 0 20 5.0 13:31 0.00 33 12 C 27 Nick Bjugstad 10 1 0 1 2 8 0 0 0 16 6.3 13:13 40.47 19 6 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 30 Matt Murray 22 1278 2.91 10 6 4 1 62 514 .892 0 1 0 35 Tristan Jarry 17 962 1.87 12 5 0 3 30 463 .939 0 0 0 Nashville Predators: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks D 59 Roman Josi 37 14 22 36 16 25 4 0 1 135 10.4 25:22 0.00 29 60 D 4 Ryan Ellis 37 6 22 28 14 13 0 0 2 88 6.8 23:54 0.00 35 72 L 9 Filip Forsberg 31 14 12 26 -2 18 3 0 0 108 13.0 18:10 0.00 43 7 C 19 Calle Jarnkrok 37 12 14 26 3 8 2 2 1 82 14.6 16:10 43.59 18 9 C 92 Ryan Johansen 37 8 17 25 0 33 3 0 1 54 14.8 17:56 52.57 26 16 C 95 Matt Duchene 36 8 16 24 -4 12 3 0 0 75 10.7 17:24 54.41 20 11 C 13 Nick Bonino 37 13 9 22 12 10 1 0 3 67 19.4 16:57 55.22 10 41 D 14 Mattias Ekholm 36 5 16 21 1 26 0 1 2 89 5.6 22:45 0.00 26 57 R 23 Rocco Grimaldi 34 6 12 18 7 4 0 0 1 55 10.9 12:23 20.00 12 7 R 33 Viktor Arvidsson 25 8 9 17 4 6 2 0 0 55 14.5 17:02 50.00 15 9 C 8 Kyle Turris 30 5 11 16 -4 8 2 0 2 47 10.6 14:19 51.50 6 7 R 15 Craig Smith 37 6 9 15 10 26 0 0 0 94 6.4 13:23 42.85 34 9 C 10 Colton Sissons 37 7 6 13 1 12 0 1 2 38 18.4 14:19 52.50 60 26 C 64 Mikael Granlund 31 4 8 12 -4 12 0 0 0 67 6.0 16:49 40.90 21 24 L 51 Austin Watson 35 5 6 11 2 42 0 0 1 38 13.2 12:02 44.44 79 35 D 57 Dante Fabbro 37 3 5 8 2 28 0 0 0 50 6.0 19:11 0.00 29 48 D 5 Dan Hamhuis 35 0 5 5 6 21 0 0 0 20 0.0 14:08 0.00 44 33 D 7 Yannick Weber 19 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 17 0.0 12:03 0.00