Minnesota at Pittsburgh

Shots
123OTT
Minnesota 3 11 10 0 24
Pittsburgh 9 7 8 0 24
Goals
123OTT
Minnesota 0 1 2 0 3
Pittsburgh 0 2 2 0 4


Scoring Summary


Period 1
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: C. DEWAR MIN (CHARGING, Minor) 16:59

Period 2
1. PITTSBURGH, BEAUVILLIER 4 (HAYES, RIEMSDYK), 09:17
2. PITTSBURGH, CROUSE 7 (BARZAL, SUZUKI), 10:47
3. MINNESOTA, BACKLUND 8 (PULJUJARVI, NECAS), 12:15



Period 3
4. PITTSBURGH, ANDERSON 5 (BACKSTROM, GUDBRANSON) (SH), 01:51
5. PITTSBURGH, EBERLE 8 (SCHWARTZ, BENNING), 05:11
6. MINNESOTA, PULJUJARVI 4 (BACKLUND), 19:08
7. MINNESOTA, MILLER 4 (DEWAR, SPRONG), 19:20

PENALTIES: A. PELECH PIT (ROUGHING, Minor) 01:09, B. SAAD PIT (ELBOWING, Minor) 10:23

Goalie Statistics

Elvis Merzlikins (MIN), 20 saves out of 24 shots, L, 5-11-2
Lukas Dostal (PIT), 21 saves out of 24 shots, W, 7-12-3

Power Play Conversions

Minnesota 0 for 2
Pittsburgh 0 for 1

Game Stars

1 - Mikael Backlund (MIN)
2 - Jesse Puljujarvi (MIN)
3 - Daniel Sprong (MIN)

Player Statistics

Minnesota

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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John Tavares          0  0  0    -1   0  1   2 17
Colin Miller          1  0  1    +1   0  1   1 20
Robert Thomas         0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 19
Beck Malenstyn        0  0  0  Even   0  3   0  7
Erik Karlsson         0  0  0    -1   0  0   2 24
Travis Hamonic        0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 14
Alex Pietrangelo      0  0  0    -1   0  2   3 26
Martin Necas          0  1  1    +1   0  3   2 24
Mattias Janmark-Nylen 0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  7
Brian Dumoulin        0  0  0    +1   0  1   4 25
Evgeny Dadonov        0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 12
Nick Foligno          0  0  0    -2   0  2   0 21
Marat Khusnutdinov    0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  7
Connor Dewar          0  1  1  Even   2  0   0 10
Mikael Backlund       1  1  2    +1   0  2   4 24
Jared Spurgeon        0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 12
Jesse Puljujarvi      1  1  2    +1   0  2   1 21
Daniel Sprong         0  1  1    +1   0  3   0  8
   
Pittsburgh

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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James van Riemsdyk    0  1  1    +1   0  0   0  6
Adam Pelech           0  0  0    +1   2  0   2 22
Lawson Crouse         1  0  1    -1   0  2   4 24
Jaden Schwartz        0  1  1    +1   0  0   2 13
Mats Zuccarello       0  0  0    -1   0  4   1 17
Nick Suzuki           0  1  1    -1   0  2   1 22
Jordan Eberle         1  0  1    +1   0  1   1 12
Nino Neiderreiter     0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 15
Mathew Barzal         0  1  1    -1   0  5   2 24
Ryan Pulock           0  0  0  Even   0  1   4 19
Matthew Benning       0  1  1    +1   0  1   4 17
Anthony Beauvillier   1  0  1    +1   0  1   0  6
Nicklas Backstrom     0  1  1    -1   0  1   0 19
Mikey Anderson        1  0  1    -1   0  1   0 24
Erik Gudbranson       0  1  1    -1   0  1   1 25
Kevin Hayes           0  1  1    +1   0  0   0  6
Dmitry Kulikov        0  0  0  Even   0  1   5 14
Brandon Saad          0  0  0    +1   2  2   0 12
   

Financial

Attendance: 8066
Net Profit: $1,168,763.00

Game Notes

Jared Spurgeon injured at 12:54 of the 2nd Period
Mattias Janmark-Nylen injured at 13:17 of the 2nd Period

Minor League Box Score

Iowa           5
Wilkes-Bar     4
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Kyle Capobianco 4 (Filip Chlapik, Antti Suomela)
Dmytro Timashov 10 (Jaromir Jagr, unknown)
Dmytro Timashov 11 (Fredrik Claesson, unknown)
Dmytro Timashov 12 (unknown, unknown)
Kyle Capobianco 5 (unknown, Alexander Nylander)

Harrison Scott 12 (Justin Danforth, Zach Benson)
Max Sasson 13 (Justin Kirkland, Karsen Dorwart)
Sam Morton 9 (Nikita Gusev, Cooper Marody)
Justin Danforth 15 (Ivan Miroshnichenko, Peyton Krebs)

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Goalies
Iowa: unknown
Wilkes-Bar: Trent Miner
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