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Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins

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Minnesota Wild
12-13-4
Final
3 - 4
Pittsburgh Penguins
14-13-3
Regular Season Series

PIT leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 7:39 Reilly Smith Goal (8) Backhand, assists: Valtteri Puustinen (3), Marcus Pettersson (7)
Goal 2nd Period 0:36 Jake Guentzel Goal (14) Tip-In, assists: Erik Karlsson (16), Sidney Crosby (15)
Goal 2nd Period 3:34 Evgeni Malkin Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Valtteri Puustinen (4), Marcus Pettersson (8)
Goal 2nd Period 15:06 Ryan Hartman Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Brock Faber (12), Marcus Johansson (12)
Goal 2nd Period 17:30 Jake Middleton Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Matt Boldy (10), Kirill Kaprizov (17)
Goal 3rd Period 5:33 Vinni Lettieri Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Jon Merrill (3), Daemon Hunt (1)
Goal 3rd Period 6:20 Sidney Crosby Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Jake Guentzel (20), Evgeni Malkin (15)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/min.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originMIN https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/pit.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPIT
12 Blocked Shots 13
17 Hits 9
5 Takeaways 9
27 Shots 30
0 Power Play Goals 2
3 Power Play Opportunities 5
0.0 Power Play Percentage 40.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
24 Faceoffs Won 33
42.1 Faceoff Win Percent 57.9
5 Giveaways 10
7 Total Penalties 4
14 Penalty Minutes 10
Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Ville Koivunen, RW Day-To-Day Nov 9
Elmer Soderblom, LW Injured Reserve Nov 2
Bryan Rust, RW Injured Reserve Oct 22
Trevor van Riemsdyk, D Injured Reserve Oct 12
Ryan Graves, D Injured Reserve Sep 27
Minnesota Wild Minnesota Wild Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Filip Gustavsson, G Injured Reserve Nov 5
Brock Faber, D Injured Reserve Nov 5

Game Information

PPG Paints Arena

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Attendance: 18,200 | Capacity:

2026-27 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Minnesota 4 3 30 13
Colorado 2 6 24 11
Nashville 5 4 23 9
Dallas 2 5 22 10
Utah 1 7 21 10
Winnipeg 3 8 19 8
St. Louis 2 8 18 8
Chicago 1 13 9 4

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 2 3 30 14
New Jersey 0 6 26 13
NY Rangers 1 8 21 10
Washington 0 6 20 10
NY Islanders 4 6 18 7
Philadelphia 5 10 15 5
Columbus 0 9 14 7
Pittsburgh 2 10 14 6
Full Standings