Minnesota North Stars 5 at Pittsburgh Pirates 2

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Season Thirty-four, Regular Season Day 99
December 17, 2021

Period-by-period scoring for the game
Teams	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Minnesota	3	2	0	5
Pittsburgh	1	1	0	2

Game Summary

1st Period

Scoring

Minnesota, S. Aho 18 (C. McDavid, A. DeBrincat), 00:47
Pittsburgh, P. Zacha 20 (F. Hronek, Y. Sharangovich), 12:27 (PP)
Minnesota, A. DeBrincat 12 (C. McDavid, T. Jarry), 16:50
Minnesota, A. DeBrincat 13 (S. Aho, C. McDavid), 17:07

Penalties

J. Spezza, MIN (Roughing), 11:59; B. Smith, PIT (Charging), 18:53

2nd Period

Scoring

Pittsburgh, N. Ritchie 8 (J. Moore, M. Frk), 06:02
Minnesota, C. McDavid 27 (J. Norris, E. Gustafsson), 10:28 (PP)
Minnesota, E. Gustafsson 6 (K. Hayes, J. Spezza), 12:21

Penalties

N. Ritchie, PIT (Cross-checking, Misconduct), 08:52

3rd Period

Scoring

No Scoring

Penalties

S. Aho, MIN (Highsticking), 03:36; S. Aho, MIN (Hooking), 13:51

Game Info

Shots on Goal

Minnesota : 14-12-11=37
Pittsburgh : 4-7-9=20

Power Play Conversion

Minnesota : 1 -2
Pittsburgh : 1 -3

Three Stars

Alex DeBrincat, MIN
Connor McDavid, MIN
Sebastian Aho, MIN

Game Details

Venue: PPG Paints Arena
Attendance: 17537

Game Notes

Anton Forsberg (PIT) entered the game at 12:21 of the 2nd period

Minnesota Skaters

Statistics for the Minnesota skaters
#	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	S	H	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GTG	GWG	PIM	MIN
20	Sebastian Aho	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	18
41	Robert Bortuzzo	0	0	0	+2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
6	Jakob Chychrun (A)	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22
21	Alex DeBrincat	2	1	3	+2	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21
55	Danny DeKeyser	0	0	0	+3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
4	Cam Fowler	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22
13	Johnny Gaudreau	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
15	Ryan Getzlaf	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
56	Erik Gustafsson	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14
10	Kevin Hayes	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
11	Jonathan Huberdeau (A)	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22
99	Calle Jarnkrok	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
47	Torey Krug	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25
97	Connor McDavid (C)	1	3	4	+2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18
9	Josh Norris	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19
33	Jakob Silfverberg	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
39	Jason Spezza	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12
26	Oliver Wahlstrom	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

Minnesota Goalies

Statistics for the Minnesota goalies
#	Player	GA	SOG	PCT	MIN	A	PIM
34	Jake Allen	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Tristan Jarry - W (28-18-4)	2	20	0.900	60:00	1	0

Pittsburgh Skaters

Statistics for the Pittsburgh skaters
#	Player	G	A	Pts	+/-	S	H	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GTG	GWG	PIM	MIN
94	Ivan Barbashev	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
81	Anthony Beauvillier (A)	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
75	Evan Bouchard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
34	Jamie Drysdale	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
29	Martin Frk	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
17	Filip Hronek (A)	0	1	1	-2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	28
19	Alex Iafallo	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
91	Luke Kunin	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
88	Andrew Mangiapane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
27	John Moore	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
25	Nick Ritchie	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10
71	Yegor Sharangovich	0	1	1	-2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26
42	Brendan Smith	0	0	0	-3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	23
26	Michael Stone	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
23	Conor Timmins	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
74	Owen Tippett	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
37	Pavel Zacha (C)	1	0	1	-2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25
14	Travis Zajac	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19

Pittsburgh Goalies

Statistics for the Pittsburgh goalies
#	Player	GA	SOG	PCT	MIN	A	PIM
35	Anton Forsberg	0	15	1.000	27:39	0	0
30	Ilya Sorokin - L (10-17-2)	5	22	0.773	32:21	0	0

Scratches

Minnesota

Scratched players for Minnesota
#	Pos	Player
7	D	Hampus Lindholm
12	LW	Eric Staal

Pittsburgh

Scratched players for Pittsburgh
#	Pos	Player
51	C	Artem Anisimov
61	RW	Martin Kaut