Vancouver 4, Pittsburgh 1
When: 10:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 21, 2019
Where: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia
Referees:
Tom Chmielewski, Steve Kozari
Linesmen:
Ryan Galloway, Brandon Gawryletz
Attendance:
18285
By Field Level Media
Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller each had a goal and an assist as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 Saturday night.
Jake Virtanen and Brock Boeser also scored for the Canucks, who won their second in a row, and goaltender Jacob Markstrom made 28 saves.
Jake Guentzel scored for the Penguins, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. Goalie Matt Murray, starting for the first time in six games, stopped 10 of Vancouver's season-low 14 shots.
Vancouver scored power-play goals 1:50 apart late in the first period to take a 2-0 lead.
The Canucks got a two-man advantage after Pittsburgh's Brandon Tanev was called for holding Quinn Hughes at 13:05 of the period and Jack Johnson tripped Brock Boeser at 13:51.
Virtanen opened the scoring at 15:10 on the 5-on-3, taking a pass from Tyler Myers and blasting a slap shot from just above the left faceoff dot into the far top corner of the net.
Miller scored at the 17-minute mark, redirecting a pass from Oscar Fantenberg past Murray.
The Penguins were held without a shot on goal in the first period.
Pittsburgh closed within 2-1 as Guentzel buried a rebound off a point shot by Jared McCann on the power play at 15:28 of the second. It was Guentzel's 18th goal of the season.
Pettersson restored the two-goal margin just 44 seconds later, skating back toward center ice to corral the rebound of a Myers shot and snapping a one-timer into the upper right corner of the net from the right faceoff circle. It was Pettersson's fifth goal in the past six games.
Boeser capped the scoring at 14:31 of the third off a feed from Pettersson.
The Canucks played without forward Josh Leivo, who suffered a fractured kneecap Thursday against Vegas and will be out for the next two to three months. Loui Eriksson, who had been scratched from the previous seven games, replaced Leivo.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Pittsburgh |
|
Vancouver |
|
Jake Guentzel 1 |
Points |
J.T. Miller 2 |
|
Jake Guentzel 1 |
Goals |
J.T. Miller 1 |
|
Evgeni Malkin 1 |
Assists |
Tyler Myers 2 |
|
Jake Guentzel 1 |
Power Play Goals |
J.T. Miller 1 |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Matt Murray .714 |
Save Percentage |
Jacob Markstrom .966 |
|
Matt Murray 10 |
Saves |
Jacob Markstrom 28 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Pittsburgh
|
29 |
1 |
1-5 |
3-5 |
10 |
21 |
| Vancouver
|
14 |
4 |
2-5 |
4-5 |
10 |
39 |
Upcoming Games
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Vancouver will play their next game at home against Edmonton. The Canucks have a W/L % of .471 after a win and .500 after a loss.
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Pittsburgh will play their next game on the road against Nashville. The Penguins have a W/L % of .619 after a win and .533 after a loss.
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