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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 6, Carolina 1
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, February 23, 2018
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Dave Jackson, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Brian Mach, Vaughan Rody
Attendance: 18180
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 1326
Carolina 0101
Periods:
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1
Pittsburgh   Carolina
  0:00 Elias Lindholm wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Victor Rask. 0:44  
Takeaway by Justin Schultz. 1:14  
Giveaway by Justin Schultz. 1:18  
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 1:31  
Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Lee Stempniak. 1:32  
Jamie Oleksiak shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 1:34  
  1:35 Lee Stempniak wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
Takeaway by Riley Sheahan. 1:41  
  1:53 Shot by Lee Stempniak misses the net
  1:54 Elias Lindholm wins the faceoff against Conor Sheary.
Takeaway by Conor Sheary. 2:18  
Takeaway by Dominik Simon. 2:44  
Olli Maatta hits Victor Rask. 3:00  
Olli Maatta blocks shot from Brett Pesce. 3:12  
Olli Maatta hits Justin Williams. 3:13  
  3:16 Brock McGinn hits Bryan Rust.
Giveaway by Olli Maatta. 3:32  
  3:37 Shot by Lee Stempniak misses the net
  3:48 Takeaway by Jeff Skinner.
Takeaway by Matt Hunwick. 3:57  
Takeaway by Jake Guentzel. 4:10  
Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Joakim Nordstrom. 4:11  
  4:25 Phillip Di Giuseppe hits Brian Dumoulin.
  4:28 Joakim Nordstrom hits Kris Letang.
Olli Maatta hits Josh Jooris. 4:43  
  4:59 Shot by Josh Jooris misses the net
Takeaway by Jake Guentzel. 5:07  
  5:13 Sebastian Aho shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Giveaway by Riley Sheahan. 5:13  
  5:15 Takeaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk.
  5:17 Elias Lindholm wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  5:28 Takeaway by Teuvo Teravainen.
  5:36 Jaccob Slavin blocks shot from Bryan Rust.
  5:36 Shot by Teuvo Teravainen misses the net
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Victor Rask. 5:41  
  5:53 Takeaway by Brett Pesce.
  5:57 Shot by Brett Pesce misses the net
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 6:08  
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Derek Ryan. 6:09  
  6:22 Justin Williams shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  6:25 Justin Faulk blocks shot from Matt Hunwick.
Jamie Oleksiak blocks shot from Brock McGinn. 6:31  
  6:32 Justin Williams hits Matt Hunwick.
  6:49 Giveaway by Lee Stempniak.
Takeaway by Riley Sheahan. 7:03  
  7:10 Giveaway by Noah Hanifin.
  7:18 Trevor van Riemsdyk blocks shot from Phil Kessel.
Giveaway by Jake Guentzel. 7:23  
  7:31 Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  8:06 Giveaway by Noah Hanifin.
Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net 8:07  
  8:17 Joakim Nordstrom blocks shot from Conor Sheary.
Zach Aston-Reese hits Noah Hanifin. 8:27  
Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 8:39  
  8:47 Josh Jooris blocks shot from Conor Sheary.
  9:01 Justin Faulk blocks shot from Jamie Oleksiak.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Sebastian Aho. 9:02  
Matt Hunwick shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 9:07  
  9:11 Sebastian Aho hits Evgeni Malkin.
  10:36 Brock McGinn shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Giveaway by Sidney Crosby. 10:46  
  11:25 Derek Ryan blocks shot from Bryan Rust.
  11:31 Justin Faulk hits Sidney Crosby.
Sidney Crosby hits Justin Faulk. 11:38  
  12:03 Noah Hanifin hits Carter Rowney.
Zach Aston-Reese hits Josh Jooris. 12:07  
  12:13 Josh Jooris blocks shot from Matt Hunwick.
  12:17 Brett Pesce hits Carter Rowney.
  12:25 Elias Lindholm wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  12:42 Haydn Fleury blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin.
Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Victor Rask. 12:44  
  12:49 Noah Hanifin blocks shot from Phil Kessel.
  13:04 Victor Rask hits Olli Maatta.
Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 13:14  
Takeaway by Jake Guentzel. 13:25  
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 13:28  
Jake Guentzel scores. Assisted by Phil Kessel. 13:36  
  13:36 Derek Ryan wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  13:43 Derek Ryan wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  13:56 Brett Pesce blocks shot from Dominik Simon.
Takeaway by Conor Sheary. 13:56  
  14:47 Giveaway by Justin Faulk.
Carter Rowney hits Justin Faulk. 14:48  
  15:05 Shot by Sebastian Aho misses the net
  15:49 Takeaway by Brett Pesce.
Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Justin Williams. 15:57  
  15:58 Derek Ryan wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 16:10  
  16:24 Takeaway by Jeff Skinner.
  16:26 Shot by Derek Ryan misses the net
Jake Guentzel hits Noah Hanifin. 16:34  
  16:57 Takeaway by Jaccob Slavin.
  17:01 Elias Lindholm shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Teuvo Teravainen. 17:09  
Giveaway by Matt Hunwick. 17:47  
Giveaway by Carl Hagelin. 17:59  
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin. 18:02  
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 18:04  
Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Josh Jooris. 18:05  
Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 18:35  
  18:49 Joakim Nordstrom hits Brian Dumoulin.
  19:15 Joakim Nordstrom blocks shot from Kris Letang.
Giveaway by Zach Aston-Reese. 19:24  
  19:27 Lee Stempniak shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Justin Schultz blocks shot from Derek Ryan. 19:31  
Zach Aston-Reese hits Jeff Skinner. 19:34  
  19:41 Lee Stempniak hits Zach Aston-Reese.
  19:51 Victor Rask wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Justin Schultz blocks shot from Victor Rask. 19:58  
2
Pittsburgh   Carolina
  0:00 Elias Lindholm wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  0:13 Shot by Sebastian Aho misses the net
Kris Letang blocks shot from Elias Lindholm. 0:17  
  0:19 Takeaway by Teuvo Teravainen.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Victor Rask. 0:27  
  0:42 Victor Rask blocks shot from Justin Schultz.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Victor Rask. 0:43  
Olli Maatta scores. Assisted by Evgeni Malkin. 0:46  
  0:46 Derek Ryan wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
Riley Sheahan hits Lee Stempniak. 1:08  
Carter Rowney hits Haydn Fleury. 1:51  
  1:54 Elias Lindholm wins the faceoff against Dominik Simon.
  2:05 Teuvo Teravainen scores. Assisted by Elias Lindholm and Sebastian Aho.
  2:05 Victor Rask wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Justin Schultz hits Brock McGinn. 2:12  
  2:13 Justin Williams hits Olli Maatta.
  2:24 Victor Rask shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  2:26 Shot by Brock McGinn misses the net
  2:48 Takeaway by Justin Williams.
  2:53 Shot by Victor Rask misses the net
  3:03 Shot by Jaccob Slavin misses the net
Carl Hagelin hits Brett Pesce. 3:06  
  3:16 Takeaway by Brett Pesce.
  3:18 Brett Pesce shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  3:22 Shot by Jeff Skinner misses the net
  3:38 Takeaway by Noah Hanifin.
  3:42 Lee Stempniak shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  3:52 Shot by Jeff Skinner misses the net
Evgeni Malkin hits Derek Ryan. 4:36  
  4:41 Noah Hanifin shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Justin Schultz blocks shot from Noah Hanifin. 4:47  
  4:51 Shot by Phillip Di Giuseppe misses the net
Matt Hunwick hits Joakim Nordstrom. 5:01  
Takeaway by Matt Hunwick. 5:14  
  5:19 Takeaway by Phillip Di Giuseppe.
  5:20 Phillip Di Giuseppe shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  5:26 Elias Lindholm wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
  5:32 Justin Faulk shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  5:37 Justin Faulk shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  5:43 Sebastian Aho hits Olli Maatta.
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 5:54  
  5:58 Takeaway by Justin Faulk.
  6:03 Giveaway by Teuvo Teravainen.
Phil Kessel scores. Assisted by Jake Guentzel and Brian Dumoulin. 6:11  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Victor Rask. 6:11  
  6:20 Brett Pesce blocks shot from Dominik Simon.
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 6:25  
  6:36 Takeaway by Victor Rask.
  6:45 Brock McGinn hits Brian Dumoulin.
  6:57 Shot by Jaccob Slavin misses the net
  7:22 Brett Pesce blocks shot from Matt Hunwick.
Carter Rowney shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 7:25  
  7:26 Victor Rask wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  7:36 Justin Williams wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  7:45 Shot by Justin Williams misses the net
Takeaway by Jamie Oleksiak. 7:48  
Jamie Oleksiak shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 8:08  
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 8:10  
Takeaway by Riley Sheahan. 8:18  
Phil Kessel scores. Assisted by Riley Sheahan and Jake Guentzel. 8:25  
  8:25 Josh Jooris wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
Olli Maatta hits Phillip Di Giuseppe. 8:38  
  8:42 Derek Ryan wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
  9:02 Takeaway by Derek Ryan.
Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net 9:12  
  9:25 Lee Stempniak blocks shot from Jamie Oleksiak.
Patric Hornqvist wins the faceoff against Elias Lindholm. 9:26  
Evgeni Malkin penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Trevor van Riemsdyk. 9:45  
  9:45 Trevor van Riemsdyk penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evgeni Malkin.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Sebastian Aho. 9:45  
Shot by Kris Letang misses the net 10:21  
  10:40 Teuvo Teravainen shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  10:42 Giveaway by Teuvo Teravainen.
Shot by Matt Hunwick misses the net 11:00  
  11:14 Justin Faulk shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Elias Lindholm. 11:15  
  11:26 Elias Lindholm hits Matt Hunwick.
  11:33 Elias Lindholm hits Matt Hunwick.
Jamie Oleksiak hits Justin Williams. 12:04  
Olli Maatta blocks shot from Brock McGinn. 12:10  
Olli Maatta blocks shot from Justin Faulk. 12:11  
Jamie Oleksiak shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 12:18  
  12:30 Takeaway by Justin Faulk.
  12:46 Justin Williams blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin.
  13:19 Elias Lindholm wins the faceoff against Carter Rowney.
  13:49 Haydn Fleury blocks shot from Zach Aston-Reese.
Carter Rowney hits Haydn Fleury. 13:51  
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Victor Rask. 14:02  
  14:22 Justin Faulk shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  15:01 Noah Hanifin shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 15:16  
Takeaway by Jake Guentzel. 15:28  
Takeaway by Matt Hunwick. 15:40  
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 15:47  
Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net 15:52  
  16:00 Haydn Fleury hits Jake Guentzel.
Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net 16:28  
Jamie Oleksiak shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 16:35  
  16:36 Derek Ryan wins the faceoff against Zach Aston-Reese.
Takeaway by Conor Sheary. 16:41  
  17:03 Lee Stempniak hits Conor Sheary.
  17:12 Giveaway by Derek Ryan.
Conor Sheary shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 17:18  
  17:19 Josh Jooris wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
  17:36 Takeaway by Noah Hanifin.
  17:39 Joakim Nordstrom shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Justin Faulk. 17:48  
Kris Letang hits Joakim Nordstrom. 17:57  
Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 18:04  
  18:33 Brett Pesce blocks shot from Dominik Simon.
Jamie Oleksiak shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 18:38  
  18:45 Elias Lindholm shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  18:46 Victor Rask wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  18:53 Justin Faulk hits Patric Hornqvist.
  19:02 Justin Williams shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  19:03 Justin Williams wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
  19:07 Takeaway by Noah Hanifin.
Kris Letang blocks shot from Noah Hanifin. 19:10  
Giveaway by Phil Kessel. 19:15  
Kris Letang hits Victor Rask. 19:20  
Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 19:27  
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Derek Ryan. 19:28  
Shot by Brian Dumoulin misses the net 19:33  
3
Pittsburgh   Carolina
Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Elias Lindholm. 0:00  
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 0:15  
Takeaway by Dominik Simon. 0:24  
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Elias Lindholm. 0:34  
Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 0:36  
  0:38 Victor Rask wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  0:45 Victor Rask wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
Takeaway by Carl Hagelin. 0:49  
Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 0:52  
Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net 0:57  
  1:04 Brock McGinn blocks shot from Olli Maatta.
  1:07 Brock McGinn hits Olli Maatta.
Matt Hunwick shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 1:42  
  1:43 Derek Ryan wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
  1:50 Derek Ryan wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
Takeaway by Riley Sheahan. 1:55  
  1:57 Derek Ryan hits Riley Sheahan.
  2:00 Haydn Fleury blocks shot from Matt Hunwick.
  2:37 Elias Lindholm wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Zach Aston-Reese hits Sebastian Aho. 2:55  
Shot by Zach Aston-Reese misses the net 3:03  
Takeaway by Brian Dumoulin. 3:22  
  3:40 Brock McGinn hits Bryan Rust.
Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Derek Ryan. 4:24  
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 4:40  
  4:53 Haydn Fleury shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  5:09 Josh Jooris wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
  5:31 Takeaway by Josh Jooris.
  5:32 Josh Jooris shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Carter Rowney wins the faceoff against Elias Lindholm. 5:33  
Olli Maatta hits Teuvo Teravainen. 5:55  
Carter Rowney hits Sebastian Aho. 6:02  
  6:13 Shot by Elias Lindholm misses the net
Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 7:06  
  7:10 Elias Lindholm wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin.
  7:28 Giveaway by Teuvo Teravainen.
  7:59 Sebastian Aho penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Kris Letang.
  7:59 Josh Jooris wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Sidney Crosby hits Jaccob Slavin. 8:48  
Kris Letang shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 9:11  
Sidney Crosby scores a power play goal. Assisted by Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin. 9:12  
  9:12 Victor Rask wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
  9:21 Shot by Trevor van Riemsdyk misses the net
  9:33 Takeaway by Haydn Fleury.
  9:38 Trevor van Riemsdyk shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
  10:08 Noah Hanifin shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Brian Dumoulin penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Justin Faulk. 10:09  
Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Elias Lindholm. 10:09  
Takeaway by Riley Sheahan. 10:37  
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 10:47  
  11:10 Takeaway by Noah Hanifin.
Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Derek Ryan. 11:12  
  11:34 Justin Williams shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Matt Hunwick hits Justin Williams. 11:36  
Carter Rowney wins the faceoff against Derek Ryan. 11:37  
Brian Dumoulin hits Derek Ryan. 12:19  
Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net 12:28  
Takeaway by Zach Aston-Reese. 12:37  
Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 12:38  
Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 12:41  
Evgeni Malkin scores. Assisted by Zach Aston-Reese. 12:42  
Carter Rowney wins the faceoff against Josh Jooris. 12:42  
  12:42 Cam Ward penalty for misconduct - 10 mins (Misconduct). Served by Phillip Di Giuseppe.
  13:05 Josh Jooris hits Zach Aston-Reese.
  13:19 Shot by Joakim Nordstrom misses the net
Takeaway by Conor Sheary. 13:27  
Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 14:07  
  14:41 Brock McGinn shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Takeaway by Olli Maatta. 15:01  
  15:35 Derek Ryan shoots Saved by Matt Murray.
Takeaway by Carter Rowney. 15:57  
Shot by Conor Sheary misses the net 16:02  
  16:29 Elias Lindholm wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby.
Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net 16:54  
Dominik Simon shoots Saved by Cam Ward. 16:58  
  17:04 Giveaway by Teuvo Teravainen.
Giveaway by Dominik Simon. 17:09  
Dominik Simon penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Sebastian Aho. 17:14  
  17:14 Derek Ryan wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
Bryan Rust hits Victor Rask. 18:08  
  18:21 Shot by Teuvo Teravainen misses the net
Bryan Rust blocks shot from Justin Faulk. 18:37  
Takeaway by Kris Letang. 19:13