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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 8, San Jose 5
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 2, 2022
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Mitch Dunning, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen: Dan Kelly, Bevan Mills
Attendance: 18066
Final Scoring Summary
 
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San Jose 1135
Pittsburgh 6028
Periods:
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1
San Jose   Pittsburgh
Logan Couture wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
Logan Couture hits Sidney Crosby. 0:14  
Jacob Middleton hits Jake Guentzel. 0:34  
Tomas Hertl shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 0:41  
  0:42 Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Tomas Hertl.
Noah Gregor hits Danton Heinen. 0:47  
Shot by Brent Burns misses the net 0:52  
  1:03 Evan Rodrigues scores. Assisted by Marcus Pettersson and Danton Heinen.
Nick Bonino wins the faceoff against Drew O'Connor. 1:03  
  1:24 Giveaway by Mike Matheson.
  1:35 Chad Ruhwedel hits Matt Nieto.
Matt Nieto shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 1:54  
Erik Karlsson blocks shot from Sam Lafferty. 2:13  
Logan Couture wins the faceoff against Sam Lafferty. 2:29  
  3:12 Jake Guentzel scores. Assisted by Bryan Rust and Sidney Crosby.
  3:12 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Tomas Hertl.
Nicolas Meloche hits Jake Guentzel. 3:19  
  3:33 John Marino hits Noah Gregor.
  3:41 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by James Reimer.
Nick Bonino wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 3:45  
  3:51 Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by James Reimer.
Nick Bonino wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 3:52  
  4:11 Evan Rodrigues scores. Assisted by Danton Heinen and Dominik Simon.
  4:11 Radim Zohorna wins the faceoff against Lane Pederson.
Lane Pederson hits Kris Letang. 4:37  
Jeffrey Viel hits Radim Zohorna. 4:43  
Jonah Gadjovich hits John Marino. 4:59  
  5:20 Zach Aston-Reese hits Jacob Middleton.
Tomas Hertl hits Zach Aston-Reese. 5:39  
Alexander Barabanov blocks shot from Kris Letang. 6:07  
  6:09 Bryan Rust scores. Assisted by Kris Letang and Brian Dumoulin.
Nick Bonino wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 6:09  
  6:48 Mike Matheson hits Jonah Gadjovich.
Takeaway by Erik Karlsson. 7:05  
Marc-Edouard Vlasic blocks shot from John Marino. 7:30  
Shot by Nicolas Meloche misses the net 7:52  
Timo Meier shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 8:09  
  8:41 Shot by Brock McGinn misses the net
  9:00 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by James Reimer.
  9:14 Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net
  9:19 Shot by Chad Ruhwedel misses the net
Matt Nieto hits Mike Matheson. 9:24  
  9:44 Danton Heinen shoots Saved by James Reimer.
Andrew Cogliano blocks shot from Mike Matheson. 9:51  
  9:55 Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by James Reimer.
  10:05 Mike Matheson shoots Saved by James Reimer.
Nick Bonino wins the faceoff against Radim Zohorna. 10:12  
  10:23 Marcus Pettersson hits Matt Nieto.
  10:42 Sam Lafferty hits Marc-Edouard Vlasic.
Lane Pederson hits Marcus Pettersson. 10:54  
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Brock McGinn. 11:08  
  11:16 Kris Letang blocks shot from Noah Gregor.
  11:17 Brian Dumoulin hits Tomas Hertl.
Radim Simek hits Drew O'Connor. 11:39  
Shot by Timo Meier misses the net 11:44  
Timo Meier hits Marcus Pettersson. 12:04  
Shot by Timo Meier misses the net 12:15  
Giveaway by Andrew Cogliano. 12:43  
Matt Nieto hits John Marino. 12:49  
  13:05 Shot by Evan Rodrigues misses the net
  13:25 Dominik Simon hits Marc-Edouard Vlasic.
Jonah Gadjovich hits Mike Matheson. 13:35  
  13:57 Kasper Bjorkqvist shoots Saved by James Reimer.
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 13:58  
Noah Gregor hits Kris Letang. 14:12  
  14:28 Brian Dumoulin hits Jonathan Dahlen.
Tomas Hertl shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 14:36  
  14:52 Shot by Brock McGinn misses the net
  14:59 Drew O'Connor shoots Saved by James Reimer.
Logan Couture hits Zach Aston-Reese. 15:00  
Alexander Barabanov blocks shot from Brock McGinn. 15:09  
Timo Meier hits John Marino. 15:19  
Alexander Barabanov scores. Assisted by Timo Meier and Marc-Edouard Vlasic. 15:33  
Nick Bonino wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 15:33  
Nicolas Meloche hits Danton Heinen. 15:51  
  15:56 Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Nick Bonino.
Nick Bonino wins the faceoff against Radim Zohorna. 16:07  
  16:13 Radim Zohorna hits Nicolas Meloche.
  16:19 Radim Zohorna hits Nicolas Meloche.
  16:29 Kasper Bjorkqvist scores. and Radim Zohorna and Sam Lafferty.
  16:29 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Lane Pederson.
  16:41 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  16:46 Bryan Rust hits Jonah Gadjovich.
Noah Gregor hits Brian Dumoulin. 16:56  
  17:00 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by James Reimer.
  17:09 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  17:18 Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net
  17:45 Drew O'Connor shoots Saved by James Reimer.
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 17:46  
Tomas Hertl shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 18:02  
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 18:03  
Erik Karlsson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 18:08  
  18:09 Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Jeffrey Viel.
  18:17 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by James Reimer.
Jeffrey Viel hits Dominik Simon. 18:34  
Logan Couture shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 18:52  
  18:52 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Logan Couture.
Timo Meier hits Jake Guentzel. 19:04  
  19:13 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  19:29 Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net
  19:32 Bryan Rust scores. Assisted by John Marino and Marcus Pettersson.
Nick Bonino wins the faceoff against Drew O'Connor. 19:32  
Jacob Middleton shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 19:39  
  19:41 Chad Ruhwedel hits Andrew Cogliano.
Andrew Cogliano shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 19:51  
  19:58 Shot by Brock McGinn misses the net
2
San Jose   Pittsburgh
Logan Couture wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
  0:11 Kris Letang hits Timo Meier.
Timo Meier hits Bryan Rust. 0:24  
Shot by Erik Karlsson misses the net 0:32  
  0:40 Shot by Danton Heinen misses the net
  0:54 Giveaway by Evan Rodrigues.
Noah Gregor hits Mike Matheson. 1:13  
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Drew O'Connor. 1:15  
Logan Couture wins the faceoff against Drew O'Connor. 1:47  
Shot by Jacob Middleton misses the net 1:53  
Jonathan Dahlen hits Zach Aston-Reese. 2:02  
Jeffrey Viel hits Bryan Rust. 2:24  
Lane Pederson wins the faceoff against Sam Lafferty. 2:26  
  2:39 Kasper Bjorkqvist hits Radim Simek.
Jonah Gadjovich hits Sam Lafferty. 2:48  
Takeaway by Brent Burns. 2:56  
  3:05 Kasper Bjorkqvist shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 3:06  
Jacob Middleton blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 3:22  
  3:28 Giveaway by Bryan Rust.
  4:32 Shot by Mike Matheson misses the net
  4:43 Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
  4:51 Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
  4:52 Dominik Simon shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
Logan Couture hits Brian Dumoulin. 5:23  
Timo Meier hits Brian Dumoulin. 5:28  
Shot by Noah Gregor misses the net 6:14  
Tomas Hertl hits John Marino. 6:21  
Noah Gregor hits John Marino. 6:32  
  7:02 Mike Matheson hits Lane Pederson.
  7:07 Chad Ruhwedel hits Jonah Gadjovich.
Nick Bonino wins the faceoff against Sam Lafferty. 7:12  
Andrew Cogliano hits Chad Ruhwedel. 7:20  
  7:40 Takeaway by Danton Heinen.
Takeaway by Logan Couture. 8:26  
Nicolas Meloche hits Drew O'Connor. 8:28  
  9:04 Brock McGinn hits Jacob Middleton.
  9:08 Zach Aston-Reese hits Tomas Hertl.
  9:13 Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net
  9:18 Zach Aston-Reese hits Jacob Middleton.
  9:24 Drew O'Connor shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
Nick Bonino wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 9:24  
Matt Nieto hits Kris Letang. 9:38  
Jacob Middleton hits Bryan Rust. 9:50  
Lane Pederson wins the faceoff against Radim Zohorna. 9:50  
Jonah Gadjovich hits Radim Zohorna. 10:36  
Radim Simek blocks shot from Kasper Bjorkqvist. 10:37  
  10:38 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Logan Couture.
Timo Meier hits Kris Letang. 11:02  
Nicolas Meloche shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 11:11  
Jacob Middleton shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 11:20  
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 11:21  
Erik Karlsson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 11:24  
  11:25 Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Tomas Hertl.
  11:43 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Noah Gregor.
  12:02 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Noah Gregor.
Brent Burns shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 12:17  
  12:31 Dominik Simon penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Erik Karlsson.
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Sam Lafferty. 12:31  
  14:12 Chad Ruhwedel hits Alexander Barabanov.
Brent Burns scores a power play goal. Assisted by Nick Bonino and Noah Gregor. 14:27  
Nick Bonino wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 14:27  
Nick Bonino hits Mike Matheson. 14:43  
  14:58 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
  15:32 Shot by Danton Heinen misses the net
  15:35 Kris Letang hits Jonah Gadjovich.
Jeffrey Viel hits Danton Heinen. 15:43  
Shot by Timo Meier misses the net 16:09  
Timo Meier hits Marcus Pettersson. 16:12  
  16:24 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Tomas Hertl.
Tomas Hertl hits Brock McGinn. 16:32  
  16:34 Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
Nick Bonino wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 16:35  
Nick Bonino wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 16:52  
Radim Simek penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Bryan Rust. 17:18  
Logan Couture wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 17:18  
  18:04 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
  18:05 Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
  18:06 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Tomas Hertl.
  18:37 Giveaway by Evan Rodrigues.
Andrew Cogliano shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 18:49  
  19:09 Shot by Drew O'Connor misses the net
  19:18 Drew O'Connor wins the faceoff against Nick Bonino.
  19:28 Zach Aston-Reese hits Jeffrey Viel.
Timo Meier hits Brock McGinn. 19:33  
Nick Bonino hits John Marino. 19:37  
Jeffrey Viel hits Brian Dumoulin. 19:39  
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Drew O'Connor. 19:45  
Timo Meier shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 19:51  
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 19:52  
3
San Jose   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Bonino.
Matt Nieto hits Brian Dumoulin. 0:08  
Shot by Matt Nieto misses the net 0:18  
Matt Nieto scores. Assisted by Jacob Middleton and Andrew Cogliano. 0:20  
Logan Couture wins the faceoff against Drew O'Connor. 0:20  
  0:55 Drew O'Connor hits Jacob Middleton.
  0:56 Zach Aston-Reese hits Logan Couture.
Radim Simek blocks shot from Dominik Simon. 1:05  
  1:07 Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Noah Gregor.
  1:10 Chad Ruhwedel shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
  1:11 Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Nick Bonino.
Lane Pederson wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 1:41  
Jonah Gadjovich hits Bryan Rust. 2:09  
  2:46 Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
  2:52 Drew O'Connor shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
Logan Couture hits Drew O'Connor. 2:55  
  2:59 Zach Aston-Reese hits Logan Couture.
Jacob Middleton scores. Assisted by Erik Karlsson. Assisted by Timo Meier. 3:01  
  3:01 Radim Zohorna wins the faceoff against Nick Bonino.
  3:39 Sam Lafferty hits Nicolas Meloche.
Logan Couture scores. Assisted by Timo Meier. 4:09  
  4:09 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Noah Gregor.
Noah Gregor wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 4:24  
  4:31 Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Noah Gregor.
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 4:34  
  4:41 Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Logan Couture.
Logan Couture hits Kris Letang. 5:09  
Jonah Gadjovich hits Zach Aston-Reese. 5:45  
  5:50 Zach Aston-Reese hits Jeffrey Viel.
  5:55 Zach Aston-Reese hits Brent Burns.
Giveaway by Alexander Barabanov. 7:02  
  7:08 Shot by Danton Heinen misses the net
  7:09 Shot by Evan Rodrigues misses the net
  7:11 Dominik Simon penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Erik Karlsson.
Logan Couture wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 7:11  
  7:20 Brock McGinn blocks shot from Jonathan Dahlen.
Logan Couture penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brock McGinn. 7:25  
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 7:25  
  8:46 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
Noah Gregor blocks shot from Kris Letang. 9:02  
  9:09 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
Nick Bonino wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 9:10  
  9:46 Takeaway by Drew O'Connor.
  9:50 Brock McGinn shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
  9:51 Drew O'Connor wins the faceoff against Tomas Hertl.
  9:56 Shot by Mike Matheson misses the net
Marc-Edouard Vlasic blocks shot from Brock McGinn. 10:06  
Lane Pederson hits Mike Matheson. 10:17  
  10:33 Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
  10:50 Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net
Shot by Noah Gregor misses the net 11:13  
  11:22 Sam Lafferty hits Jacob Middleton.
  11:27 Kris Letang hits Alexander Barabanov.
  11:32 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
  11:36 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
Andrew Cogliano shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 11:49  
Shot by Nick Bonino misses the net 11:55  
  12:07 Shot by Mike Matheson misses the net
Matt Nieto blocks shot from Chad Ruhwedel. 12:27  
Takeaway by Timo Meier. 12:45  
Logan Couture shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 12:49  
  12:58 Zach Aston-Reese shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
  13:03 Zach Aston-Reese hits Brent Burns.
  13:11 John Marino blocks shot from Brent Burns.
  13:29 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
  13:31 Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Nick Bonino.
  13:38 Shot by Danton Heinen misses the net
  13:41 Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Nick Bonino.
Alexander Barabanov shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 14:01  
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 14:06  
  14:16 Evan Rodrigues blocks shot from Tomas Hertl.
Tomas Hertl shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 14:32  
Matt Nieto shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 15:14  
Nick Bonino shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 15:23  
  15:24 Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Tomas Hertl.
Timo Meier blocks shot from Drew O'Connor. 15:41  
  15:44 Takeaway by Zach Aston-Reese.
Noah Gregor wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 15:55  
Jonathan Dahlen shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 15:58  
  16:55 Shot by Evan Rodrigues misses the net
Matt Nieto penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Dominik Simon. 17:08  
  17:08 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nick Bonino.
  17:23 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Zachary Sawchenko.
Brent Burns hits Bryan Rust. 17:26  
  17:59 Evan Rodrigues scores a power play goal. Assisted by Kris Letang and Bryan Rust.
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 17:59  
  18:06 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Tomas Hertl.
Logan Couture hits Kris Letang. 18:37  
Shot by Tomas Hertl misses the net 18:55  
Tomas Hertl wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues. 19:10  
  19:49 Bryan Rust scores on an empty net. Assisted by Sidney Crosby Assisted by Jake Guentzel.
Lane Pederson wins the faceoff against Radim Zohorna. 19:49