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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 2, Nashville 0
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 30, 2023
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Mitch Dunning, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Kilian McNamara, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 17482
Final Scoring Summary
 
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1
Nashville   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons.
  0:14 Brian Dumoulin hits Cole Smith.
  0:29 Bryan Rust hits Ryan McDonagh.
Cole Smith hits Kris Letang. 0:38  
Jeremy Lauzon hits Evgeni Malkin. 1:08  
  1:10 Rickard Rakell hits Tyson Barrie.
  1:14 Rickard Rakell hits Tyson Barrie.
Egor Afanasyev blocks shot from Pierre-Olivier Joseph. 1:15  
  1:22 Jeff Petry shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  1:31 Shot by Pierre-Olivier Joseph misses the net
Takeaway by Tommy Novak. 2:00  
  2:14 Mark Friedman hits Luke Evangelista.
  2:22 Mark Friedman blocks shot from Kevin Gravel.
Kiefer Sherwood hits Mark Friedman. 2:26  
  2:36 Danton Heinen shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  3:07 Josh Archibald blocks shot from Mark Jankowski.
  3:15 Jeff Petry blocks shot from Ryan McDonagh.
Mark Jankowski shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 3:25  
Takeaway by Mark Jankowski. 3:30  
Michael McCarron shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 3:35  
  3:41 Shot by Jeff Carter misses the net
  3:56 Giveaway by Bryan Rust.
Jeremy Lauzon hits Jake Guentzel. 4:06  
Cole Smith hits Kris Letang. 4:09  
Cody Glass wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 4:12  
  4:19 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  4:31 Jake Guentzel penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Cody Glass.
Cody Glass wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 4:31  
  4:35 Josh Archibald blocks shot from Tommy Novak.
  4:39 Takeaway by Ryan Poehling.
  4:46 Ryan Poehling shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Cody Glass shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 4:53  
  4:54 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Tommy Novak.
Tommy Novak shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 5:06  
Tommy Novak wins the faceoff against Mikael Granlund. 5:07  
Philip Tomasino shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 5:14  
  5:15 Ryan Poehling wins the faceoff against Cody Glass.
Takeaway by Luke Evangelista. 5:20  
  5:33 Kris Letang blocks shot from Tommy Novak.
  6:26 Josh Archibald hits Yakov Trenin.
  6:32 Mikael Granlund blocks shot from Dante Fabbro.
  6:40 Chad Ruhwedel blocks shot from Kiefer Sherwood.
Mark Jankowski shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 6:53  
  6:54 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Michael McCarron.
Cody Glass wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 7:02  
Shot by Cody Glass misses the net 7:15  
  7:35 Pierre-Olivier Joseph penalty for cross checking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Philip Tomasino.
Cody Glass wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 7:35  
Giveaway by Luke Evangelista. 7:44  
  8:05 Jeff Petry hits Tommy Novak.
Takeaway by Philip Tomasino. 8:09  
  8:30 Josh Archibald shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  8:31 Josh Archibald shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  9:05 Takeaway by Jeff Petry.
Yakov Trenin shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 9:27  
Cole Smith hits Kris Letang. 9:59  
  10:15 Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net
Jeremy Lauzon blocks shot from Kris Letang. 10:22  
  10:25 Jake Guentzel hits Mark Jankowski.
  10:28 Shot by Mark Friedman misses the net
  10:35 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  10:36 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Tommy Novak.
  10:40 Pierre-Olivier Joseph shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Kiefer Sherwood shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 10:50  
  10:51 Pierre-Olivier Joseph hits Tommy Novak.
  11:02 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  11:03 Shot by Jason Zucker misses the net
  11:04 Evgeni Malkin hits Kevin Gravel.
  11:26 Jeff Petry hits Tommy Novak.
  12:20 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
  12:23 Giveaway by Bryan Rust.
  12:38 Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Philip Tomasino.
  12:56 Danton Heinen hits Jeremy Lauzon.
  13:02 Ryan Poehling wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons.
  13:20 Ryan Poehling shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  13:39 Mark Friedman hits Cole Smith.
  13:45 Mikael Granlund shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  14:04 Drew O'Connor hits Michael McCarron.
  14:10 Jeff Petry hits Rasmus Asplund.
Cal Foote shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 14:16  
  14:18 Jeff Petry hits Rasmus Asplund.
Michael McCarron hits Jeff Carter. 14:22  
  14:34 Kris Letang hits Rasmus Asplund.
Tommy Novak blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin. 14:58  
  14:59 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 15:01  
Ryan McDonagh hits Jake Guentzel. 15:22  
Cole Smith hits Brian Dumoulin. 15:27  
Colton Sissons blocks shot from Kris Letang. 15:29  
  16:06 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  16:08 Rickard Rakell hits Jeremy Lauzon.
  16:20 Chad Ruhwedel hits Egor Afanasyev.
Philip Tomasino penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evgeni Malkin. 16:25  
Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 16:25  
  16:34 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 16:35  
  16:42 Takeaway by Jake Guentzel.
Dante Fabbro blocks shot from Sidney Crosby. 16:50  
Colton Sissons shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 17:02  
  17:51 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  17:51 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  17:52 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  17:53 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons.
Dante Fabbro shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 18:04  
Tommy Novak wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 18:24  
Shot by Jeremy Lauzon misses the net 18:38  
  18:42 Drew O'Connor hits Luke Evangelista.
  18:53 Giveaway by Josh Archibald.
  19:06 Josh Archibald hits Jeremy Lauzon.
Shot by Cal Foote misses the net 19:27  
  19:33 Drew O'Connor hits Luke Evangelista.
Luke Evangelista shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 19:37  
  19:49 Giveaway by Rickard Rakell.
Kevin Gravel blocks shot from Rickard Rakell. 19:50  
  19:51 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Yakov Trenin.
  19:55 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  19:59 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
Dante Fabbro hits Jake Guentzel. 19:59  
2
Nashville   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons.
  0:16 Brian Dumoulin penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Cole Smith.
Cody Glass wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 0:16  
  1:05 Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
  1:23 Takeaway by Mikael Granlund.
  1:24 Mikael Granlund shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Colton Sissons blocks shot from Kris Letang. 1:53  
Dante Fabbro shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 1:58  
Dante Fabbro hits Drew O'Connor. 2:30  
  2:35 Drew O'Connor hits Yakov Trenin.
  2:55 Rickard Rakell hits Cal Foote.
Cole Smith hits Chad Ruhwedel. 3:02  
Mark Jankowski hits Mark Friedman. 3:20  
  3:37 Shot by Rickard Rakell misses the net
  4:52 Giveaway by Ryan Poehling.
Jeremy Lauzon shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 5:05  
  5:27 Takeaway by Mikael Granlund.
Giveaway by Tommy Novak. 5:40  
Jeremy Lauzon hits Josh Archibald. 5:49  
  6:13 Takeaway by Mark Friedman.
Luke Evangelista penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Mark Friedman. 6:15  
  6:15 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons.
Dante Fabbro blocks shot from Kris Letang. 6:26  
  6:41 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  6:42 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Mark Jankowski.
Jeremy Lauzon blocks shot from Rickard Rakell. 6:48  
  7:06 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  7:09 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 7:10  
  7:45 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  7:48 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  7:52 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  7:53 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Mark Jankowski.
  8:39 Giveaway by Jeff Petry.
Tyson Barrie hits Ryan Poehling. 9:21  
Cody Glass wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 9:53  
Cody Glass wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 10:00  
Ryan McDonagh shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 10:16  
Tommy Novak wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 10:17  
Kiefer Sherwood shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 10:37  
Michael McCarron wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 10:38  
  10:47 Jason Zucker hits Rasmus Asplund.
Michael McCarron shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 10:49  
  10:57 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Mark Jankowski.
  11:48 Giveaway by Tristan Jarry.
  11:53 Rickard Rakell blocks shot from Tyson Barrie.
  12:00 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  12:25 Bryan Rust hits Cody Glass.
  12:33 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Cody Glass wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 12:47  
  13:18 Pierre-Olivier Joseph shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Tommy Novak wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 13:19  
Kiefer Sherwood hits Brian Dumoulin. 13:31  
Cal Foote blocks shot from Rickard Rakell. 13:37  
  13:48 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
  14:15 Jason Zucker scores. Assisted by Brian Dumoulin and Evgeni Malkin.
  14:15 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons.
  14:23 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  14:38 Jake Guentzel hits Colton Sissons.
  14:51 Shot by Pierre-Olivier Joseph misses the net
Yakov Trenin hits Sidney Crosby. 14:52  
Cole Smith hits Danton Heinen. 15:19  
Colton Sissons blocks shot from Mark Friedman. 15:30  
  15:37 Takeaway by Danton Heinen.
  15:41 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons.
Ryan McDonagh blocks shot from Jason Zucker. 15:44  
Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 15:50  
Cole Smith hits Brian Dumoulin. 15:57  
  16:13 Shot by Jason Zucker misses the net
  16:18 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
  16:32 Jason Zucker hits Dante Fabbro.
  16:37 Giveaway by Jason Zucker.
  17:22 Shot by Drew O'Connor misses the net
  17:27 Mark Friedman hits Rasmus Asplund.
  17:32 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
Jeremy Lauzon hits Sidney Crosby. 17:39  
Michael McCarron wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 17:57  
  18:22 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Kiefer Sherwood hits Kris Letang. 18:37  
Giveaway by Cal Foote. 18:46  
  18:48 Danton Heinen shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  18:50 Ryan Poehling shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Kevin Gravel blocks shot from Danton Heinen. 19:05  
  19:17 Mikael Granlund shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Yakov Trenin hits Kris Letang. 19:47  
  19:47 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
  19:58 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
3
Nashville   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons.
Colton Sissons shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 0:10  
Colton Sissons hits Kris Letang. 0:13  
  0:18 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:19  
  0:34 Takeaway by Kris Letang.
Cole Smith hits Kris Letang. 0:36  
  0:51 Rickard Rakell hits Cody Glass.
Jeremy Lauzon hits Rickard Rakell. 1:14  
  1:22 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
  1:30 Jeff Petry shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  1:47 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Tommy Novak.
Kiefer Sherwood hits Jeff Petry. 1:52  
  1:52 Ryan Poehling wins the faceoff against Tommy Novak.
  2:01 Mikael Granlund shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Tommy Novak blocks shot from Ryan Poehling. 2:04  
  2:05 Ryan Poehling shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Kevin Gravel blocks shot from Kris Letang. 2:18  
  2:21 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Michael McCarron.
  2:27 Shot by Mark Friedman misses the net
  2:28 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Michael McCarron.
  2:33 Shot by Mark Friedman misses the net
Takeaway by Ryan McDonagh. 2:37  
  2:47 Drew O'Connor hits Mark Jankowski.
  2:50 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons.
Yakov Trenin hits Kris Letang. 3:19  
  3:22 Shot by Brian Dumoulin misses the net
  3:36 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  3:44 Takeaway by Rickard Rakell.
  3:55 Shot by Jeff Petry misses the net
Egor Afanasyev blocks shot from Pierre-Olivier Joseph. 4:06  
  4:22 Giveaway by Jeff Petry.
Tommy Novak wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 4:43  
Kiefer Sherwood hits Mikael Granlund. 5:04  
  5:38 Danton Heinen blocks shot from Kevin Gravel.
Mark Jankowski shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 5:48  
  5:55 Mark Friedman hits Michael McCarron.
Mark Jankowski wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 5:58  
  6:05 Kris Letang hits Michael McCarron.
Dante Fabbro hits Sidney Crosby. 6:23  
  6:24 Shot by Kris Letang misses the net
Michael McCarron hits Brian Dumoulin. 6:26  
Michael McCarron blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin. 6:42  
Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 7:07  
Colton Sissons hits Jason Zucker. 7:36  
  7:40 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  7:57 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
  8:23 Takeaway by Bryan Rust.
  8:30 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  8:36 Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net
Egor Afanasyev hits Brian Dumoulin. 8:38  
  8:44 Kris Letang hits Cody Glass.
Philip Tomasino shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 8:48  
Kiefer Sherwood shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 9:05  
  9:08 Danton Heinen hits Kiefer Sherwood.
  9:11 Kris Letang hits Luke Evangelista.
  9:16 Mikael Granlund shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Tommy Novak wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 9:17  
Tommy Novak shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 9:40  
  9:41 Chad Ruhwedel hits Kiefer Sherwood.
Cal Foote shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 9:42  
Shot by Tommy Novak misses the net 9:43  
  10:01 Mikael Granlund blocks shot from Tommy Novak.
  11:22 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Cody Glass.
  11:40 Rickard Rakell hits Kevin Gravel.
  12:28 Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Tyson Barrie.
Ryan McDonagh shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 12:42  
  12:49 Ryan Poehling wins the faceoff against Tommy Novak.
Cal Foote penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Danton Heinen. 12:55  
  12:55 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons.
  13:03 Jake Guentzel scores a power play goal. Assisted by Rickard Rakell and Kris Letang.
  13:03 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Tommy Novak.
  13:30 Giveaway by Jake Guentzel.
Michael McCarron wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 13:51  
Giveaway by Tyson Barrie. 13:57  
  14:02 Ryan Poehling shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  14:24 Danton Heinen hits Cal Foote.
  14:51 Mark Friedman blocks shot from Egor Afanasyev.
  14:51 Chad Ruhwedel hits Philip Tomasino.
  14:52 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Cody Glass.
  15:01 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Colton Sissons wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 15:06  
Yakov Trenin shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 15:20  
  15:32 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Yakov Trenin.
  15:35 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Tommy Novak.
  15:57 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Tommy Novak hits Jason Zucker. 16:15  
Tommy Novak penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jason Zucker. 16:52  
  16:52 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons.
Cole Smith hits Sidney Crosby. 17:10  
Giveaway by Yakov Trenin. 17:32  
  17:33 Kris Letang hits Yakov Trenin.
  17:36 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
  17:40 Kris Letang blocks shot from Cal Foote.
  17:43 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Colton Sissons.
Kevin Gravel shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 17:47  
Kevin Gravel blocks shot from Pierre-Olivier Joseph. 18:13  
  18:17 Jeff Carter shoots Saved by Juuse Saros.
Michael McCarron wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 18:18  
Tyson Barrie shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 19:30  
  19:39 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Cody Glass.
Tommy Novak blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 19:49  
Cody Glass hits Jake Guentzel. 19:51  
Cody Glass shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 19:58  
Kiefer Sherwood hits Jeff Petry. 19:58