National Hockey League

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Match Report

Staal helps Wild hand Pens first home loss

Eric Staal's third-period goal proved to be the game-winner as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Thursday night.

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Last five matches

DateOppResultCompetition
11/7/26 vs Tampa Bay Lightning L 3-4 NHL
11/6/26 vs San Jose Sharks W 4-1 NHL
11/3/26 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 4-2 NHL
11/1/26 @ Washington Capitals W 5-1 NHL
10/29/26 vs New York Islanders L 3-4 NHL
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Team Stats

MIN PIT
16
Blocked Shots
23
32
Hits
25
3
Takeaways
2
44
Shots
41
1
Power Play Goals
2
3
Power Play Opportunities
4
33.3
Power Play Percentage
50.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
39
Faceoffs Won
32
0.0
Faceoff Win Percent
0.0
3
Giveaways
4
3
Total Penalties
3
6
Penalty Minutes
6

Head to Head

MIN leads series 1-0

MIN Last 5 matchups PIT
  1. 6 Final 2016-11-25 @ MIN 2
  2. 4 Final 2016-11-11 @ PIT 2

Injuries

Pittsburgh Penguins

  • Ville Koivunen Day-To-Day
  • Elmer Soderblom Injured Reserve
  • Bryan Rust Injured Reserve
  • Trevor van Riemsdyk Injured Reserve
  • Ryan Graves Injured Reserve

Minnesota Wild

  • Filip Gustavsson Injured Reserve
  • Brock Faber Injured Reserve

NHL News

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News NHL general managers discuss ways technology can help officials at fall meeting At the annual fall meeting that follows Hockey Hall of Fame weekend in Toronto, NHL general managers discussed ways to use technology and other means to help on-ice officials, among other topics, on Tuesday. News Emily Kaplan Kings expect to get Kevin Fiala back this week, sources say Kevin Fiala is expected to make his season debut this week, sources told ESPN's Emily Kaplan, with the Kings also slated to get Mats Zuccarello back Tuesday night. News Kristen Shilton Connor Hellebuyck discusses why he wanted out of Winnipeg Connor Hellebuyck talks a little bit about why he wanted out of Winnipeg. News Ovechkin says Russians want to play for country, doesn't weigh in on worlds Alex Ovechkin didn't weigh in on CAS' decision to allow Russian players back in hockey worlds, but said they just want to represent their country.