St. Louis Blues at Pittsburgh Penguins

Wed, Jan 5, 2022 · PPG Paints Arena · 2021–22 Regular Season

St. Louis Blues

3 – 5

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 5–3 on Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at PPG Paints Arena. Bryan Rust scored twice. Casey DeSmith made 13 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–41.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
STL	0	3	0	3	29
PIT	0	2	3	5	41

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	00:20	STL	PP	Brayden Schenn (5) · snap	Torey Krug (13)	1–0
2nd	08:45	STL	EV	Jordan Kyrou (13) · wrist	Vladimir Tarasenko (20), Justin Faulk (8)	2–0
2nd	13:30	PIT	PP	Bryan Rust (6) · backhand	Evan Rodrigues (14), Kris Letang (22)	2–1
2nd	13:49	STL	EV	Colton Parayko (4) · wrist	Brayden Schenn (7), Scott Perunovich (6)	3–1
2nd	15:46	PIT	EV	Bryan Rust (7) · wrist	Sidney Crosby (17), Jake Guentzel (14)	3–2
3rd	12:23	PIT	EV	Sidney Crosby (5) · wrist	Jake Guentzel (15), John Marino (13)	3–3
3rd	12:35	PIT	PP	Evan Rodrigues (14) · slap	Kris Letang (23), Bryan Rust (10)	3–4
3rd	18:21	PIT	EV	Brock McGinn (9) · wrist	Teddy Blueger (6)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	19:42	PIT	Bryan Rust	interference	2
2nd	12:20	STL	Niko Mikkola	slashing	2
2nd	12:20	PIT	Sidney Crosby	slashing	2
2nd	12:48	STL	Torey Krug	cross checking	2
3rd	02:35	STL	Niko Mikkola	interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	12:23	STL	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2
3rd	14:10	STL	Pavel Buchnevich	high sticking	2
3rd	15:57	STL	Tyler Bozak	holding	2
3rd	18:21	STL	Vladimir Tarasenko	misconduct	10

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: STL 2.49 · PIT 3.59 · xG% STL 40.9

St. Louis Blues

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
10	Brayden Schenn	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	2	1	100.0	15:25	21
55	Colton Parayko	D	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	3		24:25	37
72	Justin Faulk	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	0		20:53	28
47	Torey Krug	D	0	1	1	-1	2	3	1	0		20:14	30
25	Jordan Kyrou	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		15:03	20
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	0	1	1	0	10	2	2	0	100.0	14:23	22
48	Scott Perunovich	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	0		12:51	20
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	0	0	-2	4	2	4	2		20:05	36
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1		18:34	29
18	Robert Thomas	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	25.0	17:47	24
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	3	52.0	17:40	25
49	Ivan Barbashev	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	35.7	17:15	23
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0		17:10	22
57	David Perron	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1		16:11	22
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:57	22
70	Oskar Sundqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	100.0	10:59	17
21	Tyler Bozak	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	33.3	9:42	16
22	Logan Brown	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33.3	7:54	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
50	Jordan Binnington	L	41	36	5	.878	58:43

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
17	Bryan Rust	R	2	1	3	+2	2	5	0	0		20:34	28
58	Kris Letang	D	0	2	2	+1	0	9	0	1		27:05	29
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	2	2	+1	0	4	2	0		20:55	29
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	1	2	+2	2	2	0	0	50.0	18:44	30
9	Evan Rodrigues	C	1	1	2	-1	0	3	1	0	66.7	16:32	24
6	John Marino	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1		20:58	30
23	Brock McGinn	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	4	1	100.0	16:06	22
53	Teddy Blueger	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	72.7	15:43	23
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	4		23:54	28
5	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	1		17:16	23
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0		15:44	22
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0		14:54	23
43	Danton Heinen	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		14:43	21
12	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		13:58	19
49	Dominik Simon	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		12:15	17
2	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		11:46	16
11	Brian Boyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	33.3	8:54	14
20	Kasper Bjorkqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		7:37	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Casey DeSmith	W	16	13	3	.813	33:49
35	Tristan Jarry	W	13	13	0	1.000	25:55