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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Toronto 5, Pittsburgh 0
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 3, 2018
Where: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Frederic L'Ecuyer, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: 18638
Final Scoring Summary
 
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1
Toronto   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against John Tavares.
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:06  
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 0:33  
  0:58 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
Par Lindholm wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 1:26  
  2:28 Takeaway by Derek Grant.
  2:44 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  2:49 Derek Grant hits Morgan Rielly.
Travis Dermott hits Jamie Oleksiak. 2:58  
Mitchell Marner shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 3:16  
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 3:18  
Mitchell Marner shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 3:33  
Kasperi Kapanen hits Olli Maatta. 4:08  
  4:12 Olli Maatta blocks shot from Nazem Kadri.
Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 4:13  
Shot by Igor Ozhiganov misses the net 4:19  
Kasperi Kapanen shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 4:44  
Patrick Marleau penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Patric Hornqvist. 4:46  
  4:46 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Zach Hyman.
  5:08 Shot by Kris Letang misses the net
  5:16 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Zach Hyman.
  5:23 Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  5:41 Giveaway by Phil Kessel.
  6:12 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
Giveaway by Mitchell Marner. 6:20  
Par Lindholm wins the faceoff against Jake Guentzel. 6:23  
  6:34 Jack Johnson hits Par Lindholm.
Shot by Par Lindholm misses the net 6:44  
  6:47 Jack Johnson hits Connor Brown.
  7:18 Takeaway by Dominik Simon.
Patrick Marleau hits Jamie Oleksiak. 7:25  
  7:29 Riley Sheahan shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
Tyler Ennis hits Brian Dumoulin. 7:49  
Shot by Travis Dermott misses the net 7:53  
Josh Leivo hits Kris Letang. 7:56  
Takeaway by Tyler Ennis. 8:14  
Josh Leivo hits Kris Letang. 8:14  
  8:18 Patric Hornqvist blocks shot from Tyler Ennis.
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 8:28  
Shot by Mitchell Marner misses the net 8:31  
Shot by Nikita Zaitsev misses the net 8:41  
  8:47 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from John Tavares.
Zach Hyman shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 8:49  
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 8:50  
Mitchell Marner shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 9:00  
John Tavares scores. Assisted by Mitchell Marner and Ron Hainsey. 9:34  
  9:34 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Nazem Kadri.
  9:47 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Nazem Kadri.
Par Lindholm wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 10:13  
Andreas Johnsson wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen. 10:20  
Takeaway by Andreas Johnsson. 10:35  
Andreas Johnsson shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 10:41  
Par Lindholm hits Jack Johnson. 10:54  
  11:29 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 11:29  
  11:46 Jake Guentzel hits John Tavares.
Mitchell Marner shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 11:52  
Kasperi Kapanen hits Jamie Oleksiak. 12:28  
  12:32 Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
Nazem Kadri shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 12:47  
  12:55 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Frederik Gauthier.
  13:07 Patric Hornqvist hits Jake Gardiner.
Tyler Ennis blocks shot from Chad Ruhwedel. 13:07  
  13:07 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Par Lindholm.
  13:22 Chad Ruhwedel hits Par Lindholm.
Par Lindholm shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 13:39  
  13:41 Brian Dumoulin hits Connor Brown.
Connor Brown shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 13:41  
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 13:42  
John Tavares shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 14:07  
  14:11 Brian Dumoulin hits John Tavares.
  14:19 Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Morgan Rielly.
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 14:20  
Kasperi Kapanen hits Jamie Oleksiak. 14:56  
Giveaway by Nikita Zaitsev. 15:00  
  15:24 Derek Grant hits Nikita Zaitsev.
  15:26 Matt Cullen shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen. 15:27  
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen. 15:33  
Par Lindholm wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 15:59  
  16:15 Jake Guentzel hits Morgan Rielly.
Takeaway by Par Lindholm. 16:39  
  16:59 Olli Maatta blocks shot from Igor Ozhiganov.
Frederik Gauthier wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 17:01  
Shot by Igor Ozhiganov misses the net 17:08  
Frederik Gauthier wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 17:08  
  17:21 Riley Sheahan hits Igor Ozhiganov.
Frederik Gauthier shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 17:28  
Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Phil Kessel. 17:29  
  17:36 Giveaway by Phil Kessel.
Nikita Zaitsev blocks shot from Carl Hagelin. 17:44  
  17:48 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 17:49  
  18:01 Shot by Brian Dumoulin misses the net
  18:02 Brian Dumoulin hits Patrick Marleau.
Nikita Zaitsev blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 18:09  
  18:34 Kris Letang hits Patrick Marleau.
  18:39 Derek Grant shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
Par Lindholm wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 18:45  
Morgan Rielly blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 19:06  
  19:14 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  19:22 Sidney Crosby hits Mitchell Marner.
Zach Hyman blocks shot from Jack Johnson. 19:24  
  19:25 Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Patrick Marleau.
  19:30 Shot by Olli Maatta misses the net
  19:36 Jamie Oleksiak hits Nazem Kadri.
  19:37 Jamie Oleksiak blocks shot from Nazem Kadri.
2
Toronto   Pittsburgh
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
Zach Hyman hits Kris Letang. 0:11  
  0:26 Patric Hornqvist shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  0:29 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Nazem Kadri.
Patrick Marleau scores. Assisted by Kasperi Kapanen and Nazem Kadri. 0:44  
Par Lindholm wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 0:44  
  0:52 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Connor Brown.
  0:57 Giveaway by Jack Johnson.
Igor Ozhiganov penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jake Guentzel. 1:21  
Zach Hyman wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 1:21  
Nikita Zaitsev blocks shot from Kris Letang. 1:52  
  1:56 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  1:57 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against John Tavares.
  2:19 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  2:21 Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  2:31 Patric Hornqvist hits Kasperi Kapanen.
  2:37 Giveaway by Sidney Crosby.
Par Lindholm shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 2:47  
Morgan Rielly shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 3:13  
  3:14 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Nazem Kadri.
Nazem Kadri penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Bryan Rust. 3:22  
Par Lindholm wins the faceoff against Jake Guentzel. 3:22  
Zach Hyman wins the faceoff against Jake Guentzel. 3:28  
Par Lindholm shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 3:48  
Nikita Zaitsev hits Jack Johnson. 3:59  
Nikita Zaitsev blocks shot from Jack Johnson. 4:07  
Ron Hainsey blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 4:48  
  5:14 Giveaway by Sidney Crosby.
Mitchell Marner shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 5:20  
Mitchell Marner hits Brian Dumoulin. 5:37  
  5:46 Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Frederik Gauthier.
Frederik Gauthier wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 5:56  
Tyler Ennis shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 6:23  
  6:23 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against John Tavares.
  6:48 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 6:49  
  6:55 Shot by Olli Maatta misses the net
  7:16 Giveaway by Olli Maatta.
  7:28 Olli Maatta hits Kasperi Kapanen.
  7:51 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against John Tavares.
Ron Hainsey shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 8:17  
Mitchell Marner blocks shot from Sidney Crosby. 8:23  
  8:24 Derek Grant wins the faceoff against Par Lindholm.
Connor Brown hits Jamie Oleksiak. 9:10  
  9:27 Giveaway by Jamie Oleksiak.
Tyler Ennis shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 9:33  
  9:35 Jamie Oleksiak hits Tyler Ennis.
  9:35 Jamie Oleksiak blocks shot from Tyler Ennis.
  9:37 Jamie Oleksiak penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Tyler Ennis.
  9:37 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against John Tavares.
John Tavares shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 10:06  
John Tavares shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 10:32  
  10:33 Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Zach Hyman.
  10:55 Takeaway by Olli Maatta.
Tyler Ennis shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 11:18  
  11:24 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
Morgan Rielly scores. Assisted by John Tavares and Kasperi Kapanen. 11:49  
  11:49 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against John Tavares.
Zach Hyman wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 11:55  
Jake Gardiner shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 11:58  
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 11:58  
  12:03 Kris Letang blocks shot from Jake Gardiner.
  12:23 Jack Johnson blocks shot from John Tavares.
  12:24 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Nazem Kadri.
  12:41 Olli Maatta shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 12:42  
  12:51 Jack Johnson shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
Zach Hyman blocks shot from Kris Letang. 12:52  
  12:53 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against John Tavares.
  13:19 Jack Johnson hits John Tavares.
  13:36 Patric Hornqvist hits Mitchell Marner.
Giveaway by Ron Hainsey. 13:59  
Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 14:01  
  14:16 Carl Hagelin hits Nikita Zaitsev.
Shot by Kasperi Kapanen misses the net 14:22  
Nikita Zaitsev hits Carl Hagelin. 14:37  
Par Lindholm wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 14:37  
  14:47 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Par Lindholm.
Par Lindholm wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 14:57  
Connor Brown hits Jack Johnson. 15:09  
Igor Ozhiganov hits Jake Guentzel. 15:24  
Igor Ozhiganov hits Jake Guentzel. 15:29  
  15:37 Riley Sheahan hits Igor Ozhiganov.
Travis Dermott hits Bryan Rust. 15:37  
  15:38 Bryan Rust penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Travis Dermott.
  15:38 Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against John Tavares.
  15:48 Olli Maatta blocks shot from John Tavares.
Mitchell Marner shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 16:07  
  16:09 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against John Tavares.
  16:32 Shot by Riley Sheahan misses the net
John Tavares shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 16:44  
  16:48 Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Zach Hyman.
  17:19 Matt Cullen shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  17:30 Brian Dumoulin hits Zach Hyman.
Par Lindholm wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 17:47  
  17:51 Patric Hornqvist blocks shot from Ron Hainsey.
  17:53 Jamie Oleksiak hits Kasperi Kapanen.
  18:06 Jamie Oleksiak hits Par Lindholm.
  18:12 Patric Hornqvist hits Connor Brown.
  18:17 Patric Hornqvist hits Par Lindholm.
Nikita Zaitsev hits Dominik Simon. 18:28  
Tyler Ennis shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 18:40  
  18:41 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Patrick Marleau.
Takeaway by Tyler Ennis. 19:21  
  19:31 Evgeni Malkin hits Patrick Marleau.
John Tavares shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 19:33  
  19:55 Takeaway by Jake Guentzel.
Igor Ozhiganov hits Bryan Rust. 20:00  
3
Toronto   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against John Tavares.
Shot by John Tavares misses the net 0:27  
  0:46 Olli Maatta shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  0:50 Carl Hagelin hits Nikita Zaitsev.
  0:57 Jamie Oleksiak hits Nazem Kadri.
  1:00 Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  1:06 Phil Kessel hits Nikita Zaitsev.
Patrick Marleau blocks shot from Jamie Oleksiak. 1:12  
  1:12 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Par Lindholm.
  1:22 Shot by Patric Hornqvist misses the net
  1:31 Bryan Rust hits Igor Ozhiganov.
  1:35 Patric Hornqvist hits Travis Dermott.
  1:54 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Frederik Gauthier.
  1:59 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against John Tavares.
  2:11 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  2:29 Jake Guentzel hits John Tavares.
Igor Ozhiganov penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Derek Grant. 3:32  
Zach Hyman wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 3:32  
  4:06 Giveaway by Phil Kessel.
  4:28 Giveaway by Dominik Simon.
  5:10 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
  5:44 Matt Cullen shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
Jake Gardiner shoots Saved by Matt Murray. 6:15  
Patrick Marleau hits Evgeni Malkin. 6:25  
  6:38 Giveaway by Phil Kessel.
  6:56 Olli Maatta hits Patrick Marleau.
  7:18 Chad Ruhwedel hits John Tavares.
  7:21 Dominik Simon shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
Shot by Morgan Rielly misses the net 7:40  
  8:00 Giveaway by Bryan Rust.
  8:03 Takeaway by Chad Ruhwedel.
  8:25 Riley Sheahan shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 8:28  
Shot by Nazem Kadri misses the net 8:45  
  8:59 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  9:07 Dominik Simon shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  9:07 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 9:09  
  9:14 Carl Hagelin hits Nikita Zaitsev.
John Tavares wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 9:15  
  9:30 Jamie Oleksiak hits John Tavares.
Par Lindholm wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan. 9:31  
Andreas Johnsson hits Chad Ruhwedel. 9:56  
  10:12 Chad Ruhwedel hits Par Lindholm.
Travis Dermott hits Derek Grant. 10:24  
  10:33 Giveaway by Brian Dumoulin.
  10:34 Kris Letang blocks shot from Frederik Gauthier.
  10:46 Derek Grant hits Travis Dermott.
  10:51 Takeaway by Matt Cullen.
Giveaway by Josh Leivo. 11:09  
  11:23 Jake Guentzel hits Zach Hyman.
Shot by Mitchell Marner misses the net 11:31  
  11:58 Jamie Oleksiak shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  12:09 Jamie Oleksiak hits Zach Hyman.
  12:50 Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 12:51  
  13:07 Giveaway by Dominik Simon.
  13:13 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against John Tavares.
  13:37 Giveaway by Phil Kessel.
Zach Hyman hits Olli Maatta. 13:44  
  14:01 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Par Lindholm.
  14:07 Jack Johnson hits Par Lindholm.
Takeaway by Connor Brown. 14:16  
Shot by Connor Brown misses the net 14:18  
  14:27 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against John Tavares.
  14:34 Phil Kessel shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  14:40 Kris Letang blocks shot from Mitchell Marner.
  14:42 Carl Hagelin penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Ron Hainsey.
  14:42 Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against John Tavares.
Shot by Mitchell Marner misses the net 15:32  
Morgan Rielly scores a power play goal. Assisted by Mitchell Marner and Jake Gardiner. 15:33  
Nazem Kadri wins the faceoff against Matt Cullen. 15:33  
  15:46 Derek Grant hits Travis Dermott.
Giveaway by Kasperi Kapanen. 16:06  
Par Lindholm wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 16:10  
  16:29 Chad Ruhwedel hits Par Lindholm.
Nikita Zaitsev blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 16:52  
  17:03 Shot by Kris Letang misses the net
Josh Leivo hits Riley Sheahan. 17:21  
  17:39 Riley Sheahan hits Travis Dermott.
Frederik Gauthier wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 17:42  
  18:55 Derek Grant shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.
  19:08 Giveaway by Daniel Sprong.
Connor Brown penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Daniel Sprong. 19:11  
Zach Hyman wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 19:11  
Takeaway by Zach Hyman. 19:35  
Zach Hyman scores a short handed goal. 19:40  
  19:40 Matt Cullen wins the faceoff against Par Lindholm.
  19:51 Daniel Sprong shoots Saved by Frederik Andersen.