New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, March 22, 2008 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 7–1 on Saturday, March 22, 2008 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Devils 28–25.
Ryan Malone scored twice and Evgeni Malkin scored twice. Jarkko Ruutu, Brian Gionta, Pascal Dupuis and Petr Sykora also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 15 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Jarkko Ruutu (5)Marian Hossa (33), Darryl Sydor (12)0–101:30 PIT
Brian Gionta (21)John Madden (22)1–109:04 NJD ·
2nd period
Ryan Malone (25)Pascal Dupuis (14), Brooks Orpik (9)1–216:14 PIT ·
3rd period
- Ryan Malone (26)Sergei Gonchar (48), Marian Hossa (34)1–303:00 PIT ·
Pascal Dupuis (12)Marian Hossa (35), Sergei Gonchar (49)1–404:51 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (43)Kris Letang (11), Petr Sykora (34)1–508:24 PIT · - Evgeni Malkin (44)Petr Sykora (35)1–611:21 PIT
Petr Sykora (27)Evgeni Malkin (58), Ryan Whitney (26)1–718:18 PIT
Team stats
NJDPIT
2528
54%46%
0/42/6
1912
2929
1611
51
12
Penalties
- 7:11 into the first period
Jay Pandolfo · tripping2 min - 12:38 into the first periodColin White · roughing2 min
- 15:32 into the first period
Jarkko Ruutu · holding2 min - 20:00 into the first periodJarkko Ruutu · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:06 into the second periodPascal Dupuis · high sticking2 min
- 7:33 into the second periodZach Parise · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 15:22 into the second periodJordan Staal · tripping2 min
- 2:52 into the third periodDainius Zubrus · hooking2 min
- 6:36 into the third periodDainius Zubrus · holding2 min
- 12:13 into the third periodJamie Langenbrunner · roughing2 min
- 12:13 into the third periodTravis Zajac · roughing2 min
- 12:13 into the third periodTravis Zajac · boarding5 min
- 12:13 into the third periodPascal Dupuis · roughing2 min
- 12:13 into the third periodJordan Staal · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:42 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:07 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | 15:28 |
| 10Rod PelleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:44 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 16Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 13:50 |
| 17Mike RuppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 12:38 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 13:16 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 21Barry TallacksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:02 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:21 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:06 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 26:22 |
| 27Mike MottauD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 28Karel RachunekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 29Johnny OduyaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kevin WeekesG | 9 | 3 | .667 | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 19 | 4 | .789 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 17Petr SykoraR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 15:46 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 20:20 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 21:27 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:11 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:05 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 25:27 |
| 37Jarkko RuutuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 18:00 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:36 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:45 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:34 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 27Georges LaraqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:52 |
| 38Jeff TaffeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:43 |
| 39Chris MinardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:49 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:41 |
| 2Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 16:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
| 35Ty ConklinG | 0 | 0 | – |