Pittsburgh Penguins vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Tuesday, October 18, 2011 · Xcel Energy Center

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4–2

Final

SOG 25–26

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Penguins 26-25.

Goals came from Chris Kunitz, Jordan Staal, Cal Clutterbuck, James Neal, Pascal Dupuis and Guillaume Latendresse.

Brent Johnson made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 21 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	2	2	4	25
MIN	0	1	1	2	26

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Chris Kunitz (1)Pascal Dupuis (1)1–000:46 PIT
Jordan Staal (1)Matt Cooke (1), Zbynek Michalek (1)2–007:14 PIT · PPG
Cal Clutterbuck (1)Mikko Koivu (1)2–108:07 MIN · SHG

3rd period

James Neal (1)Unassisted3–103:38 PIT
Pascal Dupuis (1)Matt Cooke (2)4–112:21 PIT · SHG
Guillaume Latendresse (1)Matt Cullen (1), Brett Bulmer (1)4–213:12 MIN

Team stats

PITMIN

25Shots on goal26

55%Faceoff %45%

1/2Power play0/5

10Penalty minutes4

24Hits29

10Blocked shots14

5Giveaways9

4Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 03:02Matt Niskanen · hooking2 min
1st 12:07Pascal Dupuis · holding2 min
2nd 01:50James Neal · hooking2 min
2nd 05:15Brad Staubitz · high sticking double minor4 min
2nd 17:26Matt Niskanen · holding2 min
3rd 10:45Jordan Staal · tripping2 min

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

9Pascal DupuisL	1	1	2	+1	6	1	1	2	–	21:31
24Matt CookeL	0	2	2	+1	0	3	2	0	–	18:35
11Jordan StaalC	1	0	1	-1	3	2	1	2	50	21:45
14Chris KunitzL	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	–	16:57
18James NealL	1	0	1	0	4	3	0	2	–	16:45
4Zbynek MichalekD	0	1	1	+2	3	2	1	0	–	29:20
10Mark LetestuC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	55	09:00
12Richard ParkR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59	17:42
26Steve SullivanL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:25
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	50	14:35
33Steve MacIntyreL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:23
45Arron AshamR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	10:35
46Joe VitaleC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	62	09:46
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	4	–	21:02
5Deryk EngellandD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	19:20
6Ben LovejoyD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	11:25
7Paul MartinD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	29:04
37Brian StraitD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:52

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brent JohnsonG	W	26	24	2	.923	59:58
29Marc-Andre FleuryG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

7Matt CullenC	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	46	18:31
9Mikko KoivuC	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	42	20:57
19Brett BulmerR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	08:44
22Cal ClutterbuckR	1	0	1	0	2	8	0	0	–	18:08
48Guillaume LatendresseL	1	0	1	0	5	3	1	0	100	16:36
10Devin SetoguchiR	0	0	0	-1	4	0	2	0	–	17:11
14Darroll PoweC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	07:58
15Dany HeatleyL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	20:37
16Brad StaubitzR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	–	07:00
18Colton GilliesC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	–	11:15
21Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	43	16:55
96Pierre-Marc BouchardC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	19:19
3Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	21:32
4Clayton StonerD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	3	0	–	18:19
5Greg ZanonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	–	17:23
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	19:37
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	20:37
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	16:48

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Niklas BackstromG	L	25	21	4	.840	58:34
37Josh HardingG		0	0	0	–	00:00