Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, October 20, 2011 · CONSOL Energy Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-1 on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 32-28.
Goals came from James Neal, Joe Vitale, Arron Asham and Mathieu Darche.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 29 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
James Neal (1)Steve Sullivan (1), Richard Park (1)0–108:55 PIT
2nd period
Joe Vitale (1)Deryk Engelland (1)0–202:38 PIT
3rd period
Arron Asham (1)Deryk Engelland (2), Matt Niskanen (1)0–305:20 PIT
Mathieu Darche (1)Brian Gionta (1), Yannick Weber (1)1–318:24 MTL
Team stats
MTLPIT
28Shots on goal32
39%Faceoff %61%
0/4Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes8
15Hits26
13Blocked shots11
4Giveaways4
3Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 04:23
Raphael Diaz · hooking2 min - 1st 16:22Carey Price · delaying game2 min
- 2nd 03:54
Paul Martin · cross checking2 min - 2nd 06:39Ben Lovejoy · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 13:53Zbynek Michalek · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:19Brian Gionta · boarding2 min
- 3rd 09:29Andrei Kostitsyn · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:35Zbynek Michalek · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:55David Desharnais · roughing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 21Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:38 |
| 52Mathieu DarcheL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:09 |
| 68Yannick WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:30 |
| 11Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:40 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:32 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 21:54 |
| 32Travis MoenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:04 |
| 63Andreas EngqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:28 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:39 |
| 72Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:47 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:55 |
| 61Raphael DiazD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:05 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:23 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 26:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 58:32 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 12Richard ParkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 18James NealL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:01 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 09:42 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 11:19 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:01 |
| 10Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:42 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:30 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:33 |
| 15Dustin JeffreyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:54 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 17:39 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:17 |
| 6Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:04 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 27:23 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 59:55 |