Pittsburgh Penguins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, November 12, 2011 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at RBC Center. The Penguins outshot the Hurricanes 40-26.
Tuomo Ruutu scored twice and Jordan Staal scored twice. Jeff Skinner, Chris Kunitz, Eric Staal and Chad LaRose also scored.
Cam Ward made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Brent Johnson stopped 21 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Skinner (1)Jussi Jokinen (1), Tomas Kaberle (1)0–101:22 CAR
2nd period
Tuomo Ruutu (1)Jeff Skinner (1), Jussi Jokinen (2)0–215:51 CAR- Tuomo Ruutu (2)Jeff Skinner (2)0–319:03 CAR
3rd period
Jordan Staal (1)Evgeni Malkin (1), James Neal (1)1–301:40 PIT- Jordan Staal (2)Matt Cooke (1), Brooks Orpik (1)2–304:43 PIT · SHG
Chris Kunitz (1)Pascal Dupuis (1)3–312:18 PIT
Eric Staal (1)Tim Gleason (1), Chad LaRose (1)3–415:26 CAR
Chad LaRose (1)Eric Staal (1), Jay Harrison (1)3–517:30 CAR
Team stats
PITCAR
40Shots on goal26
50%Faceoff %50%
0/5Power play0/4
17Penalty minutes19
28Hits32
10Blocked shots20
2Giveaways13
11Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 04:05
Bryan Allen · fighting5 min - 1st 04:05
Arron Asham · fighting5 min - 1st 09:32Zac Dalpe · boarding2 min
- 1st 10:55Jay Harrison · roughing2 min
- 1st 10:55James Neal · roughing2 min
- 1st 10:55Evgeni Malkin · roughing2 min
- 1st 10:55Patrick Dwyer · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:08Jordan Staal · tripping2 min
- 1st 17:17Jamie McBain · tripping2 min
- 2nd 01:29Matt Niskanen · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 03:44Jay Harrison · interference2 min
- 2nd 04:17Tim Brent · tripping2 min
- 3rd 04:31Arron Asham · slashing2 min
- 3rd 10:04Brooks Orpik · tripping2 min
- 3rd 19:30Chad LaRose · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11Jordan StaalC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:40 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:41 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:37 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 22:07 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 14:51 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 23:00 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 12Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 09:45 |
| 25Eric TangradiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:13 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:09 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:17 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 06:27 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:11 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:43 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 54Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 26:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | L | 26 | 21 | 5 | .808 | 58:31 |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 | 23:30 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:06 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:48 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:17 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:32 |
| 51Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 11Zach BoychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:59 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:35 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:22 |
| 22Zac DalpeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:31 |
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:48 |
| 37Tim BrentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:14 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:36 |
| 4Jamie McBainD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:59 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:07 |
| 27Derek JoslinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 40 | 37 | 3 | .925 | 60:00 |
| 33Brian BoucherG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |