Colorado Avalanche vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, November 15, 2011 · CONSOL Energy Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Avalanche 33-27.
Goals came from Jay McClement, Matt Duchene, Jordan Staal, David Jones, Pascal Dupuis, Brooks Orpik, Evgeni Malkin, James Neal and Kris Letang.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 27 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jay McClement (1)Milan Hejduk (1), Erik Johnson (1)1–014:51 COL
Matt Duchene (1)Paul Stastny (1), Kyle Quincey (1)2–017:24 COL
Jordan Staal (1)Tyler Kennedy (1), Deryk Engelland (1)2–118:33 PIT
David Jones (1)Jay McClement (1), TJ Galiardi (1)3–119:44 COL
2nd period
Pascal Dupuis (1)Craig Adams (1), Arron Asham (1)3–211:01 PIT
3rd period
Brooks Orpik (1)Evgeni Malkin (1), James Neal (1)3–301:12 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (1)James Neal (2)3–404:45 PIT
James Neal (1)Steve Sullivan (1), Kris Letang (1)3–507:17 PIT · PPG
Kris Letang (1)Jordan Staal (1), Joe Vitale (1)3–610:30 PIT
Team stats
COLPIT
27Shots on goal33
46%Faceoff %54%
0/2Power play1/7
19Penalty minutes9
14Hits18
18Blocked shots13
0Giveaways6
6Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 02:41
Cody McLeod · fighting5 min - 1st 02:41
Arron Asham · fighting5 min - 1st 07:45TJ Galiardi · boarding2 min
- 1st 08:58Ryan O'Byrne · tripping2 min
- 2nd 02:37Ryan O'Byrne · interference2 min
- 2nd 12:01James Neal · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:41TJ Galiardi · holding2 min
- 3rd 07:26Ryan O'Byrne · roughing2 min
- 3rd 11:57Chuck Kobasew · hooking2 min
- 3rd 17:33Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 19:50Matt Niskanen · cross checking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 16Jay McClementC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 9Matt DucheneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 17:16 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 39TJ GaliardiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:54 |
| 54David JonesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 15:39 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 27Kyle QuinceyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:41 |
| 17Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:57 |
| 28Joakim LindstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 09:49 |
| 34Daniel WinnikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 37Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:30 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:33 |
| 3Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:05 |
| 5Shane O'BrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:24 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:53 |
| 44Ryan WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | L | 33 | 27 | 6 | .818 | 60:00 |
| 35Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 18James NealL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 20:14 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:43 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 23:04 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 24:12 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:43 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:03 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:27 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:22 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:07 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 12Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:43 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 19:39 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:12 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 54Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 60:00 |