Pittsburgh Penguins vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, December 8, 2011 · Wells Fargo Center
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Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers outshot the Penguins 29-27.
Goals came from Daniel Brière, Wayne Simmonds, Scott Hartnell, James Neal and Evgeni Malkin.
Ilya Bryzgalov made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Daniel Brière (1)Wayne Simmonds (1)0–106:38 PHI
2nd period
Wayne Simmonds (1)Jakub Voracek (1), Claude Giroux (1)0–208:42 PHI · PPG
Scott Hartnell (1)Andrej Meszaros (1), Matt Carle (1)0–313:32 PHI
James Neal (1)Evgeni Malkin (1), Matt Niskanen (1)1–314:10 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Evgeni Malkin (1)Brooks Orpik (1), Arron Asham (1)2–308:21 PIT
Team stats
PITPHI
27Shots on goal29
54%Faceoff %46%
1/5Power play1/6
17Penalty minutes15
29Hits28
11Blocked shots18
6Giveaways14
9Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 03:42
Kevin Marshall · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 12:41
Steve Sullivan · holding2 min - 1st 13:51Scott Hartnell · tripping2 min
- 1st 14:31Claude Giroux · hooking2 min
- 1st 15:51Chris Kunitz · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 03:37Kevin Marshall · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 06:47Joe Vitale · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:15Steve Sullivan · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:02Zac Rinaldo · interference2 min
- 2nd 15:25Evgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
- 2nd 18:42Harry Zolnierczyk · fighting5 min
- 2nd 18:42Tyler Kennedy · fighting5 min
- 2nd 19:02Matt Niskanen · cross checking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 22:02 |
| 18James NealL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 20:12 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:00 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:34 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 25:50 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:26 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:08 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:46 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:44 |
| 33Steve MacIntyreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:03 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:40 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:53 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 29:00 |
| 41Robert BortuzzoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:32 |
| 47Simon DespresD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 54Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 58:26 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:01 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:26 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:43 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:48 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26:27 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:14 |
| 14Sean CouturierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:49 |
| 21James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 24Matt ReadR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:19 |
| 27Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:08 |
| 29Harry ZolnierczykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:56 |
| 36Zac RinaldoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 04:54 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:35 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:07 |
| 43Marc-Andre BourdonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:46 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:20 |
| 46Kevin MarshallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya BryzgalovG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 59:49 |
| 35Sergei BobrovskyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |