Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, December 27, 2011 · CONSOL Energy Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Hurricanes 52-18.
Goals came from Tim Brent, James Neal, Steve Sullivan, Pascal Dupuis, Jordan Staal and Tuomo Ruutu.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Justin Peters stopped 48 of 52.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tim Brent (1)Tim Gleason (1)1–010:23 CAR
2nd period
James Neal (1)Chris Kunitz (1), Evgeni Malkin (1)1–108:10 PIT
3rd period
Steve Sullivan (1)Evgeni Malkin (2), James Neal (1)1–201:18 PIT · PPG
Pascal Dupuis (1)Tyler Kennedy (1), Zbynek Michalek (1)1–302:28 PIT
Jordan Staal (1)Tyler Kennedy (2)1–408:05 PIT
Tuomo Ruutu (1)Jussi Jokinen (1), Alexei Ponikarovsky (1)2–414:53 CAR
Team stats
CARPIT
18Shots on goal52
55%Faceoff %45%
0/2Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits16
15Blocked shots17
1Giveaways6
2Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 19:19
Chad LaRose · slashing2 min - 2nd 16:24Bryan Allen · interference2 min
- 3rd 00:38Chad LaRose · interference2 min
- 3rd 10:40
Alexandre Picard · hooking2 min - 3rd 17:11James Neal · slashing2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:48 |
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:30 |
| 37Tim BrentC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:43 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:09 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:49 |
| 13Anthony StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:01 |
| 14Andreas NodlR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:52 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:00 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 21Drayson BowmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:16 |
| 22Zac DalpeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:43 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:22 |
| 4Jamie McBainD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:31 |
| 8Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:52 |
| 28Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:33 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Justin PetersG | L | 52 | 48 | 4 | .923 | 58:16 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 18James NealL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 18:11 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 16:51 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 19:04 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 18:37 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 20:32 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:16 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 12:35 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:31 |
| 19Jason WilliamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:37 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:17 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:42 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:28 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 12:41 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:07 |
| 6Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:03 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:38 |
| 47Simon DespresD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:36 |
| 54Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 18 | 16 | 2 | .889 | 59:47 |