New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, January 7, 2012 · CONSOL Energy Center
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Devils 42-27.
Goals came from Evgeni Malkin, Adam Henrique, Ilya Kovalchuk and Dainius Zubrus.
Martin Brodeur made 41 saves on 42 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (1)Paul Martin (1), Chris Kunitz (1)0–104:48 PIT
2nd period
Adam Henrique (1)Zach Parise (1)1–108:39 NJD · SHG
Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Zach Parise (2), Adam Henrique (1)2–111:23 NJD
3rd period
Dainius Zubrus (1)Patrik Elias (1), Ilya Kovalchuk (1)3–101:28 NJD · PPG
Team stats
NJDPIT
27Shots on goal42
38%Faceoff %62%
1/1Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes4
18Hits28
14Blocked shots10
1Giveaways4
1Takeaways0
Penalties
- 2nd 07:53
Eric Boulton · interference goalkeeper2 min - 3rd 00:17
Evgeni Malkin · tripping2 min - 3rd 12:20Henrik Tallinder · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 13:40Bryce Salvador · slashing2 min
- 3rd 13:40Chris Kunitz · high sticking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:25 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:21 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 22:00 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 26Patrik EliasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:44 |
| 10Steven ZalewskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:04 |
| 12Nick PalmieriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:17 |
| 15Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:55 |
| 20Ryan CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 |
| 21Mattias TedenbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:20 |
| 22Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:15 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 2Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 5Adam LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:41 |
| 7Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:18 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:58 |
| 29Mark FayneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:59 |
| 32Matt TaorminaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 42 | 41 | 1 | .976 | 60:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:40 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 25:05 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:25 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:42 |
| 12Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:17 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:20 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:04 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:19 |
| 33Steve MacIntyreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:57 |
| 38Colin McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:04 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:42 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:16 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:08 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:21 |
| 6Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:20 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 58:19 |