Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Sunday, February 5, 2012 · Prudential Center

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2–5

Final

SOG 30–25

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at Prudential Center. The Penguins outshot the Devils 30-25.

Goals came from Ilya Kovalchuk, Anton Volchenkov, Dainius Zubrus, Matt Niskanen, Zach Parise, Evgeni Malkin and David Clarkson.

Martin Brodeur made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 9 of 12.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	1	1	2	30
NJD	2	2	1	5	25

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Patrik Elias (1), Zach Parise (1)0–102:21 NJD
Anton Volchenkov (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (1), Alexei Ponikarovsky (1)0–209:33 NJD

2nd period

Dainius Zubrus (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (2)0–302:28 NJD · SHG
Matt Niskanen (1)Cal O'Reilly (1), Matt Cooke (1)1–303:02 PIT · PPG
Zach Parise (1)Steve Bernier (1), Andy Greene (1)1–411:22 NJD

3rd period

Evgeni Malkin (1)Steve Sullivan (1)2–411:43 PIT · PPG
David Clarkson (1)Martin Brodeur (1)2–519:13 NJD · EN

Team stats

PITNJD

30Shots on goal25

52%Faceoff %48%

2/3Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes6

13Hits13

10Blocked shots12

2Giveaways3

6Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 09:39Joe Vitale · slashing2 min
2nd 01:09Kurtis Foster · hooking2 min
2nd 07:45Anton Volchenkov · interference2 min
2nd 11:33Joe Vitale · high sticking2 min
3rd 10:24Anton Volchenkov · high sticking2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

16Cal O'ReillyC	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	29	15:40
24Matt CookeL	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	–	15:50
26Steve SullivanL	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	–	15:47
71Evgeni MalkinC	1	0	1	-4	4	1	1	0	74	20:45
2Matt NiskanenD	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	20:37
9Pascal DupuisL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	18:43
12Richard ParkR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	06:36
14Chris KunitzL	0	0	0	-4	1	2	0	0	–	20:32
15Dustin JeffreyC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	61	16:46
18James NealL	0	0	0	-4	5	0	0	0	–	19:55
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	07:17
46Joe VitaleC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	36	09:05
48Tyler KennedyC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	33	15:21
4Zbynek MichalekD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	0	–	18:46
5Deryk EngellandD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	16:35
7Paul MartinD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	15:47
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	–	20:40
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	-3	3	2	0	0	–	22:19

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brent JohnsonG		12	11	1	.917	36:31
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	L	12	9	3	.750	22:28

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

17Ilya KovalchukL	1	2	3	+3	3	0	1	0	–	19:47
9Zach PariseL	1	1	2	+2	2	0	2	0	–	19:32
8Dainius ZubrusC	1	0	1	+2	1	0	1	0	60	18:47
12Alexei PonikarovskyL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	14:15
18Steve BernierR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	100	15:17
23David ClarksonR	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	16:11
26Patrik EliasL	0	1	1	+2	1	2	1	0	44	17:24
6Andy GreeneD	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	0	–	20:17
28Anton VolchenkovD	1	0	1	+3	4	1	1	4	–	21:50
11Brad MillsC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	57	09:21
14Adam HenriqueC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	44	15:36
15Petr SykoraR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:00
16Jacob JosefsonC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	33	10:57
22Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	07:15
2Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	–	15:19
24Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	+3	0	3	2	0	–	22:09
29Mark FayneD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	–	21:57
32Matt TaorminaD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:54

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Martin BrodeurG	W	30	28	2	.933	60:00