Tampa Bay Lightning vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, February 25, 2012 · CONSOL Energy Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 8-1 on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Lightning outshot the Penguins 35-34.
Jordan Staal scored twice and Evgeni Malkin scored a hat trick. Chris Kunitz, Matt Cooke, Teddy Purcell and Pascal Dupuis also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Dwayne Roloson stopped 26 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Chris Kunitz (1)Evgeni Malkin (1), James Neal (1)0–111:09 PIT
Matt Cooke (1)Joe Vitale (1), Zbynek Michalek (1)0–211:59 PIT
Jordan Staal (1)Unassisted0–314:40 PIT · SHG
2nd period
- Jordan Staal (2)Steve Sullivan (1), James Neal (2)0–410:11 PIT · PPG
Evgeni Malkin (1)Chris Kunitz (1), Deryk Engelland (1)0–516:03 PIT
Teddy Purcell (1)Ryan Malone (1), Brett Clark (1)1–517:28 TBL · PPG
3rd period
- Evgeni Malkin (2)Matt Niskanen (1)1–605:50 PIT
- Evgeni Malkin (3)James Neal (3), Steve Sullivan (2)1–713:42 PIT · PPG
Pascal Dupuis (1)Jordan Staal (1), Steve Sullivan (3)1–819:12 PIT
Team stats
TBLPIT
35Shots on goal34
42%Faceoff %58%
1/6Power play2/2
16Penalty minutes24
26Hits34
12Blocked shots16
3Giveaways3
1Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 03:06
Zbynek Michalek · high sticking2 min - 1st 13:55Zbynek Michalek · interference2 min
- 2nd 05:51
Mike Angelidis · fighting5 min - 2nd 05:51Deryk Engelland · fighting5 min
- 2nd 08:23Evgeni Malkin · roughing2 min
- 2nd 08:23Dwayne Roloson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 08:54Brendan Mikkelson · hooking2 min
- 2nd 13:41Matt Niskanen · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 17:01Brendan Mikkelson · fighting5 min
- 2nd 17:01Joe Vitale · fighting5 min
- 2nd 17:01Joe Vitale · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 19:36Evgeni Malkin · hooking2 min
- 3rd 11:01Joe Vitale · tripping2 min
- 3rd 12:36Brett Connolly · slashing2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 18:08 |
| 16Teddy PurcellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 20:05 |
| 7Brett ClarkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 20:31 |
| 11Tom PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 14Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:21 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:10 |
| 20Tim WallaceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:53 |
| 24Trevor SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:16 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:00 |
| 34JT WymanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:07 |
| 59Mike AngelidisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 09:40 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:17 |
| 2Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 22:40 |
| 27Bruno GervaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 15:09 |
| 29Brendan MikkelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:53 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:46 |
| 97Matt GilroyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | L | 34 | 26 | 8 | .765 | 59:39 |
| 32Mathieu GaronG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 5 | 13:29 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 19:53 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 14:11 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 12:34 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 13:10 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:10 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:32 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:56 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:26 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 12Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 25Eric TangradiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:46 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:17 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 21:06 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 19:41 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 22:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 35 | 34 | 1 | .971 | 60:00 |
| 39Brad ThiessenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |