Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Sunday, February 26, 2012 · CONSOL Energy Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Blue Jackets 40-24.
Goals came from Rick Nash, Evgeni Malkin, Pascal Dupuis, Kris Letang, Joe Vitale and Vinny Prospal.
Brad Thiessen made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Curtis Sanford stopped 36 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Rick Nash (1)Nikita Nikitin (1)1–009:49 CBJ · SHG
Evgeni Malkin (1)James Neal (1), Steve Sullivan (1)1–119:12 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Pascal Dupuis (1)Steve Sullivan (2), Jordan Staal (1)1–205:50 PIT
Kris Letang (1)Richard Park (1), Matt Cooke (1)1–310:47 PIT · PPG
Joe Vitale (1)Eric Tangradi (1), Matt Cooke (2)1–414:57 PIT
Vinny Prospal (1)Cam Atkinson (1)2–415:07 CBJ
Team stats
CBJPIT
24Shots on goal40
46%Faceoff %54%
0/2Power play2/5
10Penalty minutes4
26Hits22
17Blocked shots13
4Giveaways5
1Takeaways3
Penalties
- 2nd 00:23
Brooks Orpik · interference2 min - 2nd 03:00
Fedor Tyutin · holding2 min - 2nd 09:00Derek Dorsett · boarding2 min
- 2nd 11:55Pascal Dupuis · tripping2 min
- 2nd 17:53R.J. Umberger · slashing2 min
- 3rd 09:18Derick Brassard · slashing2 min
- 3rd 18:48James Wisniewski · high sticking2 min
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:05 |
| 22Vinny ProspalL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:54 |
| 61Rick NashL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:32 |
| 6Nikita NikitinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:29 |
| 9Colton GilliesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:54 |
| 15Derek DorsettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 16Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 17Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 18R.J. UmbergerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 19Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:00 |
| 24Derek MacKenzieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:28 |
| 25Ryan RussellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:32 |
| 26Samuel PahlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 4John MooreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 7Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:29 |
| 21James WisniewskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:41 |
| 23Brett LebdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steve MasonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Curtis SanfordG | L | 40 | 36 | 4 | .900 | 58:27 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:07 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:59 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:16 |
| 12Richard ParkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:00 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:05 |
| 25Eric TangradiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 08:01 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:11 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 21:52 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 26:29 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:14 |
| 15Dustin JeffreyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:34 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:33 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:17 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:28 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Brad ThiessenG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 59:41 |