Pittsburgh Penguins vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Saturday, March 3, 2012 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-1 on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Penguins 36-28.
Goals came from Arron Asham, Deryk Engelland, Evgeni Malkin, Richard Park, Matt Hunwick and Steve Sullivan.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Arron Asham (1)Craig Adams (1), Brooks Orpik (1)1–007:55 PIT
Deryk Engelland (1)Jordan Staal (1), Steve Sullivan (1)2–009:17 PIT
2nd period
Evgeni Malkin (1)James Neal (1), Paul Martin (1)3–005:30 PIT
Richard Park (1)Zbynek Michalek (1)4–009:03 PIT
3rd period
Matt Hunwick (1)Paul Stastny (1), Gabriel Landeskog (1)4–108:58 COL
Steve Sullivan (1)Paul Martin (2), Brooks Orpik (2)5–118:34 PIT · EN
Team stats
PITCOL
28Shots on goal36
36%Faceoff %64%
0/3Power play0/4
17Penalty minutes15
26Hits26
17Blocked shots11
6Giveaways7
9Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 01:12
Paul Martin · roughing2 min - 1st 01:12
Steve Downie · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 1st 13:24Arron Asham · fighting5 min
- 1st 13:24Cody McLeod · fighting5 min
- 1st 19:41Ryan O'Reilly · hooking2 min
- 2nd 06:57Richard Park · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:28Jean-Sebastien Giguere · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:41Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 18:24Erik Johnson · interference2 min
- 3rd 01:20Zbynek Michalek · interference2 min
- 3rd 10:07Deryk Engelland · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:07Steve Downie · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:07Marc-Andre Fleury · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 26Steve SullivanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 22:03 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 23:03 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 17:18 |
| 12Richard ParkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:57 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:00 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:21 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:19 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:24 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:19 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:36 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:45 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:20 |
| 25Eric TangradiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:53 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:08 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:12 |
| 6Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 36 | 35 | 1 | .972 | 60:00 |
| 39Brad ThiessenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 18:08 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 8 | 20:36 |
| 22Matt HunwickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:45 |
| 9Matt DucheneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:15 |
| 11Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:36 |
| 16Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:56 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 27Steve DownieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:36 |
| 37Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 19:20 |
| 40Mark OlverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:56 |
| 54David JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:21 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:11 |
| 88Peter MuellerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:45 |
| 5Shane O'BrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:56 |
| 44Ryan WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:51 |
| 46Stefan ElliottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 58:43 |