Toronto Maple Leafs vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, March 7, 2012 · CONSOL Energy Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Maple Leafs 33-24.
Pascal Dupuis scored twice. Phil Kessel, Carl Gunnarsson and Jordan Staal also scored.
Brad Thiessen made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jonas Gustavsson stopped 30 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Phil Kessel (1)Jake Gardiner (1), Tyler Bozak (1)1–001:00 TOR
Carl Gunnarsson (1)Mikhail Grabovski (1), Clarke MacArthur (1)2–007:36 TOR
Pascal Dupuis (1)Matt Niskanen (1), Jordan Staal (1)2–109:25 PIT
3rd period
Jordan Staal (1)Brooks Orpik (1), Pascal Dupuis (1)2–201:34 PIT- Pascal Dupuis (2)Steve Sullivan (1), Ben Lovejoy (1)2–304:10 PIT
Team stats
TORPIT
24Shots on goal33
46%Faceoff %54%
0/4Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes8
29Hits29
17Blocked shots11
4Giveaways5
1Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 06:39
Jay Rosehill · high sticking2 min - 1st 14:09Jay Rosehill · charging2 min
- 1st 15:15
James Neal · slashing2 min - 1st 18:56Evgeni Malkin · high sticking2 min
- 1st 20:00John-Michael Liles · high sticking double minor4 min
- 2nd 00:12Jordan Staal · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:05James Neal · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 16Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:33 |
| 42Tyler BozakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 22:26 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 23:02 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:03 |
| 36Carl GunnarssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:57 |
| 51Jake GardinerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 12Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 18Mike BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:35 |
| 20David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:42 |
| 37Carter AshtonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:30 |
| 38Jay RosehillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:01 |
| 39Matt FrattinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 41Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 46Joey CrabbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:16 |
| 3Dion PhaneufD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 29:20 |
| 4Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:45 |
| 8Mike KomisarekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:02 |
| 24John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34James ReimerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Jonas GustavssonG | L | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 59:08 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 14:24 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 19:34 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 12:51 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:04 |
| 6Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:22 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:39 |
| 12Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:49 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:24 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:34 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:22 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:47 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:23 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:42 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:56 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:30 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:10 |
| 37Brian StraitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Brad ThiessenG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 60:00 |