Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Sunday, March 11, 2012 · CONSOL Energy Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Sunday, March 11, 2012 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 36-32.
David Krejci scored twice. Arron Asham, Matt Niskanen, James Neal, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Tim Thomas stopped 7 of 10.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Arron Asham (1)Ben Lovejoy (1), Craig Adams (1)0–103:24 PIT
Matt Niskanen (1)Evgeni Malkin (1), James Neal (1)0–207:12 PIT
James Neal (1)Evgeni Malkin (2)0–318:48 PIT · PPG
2nd period
David Krejci (1)Tyler Seguin (1), Milan Lucic (1)1–301:56 BOS
Chris Kunitz (1)James Neal (2), Evgeni Malkin (3)1–404:27 PIT- David Krejci (2)Milan Lucic (2), Tyler Seguin (2)2–410:01 BOS
3rd period
Pascal Dupuis (1)Jordan Staal (1), Deryk Engelland (1)2–516:07 PIT
Team stats
BOSPIT
36Shots on goal32
43%Faceoff %57%
0/2Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes4
12Hits21
10Blocked shots14
3Giveaways2
1Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 04:25
James Neal · interference2 min - 1st 17:16
Milan Lucic · slashing2 min - 1st 17:51Zdeno Chara · interference2 min
- 1st 19:35Dennis Seidenberg · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:29Evgeni Malkin · boarding2 min
- 3rd 18:08Johnny Boychuk · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:30 |
| 19Tyler SeguinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21:13 |
| 46David KrejciC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 23:21 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:59 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 08:23 |
| 23Chris KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:27 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:19 |
| 38Jordan CaronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:56 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 64Lane MacDermidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 06:19 |
| 74Max SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:43 |
| 14Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:25 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 26:58 |
| 44Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 25:26 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 01:59 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 24:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marty TurcoG | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 40:00 | |
| 30Tim ThomasG | L | 10 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 20:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 18James NealL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 18:43 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 19:57 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:03 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:45 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:03 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:04 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 23:06 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:58 |
| 6Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 25Eric TangradiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 10:13 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:52 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:08 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:06 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:19 |
| 47Simon DespresD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 59:48 |
| 39Brad ThiessenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |