Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Thursday, March 15, 2012 · Madison Square Garden

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5–2

32–31

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Madison Square Garden. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 32–31.

Matt Cooke scored twice. Carl Hagelin, Evgeni Malkin, Marian Gaborik, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis also scored.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 27 of 32.

Goals
PIT	1	2	2	5	32
NYR	1	1	0	2	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Matt Cooke (1)Tyler Kennedy (1)1–002:54 PIT
Carl Hagelin (1)Brad Richards (1), Marian Gaborik (1)1–113:36 NYR

2nd period

Evgeni Malkin (1)James Neal (1)2–101:19 PIT
Matt Cooke (2)Tyler Kennedy (2), Jordan Staal (1)3–102:31 PIT
Marian Gaborik (1)Brad Richards (2), Carl Hagelin (1)3–214:32 NYR

3rd period

Chris Kunitz (1)Sidney Crosby (1), James Neal (2)4–203:01 PIT
Pascal Dupuis (1)Sidney Crosby (2), Kris Letang (1)5–207:35 PIT

Team stats

PITNYR

3231

48%52%

0/40/1

48

2334

1017

712

55

Penalties

5:44 into the first periodMarc Staal · interference2 min
10:34 into the first periodBrandon Prust · roughing2 min
18:28 into the first periodBrooks Orpik · tripping2 min
18:55 into the second periodStu Bickel · high sticking double minor4 min
19:37 into the second periodChris Kunitz · slashing2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

18James NealL	0	2	2	+2	1	2	0	0	–	18:41
24Matt CookeL	2	0	2	+2	5	1	0	0	–	16:40
48Tyler KennedyC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:40
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	2	2	+3	1	0	1	0	52	16:00
9Pascal DupuisL	1	0	1	−1	1	2	0	0	–	15:43
11Jordan StaalC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	41	19:22
14Chris KunitzL	1	0	1	+2	3	1	0	2	–	16:03
71Evgeni MalkinC	1	0	1	+2	8	0	0	0	42	21:23
58Kris LetangD	0	1	1	+5	2	2	2	0	–	24:22
26Steve SullivanL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	12:56
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	50	11:36
45Arron AshamR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	10:10
46Joe VitaleC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	58	09:02
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:41
4Zbynek MichalekD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	4	0	–	20:34
5Deryk EngellandD	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	15:13
7Paul MartinD	0	0	0	+3	2	0	1	0	–	18:57
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	−1	0	3	1	2	–	19:57

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00
39Brad ThiessenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

10Marian GaborikR	1	1	2	0	4	1	1	0	–	22:29
19Brad RichardsC	0	2	2	0	5	2	0	0	56	21:56
62Carl HagelinL	1	1	2	0	4	1	2	0	–	21:12
8Brandon PrustL	0	0	0	−3	1	3	1	2	–	14:05
17Brandon DubinskyC	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	–	13:10
21Derek StepanC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	33	16:57
22Brian BoyleC	0	0	0	−2	1	5	2	0	63	17:51
26Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	13:46
34John MitchellC	0	0	0	−1	5	3	0	0	33	08:56
36Mats ZuccarelloC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	07:37
42Artem AnisimovC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	100	09:08
71Mike RuppC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	06:17
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	−2	0	4	3	0	–	21:55
18Marc StaalD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	3	2	–	20:54
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	1	0	–	21:23
32Anton StralmanD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	16:46
41Stu BickelD	0	0	0	−3	1	2	1	4	–	21:52
44Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	15:46

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
29Chad JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	L	32	27	5	.844	60:00