Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, March 17, 2012 · Prudential Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 5–2 on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at Prudential Center. The Penguins outshot the Devils 44–14.
Matt Cooke scored twice. James Neal, Andy Greene, Pascal Dupuis, Evgeni Malkin and Petr Sykora also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 12 saves on 14 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 39 of 44.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
James Neal (1)Evgeni Malkin (1)1–001:59 PIT
Andy Greene (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (1), Mark Fayne (1)1–116:57 NJD
2nd period
Pascal Dupuis (1)Jordan Staal (1), Matt Niskanen (1)2–110:10 PIT
Matt Cooke (1)Sidney Crosby (1), Tyler Kennedy (1)3–111:44 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (1)Sidney Crosby (2), Chris Kunitz (1)4–112:42 PIT ·
3rd period
Petr Sykora (1)Patrik Elias (1), Andy Greene (1)4–202:26 NJD- Matt Cooke (2)Tyler Kennedy (2), Sidney Crosby (3)5–205:56 PIT
Team stats
PITNJD
4414
50%50%
1/30/3
848
1815
56
43
104
Penalties
- 1:55 into the first period
Marek Zidlicky · ps tripping on breakaway0 min - 12:10 into the first period
Eric Tangradi · elbowing2 min - 14:53 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 0:58 into the second periodJordan Staal · elbowing2 min
- 12:01 into the second periodDavid Clarkson · roughing2 min
- 9:00 into the third periodEric Boulton · misconduct10 min
- 10:18 into the third periodChris Kunitz · hooking2 min
- 13:35 into the third periodRyan Carter · misconduct10 min
- 13:35 into the third periodSteve Bernier · misconduct10 min
- 15:56 into the third periodDavid Clarkson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:56 into the third periodDavid Clarkson · roughing2 min
- 15:56 into the third periodDeryk Engelland · roughing2 min
- 15:56 into the third periodDavid Clarkson · misconduct10 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 15:19 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 13:40 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:55 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:39 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 20:52 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 18James NealL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:49 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 25Eric TangradiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:56 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:16 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:48 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:44 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:15 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:26 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 21:39 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 14 | 2 | .857 |
| 39Brad ThiessenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 6Andy GreeneD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 15Petr SykoraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 15:48 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:48 |
| 26Patrik EliasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 16:54 |
| 29Mark FayneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:39 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:46 |
| 12Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:18 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:13 |
| 16Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:05 |
| 18Steve BernierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:58 |
| 20Ryan CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:43 |
| 22Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:23 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:37 |
| 2Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:21 |
| 5Adam LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:28 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:51 |
| 28Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 44 | 5 | .886 |