Winnipeg Jets vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, March 20, 2012 · CONSOL Energy Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Winnipeg Jets 8-4 on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Jets 35-30.
Tyler Kennedy scored twice, Bryan Little scored twice, James Neal scored a hat trick and Evgeni Malkin scored twice. Jim Slater, Tim Stapleton and Pascal Dupuis also scored.
Brad Thiessen made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ondrej Pavelec stopped 19 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tyler Kennedy (1)Sidney Crosby (1), Matt Cooke (1)0–102:04 PIT
Jim Slater (1)Tanner Glass (1), Spencer Machacek (1)1–103:35 WPG
Bryan Little (1)Andrew Ladd (1), Toby Enstrom (1)2–112:51 WPG · PPG
James Neal (1)Evgeni Malkin (1), Sidney Crosby (2)2–216:44 PIT · PPG
2nd period
- James Neal (2)Evgeni Malkin (2)2–301:15 PIT
- Bryan Little (2)Andrew Ladd (2), Toby Enstrom (2)3–303:54 WPG
- Tyler Kennedy (2)Sidney Crosby (3), Matt Cooke (2)3–406:55 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (1)Sidney Crosby (4), Paul Martin (1)3–511:31 PIT
Tim Stapleton (1)Ben Maxwell (1), Spencer Machacek (2)4–514:39 WPG- James Neal (3)Evgeni Malkin (3), Brooks Orpik (1)4–617:03 PIT
3rd period
- Evgeni Malkin (2)Chris Kunitz (1), James Neal (1)4–702:07 PIT
Pascal Dupuis (1)Jordan Staal (1), Steve Sullivan (1)4–813:27 PIT
Team stats
WPGPIT
30Shots on goal35
42%Faceoff %58%
1/2Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes4
26Hits25
19Blocked shots13
1Giveaways7
4Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 09:36
Dustin Byfuglien · high sticking2 min - 1st 11:32
Evgeni Malkin · high sticking double minor4 min - 1st 15:04Toby Enstrom · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:55Bryan Little · tripping2 min
Season series
Winnipeg Jets
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 | 19:14 |
| 18Bryan LittleR | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 18:31 |
| 46Spencer MachacekR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 08:24 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 22:49 |
| 14Tim StapletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:09 |
| 15Tanner GlassL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 19Jim SlaterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 16:22 |
| 49Ben MaxwellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 06:51 |
| 8Alexander BurmistrovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7 | 16:02 |
| 13Kyle WellwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:14 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 26Blake WheelerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:09 |
| 5Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:24 |
| 24Grant ClitsomeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:26 |
| 33Dustin ByfuglienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 24:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ondrej PavelecG | L | 24 | 19 | 5 | .792 | 32:50 |
| 50Chris MasonG | 11 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 27:10 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 7 | 20:42 |
| 18James NealL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 10 | 18:07 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 2 | 19:08 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 11:15 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 12:27 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:32 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 17:35 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:51 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:26 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:20 |
| 25Eric TangradiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:46 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 09:48 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:38 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:58 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Brad ThiessenG | W | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 59:35 |