Nashville Predators vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, March 22, 2012 · CONSOL Energy Center

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30–23

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 5–1 on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Predators outshot the Penguins 30–23.

Evgeni Malkin scored twice. Pascal Dupuis, Matt Cooke, Chris Kunitz and Alexander Radulov also scored.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 18 of 23.

Goals
NSH	0	1	0	1	30
PIT	2	2	1	5	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Evgeni Malkin (1)James Neal (1), Kris Letang (1)0–101:23 PIT
Pascal Dupuis (1)Kris Letang (2), Steve Sullivan (1)0–204:06 PIT

2nd period

Matt Cooke (1)James Neal (2)0–301:58 PIT
Chris Kunitz (1)James Neal (3), Brooks Orpik (1)0–407:35 PIT
Alexander Radulov (1)Hal Gill (1), Patric Hornqvist (1)1–412:01 NSH

3rd period

Evgeni Malkin (2)James Neal (4), Chris Kunitz (1)1–502:03 PIT

Team stats

NSHPIT

3023

50%50%

0/20/1

2423

1418

Penalties

19:01 into the first periodShea Weber · interference2 min
19:26 into the first periodEvgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
19:04 into the second periodSidney Crosby · high sticking2 min

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

27Patric HornqvistR	0	1	1	−1	5	0	0	0	–	12:10
47Alexander RadulovR	1	0	1	−2	2	2	0	0	–	15:54
75Hal GillD	0	1	1	−1	0	3	2	0	–	15:55
10Martin EratR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	100	17:56
11David LegwandC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	64	15:12
12Mike FisherC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	47	18:02
13Nick SpalingC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	42	14:51
15Craig SmithC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	38	12:55
18Brandon YipR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	12:52
22Jordin TootooR	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	–	12:54
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	14:13
57Gabriel BourqueL	0	0	0	−1	4	2	1	0	–	14:25
74Sergei KostitsynL	0	0	0	−2	3	2	0	0	–	16:27
6Shea WeberD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	2	2	–	23:20
8Kevin KleinD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	18:45
20Ryan SuterD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	0	–	25:49
38Jack HillenD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	15:44
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	3	0	–	20:36

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
35Pekka RinneG	L	23	18	5	.783	60:00
39Anders LindbackG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

18James NealL	0	4	4	+4	2	1	0	0	–	17:04
14Chris KunitzL	1	1	2	+3	1	0	1	0	–	17:14
71Evgeni MalkinC	2	0	2	+2	10	0	2	2	55	19:33
58Kris LetangD	0	2	2	+2	0	4	2	0	–	23:50
9Pascal DupuisL	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	–	13:21
24Matt CookeL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	100	13:36
26Steve SullivanL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:56
44Brooks OrpikD	0	1	1	+1	0	5	2	0	–	23:55
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	38	16:22
12Richard ParkR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	10:16
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	13:05
45Arron AshamR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	10:18
48Tyler KennedyC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:41
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	45	19:02
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	08:36
4Zbynek MichalekD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	–	22:45
5Deryk EngellandD	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	–	20:36
7Paul MartinD	0	0	0	+3	0	1	3	0	–	19:53

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	30	29	1	.967	59:57
39Brad ThiessenG		0	0	0	–	00:00