Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ottawa Senators

Regular season · Saturday, March 24, 2012 · Scotiabank Place

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4–8

Final

SOG 40–28

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Game summary

The Ottawa Senators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 8-4 on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Scotiabank Place. The Penguins outshot the Senators 40-28.

Matt Cooke scored twice and Daniel Alfredsson scored twice. Milan Michalek, Sergei Gonchar, Chris Phillips, Kyle Turris, Tyler Kennedy, Sidney Crosby, Jason Spezza and Colin Greening also scored.

Craig Anderson made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Brad Thiessen stopped 20 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	2	1	1	4	40
OTT	1	4	3	8	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Milan Michalek (1)Colin Greening (1), Filip Kuba (1)0–109:06 OTT
Matt Cooke (1)Deryk Engelland (1)1–109:46 PIT
Matt Cooke (2)Sidney Crosby (1), Paul Martin (1)2–113:01 PIT

2nd period

Sergei Gonchar (1)Nick Foligno (1), Daniel Alfredsson (1)2–200:33 OTT
Chris Phillips (1)Kyle Turris (1), Daniel Alfredsson (2)2–307:05 OTT · PPG
Kyle Turris (1)Nick Foligno (2), Sergei Gonchar (1)2–407:41 OTT
Tyler Kennedy (1)Steve Sullivan (1), Jordan Staal (1)3–407:55 PIT
Daniel Alfredsson (1)Milan Michalek (1), Jared Cowen (1)3–516:07 OTT · SHG

3rd period

Sidney Crosby (1)Arron Asham (1), Pascal Dupuis (1)4–511:43 PIT
Jason Spezza (1)Milan Michalek (2)4–613:16 OTT
Daniel Alfredsson (2)Nick Foligno (3)4–717:05 OTT
Colin Greening (1)Erik Karlsson (1), Jason Spezza (1)4–818:08 OTT · PPG

Team stats

PITOTT

40Shots on goal28

51%Faceoff %49%

0/4Power play2/4

10Penalty minutes10

24Hits21

16Blocked shots15

10Giveaways7

7Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 15:35Eric Tangradi · high sticking2 min
2nd 05:54Matt Cooke · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 09:00Rob Klinkhammer · hooking2 min
2nd 14:50Jason Spezza · tripping2 min
2nd 18:19Nick Foligno · roughing2 min
2nd 18:19James Neal · roughing2 min
3rd 14:29Milan Michalek · holding2 min
3rd 15:05Evgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
3rd 17:33Arron Asham · roughing2 min
3rd 19:43Jared Cowen · roughing2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

24Matt CookeL	2	0	2	+1	2	1	1	2	100	13:14
87Sidney CrosbyC	1	1	2	0	6	1	0	0	43	17:31
9Pascal DupuisL	0	1	1	-2	2	2	0	0	–	15:48
11Jordan StaalC	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	55	19:01
26Steve SullivanL	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	08:13
45Arron AshamR	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	–	11:31
48Tyler KennedyC	1	0	1	+3	4	0	0	0	50	13:11
5Deryk EngellandD	0	1	1	+3	1	3	1	0	–	14:37
7Paul MartinD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	19:35
14Chris KunitzL	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	–	18:24
18James NealL	0	0	0	-3	3	2	0	2	–	17:13
25Eric TangradiC	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	–	10:47
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	67	11:30
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	-4	1	0	1	2	45	20:34
4Zbynek MichalekD	0	0	0	-4	1	0	3	0	–	19:54
6Ben LovejoyD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	5	0	–	13:34
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	-4	1	2	1	0	–	23:37
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	0	–	24:00

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG		0	0	0	–	00:00
39Brad ThiessenG	L	28	20	8	.714	60:00

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators skaters

11Daniel AlfredssonR	2	2	4	+3	3	0	0	0	100	21:22
9Milan MichalekL	1	2	3	+2	2	1	0	2	–	16:25
71Nick FolignoL	0	3	3	+3	1	2	0	2	–	14:27
7Kyle TurrisC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	1	0	44	19:00
14Colin GreeningC	1	1	2	+1	4	4	1	0	–	16:43
19Jason SpezzaC	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	2	71	18:12
55Sergei GoncharD	1	1	2	+2	1	1	5	0	–	26:05
2Jared CowenD	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	2	–	16:08
4Chris PhillipsD	1	0	1	+3	2	1	5	0	–	22:32
17Filip KubaD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0	–	22:42
65Erik KarlssonD	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	0	–	24:17
15Zack SmithC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	50	13:21
22Erik CondraR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:15
23Kaspars DaugavinsL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	08:30
25Chris NeilR	0	0	0	-2	1	3	0	0	–	09:45
36Rob KlinkhammerC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2	–	08:31
42Jim O'BrienC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	29	13:12
39Matt CarknerD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	08:16

Ottawa Senators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ben BishopG		20	17	3	.850	29:23
41Craig AndersonG	W	20	19	1	.950	30:37