New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Sunday, March 25, 2012 · CONSOL Energy Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Devils outshot the Penguins 34-28.
Goals came from Chris Kunitz, Zach Parise, Jordan Staal, Pascal Dupuis, Ilya Kovalchuk, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Chris Kunitz (1)Evgeni Malkin (1)0–101:04 PIT
Zach Parise (1)Unassisted1–105:10 NJD
Jordan Staal (1)Matt Cooke (1)1–219:04 PIT
2nd period
Pascal Dupuis (1)Sidney Crosby (1), Craig Adams (1)1–315:34 PIT
3rd period
Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Travis Zajac (1), Alexei Ponikarovsky (1)2–303:37 NJD
Sidney Crosby (1)Zbynek Michalek (1), Pascal Dupuis (1)2–404:55 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (1)Jordan Staal (1), Chris Kunitz (1)2–518:28 PIT · EN
Team stats
NJDPIT
34Shots on goal28
45%Faceoff %55%
0/2Power play0/4
10Penalty minutes6
16Hits36
11Blocked shots18
4Giveaways9
2Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 09:36
James Neal · tripping2 min - 2nd 12:13
Travis Zajac · slashing2 min - 2nd 14:06Andy Greene · slashing2 min
- 2nd 14:06Jordan Staal · tripping2 min
- 3rd 05:30Ryan Carter · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:20Matt Cooke · interference2 min
- 3rd 19:20Petr Sykora · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 19:58Martin Brodeur · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Zach PariseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:41 |
| 12Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:40 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 8 | 22:53 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:08 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 15Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 14:36 |
| 16Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:58 |
| 18Steve BernierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:31 |
| 20Ryan CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:06 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 26Patrik EliasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:38 |
| 2Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:06 |
| 5Adam LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:25 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:23 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:52 |
| 29Mark FayneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:54 |
| 32Matt TaorminaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 58:48 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:55 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 21:34 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:53 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:13 |
| 12Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:56 |
| 15Dustin JeffreyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:35 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 19:38 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:01 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 09:58 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:24 |
| 6Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 01:43 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | 22:35 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 26:35 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 60:00 |
| 39Brad ThiessenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |