Pittsburgh Penguins vs Philadelphia Flyers
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 18, 2012 · Wells Fargo Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 10–3 on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at Wells Fargo Center. The Penguins outshot the Flyers 36–25.
Evgeni Malkin scored twice and Jordan Staal scored a hat trick. Claude Giroux, Matt Niskanen, Kimmo Timonen, Jakub Voracek, Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, Steve Sullivan and Pascal Dupuis also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 13 of 18.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Claude Giroux (1)Jaromir Jagr (1), Wayne Simmonds (1)0–101:16 PHI · 
Evgeni Malkin (1)Pascal Dupuis (1), Richard Park (1)1–103:37 PIT
Matt Niskanen (1)Sidney Crosby (1), Steve Sullivan (1)2–108:05 PIT · 
Kimmo Timonen (1)Claude Giroux (1), Daniel Brière (1)2–215:06 PHI · 
Jakub Voracek (1)Wayne Simmonds (2), Scott Hartnell (1)2–315:52 PHI · 
Sidney Crosby (1)Matt Niskanen (1), Evgeni Malkin (1)3–316:19 PIT
Jordan Staal (1)Eric Tangradi (1), Matt Cooke (1)4–317:29 PIT
2nd period
Kris Letang (1)Sidney Crosby (2), Steve Sullivan (2)5–303:07 PIT · - Jordan Staal (2)Tyler Kennedy (1), Matt Cooke (2)6–307:21 PIT ·
Steve Sullivan (1)Marc-Andre Fleury (1)7–310:55 PIT · 
Pascal Dupuis (1)Chris Kunitz (1)8–314:59 PIT- Jordan Staal (3)Deryk Engelland (1)9–316:03 PIT
3rd period
- Evgeni Malkin (2)Chris Kunitz (2), Tyler Kennedy (2)10–304:04 PIT
Team stats
PITPHI
3625
58%42%
4/93/5
3664
2939
1318
79
46
Penalties
- 0:17 into the first period
Steve Sullivan · high sticking2 min - 1:29 into the first periodEvgeni Malkin · hooking2 min
- 6:42 into the first period
Braydon Coburn · holding2 min - 12:19 into the first periodZac Rinaldo · interference2 min
- 13:02 into the first periodChris Kunitz · interference2 min
- 13:28 into the first periodBrooks Orpik · cross checking2 min
- 13:52 into the first periodMatt Cooke · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodMatt Carle · interference2 min
- 2:51 into the second periodClaude Giroux · high sticking2 min
- 5:32 into the second periodNicklas Grossmann · tripping2 min
- 8:13 into the second periodMatt Carle · holding the stick2 min
- 10:40 into the second periodMatt Read · roughing2 min
- 12:01 into the second periodRichard Park · interference2 min
- 12:01 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:43 into the second periodZac Rinaldo · cross checking2 min
- 16:43 into the second periodZac Rinaldo · roughing2 min
- 16:43 into the second periodZac Rinaldo · misconduct10 min
- 16:43 into the second periodZac Rinaldo · game misconduct10 min
- 8:48 into the third periodMatt Cooke · holding the stick2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodMatt Cooke · misconduct10 min
- 8:48 into the third periodJoe Vitale · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodJoe Vitale · misconduct10 min
- 8:48 into the third periodPavel Kubina · cross checking2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodPavel Kubina · misconduct10 min
- 8:48 into the third periodWayne Simmonds · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodWayne Simmonds · misconduct10 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11Jordan StaalC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 22:53 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 16:01 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 6 | 20:02 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 19:51 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 19:48 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 13:44 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:10 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 12:10 |
| 12Richard ParkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 25Eric TangradiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 10:02 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:34 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 23:04 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:51 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 37Brian StraitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 12:01 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:34 |
| 47Simon DespresD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 13:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 3 | 10:58 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 | 14:09 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 13:56 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:48 |
| 10Brayden SchennC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 14Sean CouturierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:05 |
| 24Matt ReadR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:52 |
| 27Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 36Zac RinaldoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:39 |
| 47Eric WellwoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 26:55 |
| 6Andreas LiljaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 22:34 |
| 8Nicklas GrossmannD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:54 |
| 13Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 19:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya BryzgalovG | L | 18 | 5 | .722 |
| 35Sergei BobrovskyG | 18 | 5 | .722 |