Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 2014 · CONSOL Energy Center
FS-CR · ROOT
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Hurricanes 39-25.
Goals came from Eric Staal, Chris Kunitz and Brandon Sutter.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 37 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Eric Staal (9)Elias Lindholm (8), Jiri Tlusty (5)1–009:12 CAR
Chris Kunitz (11)Beau Bennett (3), Andrew Ebbett (3)1–119:38 PIT
3rd period
Brandon Sutter (8)Beau Bennett (4), Chris Kunitz (13)1–218:18 PIT
Team stats
CARPIT
25Shots on goal39
53%Faceoff %47%
0/3Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes8
28Hits27
22Blocked shots15
1Giveaways8
11Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 04:35
Eric Staal · interference2 min - 1st 16:45
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 2nd 03:31Jayson Megna · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 03:31Elias Lindholm · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:16Jay McClement · hooking2 min
- 2nd 13:56Brad Malone · hooking2 min
- 3rd 00:51Christian Ehrhoff · boarding2 min
- 3rd 06:33Chris Kunitz · slashing2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:42 |
| 16Elias LindholmC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:22 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:22 |
| 14Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:35 |
| 18Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:48 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 22Zach BoychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:13 |
| 24Brad MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:15 |
| 25Chris TerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:30 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:27 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 4Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:16 |
| 7Ryan MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 28:34 |
| 47Michal JordanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:07 |
| 65Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:30 |
| 73Brett BellemoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 39 | 37 | 2 | .949 | 58:59 |
| 31Anton KhudobinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 14Chris KunitzL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 19Beau BennettR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:29 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:46 |
| 25Andrew EbbettC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:46 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:49 |
| 34Bobby FarnhamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:06 |
| 36Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 14:40 |
| 57Marcel GocC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:44 |
| 59Jayson MegnaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:07 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:20 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:47 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:53 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24:59 |
| 41Robert BortuzzoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 |
| 47Simon DespresD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:00 |
| 51Derrick PouliotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 59:40 |