Pittsburgh Penguins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, March 26, 2015 · PNC Arena
FS-CR · ROOT
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at PNC Arena. The Penguins outshot the Hurricanes 29-28.
Goals came from Brandon Sutter, Eric Staal, Ryan Murphy, Jay McClement, Alexander Semin, Andrej Nestrasil and Ian Cole.
Cam Ward made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 23 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brandon Sutter (17)Sidney Crosby (51), Ben Lovejoy (12)1–003:54 PIT
Eric Staal (20)Jordan Staal (15)1–105:05 CAR
Ryan Murphy (3)Brad Malone (7), Victor Rask (19)1–208:27 CAR
2nd period
Jay McClement (7)Brad Malone (8), Justin Faulk (32)1–311:38 CAR
Alexander Semin (5)Riley Nash (17), Eric Staal (26)1–414:56 CAR
3rd period
Andrej Nestrasil (7)Eric Staal (27), Elias Lindholm (20)1–513:14 CAR · PPG
Ian Cole (5)Craig Adams (6), Beau Bennett (8)2–515:55 PIT
Team stats
PITCAR
29Shots on goal28
48%Faceoff %52%
0/3Power play1/3
10Penalty minutes8
24Hits35
14Blocked shots7
7Giveaways8
15Takeaways21
Penalties
- 1st 03:05
Brad Malone · roughing2 min - 1st 03:05
Maxim Lapierre · roughing2 min - 1st 06:15Brad Malone · interference2 min
- 1st 18:53Nathan Gerbe · slashing2 min
- 1st 19:10Blake Comeau · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 00:27Jordan Staal · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:59Nick Spaling · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 12:48David Perron · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 17:50Beau Bennett · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 16Brandon SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:45 |
| 19Beau BennettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:26 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:04 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 13Nick SpalingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 17Blake ComeauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 15:00 |
| 23Steve DownieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 26Daniel WinnikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:31 |
| 39David PerronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:38 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:49 |
| 51Derrick PouliotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:00 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 25:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 28 | 23 | 5 | .821 | 59:59 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 19:00 |
| 24Brad MaloneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 09:26 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:48 |
| 15Andrej NestrasilC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10:49 |
| 16Elias LindholmC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:50 |
| 18Jay McClementC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:08 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 7Ryan MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 24:44 |
| 14Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 25Chris TerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:10 |
| 26John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:16 |
| 41Danny BiegaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 47Michal JordanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 65Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 |
| 31Anton KhudobinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |