Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Preseason · Tuesday, September 22, 2015 · CONSOL Energy Center
CW
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 7–3 on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at CONSOL Energy Center.
Phil Kessel scored twice. Kris Letang, James Wisniewski, Olli Maatta, Justin Faulk, Daniel Sprong, Sergei Gonchar, Jeff Skinner and Sidney Crosby also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 15 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kris Letang (1)Evgeni Malkin (1), Patric Hornqvist (1)0–104:14 PIT
James Wisniewski (1)Jaccob Slavin (1), Brock McGinn (1)1–104:41 CAR
Olli Maatta (1)Evgeni Malkin (2), Patric Hornqvist (2)1–206:03 PIT
Justin Faulk (1)Elias Lindholm (1)2–213:23 CAR
Daniel Sprong (1)Chris Kunitz (1), Kris Letang (1)2–317:09 PIT · 
Phil Kessel (1)Chris Kunitz (2), Sidney Crosby (1)2–419:48 PIT
2nd period
Sergei Gonchar (1)Olli Maatta (1), Daniel Sprong (1)2–501:16 PIT · 
Jeff Skinner (1)Elias Lindholm (2), Noah Hanifin (1)3–505:30 CAR
Sidney Crosby (1)Kris Letang (2)3–605:37 PIT- Phil Kessel (2)Sidney Crosby (2), Kris Letang (3)3–710:57 PIT
Team stats
CARPIT
3131
49%51%
0/42/6
1915
2227
913
68
57
Penalties
- 0:17 into the first period
Elias Lindholm · holding2 min - 1:38 into the first period
Evgeni Malkin · hooking2 min - 9:56 into the first periodJaccob Slavin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 13:56 into the first periodSergei Plotnikov · interference2 min
- 16:08 into the first periodBrock McGinn · elbowing2 min
- 1:10 into the second periodJoakim Nordstrom · holding2 min
- 9:12 into the second periodNathan Gerbe · roughing2 min
- 9:12 into the second periodChris Kunitz · elbowing2 min
- 3:34 into the third periodPhil Kessel · hooking2 min
- 5:43 into the third periodTyler Biggs · fighting5 min
- 5:43 into the third periodBrendan Woods · fighting5 min
- 7:40 into the third periodPatric Hornqvist · slashing2 min
- 10:48 into the third periodJames Wisniewski · cross checking2 min
- 17:09 into the third periodRasmus Rissanen · interference2 min
Carolina Hurricanes
| 16Elias LindholmC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16:26 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 5Noah HanifinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 23:02 |
| 21James WisniewskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:50 |
| 27Justin FaulkD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 25:44 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:18 |
| 14Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 18:25 |
| 25Chris TerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 13:56 |
| 36Patrick BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:42 |
| 39T.J. HensickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:06 |
| 42Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 18:39 |
| 43Erik KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 07:45 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:35 |
| 56Brendan WoodsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:27 |
| 71Lucas WallmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 55Roland McKeownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:13 |
| 62Rasmus RissanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 21 | 6 | .714 |
| 80Rasmus TirronenG | 10 | 1 | .900 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 1 | 21:54 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 17:53 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15:57 |
| 41Daniel SprongR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 16:11 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 13:29 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:13 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 4 | 20:22 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 19:47 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 11Kevin PorterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:52 |
| 39Jean-Sebastien DeaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 42Tyler BiggsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:56 |
| 46Dominik UherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:50 |
| 61Sergei PlotnikovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 2Adam ClendeningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:30 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 30Matt MurrayG | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |