Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, March 6, 2016 · Prudential Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 6-1 on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at Prudential Center. The Penguins outshot the Devils 30-18.
Evgeni Malkin scored twice. Matt Cullen, Nick Bonino, Kyle Palmieri, Bryan Rust and Scott Wilson also scored.
Matt Murray made 17 saves on 18 shots for the win; Keith Kinkaid stopped 24 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (26)Sidney Crosby (36), Kris Letang (39)1–009:14 PIT · PPG
Matt Cullen (10)Unassisted2–009:52 PIT
2nd period
Nick Bonino (4)Bryan Rust (3), Tom Kuhnhackl (2)3–001:37 PIT
Kyle Palmieri (25)Reid Boucher (6)3–107:52 NJD- Evgeni Malkin (27)Phil Kessel (23)4–115:23 PIT
3rd period
Bryan Rust (3)Justin Schultz (8), Nick Bonino (9)5–106:49 PIT
Scott Wilson (5)Sidney Crosby (37), Bryan Rust (4)6–116:05 PIT
Team stats
PITNJD
30Shots on goal18
49%Faceoff %51%
1/4Power play0/3
10Penalty minutes12
10Hits21
7Blocked shots2
3Giveaways7
2Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 01:20
Bobby Farnham · roughing2 min - 1st 01:20
Phil Kessel · roughing2 min - 1st 07:49Tom Sestito · roughing2 min
- 1st 07:49Jordin Tootoo · roughing2 min
- 1st 07:49Jordin Tootoo · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:25Evgeni Malkin · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 12:04Olli Maatta · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 00:58Joseph Blandisi · hooking2 min
- 3rd 04:05Tuomo Ruutu · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:00Trevor Daley · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 14:00Jon Merrill · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:15 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:05 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:16 |
| 23Scott WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:15 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 13:47 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:57 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:22 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:08 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:57 |
| 47Tom SestitoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:52 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:58 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:18 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:43 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 18 | 17 | 1 | .944 | 59:26 |
New Jersey Devils
| 12Reid BoucherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 11:29 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 11Stephen GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:36 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:32 |
| 22Jordin TootooR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:18 |
| 23Bobby FarnhamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:04 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 13:07 |
| 51Sergey KalininC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:14 |
| 64Joseph BlandisiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 2John MooreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:11 |
| 5Adam LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:42 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:51 |
| 7Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 14:55 |
| 8David SchlemkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:49 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 18:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keith KinkaidG | L | 30 | 24 | 6 | .800 | 60:00 |
| 40Yann DanisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |