Nashville Predators vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, March 31, 2016 · CONSOL Energy Center
NHLN-US · SN · TVAS · FS-TN
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Predators 41-24.
Phil Kessel scored twice. Ryan Johansen, Kris Letang, James Neal, Patric Hornqvist and Nick Bonino also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Phil Kessel (24)Justin Schultz (10), Nick Bonino (16)0–103:06 PIT
Ryan Johansen (14)James Neal (23), Filip Forsberg (28)1–119:00 NSH
2nd period
- Phil Kessel (25)Trevor Daley (21), Oskar Sundqvist (2)1–202:29 PIT
Kris Letang (16)Chris Kunitz (22), Sidney Crosby (48)1–310:57 PIT · PPG
James Neal (31)Mattias Ekholm (26), Ryan Johansen (41)2–314:24 NSH
Patric Hornqvist (19)Trevor Daley (22), Kris Letang (45)2–418:24 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Nick Bonino (8)Carl Hagelin (24), Ian Cole (12)2–515:49 PIT
Team stats
NSHPIT
24Shots on goal41
43%Faceoff %57%
0/4Power play2/4
10Penalty minutes10
39Hits25
10Blocked shots20
2Giveaways3
4Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 06:25
Carl Hagelin · tripping2 min - 1st 16:10
Mattias Ekholm · hooking2 min - 2nd 09:24Petter Granberg · holding2 min
- 2nd 12:17Conor Sheary · tripping2 min
- 2nd 17:35Viktor Arvidsson · holding2 min
- 3rd 00:26Chris Kunitz · roughing2 min
- 3rd 00:26Chris Kunitz · roughing2 min
- 3rd 00:26Calle Jarnkrok · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:35Colton Sissons · slashing2 min
- 3rd 09:47Sidney Crosby · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 18James NealL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 18:19 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:12 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 23:16 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:41 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:26 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 20Miikka SalomakiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:34 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:35 |
| 38Viktor ArvidssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 14:19 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:29 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:51 |
| 5Barret JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 25:29 |
| 7Stefan ElliottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 8Petter GranbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:47 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Carter HuttonG | 12 | 11 | 1 | .917 | 20:00 | |
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 40:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 13Nick BoninoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:04 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 17:57 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 23:27 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 28:50 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:23 |
| 40Oskar SundqvistC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:38 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:05 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:37 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:16 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 19Beau BennettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:54 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:25 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:05 |
| 51Derrick PouliotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 59:19 |
| 30Matt MurrayG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |