Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Sunday, March 8, 2020 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at PPG Paints Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Penguins 36–30.
Morgan Geekie scored twice and Justin Williams scored twice. Patrick Marleau, Evgeni Malkin, Jaccob Slavin and Jake Gardiner also scored.
Alex Nedeljkovic made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Tristan Jarry stopped 30 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patrick Marleau (11)Conor Sheary (13)0–109:19 PIT
Morgan Geekie (1)Jake Gardiner (17), Trevor van Riemsdyk (7)1–109:52 CAR
Evgeni Malkin (23)Justin Schultz (9), Bryan Rust (28)1–216:33 PIT ·
2nd period
Jaccob Slavin (6)Jordan Martinook (10), Morgan Geekie (1)2–213:07 CAR
Jake Gardiner (4)Martin Necas (20), Nino Niederreiter (18)3–218:04 CAR ·
3rd period
Justin Williams (6)Haydn Fleury (9), Jordan Staal (18)4–208:30 CAR- Justin Williams (7)Jordan Staal (19), Brock McGinn (10)5–215:02 CAR
- Morgan Geekie (2)Jordan Martinook (11), Haydn Fleury (10)6–216:19 CAR
Team stats
CARPIT
3630
41%59%
1/41/7
148
2719
1716
516
87
Penalties
- 1:15 into the first period
Evgeni Malkin · interference2 min - 1:59 into the first period
Andrei Svechnikov · cross checking2 min - 10:21 into the first periodTrevor van Riemsdyk · hooking2 min
- 12:32 into the first periodTeddy Blueger · holding2 min
- 14:34 into the first periodMorgan Geekie · interference2 min
- 16:12 into the first periodJordan Martinook · high sticking2 min
- 5:23 into the second periodWarren Foegele · tripping2 min
- 8:30 into the second periodVincent Trocheck · boarding2 min
- 15:43 into the second periodBryan Rust · holding2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodEvan Rodrigues · holding2 min
- 17:34 into the third periodWarren Foegele · high sticking2 min
Carolina Hurricanes
| 43Morgan GeekieC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 10:22 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 13:30 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 12:03 |
| 48Jordan MartinookL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 11:35 |
| 4Haydn FleuryD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 21:24 |
| 51Jake GardinerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:38 |
| 21Nino NiederreiterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:42 |
| 88Martin NecasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:45 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 74Jaccob SlavinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:08 |
| 13Warren FoegeleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 11:38 |
| 16Vincent TrocheckC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:47 |
| 20Sebastian AhoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:25 |
| 37Andrei SvechnikovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:11 |
| 6Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:51 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anton ForsbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Alex NedeljkovicG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 18:00 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:18 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 20:39 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:34 |
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:38 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:51 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:47 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:19 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:49 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14:45 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:53 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:56 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 23:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Matt MurrayG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |