Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils

Sat, Dec 31, 2011 · Prudential Center · 2011–12 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

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New Jersey Devils

The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 on Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at Prudential Center. Ilya Kovalchuk led the way with 3 points. Martin Brodeur made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–21.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	0	1	1	30
NJD	2	0	1	3	21

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	14:43	NJD	PP	Ilya Kovalchuk (1) · wrist	Unassisted	0–1
1st	19:36	NJD	PP	David Clarkson (1) · snap	Patrik Elias (1), Ilya Kovalchuk (1)	0–2
3rd	09:25	PIT	PP	Chris Kunitz (1) · wrist	Matt Niskanen (1), Steve Sullivan (1)	1–2
3rd	19:10	NJD	SH EN	Zach Parise (1) · wrist	Patrik Elias (2), Ilya Kovalchuk (2)	1–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:36	PIT	Brooks Orpik	cross checking	2
1st	14:43	PIT	Brooks Orpik	ps covering puck in crease	0
1st	15:33	NJD	Dainius Zubrus	elbowing	2
1st	17:57	PIT	Arron Asham	high sticking	2
1st	17:57	PIT	Arron Asham	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	18:22	PIT	Jordan Staal	slashing	2
2nd	04:27	PIT	Matt Niskanen	hooking	2
2nd	07:40	NJD	David Clarkson	hooking	2
3rd	01:38	PIT	Matt Cooke	interference	2
3rd	04:59	NJD	Ryan Carter	tripping	2
3rd	08:02	NJD	Mark Fayne	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: PIT 3.38 · NJD 3.09 · xG% PIT 52.2

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	1		20:51	22
14	Chris Kunitz	L	1	0	1	-1	0	4	2	0		19:35	23
26	Steve Sullivan	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1		17:03	18
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	0	44.4	23:59	21
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		23:43	26
48	Tyler Kennedy	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0		20:33	20
24	Matt Cooke	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		20:04	23
4	Zbynek Michalek	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		19:05	23
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1	76.9	18:54	22
47	Simon Despres	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		18:32	22
18	James Neal	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		18:28	22
6	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:32	18
27	Craig Adams	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	40.0	14:25	18
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		14:21	19
46	Joe Vitale	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	55.6	13:40	17
9	Pascal Dupuis	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		6:33	8
45	Arron Asham	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1		4:32	7
33	Steve MacIntyre	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0:47	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	L	20	18	2	.900	58:44

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
17	Ilya Kovalchuk	L	1	2	3	+2	0	5	0	0		22:04	25
26	Patrik Elias	C	0	2	2	+1	0	4	0	0	58.8	19:51	28
9	Zach Parise	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		20:01	25
23	David Clarkson	R	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	20.0	17:52	21
29	Mark Fayne	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		24:23	26
24	Bryce Salvador	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		23:50	28
7	Henrik Tallinder	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		21:25	28
19	Travis Zajac	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50.0	19:03	25
5	Adam Larsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2		18:40	23
15	Petr Sykora	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		18:19	23
2	Kurtis Foster	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		17:43	21
14	Adam Henrique	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	16:54	22
8	Dainius Zubrus	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	50.0	16:33	22
21	Mattias Tedenby	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		10:54	14
18	Tim Sestito	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		7:37	11
20	Ryan Carter	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	60.0	7:25	11
28	Anton Volchenkov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		5:06	7
25	Cam Janssen	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4:57	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Martin Brodeur	W	30	29	1	.967	60:00