National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, NY Rangers 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 15, 2012
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Wes McCauley
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 18200
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 1225
NY Rangers 1102
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:54 - Penguins Matt Cooke (EV) Assists: Tyler Kennedy
13:36 - Rangers Carl Hagelin (EV) Assists: Brad Richards , Marian Gaborik
Penalties
5:44 - Rangers Marc Staal (2) Interference
 10:34 - Rangers Brandon Prust (2) Roughing
 18:28 - Penguins Brooks Orpik (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
1:19 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (EV) Assists: James Neal
2:31 - Penguins Matt Cooke (EV) Assists: Tyler Kennedy , Jordan Staal
14:32 - Rangers Marian Gaborik (EV) Assists: Brad Richards , Carl Hagelin
Penalties
18:55 - Rangers Stu Bickel (4) High Sticking - Double Minor
 19:37 - Penguins Chris Kunitz (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
3:01 - Penguins Chris Kunitz (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby , James Neal
7:35 - Penguins Pascal Dupuis (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Kris Letang
Penalties
None.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Marc-Andre Fleury G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 52:00 6:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brad Thiessen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 14:41 13:14 1:27 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 22 20:34 18:34 0:00 2:00 0 0 - 4 - - -
Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 15:13 15:13 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Paul Martin D 0 0 0 +3 0 2 22 18:57 17:40 0:00 1:17 0 0 - 1 - - -
Pascal Dupuis RW 1 0 1 -1 0 1 19 15:43 14:49 0:00 0:54 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Jordan Staal C 0 1 1 E 0 2 23 19:22 16:49 1:27 1:06 0 0 1 - 7 10 41
Chris Kunitz LW 1 0 1 +2 2 3 21 16:03 11:35 4:28 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
James Neal LW 0 2 2 +2 0 1 22 18:41 13:46 4:55 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Matt Cooke LW 2 0 2 +2 0 5 17 16:40 14:21 1:32 0:47 0 0 1 - - - -
Steve Sullivan LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 16 12:56 11:20 1:36 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Adams RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 11:36 10:23 0:00 1:13 0 0 3 - 1 1 50
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 23 19:57 19:57 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Arron Asham RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 10:10 10:10 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12 9:02 9:02 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 7 5 58
Tyler Kennedy C 0 2 2 +1 0 1 16 14:40 14:40 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kris Letang D 0 1 1 +5 0 2 24 24:22 19:06 4:33 0:43 0 0 2 2 - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 +2 0 8 21 21:23 15:45 5:38 0:00 0 0 - - 5 7 42
Sidney Crosby C 0 2 2 +3 0 1 18 16:00 11:36 4:24 0:00 0 0 - 1 11 10 52
New York Rangers
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Biron G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 52:00 2:00 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Daniel Girardi D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 24 21:55 17:27 0:28 4:00 0 0 4 3 - - -
Brandon Prust LW 0 0 0 -3 2 1 17 14:05 11:38 0:00 2:27 0 0 3 1 - - -
Marian Gaborik RW 1 1 2 E 0 4 25 22:29 20:14 1:44 0:31 0 0 1 1 - - -
Brandon Dubinsky C 0 0 0 E 0 4 19 13:10 13:10 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Marc Staal D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 25 20:54 18:33 0:28 1:53 0 0 - 3 - - -
Brad Richards C 0 2 2 E 0 5 25 21:56 19:56 2:00 0:00 0 0 2 - 15 12 56
Derek Stepan C 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 16:57 14:03 0:44 2:10 0 0 2 - 4 8 33
Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 19 17:51 13:11 1:32 3:08 0 0 5 2 12 7 63
Ruslan Fedotenko LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 13:46 11:59 0:00 1:47 0 0 1 1 - - -
Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 26 21:23 18:21 0:00 3:02 0 0 2 1 - - -
Anton Stralman D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21 16:46 14:43 1:32 0:31 0 0 - - - - -
John Mitchell C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 13 8:56 8:56 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - 2 4 33
Mats Zuccarello LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13 7:37 6:49 0:48 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Stu Bickel D 0 0 0 -3 4 1 26 21:52 20:23 0:00 1:29 0 0 2 1 - - -
Artem Anisimov C 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 9:08 8:02 0:00 1:06 0 0 - 1 1 0 100
Steve Eminger D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 18 15:46 14:41 0:00 1:05 0 0 2 1 - - -
Carl Hagelin LW 1 1 2 E 0 4 27 21:12 19:37 0:44 0:51 0 0 1 2 - - -
Michael Rupp C 0 0 0 E 0 0 8 6:17 6:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury W (42-17-4) 31 29 2 .935 0 60:00
NY Rangers
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Martin Biron L (12-6-2) 32 27 5 .844 0 60:00