National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, NY Rangers 2
Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:00 PM
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 TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Brad Thiessen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 E 0 0 14:41
Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 20:34
Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 E 0 1 15:13
Paul Martin D 0 0 0 +3 0 2 18:57
Pascal Dupuis RW 1 0 1 -1 0 1 15:43
Jordan Staal C 0 1 1 E 0 2 19:22
Chris Kunitz LW 1 0 1 +2 2 3 16:03
James Neal LW 0 2 2 +2 0 1 18:41
Matt Cooke LW 2 0 2 +2 0 5 16:40
Steve Sullivan LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 12:56
Craig Adams RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 11:36
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 19:57
Arron Asham RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 10:10
Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9:02
Tyler Kennedy C 0 2 2 +1 0 1 14:40
Kris Letang D 0 1 1 +5 0 2 24:22
Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 +2 0 8 21:23
Sidney Crosby C 0 2 2 +3 0 1 16:00
New York Rangers
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Martin Biron G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Daniel Girardi D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 21:55
Brandon Prust LW 0 0 0 -3 2 1 14:05
Marian Gaborik RW 1 1 2 E 0 4 22:29
Brandon Dubinsky C 0 0 0 E 0 4 13:10
Marc Staal D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 20:54
Brad Richards C 0 2 2 E 0 5 21:56
Derek Stepan C 0 0 0 E 0 1 16:57
Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 17:51
Ruslan Fedotenko LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13:46
Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 21:23
Anton Stralman D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 16:46
John Mitchell C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 8:56
Mats Zuccarello LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7:37
Stu Bickel D 0 0 0 -3 4 1 21:52
Artem Anisimov C 0 0 0 E 0 1 9:08
Steve Eminger D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 15:46
Carl Hagelin LW 1 1 2 E 0 4 21:12
Michael Rupp C 0 0 0 E 0 0 6:17
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury W (38-14-3) 31 29 2 .935 0 60:00
New York
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Martin Biron L (12-5-2) 32 27 5 .844 0 60:00