Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes

RBC Center, Raleigh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 on Friday, February 25, 2011 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes
Team Goals 2010-2011 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 49-25-8
at Carolina Hurricanes 4 40-31-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 1 0 1
Carolina Hurricanes 2 1 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 6 16 12 34
Carolina Hurricanes 9 6 6 21

Three stars

  1. E. Cole, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. D. Joslin, Carolina Hurricanes (2 assists)
  3. C. Ward, Carolina Hurricanes (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:44 Carolina Hurricanes Jay Harrison (1) Erik Cole (1), Jamie McBain (1) Even strength PIT 0, CAR 1
1st 16:43 Carolina Hurricanes Joe Corvo (1) Joni Pitkanen (1), Jussi Jokinen (1) Power play PIT 0, CAR 2
2nd 10:59 Carolina Hurricanes Erik Cole (1) Eric Staal (1), Derek Joslin (1) Even strength PIT 0, CAR 3
2nd 15:32 Pittsburgh Penguins Pascal Dupuis (1) Mike Rupp (1), Zbynek Michalek (1) Even strength PIT 1, CAR 3
3rd 14:53 Carolina Hurricanes Jussi Jokinen (1) Brandon Sutter (1), Derek Joslin (2) Even strength PIT 1, CAR 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes
Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Carolina Hurricanes
Shots on goal 34 21
Power play 0 of 3 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 6
Hits 26 28
Blocked shots 9 16
Giveaways 9 5
Takeaways 2 6
Faceoffs won 26/49 (53.1%) 23/49 (46.9%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 P. Dupuis R 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 15:27
Number 11 J. Staal C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 47.4% 18:57
Number 15 D. Jeffrey L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 83.3% 11:33
Number 16 C. Conner R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:57
Number 17 M. Rupp L 0 1 1 -2 2 1 1 0 0 11:39
Number 18 J. Neal L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 17:14
Number 24 M. Cooke L 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 17:43
Number 25 M. Talbot C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 36.4% 14:10
Number 27 C. Adams R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 2 0 25% 11:59
Number 46 J. Vitale C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 77.8% 12:36
Number 48 T. Kennedy C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0 0 16:11
Number 72 A. Kovalev R 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 19:00
Number 2 M. Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 17:42
Number 4 Z. Michalek D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 1 0 20:03
Number 5 D. Engelland D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 19:40
Number 6 B. Lovejoy D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 18:04
Number 37 B. Strait D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:12
Number 58 K. Letang D 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 2 0 25:44
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 1 B. Johnson 10 9 1 .900 29:00
Number 29 M. Fleury 11 8 3 .727 30:59 Loss

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 12 E. Staal C 0 1 1 +2 0 3 1 1 0 70% 14:25
Number 14 S. Samsonov L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 07:55
Number 15 T. Ruutu L 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 1 0 50% 15:46
Number 16 B. Sutter C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 1 0 46.2% 17:04
Number 19 J. Tlusty L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 14:09
Number 20 T. Bodie R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 06:35
Number 26 E. Cole L 1 1 2 +2 0 2 2 0 0 18:23
Number 36 J. Jokinen L 1 1 2 +1 0 1 0 1 0 18:07
Number 39 P. Dwyer R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 11:50
Number 53 J. Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 40% 14:04
Number 59 C. LaRose R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:26
Number 61 C. Stillman L 0 0 0 +2 0 0 2 1 0 17:49
Number 4 J. McBain D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 2 0 19:37
Number 6 T. Gleason D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:46
Number 25 J. Pitkanen D 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 23:15
Number 33 D. Joslin D 0 2 2 +3 0 0 1 2 0 17:14
Number 44 J. Harrison D 1 0 1 +2 2 1 4 1 0 16:51
Number 77 J. Corvo D 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 1 23:44
Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 C. Ward 34 33 1 .971 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:14 Pittsburgh Penguins Mike Rupp Roughing 2
1st 16:33 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cooke Cross checking 2
1st 18:43 Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Kovalev Interference 2
2nd 01:24 Carolina Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu Tripping 2
2nd 04:15 Carolina Hurricanes Jamie McBain Interference 2
3rd 16:57 Carolina Hurricanes Jay Harrison Slashing 2
3rd 17:45 Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Kovalev Holding the stick 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Dan Bylsma
Carolina Hurricanes head coach
Paul Maurice
Referees
Greg Kimmerly, Brad Meier
Linesmen
Tim Nowak, Don Henderson
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Eric Godard, Paul Martin, Brett Sterling
Carolina Hurricanes scratches
Brett Carson, Jerome Samson

2010-2011 season series

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