Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins

Saturday, September 24, 2011, 3:00 PM ET CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh Preseason Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 4–1 on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at home.

Final score, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	Goals	2011-2012 record
Minnesota Wild	1	35-36-11
at Pittsburgh Penguins	4	51-25-6

Scoring summary

Every goal, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	10:34	Pittsburgh Penguins	Joe Morrow (1)	Kris Letang (1), Evgeni Malkin (2)	Power play	MIN 0, PIT 1
2nd	11:52	Pittsburgh Penguins	Pascal Dupuis (1)	Evgeni Malkin (3)	Power play	MIN 0, PIT 2
2nd	13:50	Pittsburgh Penguins	Brian Strait (1)	Joe Vitale (1)	Power play	MIN 0, PIT 3
3rd	05:01	Pittsburgh Penguins	Evgeni Malkin (2)	Kris Letang (2), Joe Morrow (2)	Power play	MIN 0, PIT 4
3rd	07:23	Minnesota Wild	Eric Nystrom (1)	Jarod Palmer (1), Colton Gillies (1)	Even strength	MIN 1, PIT 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins
Stat	Minnesota Wild	Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal	17	26
Power play	0 of 9	4 of 6
Penalty minutes	31	27
Hits	24	19
Blocked shots	14	10
Giveaways	1	4
Takeaways	1	3
Faceoffs won	26/48 (54.2%)	22/48 (45.8%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 M. Cullen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	63.6%	20:52
Number 17 C. Wellman	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	100%	14:29
Number 18 C. Gillies	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	6	0	50%	15:31
Number 19 J. Taffe	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		12:43
Number 23 E. Nystrom	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	1	14.3%	17:00
Number 29 J. Disalvatore	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		09:56
Number 41 J. Ortmeyer	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		14:59
Number 43 W. Peters	C	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	50%	15:53
Number 45 C. McMillan	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	80%	09:30
Number 48 G. Latendresse	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		18:37
Number 79 J. Palmer	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		14:28
Number 96 P. Bouchard	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		17:05
Number 4 C. Stoner	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	6		19:49
Number 6 M. Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0		15:28
Number 25 J. Hendry	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		21:20
Number 44 J. Falk	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	4		18:38
Number 46 J. Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:44
Number 51 J. Penner	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		16:06

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice
Number 32 N. Backstrom	26	4	.846	59:53

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 P. Dupuis	R	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	1	1	60%	17:33
Number 12 R. Park	R	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	66.7%	16:25
Number 14 C. Kunitz	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	1	0		16:41
Number 23 R. Craig	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	10%	14:54
Number 24 M. Cooke	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0		15:31
Number 25 E. Tangradi	L	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	1	0		12:41
Number 28 N. Johnson	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0		14:31
Number 33 S. MacIntyre	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		09:07
Number 38 C. McDonald	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		09:33
Number 45 A. Asham	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0		09:31
Number 46 J. Vitale	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	53.3%	14:49
Number 71 E. Malkin	C	1	2	3	-1	0	3	1	0	1	60%	13:30
Number 2 M. Niskanen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	2	0		17:06
Number 4 Z. Michalek	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		21:43
Number 37 B. Strait	D	1	0	1	0	2	2	4	0	1		17:21
Number 54 A. Picard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0		16:00
Number 58 K. Letang	D	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0		23:43
Number 70 J. Morrow	D	1	1	2	0	0	4	0	1	1		19:26

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice
Number 39 B. Thiessen	17	1	.941	60:00

Penalties

Penalties, Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	07:44	Pittsburgh Penguins	Richard Park	Tripping	2
1st	07:44	Minnesota Wild	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
1st	08:21	Pittsburgh Penguins	Chris Kunitz	Tripping	2
1st	11:10	Pittsburgh Penguins	Matt Cooke	Boarding	2
1st	14:09	Pittsburgh Penguins	Richard Park	Holding	2
1st	16:51	Minnesota Wild	Warren Peters	Interference	2
2nd	05:36	Pittsburgh Penguins	Steve MacIntyre	Boarding	2
2nd	06:32	Pittsburgh Penguins	Pascal Dupuis	Slashing	2
2nd	09:27	Minnesota Wild	Warren Peters	Tripping	2
2nd	10:02	Pittsburgh Penguins	Eric Tangradi	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	10:02	Minnesota Wild	Marco Scandella	Instigator	2
2nd	10:02	Minnesota Wild	Marco Scandella	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	10:02	Minnesota Wild	Marco Scandella	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	10:02	Minnesota Wild	Marco Scandella	Instigator face shield	2
2nd	13:44	Minnesota Wild	Justin Falk	Tripping	2
2nd	13:44	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kris Letang	Diving	2
2nd	15:58	Pittsburgh Penguins	Nick Johnson	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	16:10	Pittsburgh Penguins	Brian Strait	Slashing	2
3rd	01:18	Minnesota Wild	Jed Ortmeyer	Tripping	2
3rd	04:57	Minnesota Wild	Warren Peters	Boarding	2
3rd	08:21	Pittsburgh Penguins	Matt Cooke	Tripping	2
3rd	13:24	Pittsburgh Penguins	Richard Park	Hooking	2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Dan Bylsma
Referees: Ian Walsh, Mark Lemelin
Linesmen: Mark Shewchyk, Jonny Murray
Minnesota Wild scratches: Dany Heatley, Nick Schultz, Greg Zanon, Mikko Koivu, Marek Zidlicky, Mikhail Tyulyapkin, Josh Harding, Drew Bagnall, Grigory Misharin, Kyle Brodziak, Mike Lundin, Brad Staubitz, Devin Setoguchi, Matt Kassian, Kris Fredheim, Chad Rau, Kyle Medvec, Julian Walker, Cal Clutterbuck, David McIntyre, Chris Hickey, Darroll Powe, Cody Almond, Tyler Cuma, Sean Lorenz, Joel Broda, Kristopher Foucault, Matt Hackett, Erik Haula, Darcy Kuemper, Anthony Hamburg, Bjorn Krupp, Nate Prosser, Jason Zucker, Johan Larsson, Charlie Coyle, Brett Bulmer, Mikael Granlund, Johan Gustafsson, Colton Jobke, Josh Caron, Taylor Peters, Chay Genoway, Justin Fontaine, Steve Michalek, Tyler Graovac, Nick Seeler, Mario Lucia, Jonas Brodin, Zack Phillips
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Steve Sullivan, Mikhail Kazakevich, Brent Johnson, Craig Adams, Vladimir Malenkykh, Brooks Orpik, Paul Martin, Deryk Engelland, Jason Williams, Sergei Anshakov, Joey Mormina, Marc-Andre Fleury, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Boris Valabik, Tyler Kennedy, Sidney Crosby, James Neal, Tim Crowder, Jordan Staal, Carl Sneep, Mark Letestu, Ben Lovejoy, Alex Grant, Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Mattias Modig, Dustin Jeffrey, Robert Bortuzzo, Keven Veilleux, Geoff Walker, Bryan Lerg, Alexander Pechurskiy, Patrick Killeen, Nicholas D'Agostino, Zach Sill, Simon Despres, Philip Samuelsson, Ben Hanowski, Nick Petersen, Alex Velischek, Beau Bennett, Bryan Rust, Tom Kuhnhackl, Kenny Agostino, Joe Rogalski, Reid McNeill, Ben Street, Paul Thompson, Brian Gibbons, Brandon DeFazio, Scott Wilson, Josh Archibald, Dominik Uher, Scott Harrington, Jessey Astles, Stefan Fournier, Maxime Lagace, Daniil Tarasov, Ian Watters

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