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Carolina Hurricanes at Pittsburgh Penguins

CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh Preseason Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 7–3 on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at home.

Team Goals 2015-2016 record
Carolina Hurricanes 3 35-31-16
at Pittsburgh Penguins 7 48-26-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Carolina Hurricanes 2 1 0 3
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 3 0 7

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Carolina Hurricanes 7 18 6 31
Pittsburgh Penguins 16 6 9 31

Three stars

  1. P. Kessel, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
  2. K. Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 3 assists)
  3. S. Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:14 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang (1) Evgeni Malkin (1), Patric Hornqvist (1) Even strength CAR 0, PIT 1
1st 04:41 Carolina Hurricanes James Wisniewski (1) Jaccob Slavin (1), Brock McGinn (1) Even strength CAR 1, PIT 1
1st 06:03 Pittsburgh Penguins Olli Maatta (1) Evgeni Malkin (2), Patric Hornqvist (2) Even strength CAR 1, PIT 2
1st 13:23 Carolina Hurricanes Justin Faulk (1) Elias Lindholm (1) Even strength CAR 2, PIT 2
1st 17:09 Pittsburgh Penguins Daniel Sprong (1) Chris Kunitz (1), Kris Letang (1) Power play CAR 2, PIT 3
1st 19:48 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (1) Chris Kunitz (2), Sidney Crosby (1) Even strength CAR 2, PIT 4
2nd 01:16 Pittsburgh Penguins Sergei Gonchar (1) Olli Maatta (1), Daniel Sprong (1) Power play CAR 2, PIT 5
2nd 05:30 Carolina Hurricanes Jeff Skinner (1) Elias Lindholm (2), Noah Hanifin (1) Even strength CAR 3, PIT 5
2nd 05:37 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (1) Kris Letang (2) Even strength CAR 3, PIT 6
2nd 10:57 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (2) Sidney Crosby (2), Kris Letang (3) Even strength CAR 3, PIT 7

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

Team stats

Stat Carolina Hurricanes Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 31 31
Power play 0 of 4 2 of 6
Penalty minutes 19 15
Hits 22 27
Blocked shots 9 13
Giveaways 6 8
Takeaways 5 7
Faceoffs won 36/73 (49.3%) 37/73 (50.7%)

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player
14 N. Gerbe C 0 0 0 -2 2 4 4 0 18:25
16 E. Lindholm C 0 2 2 0 2 3 3 0 16:26
23 B. McGinn L 0 1 1 +2 2 0 1 1 14:10
25 C. Terry L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 13:56
36 P. Brown C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 10:42
39 T. Hensick C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 10:06
42 J. Nordstrom C 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 18:39
43 E. Karlsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 07:45
49 V. Rask C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 17:35
53 J. Skinner L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16:31
56 B. Woods L 0 0 0 +1 5 2 3 0 10:27
71 L. Wallmark C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 13:40
5 N. Hanifin D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 2 23:02
21 J. Wisniewski D 1 0 1 +1 2 2 1 0 19:50
27 J. Faulk D 1 0 1 -1 0 3 6 0 25:44
55 R. McKeown D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 18:13
62 R. Rissanen D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 0 16:24
74 J. Slavin D 0 1 1 +1 2 3 0 3 17:18
Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
30 C. Ward 21 15 6 .714 29:12 Loss
80 R. Tirronen 10 9 1 .900 30:48

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
9 P. Dupuis R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 16:16
11 K. Porter C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:52
14 C. Kunitz L 0 2 2 0 2 3 1 0 15:57
39 J. Dea C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 12:46
41 D. Sprong R 1 1 2 -1 0 3 1 1 16:11
42 T. Biggs R 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 09:56
46 D. Uher C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:50
61 S. Plotnikov L 0 0 0 +2 2 0 3 2 14:25
71 E. Malkin C 0 2 2 +2 2 1 1 0 14:36
72 P. Hornqvist R 0 2 2 +2 2 4 0 1 13:29
81 P. Kessel R 2 0 2 +1 2 4 0 1 16:13
87 S. Crosby C 1 2 3 +1 0 3 1 0 17:53
2 A. Clendening D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 18:30
3 O. Maatta D 1 1 2 +4 0 4 1 2 20:22
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 1 17:09
28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:54
55 S. Gonchar D 1 0 1 -3 0 1 1 1 19:47
58 K. Letang D 1 3 4 +5 0 1 0 1 21:54
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 25 22 3 .880 40:00 Win
30 M. Murray 6 6 0 1.000 20:00

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:17 Carolina Hurricanes Elias Lindholm Holding 2
1st 01:38 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Hooking 2
1st 09:56 Carolina Hurricanes Jaccob Slavin Delaying game puck over glass 2
1st 13:56 Pittsburgh Penguins Sergei Plotnikov Interference 2
1st 16:08 Carolina Hurricanes Brock McGinn Elbowing 2
2nd 01:10 Carolina Hurricanes Joakim Nordstrom Holding 2
2nd 09:12 Carolina Hurricanes Nathan Gerbe Roughing 2
2nd 09:12 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz Elbowing 2
3rd 03:34 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel Hooking 2
3rd 05:43 Pittsburgh Penguins Tyler Biggs Fighting (major) 5
3rd 05:43 Carolina Hurricanes Brendan Woods Fighting (major) 5
3rd 07:40 Pittsburgh Penguins Patric Hornqvist Slashing 2
3rd 10:48 Carolina Hurricanes James Wisniewski Cross checking 2
3rd 17:09 Carolina Hurricanes Rasmus Rissanen Interference 2

Game information

Carolina Hurricanes head coach
Bill Peters
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Johnston
Referees
Greg Kimmerly, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen
Michel Cormier, John Grandt
Carolina Hurricanes scratches
Ron Hainsey, John-Michael Liles, Jay McClement, Drew MacIntyre, Eric Staal, Kris Versteeg, Jordan Staal, Riley Nash, Brad Malone, Zach Boychuk, Michal Jordan, Andrej Nestrasil, Eddie Lack, Danny Biega, Justin Shugg, Brody Sutter, Gregory Hofmann, Keegan Lowe, Ryan Murphy, Carter Sandlak, Phillip Di Giuseppe, Daniel Altshuller, Trevor Carrick, Collin Olson, Brendan Collier, Tyler Ganly, Brett Pesce, Sergey Tolchinsky, Haydn Fleury, Alex Nedeljkovic, Warren Foegele, Josh Wesley, Clark Bishop, Kyle Jenkins, Sebastian Aho, Nicolas Roy, Callum Booth, David Cotton, Derek Ryan, Luke Stevens, Spencer Smallman, Steven Lorentz
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Mikhail Kazakevich, Matt Cullen, Tom Kostopoulos, Rob Scuderi, Vladimir Malenkykh, Sergei Anshakov, Eric Fehr, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Tim Crowder, Will O'Neill, Niclas Andersen, Tom Sestito, Jeff Zatkoff, Ben Lovejoy, Nick Bonino, David Perron, David Warsofsky, Alexander Pechurskiy, Tim Erixon, Beau Bennett, Bryan Rust, Tom Kuhnhackl, Reid McNeill, Kael Mouillierat, Steve Oleksy, Scott Wilson, Josh Archibald, Harrison Ruopp, Barry Goers, Bobby Farnham, Derrick Pouliot, Oskar Sundqvist, Teddy Blueger, Sean Maguire, Matia Marcantuoni, Anton Zlobin, Clark Seymour, Blaine Byron, Troy Josephs, Ryan Segalla, Dane Birks, Jake Guentzel, Tristan Jarry, Conor Sheary, Sam Lafferty, Anthony Angello, Jaden Lindo, Jeff Taylor, Evan Wardley, Sahir Gill, Ty Loney, Dominik Simon, Frederik Tiffels, Nikita Pavlychev, Adam Krause

2015-2016 season series

Matchup Status Details
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