Carolina Hurricanes at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at home.

Final score, Carolina Hurricanes at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team Goals 2023-2024 record
Carolina Hurricanes 1 52-23-7
at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 38-32-12

News about this game

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Carolina Hurricanes 9 15 15 39
Pittsburgh Penguins 8 5 9 22

Three stars

  1. A. Nedeljkovic, Pittsburgh Penguins (goaltender)
  2. J. Puljujarvi, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)
  3. B. Rust, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Carolina Hurricanes at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 02:41 Pittsburgh Penguins Jesse Puljujarvi (3) Lars Eller (13), Valtteri Puustinen (14) Even strength CAR 0, PIT 1
2nd 11:17 Carolina Hurricanes Dmitry Orlov (6) Unassisted Even strength CAR 1, PIT 1
2nd 18:09 Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Rust (23) Sidney Crosby (40) Even strength CAR 1, PIT 2
3rd 18:04 Pittsburgh Penguins Drew O'Connor (11) Sidney Crosby (41) Even strength, Empty net CAR 1, PIT 3
3rd 19:37 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (35) Unassisted Even strength, Empty net CAR 1, PIT 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, Carolina Hurricanes at Pittsburgh Penguins
Stat Carolina Hurricanes Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 39 22
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 9 9
Hits 15 18
Blocked shots 10 19
Giveaways 10 12
Takeaways 11 9
Faceoffs won 35/74 (47.3%) 39/74 (52.7%)

Box score

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 11 J. Staal C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 31.3% 13:44
Number 18 J. Drury C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 42.9% 11:30
Number 20 S. Aho C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 0 59.3% 22:14
Number 23 S. Noesen R 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 08:28
Number 24 S. Jarvis R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 21:50
Number 37 A. Svechnikov R 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 0 16:03
Number 48 J. Martinook L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 100% 12:34
Number 59 J. Guentzel C 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 1 21:06
Number 82 J. Kotkaniemi C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80% 09:35
Number 86 T. Teravainen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:32
Number 88 M. Necas C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 0 66.7% 16:38
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 27.3% 15:08
Number 5 J. Chatfield D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:03
Number 7 D. Orlov D 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 16:16
Number 8 B. Burns D 0 0 0 -2 0 6 2 2 20:50
Number 22 B. Pesce D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 1 20:28
Number 74 J. Slavin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 21:53
Number 76 B. Skjei D 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 0 22:04
Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 52 P. Kochetkov 20 18 2 .900 58:04 Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 M. Bunting L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 14:30
Number 10 D. O'Connor L 1 0 1 +3 0 4 0 3 19:36
Number 17 B. Rust R 1 0 1 +3 0 1 0 1 50% 20:04
Number 18 J. Puljujarvi R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 3 0 11:55
Number 19 R. Smith R 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 0 16:55
Number 20 L. Eller C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 2 57.9% 16:50
Number 22 S. Poulin R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12.5% 09:11
Number 44 J. Gruden L 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 1 09:02
Number 48 V. Puustinen R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 12:04
Number 67 R. Rakell R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 15:08
Number 71 E. Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 0 50% 14:41
Number 87 S. Crosby C 1 2 3 +3 0 2 0 0 64.5% 19:50
Number 3 J. St. Ivany D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 15:06
Number 27 R. Graves D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 4 16:18
Number 28 M. Pettersson D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 2 3 22:47
Number 58 K. Letang D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 2 1 23:18
Number 65 E. Karlsson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22:35
Number 73 P. Joseph D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 16:14
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 39 A. Nedeljkovic 39 38 1 .974 59:56 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Carolina Hurricanes at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:54 Pittsburgh Penguins Reilly Smith Hooking 2
1st 13:30 Carolina Hurricanes Andrei Svechnikov Cross checking 2
1st 17:25 Carolina Hurricanes Dmitry Orlov Hooking 2
3rd 03:03 Carolina Hurricanes Stefan Noesen Fighting (major) 5
3rd 03:03 Pittsburgh Penguins Jonathan Gruden Fighting (major) 5
3rd 07:18 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Tripping 2

Game information

Carolina Hurricanes head coach
Rod Brind'Amour
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Furman South, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen
Jesse Marquis, Bryan Pancich
Carolina Hurricanes scratches
Jesper Fast, Frederik Andersen, Tony DeAngelo, Brendan Lemieux
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Jeff Carter, Emil Bemstrom, John Ludvig

2023-2024 season series

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