🐧 Away Penguins 17-10-4
4–6
Final
🏛️ Home Senators 14-14-4
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🐧 PIT 0314
🏛️ OTT 0516

Penguins at Senators

Senators beat Penguins 6–4 at Canadian Tire Centre on December 16, 2011.

🗓 📍 Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🏒 2011-12 🔁 Season series tied 1–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏛️ OTT
Jason Spezza
2 G, 2 A
2 shots · 20:30 TOI
2nd star 🏛️ OTT
Jared Cowen
1 G, 3 A
2 shots · 28:11 TOI
3rd star 🏛️ OTT
Alex Auld
32 saves
0.889 SV% · 4 GA

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order
2nd period
🏛️ Colin Greening Go-ahead 2nd · 00:25
Assists: Jason Spezza, Jared Cowen · beat Brent Johnson
0–1
🐧 Steve Sullivan Tying 2nd · 01:35
Assists: Arron Asham, Joe Vitale · beat Alex Auld
1–1
🏛️ Jason Spezza Go-ahead 2nd · 02:04
Assists: Daniel Alfredsson, Erik Karlsson · beat Brent Johnson
1–2
🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson 2nd · 06:45
Assists: Jason Spezza, Brian Lee · beat Brent Johnson
1–3
🐧 Matt Niskanen PP 2nd · 11:07
Assists: Steve Sullivan, Chris Kunitz · beat Alex Auld
2–3
🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP Tying 2nd · 12:14
Assists: Steve Sullivan, James Neal · beat Alex Auld
3–3
🏛️ Jared Cowen Go-ahead 2nd · 13:20
Assists: Nick Foligno, Erik Karlsson · beat Brent Johnson
3–4
🏛️ Zenon Konopka PP 2nd · 19:54
Assists: Erik Karlsson, Jared Cowen · beat Brent Johnson
3–5
3rd period
🏛️ Jason Spezza 3rd · 12:23
Assists: Daniel Alfredsson, Jared Cowen · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–6
🐧 Chris Kunitz 3rd · 18:58
Assists: Simon Despres, Evgeni Malkin · beat Alex Auld
4–6

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Neal · Malkin · Dupuis 19:09
L2 Cooke · Kunitz · Vitale 17:28
L3 Sullivan · Kennedy · Adams 13:34
L4 Tangradi · MacIntyre · Asham 10:00
D1 Orpik · Niskanen 24:08
D2 Engelland · Martin 19:42
D3 Despres · Picard 14:52
🏛️Senators
L1 Spezza · Smith · Alfredsson 19:49
L2 Daugavins · Foligno · Condra 15:49
L3 Greening · Regin · Neil 13:43
L4 Winchester · Konopka · Butler 9:56
D1 Cowen · Karlsson 27:52
D2 Phillips · Carkner 21:46
D3 Lee · Rundblad 10:22

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT OTT🏛️
36 Shots on goal 24
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
22 Hits 29
17 Blocked shots 25
7 Takeaways 6
4 Giveaways 5
12 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 11.1% (4/36) OTT shooting 25.0% (6/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Brent Johnson
14/19
.737 SV% · 5 GA · 39:55 TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury
4/5
.800 SV% · 1 GA · 19:23 TOI
🏛️Senators
Alex Auld
32/36
.889 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

10 of 10 goals located
Colin Greening · 2nd 00:25 · 0–1 Steve Sullivan · 2nd 01:35 · 1–1 Jason Spezza · 2nd 02:04 · 1–2 Daniel Alfredsson · 2nd 06:45 · 1–3 Matt Niskanen · 2nd 11:07 · 2–3 Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 12:14 · 3–3 Jared Cowen · 2nd 13:20 · 3–4 Zenon Konopka · 2nd 19:54 · 3–5 Jason Spezza · 3rd 12:23 · 3–6 Chris Kunitz · 3rd 18:58 · 4–6
PIT OTT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 3-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)
Senators
Senators — tied after 1st: 5-4-1 (50% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 3–5
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)
Senators
Senators — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Nov 252011 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 3–6 Mar 152011 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 5–1 Dec 262010 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 1–3 Nov 262010 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 1–2 Oct 182010 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 2–5
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❓ PIT vs OTT, answered

Who won Penguins vs Senators on December 16, 2011?

Senators won 6–4. The final score was Penguins 4, Senators 6.

Who scored for Penguins?

Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin, Matt Niskanen, Steve Sullivan.

Who scored for Senators?

Jason Spezza (2), Colin Greening, Daniel Alfredsson, Jared Cowen, Zenon Konopka.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 14 saves on 19 shots (.737 save percentage).

How did the Senators goalie play?

Alex Auld made 32 saves on 36 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Senators played?

At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, the Senators home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Senators season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 13 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 4–1 AfterDec 17 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–8
🏛️ Senators
BeforeDec 14 🐻BOS @ 🏛️OTT 5–2 AfterDec 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 1–4
Also on December 16
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