🌪️ Away Hurricanes 12-19-6
2–4
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 20-11-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌪️ CAR 1012
🐧 PIT 0134

Hurricanes at Penguins

Penguins beat Hurricanes 4–2 at PPG Paints Arena on December 27, 2011.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2011-12 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
James Neal
1 G, 1 A
9 shots · 18:11 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
2 A
6 shots · 19:04 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Tyler Kennedy
2 A
6 shots · 16:51 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Tim Brent Go-ahead 1st · 10:23
Assists: Tim Gleason · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0
2nd period
🐧 James Neal Tying 2nd · 08:10
Assists: Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin · beat Justin Peters
1–1
3rd period
🐧 Steve Sullivan PP Go-ahead 3rd · 01:18
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, James Neal · beat Justin Peters
1–2
🐧 Pascal Dupuis 3rd · 02:28
Assists: Tyler Kennedy, Zbynek Michalek · beat Justin Peters
1–3
🐧 Jordan Staal 3rd · 08:05
Assists: Tyler Kennedy · beat Justin Peters
1–4
🌪️ Tuomo Ruutu 3rd · 14:53
Assists: Jussi Jokinen, Alexei Ponikarovsky · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Jokinen · Staal · Sutter 19:00
L2 Ruutu · Ponikarovsky · LaRose 16:48
L3 Tlusty · Bowman · Dalpe 13:16
L4 Brent · Stewart · Nodl 10:01
D1 Faulk · Harrison 22:56
D2 Gleason · Allen 19:20
D3 Spacek · McBain 17:46
🐧Penguins
L1 Kunitz · Staal · Malkin 19:16
L2 Neal · Kennedy · Dupuis 18:11
L3 Cooke · Sullivan · Vitale 12:41
L4 Williams · Adams · Asham 9:37
D1 Orpik · Michalek 22:34
D2 Niskanen · Despres 19:22
D3 Lovejoy · Picard 15:45

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR PIT🐧
18 Shots on goal 52
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
17 Hits 16
15 Blocked shots 17
2 Takeaways 5
1 Giveaways 6
6 Penalty minutes 4
CAR shooting 11.1% (2/18) PIT shooting 7.7% (4/52)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Justin Peters
48/52
.923 SV% · 4 GA · 58:16 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
16/18
.889 SV% · 2 GA · 59:47 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Tim Brent · 1st 10:23 · 1–0 James Neal · 2nd 08:10 · 1–1 Steve Sullivan · 3rd 01:18 · 1–2 Pascal Dupuis · 3rd 02:28 · 1–3 Jordan Staal · 3rd 08:05 · 1–4 Tuomo Ruutu · 3rd 14:53 · 2–4
CAR PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-4-1 (50% win rate, 10 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-4-1 (44% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 2-6-2 (20% win rate, 10 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 5-3-1 (56% win rate, 9 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 2–1
Dec 32011 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 3–2 Nov 122011 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 3–5 Feb 252011 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 1–4 Jan 222011 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 2–3 Nov 192010 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 4–5 SO
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❓ CAR vs PIT, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Penguins on December 27, 2011?

Penguins won 4–2. The final score was Hurricanes 2, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Tim Brent, Tuomo Ruutu.

Who scored for Penguins?

James Neal, Jordan Staal, Pascal Dupuis, Steve Sullivan.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Justin Peters made 48 saves on 52 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves on 18 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 26 😈NJD @ 🌪️CAR 2–4 AfterDec 29 🍁TOR @ 🌪️CAR 3–4
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 23 🐧PIT @ ✈️WPG 4–1 AfterDec 29 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 4–2
Also on December 27
🔥CGY 2–1 🧥CBJ 🇨🇦MTL 6–2 🏛️OTT 🔔PHI 1–5 ⚡TBL 🍁TOR 3–5 🐆FLA 🎵STL 2–3 🐙DET ✈️WPG 4–1 🏔️COL
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