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2011-12 regular season

Penguins at Avalanche

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0

Penguins beat Avalanche 5–1 at Ball Arena on March 3, 2012.

PIT – COL
28–36
Shots on goal
26–26
Hits
17–11
Blocked shots
9–10
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Steve Sullivan
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 14:47 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Paul Martin
2 A
1 shots · 22:03 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
35 saves
0.972 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Arron Asham Go-ahead 1st · 07:55
Assists: Craig Adams, Brooks Orpik · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
1–0
🐧 Deryk Engelland 1st · 09:17
Assists: Jordan Staal, Steve Sullivan · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
2–0
2nd period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin 2nd · 05:30
Assists: James Neal, Paul Martin · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
3–0
🐧 Richard Park 2nd · 09:03
Assists: Zbynek Michalek · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
4–0
3rd period
🏔️ Matt Hunwick 3rd · 08:58
Assists: Paul Stastny, Gabriel Landeskog · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
4–1
🐧 Steve Sullivan Empty net 3rd · 18:34
Assists: Paul Martin, Brooks Orpik
5–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Neal · Kunitz · Malkin 18:00
L2 Sullivan · Staal · Dupuis 16:36
L3 Cooke · Vitale · Adams 13:20
L4 Tangradi · Park · Asham 8:53
D1 Orpik · Martin 22:33
D2 Michalek · Engelland 18:22
D3 Niskanen · Lovejoy 17:06
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Landeskog · O'Reilly · Duchene 19:20
L2 Stastny · McClement · Hejduk 16:19
L3 Olver · Downie · Jones 14:21
L4 McGinn · McLeod · Mueller 11:36
D1 Johnson · O'Brien 19:31
D2 Wilson · Hunwick 18:48
D3 Hejda · Elliott 17:50

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT COL🏔️
28 Shots on goal 36
26 Hits 26
17 Blocked shots 11
9 Takeaways 10
6 Giveaways 7
17 Penalty minutes 15
PIT shooting 17.9% (5/28) COL shooting 2.8% (1/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
35/36
.972 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Jean-Sebastien Giguere
23/27
.852 SV% · 4 GA · 58:43 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Arron Asham · 1st 07:55 · 1–0 Deryk Engelland · 1st 09:17 · 2–0 Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 05:30 · 3–0 Richard Park · 2nd 09:03 · 4–0 Matt Hunwick · 3rd 08:58 · 4–1 Steve Sullivan · 3rd 18:34 · 5–1
PIT COL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 3-0-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 4–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 2–0
Nov 152011 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 3–6 Feb 162011 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 3–2 OT Dec 32009 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Jan 102009 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 3–5 Nov 12007 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 2–3
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Who won Penguins vs Avalanche on March 3, 2012?

Penguins won 5–1. The final score was Penguins 5, Avalanche 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Arron Asham, Deryk Engelland, Evgeni Malkin, Richard Park, Steve Sullivan.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Matt Hunwick.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 35 saves on 36 shots (.972 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 23 saves on 27 shots (.852 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Avalanche season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeFeb 29 🐧PIT @ ⭐DAL 4–3 AfterMar 5 🌵PHX @ 🐧PIT 1–2
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeMar 1 🧥CBJ @ 🏔️COL 2–0 AfterMar 4 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 2–0
Also on March 3
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