Jets 4–8 Penguins — Final Score & Stats (Mar 20, 2012)

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

Evgeni Malkin

2 G, 3 A

7 shots · 20:42 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

James Neal

3 G, 1 A

10 shots · 18:07 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Sidney Crosby

4 A

2 shots · 19:08 TOI

Scoring

12 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Tyler Kennedy Go-ahead 1st · 02:04

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Matt Cooke · beat Ondrej Pavelec

0–1

✈️ Jim Slater Tying 1st · 03:35

Assists: Tanner Glass, Spencer Machacek · beat Brad Thiessen

1–1

✈️ Bryan Little PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:51

Assists: Andrew Ladd, Toby Enstrom · beat Brad Thiessen

2–1

🐧 James Neal PP Tying 1st · 16:44

Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · beat Ondrej Pavelec

2–2

2nd period

🐧 James Neal Go-ahead 2nd · 01:15

Assists: Evgeni Malkin · beat Ondrej Pavelec

2–3

✈️ Bryan Little Tying 2nd · 03:54

Assists: Andrew Ladd, Toby Enstrom · beat Brad Thiessen

3–3

🐧 Tyler Kennedy Go-ahead 2nd · 06:55

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Matt Cooke · beat Ondrej Pavelec

3–4

🐧 Evgeni Malkin 2nd · 11:31

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Paul Martin · beat Ondrej Pavelec

3–5

✈️ Tim Stapleton 2nd · 14:39

Assists: Ben Maxwell, Spencer Machacek · beat Brad Thiessen

4–5

🐧 James Neal 2nd · 17:03

Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Brooks Orpik · beat Chris Mason

4–6

3rd period

🐧 Evgeni Malkin 3rd · 02:07

Assists: Chris Kunitz, James Neal · beat Chris Mason

4–7

🐧 Pascal Dupuis 3rd · 13:27

Assists: Jordan Staal, Steve Sullivan · beat Chris Mason

4–8

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

✈️Jets

L1 Ladd · Little · Wheeler 19:00

L2 Glass · Burmistrov · Slater 16:48

L3 Kane · Wellwood · Miettinen 15:14

L4 Stapleton · Maxwell · Machacek 7:09

D1 Byfuglien · Enstrom 23:26

D2 Hainsey · Bogosian 20:16

D3 Clitsome · Stuart 16:16

🐧Penguins

L1 Malkin · Crosby · Staal 19:08

L2 Neal · Kunitz · Dupuis 17:35

L3 Sullivan · Kennedy · Asham 12:27

L4 Cooke · Tangradi · Adams 10:46

D1 Letang · Martin 21:56

D2 Orpik · Michalek 19:09

D3 Engelland · Niskanen 16:42

Team stats

Away left · home right

✈️WPG PIT🐧

30 Shots on goal 35

1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

26 Hits 25

19 Blocked shots 13

4 Takeaways 3

1 Giveaways 7

6 Penalty minutes 4

WPG shooting 13.3% (4/30) PIT shooting 22.9% (8/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

✈️Jets

Ondrej Pavelec

19/24

.792 SV% · 5 GA · 32:50 TOI

Chris Mason

8/11

.727 SV% · 3 GA · 27:10 TOI

🐧Penguins

Brad Thiessen

26/30

.867 SV% · 4 GA · 59:35 TOI

Where the goals came from

12 of 12 goals located

WPG PIT

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 2–2

Jets

Jets — tied after 1st: 14-11-6 (45% win rate, 31 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 15-6-1 (68% win rate, 22 games)

After 2nd — 4–6

Jets

Jets — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-6-1 (0% win rate, 7 games)

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 10-0-2 (83% win rate, 12 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 3–1

Feb 112012 ✈️WPG @ 🐧PIT 5–8 Dec 232011 🐧PIT @ ✈️WPG 4–1 Oct 172011 🐧PIT @ ✈️WPG 1–2

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WPG vs PIT, answered

Who won Jets vs Penguins on March 20, 2012?

Penguins won 8–4. The final score was Jets 4, Penguins 8.

Who scored for Jets?

Bryan Little (2), Jim Slater, Tim Stapleton.

Who scored for Penguins?

James Neal (3), Evgeni Malkin (2), Tyler Kennedy (2), Pascal Dupuis.

How did the Jets goalie play?

Ondrej Pavelec made 19 saves on 24 shots (.792 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Brad Thiessen made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 save percentage).

Where is Jets vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Jets vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

✈️ Jets

BeforeMar 18 🌪️CAR @ ✈️WPG 4–3 AfterMar 23 ✈️WPG @ 🦅WSH 4–3

🐧 Penguins

BeforeMar 18 🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI 2–3 AfterMar 22 🐯NSH @ 🐧PIT 1–5

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