🐧 Away Penguins 46-21-6
4–8
Final
🏛️ Home Senators 37-28-10
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐧 PIT 2114
🏛️ OTT 1438

Penguins at Senators

Senators beat Penguins 8–4 at Canadian Tire Centre on March 24, 2012.

🗓 📍 Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🏒 2011-12 🔁 Senators lead the season series 3–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏛️ OTT
Daniel Alfredsson
2 G, 2 A
3 shots · 21:22 TOI
2nd star 🏛️ OTT
Milan Michalek
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 16:25 TOI
3rd star 🏛️ OTT
Nick Foligno
3 A
1 shots · 14:27 TOI

🚨 Scoring

12 goals · in order
1st period
🏛️ Milan Michalek Go-ahead 1st · 09:06
Assists: Colin Greening, Filip Kuba · beat Brad Thiessen
0–1
🐧 Matt Cooke Tying 1st · 09:46
Assists: Deryk Engelland · beat Ben Bishop
1–1
🐧 Matt Cooke Go-ahead 1st · 13:01
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Paul Martin · beat Ben Bishop
2–1
2nd period
🏛️ Sergei Gonchar Tying 2nd · 00:33
Assists: Nick Foligno, Daniel Alfredsson · beat Brad Thiessen
2–2
🏛️ Chris Phillips PP Go-ahead 2nd · 07:05
Assists: Kyle Turris, Daniel Alfredsson · beat Brad Thiessen
2–3
🏛️ Kyle Turris 2nd · 07:41
Assists: Nick Foligno, Sergei Gonchar · beat Brad Thiessen
2–4
🐧 Tyler Kennedy 2nd · 07:55
Assists: Steve Sullivan, Jordan Staal · beat Ben Bishop
3–4
🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson SH 2nd · 16:07
Assists: Milan Michalek, Jared Cowen · beat Brad Thiessen
3–5
3rd period
🐧 Sidney Crosby 3rd · 11:43
Assists: Arron Asham, Pascal Dupuis · beat Craig Anderson
4–5
🏛️ Jason Spezza 3rd · 13:16
Assists: Milan Michalek · beat Brad Thiessen
4–6
🏛️ Daniel Alfredsson 3rd · 17:05
Assists: Nick Foligno · beat Brad Thiessen
4–7
🏛️ Colin Greening PP 3rd · 18:08
Assists: Erik Karlsson, Jason Spezza · beat Brad Thiessen
4–8

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Kunitz · Malkin · Staal 19:01
L2 Neal · Crosby · Dupuis 17:13
L3 Cooke · Kennedy · Asham 13:11
L4 Tangradi · Sullivan · Adams 10:47
D1 Letang · Orpik 23:48
D2 Michalek · Martin 19:44
D3 Engelland · Lovejoy 14:06
🏛️Senators
L1 Turris · Spezza · Alfredsson 19:00
L2 Michalek · Foligno · Greening 16:25
L3 Smith · O'Brien · Condra 13:12
L4 Klinkhammer · Daugavins · Neil 8:31
D1 Gonchar · Karlsson 25:11
D2 Kuba · Phillips 22:37
D3 Cowen · Carkner 12:12

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT OTT🏛️
40 Shots on goal 28
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
24 Hits 21
16 Blocked shots 15
7 Takeaways 9
10 Giveaways 7
10 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 10.0% (4/40) OTT shooting 28.6% (8/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Brad Thiessen
20/28
.714 SV% · 8 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏛️Senators
Ben Bishop
17/20
.850 SV% · 3 GA · 29:23 TOI
Craig Anderson
19/20
.950 SV% · 1 GA · 30:37 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

12 of 12 goals located
Milan Michalek · 1st 09:06 · 0–1 Matt Cooke · 1st 09:46 · 1–1 Matt Cooke · 1st 13:01 · 2–1 Sergei Gonchar · 2nd 00:33 · 2–2 Chris Phillips · 2nd 07:05 · 2–3 Kyle Turris · 2nd 07:41 · 2–4 Tyler Kennedy · 2nd 07:55 · 3–4 Daniel Alfredsson · 2nd 16:07 · 3–5 Sidney Crosby · 3rd 11:43 · 4–5 Jason Spezza · 3rd 13:16 · 4–6 Daniel Alfredsson · 3rd 17:05 · 4–7 Colin Greening · 3rd 18:08 · 4–8
PIT OTT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 11-4-3 (61% win rate, 18 games)
Senators
Senators — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 9-8-2 (47% win rate, 19 games)
After 2nd — 3–5
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-8 (11% win rate, 9 games)
Senators
Senators — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 7-0-1 (88% win rate, 8 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Senators lead the season series 3–1
Jan 102012 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 5–1 Dec 162011 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 4–6 Nov 252011 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 3–6 Mar 152011 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 5–1 Dec 262010 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 1–3
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Who won Penguins vs Senators on March 24, 2012?

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

Who scored for Penguins?

Matt Cooke (2), Sidney Crosby, Tyler Kennedy.

Who scored for Senators?

Daniel Alfredsson (2), Chris Phillips, Colin Greening, Jason Spezza, Kyle Turris, Milan Michalek, Sergei Gonchar.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Brad Thiessen made 20 saves on 28 shots (.714 save percentage).

How did the Senators goalie play?

Ben Bishop made 17 saves on 20 shots (.850 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?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 22 🐯NSH @ 🐧PIT 1–5 AfterMar 25 😈NJD @ 🐧PIT 2–5
🏛️ Senators
BeforeMar 23 🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–5 AfterMar 26 🏛️OTT @ ✈️WPG 6–4
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