🌪️ Away Hurricanes 31-26-13
2–4
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 37-24-8
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🌪️ CAR 2002
🐧 PIT 1214

Hurricanes at Penguins

Penguins beat Hurricanes 4–2 at PPG Paints Arena on March 17, 2016.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2015-16 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Carl Hagelin
3 A
4 shots · 14:21 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
2 G
5 shots · 21:26 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Matt Murray
31 saves
0.939 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Phillip Di Giuseppe Go-ahead 1st · 00:42
Unassisted · beat Matt Murray
1–0
🌪️ Riley Nash 1st · 05:10
Assists: Jeff Skinner, Chris Terry · beat Matt Murray
2–0
🐧 Sidney Crosby 1st · 13:53
Unassisted · beat Eddie Lack
2–1
2nd period
🐧 Phil Kessel Tying 2nd · 12:16
Assists: Carl Hagelin, Ian Cole · beat Eddie Lack
2–2
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 2nd · 17:59
Assists: Ian Cole, Carl Hagelin · beat Eddie Lack
2–3
3rd period
🐧 Nick Bonino 3rd · 13:20
Assists: Phil Kessel, Carl Hagelin · beat Eddie Lack
2–4

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🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Skinner · Staal · Lindholm 18:56
L2 Di Giuseppe · Rask · Nordstrom 16:02
L3 Nash · Gerbe · McClement 13:50
L4 Terry · Malone · Sutter 8:24
D1 Slavin · Hainsey 23:14
D2 Hanifin · Pesce 19:12
D3 Murphy · Jordan 16:02
🐧Penguins
L1 Kunitz · Crosby · Bonino 18:00
L2 Cullen · Hornqvist · Kessel 14:42
L3 Hagelin · Fehr · Kuhnhackl 12:26
L4 Sheary · Simon · Rust 8:38
D1 Letang · Maatta 26:20
D2 Dumoulin · Daley 19:09
D3 Cole · Schultz 14:34

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR PIT🐧
33 Shots on goal 48
26 Hits 24
14 Blocked shots 7
6 Takeaways 3
1 Giveaways 11
10 Penalty minutes 14
CAR shooting 6.1% (2/33) PIT shooting 8.3% (4/48)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Eddie Lack
44/48
.917 SV% · 4 GA · 59:55 TOI
🐧Penguins
Matt Murray
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Phillip Di Giuseppe · 1st 00:42 · 1–0 Riley Nash · 1st 05:10 · 2–0 Sidney Crosby · 1st 13:53 · 2–1 Phil Kessel · 2nd 12:16 · 2–2 Sidney Crosby · 2nd 17:59 · 2–3 Nick Bonino · 3rd 13:20 · 2–4
CAR PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 3–2
Feb 122016 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 2–1 SO Jan 172016 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 0–5 Jan 122016 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 2–3 OT Dec 192015 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 2–1 Mar 262015 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 2–5
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Who won Hurricanes vs Penguins on March 17, 2016?

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

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Phillip Di Giuseppe, Riley Nash.

Who scored for Penguins?

Sidney Crosby (2), Nick Bonino, Phil Kessel.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Eddie Lack made 44 saves on 48 shots (.917 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 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 3–2 after 5 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeMar 15 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 1–2 AfterMar 19 🌪️CAR @ 🌲MIN 2–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 15 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 1–2 AfterMar 19 🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI 4–1
Also on March 17
🌲MIN 4–7 😈NJD 🐙DET 3–1 🧥CBJ 🐆FLA 4–1 🍁TOR 🏝️NYI 2–4 🐯NSH ⚡TBL 3–4 ⭐DAL 🦈SJS 1–3 🌵ARI 🗽NYR 3–4 👑LAK
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