Hurricanes 1–4 Penguins — Final Score & Stats (Mar 26, 2024)

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

Sidney Crosby

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · 19:50 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Drew O'Connor

1 G

4 shots · 19:36 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Alex Nedeljkovic

38 saves

0.974 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order

2nd period

🐧 Jesse Puljujarvi Go-ahead 2nd · 02:41

Assists: Lars Eller, Valtteri Puustinen · beat Pyotr Kochetkov

0–1

🌪️ Dmitry Orlov Tying 2nd · 11:17

Unassisted · beat Alex Nedeljkovic

1–1

🐧 Bryan Rust Go-ahead 2nd · 18:09

Assists: Sidney Crosby · beat Pyotr Kochetkov

1–2

3rd period

🐧 Drew O'Connor Empty net 3rd · 18:04

Assists: Sidney Crosby

1–3

🐧 Sidney Crosby Empty net 3rd · 19:37

Unassisted

1–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Aho · Jarvis · Guentzel 21:50

L2 Necas · Kuznetsov · Svechnikov 16:03

L3 Martinook · Staal · Teravainen 12:34

L4 Drury · Kotkaniemi · Noesen 9:35

D1 Skjei · Slavin 21:58

D2 Burns · Pesce 20:39

D3 Orlov · Chatfield 15:40

🐧Penguins

L1 O'Connor · Crosby · Rust 19:50

L2 Eller · Smith · Rakell 16:50

L3 Bunting · Malkin · Puustinen 14:30

L4 Gruden · Puljujarvi · Poulin 9:11

D1 Letang · Pettersson 23:02

D2 Karlsson · Graves 19:26

D3 Joseph · St. Ivany 15:40

Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR PIT🐧

39 Shots on goal 22

15 Hits 18

10 Blocked shots 19

11 Takeaways 9

10 Giveaways 12

9 Penalty minutes 9

CAR shooting 2.6% (1/39) PIT shooting 18.2% (4/22)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Pyotr Kochetkov

18/20

.900 SV% · 2 GA · 58:04 TOI

🐧Penguins

Alex Nedeljkovic

38/39

.974 SV% · 1 GA · 59:56 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located

CAR PIT

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

Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 13-5-3 (62% win rate, 21 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 7-9-3 (37% win rate, 19 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-7-1 (33% win rate, 12 games)

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-3 (70% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2

Jan 132024 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 2–3 OT Dec 212023 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 1–2 SO Nov 182023 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 2–4 Jan 142023 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 Dec 222022 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 4–3 OT

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Who won Hurricanes vs Penguins on March 26, 2024?

Penguins won 4–1. The final score was Hurricanes 1, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Dmitry Orlov.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bryan Rust, Drew O'Connor, Jesse Puljujarvi, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Pyotr Kochetkov made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Alex Nedeljkovic made 38 saves on 39 shots (.974 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?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🌪️ Hurricanes

BeforeMar 24 🍁TOR @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 AfterMar 28 🐙DET @ 🌪️CAR 0–4

🐧 Penguins

BeforeMar 24 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 4–5 AfterMar 28 🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT 2–3

Also on March 26

🐻BOS 4–3 🐆FLA 🔔PHI 5–6 🗽NYR 🐙DET 3–4 🦅WSH 😈NJD 6–3 🍁TOR 🎰VGK 4–5 🐯NSH 🛢️EDM 4–3 ✈️WPG 🔥CGY 1–3 🪶CHI 🇨🇦MTL 2–1 🏔️COL

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