National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 2, Carolina 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Where: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Graham Skilliter, Tom Kowal
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 18639
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 1001
Pittsburgh 1012
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
9:12 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (EV) Assists: Elias Lindholm , Jiri Tlusty
19:38 - Penguins Chris Kunitz (EV) Assists: Beau Bennett , Andrew Ebbett
Penalties
4:35 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (2) Interference
 16:45 - Penguins Bench (2) Too many men on ice
2nd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
3:31 - Hurricanes Elias Lindholm (2) Hooking
 3:31 - Penguins Jayson Megna (2) Holding the stick
 7:16 - Hurricanes Jay McClement (2) Hooking
 13:56 - Hurricanes Brad Malone (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
18:18 - Penguins Brandon Sutter (EV) Assists: Beau Bennett , Chris Kunitz
Penalties
0:51 - Penguins Christian Ehrhoff (2) Boarding
 6:33 - Penguins Chris Kunitz (2) Slashing
Carolina Hurricanes
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cam Ward G 0 0 0 0 0 58:59 46:59 6:00 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Anton Khudobin G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 E 0 0 33 26:16 20:54 3:01 2:21 0 0 1 4 - - -
Ryan Murphy D 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 13:32 12:28 0:59 0:05 0 0 - 1 - - -
Eric Staal C 1 0 1 +1 2 3 25 20:42 17:06 3:36 0:00 0 0 - - 10 9 53
Nathan Gerbe LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 24 17:35 10:55 3:27 3:13 0 0 - 2 - - -
Elias Lindholm C 0 1 1 E 2 5 26 18:22 16:01 2:21 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Jay McClement C 0 0 0 E 2 3 16 10:48 9:08 0:03 1:37 0 0 1 1 4 3 57
Jiri Tlusty LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 23 19:22 15:55 3:27 0:00 0 0 3 2 0 1 0
Riley Nash C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 16:42 11:08 2:21 3:13 0 0 - 1 5 4 56
Zach Boychuk LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 7 5:13 5:13 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Brad Malone C 0 0 0 E 2 0 11 7:15 7:15 0:00 0:00 0 0 6 - - - -
Chris Terry LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 10:30 10:18 0:12 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Faulk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 33 28:34 22:22 3:05 3:07 0 0 2 4 - - -
Patrick Dwyer RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 14:27 11:28 0:12 2:47 0 0 2 - - - -
Michal Jordan D 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 12:07 10:11 1:51 0:05 0 0 - 3 - - -
Victor Rask C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 25 17:35 13:39 2:46 1:10 0 0 1 - 6 5 55
Jeff Skinner LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 16:53 14:32 2:21 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 28 21:30 17:38 0:18 3:34 0 0 3 1 - - -
Brett Bellemore D 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 15:15 12:27 0:00 2:48 0 0 6 2 - - -
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Thomas Greiss G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marc-Andre Fleury G 0 0 0 0 0 59:40 47:40 6:00 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Robert Scuderi D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 27 18:53 15:39 0:00 3:14 0 0 - 1 - - -
Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 E 2 6 30 24:59 19:44 3:21 1:54 0 0 2 3 - - -
Nick Spaling C 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 17:34 12:14 3:01 2:19 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Chris Kunitz LW 1 1 2 +2 2 2 21 16:12 13:19 2:53 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Brandon Sutter C 1 0 1 E 0 3 24 18:46 13:35 3:01 2:10 0 0 - - 8 6 57
Beau Bennett RW 0 2 2 +2 0 4 22 17:29 14:13 3:16 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Andrew Ebbett C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 9 5:46 5:46 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 3 25
Craig Adams RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 13:49 10:21 0:06 3:22 0 0 7 - - - -
Bobby Farnham RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 7 5:06 5:00 0:06 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bryan Rust RW 0 0 0 -1 0 6 21 14:40 14:40 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 16:32 13:43 0:06 2:43 0 0 5 2 - - -
Simon Despres D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 23 18:00 14:08 2:29 1:23 0 0 - - - - -
Derrick Pouliot D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 14:58 12:19 2:39 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Marcel Goc C 0 0 0 E 0 4 22 14:44 11:19 0:06 3:19 0 0 2 2 2 6 25
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 30 26:44 20:33 3:25 2:46 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jayson Megna C 0 0 0 E 2 2 9 7:07 7:07 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 25 21:20 18:05 2:53 0:22 0 0 - - - - -
Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 E 0 1 24 19:47 16:41 2:38 0:28 0 0 1 2 11 9 55
Goaltending
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward L (9-15-2) 39 37 2 .949 0 58:59
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury W (20-6-3) 25 24 1 .960 0 59:40