National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Jersey 3, Pittsburgh 1
When: 3:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 31, 2011
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Kyle Rehman, Paul Devorski
Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 17625
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 0011
New Jersey 2013
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
14:43 - Devils Ilya Kovalchuk (EV) Unassisted
19:36 - Devils David Clarkson (PP) Assists: Patrik Elias , Ilya Kovalchuk
Penalties
6:36 - Penguins Brooks Orpik (2) Cross checking
 15:33 - Devils Dainius Zubrus (2) Elbowing
 17:57 - Penguins Arron Asham (2) High sticking
 17:57 - Penguins Arron Asham (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 18:22 - Penguins Jordan Staal (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
4:27 - Penguins Matt Niskanen (2) Hooking
 7:40 - Devils David Clarkson (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
9:25 - Penguins Chris Kunitz (PP) Assists: Matt Niskanen , Steve Sullivan
19:10 - Devils Zach Parise (EV) (EN) Assists: Patrik Elias , Ilya Kovalchuk
Penalties
1:38 - Penguins Matt Cooke (2) Interference
 4:59 - Devils Ryan Carter (2) Tripping
 8:02 - Devils Mark Fayne (2) Hooking
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Brent Johnson 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 58:44 41:42 7:23 9:39 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 E 2 3 22 20:51 14:55 4:48 1:08 0 0 - 1 - - -
Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 19:05 12:01 0:44 6:20 0 0 - - - - -
Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 14:21 13:14 0:00 1:07 0 0 - 2 - - -
Ben Lovejoy D 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 14:32 11:39 0:54 1:59 0 0 1 - - - -
Pascal Dupuis RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 8 6:33 3:25 1:15 1:53 0 0 - - - - -
Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 22 18:54 12:04 3:15 3:35 0 0 - 1 10 3 77
Chris Kunitz LW 1 0 1 -1 0 4 23 19:35 14:26 4:20 0:49 1 0 2 - - - -
James Neal LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 22 18:28 14:19 4:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cooke LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 23 20:04 13:52 2:10 4:02 0 0 2 - 0 2 0
Steve Sullivan LW 0 1 1 -1 0 1 18 17:03 12:02 5:01 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Craig Adams RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 14:25 8:45 0:00 5:40 0 0 2 1 2 3 40
Steve MacIntyre LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 1 0:47 0:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 E 2 2 26 23:43 17:26 0:00 6:17 0 0 1 - - - -
Arron Asham RW 0 0 0 E 4 0 7 4:32 4:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 13:40 10:54 0:00 2:46 0 0 1 - 5 4 56
Simon Despres D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 18:32 15:29 2:14 0:49 0 0 1 - - - -
Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 20 20:33 17:52 2:31 0:10 0 0 2 - 0 4 0
Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 6 21 23:59 18:24 5:34 0:01 0 0 - - 8 10 44
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Johan Hedberg G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Brodeur G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 42:58 9:39 7:23 0 0 - - - - -
Kurtis Foster D 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 17:43 8:16 7:00 2:27 0 0 1 - - - -
Adam Larsson D 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 18:40 18:31 0:07 0:02 0 0 3 2 - - -
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 28 21:25 17:16 0:18 3:51 0 0 - - - - -
Dainius Zubrus C 0 0 0 E 2 1 22 16:33 13:11 2:25 0:57 0 0 1 - 1 1 50
Zach Parise LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 25 20:01 11:16 5:15 3:30 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Henrique C 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 16:54 10:34 3:52 2:28 0 0 - 2 6 6 50
Petr Sykora RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 18:19 14:10 4:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ilya Kovalchuk LW 1 2 3 +2 0 5 25 22:04 11:28 8:15 2:21 0 0 - - - - -
Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 19:03 13:48 3:12 2:03 0 0 - 1 5 5 50
Ryan Carter C 0 0 0 E 2 0 11 7:25 5:54 0:00 1:31 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Mattias Tedenby RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 14 10:54 10:33 0:21 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Tim Sestito C 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 7:37 7:37 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
David Clarkson RW 1 0 1 E 2 3 21 17:52 13:27 4:23 0:02 1 0 - - 1 4 20
Bryce Salvador D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 28 23:50 18:52 0:09 4:49 0 0 2 1 - - -
Cam Janssen RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 7 4:57 4:57 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrik Elias C 0 2 2 +1 0 4 28 19:51 12:31 5:26 1:54 0 0 - - 10 7 59
Anton Volchenkov D 0 0 0 E 0 1 7 5:06 4:04 0:00 1:02 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Fayne D 0 0 0 E 2 0 26 24:23 18:25 3:23 2:35 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury L (42-17-4) 20 18 2 .900 0 58:44
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Martin Brodeur W (31-21-4) 30 29 1 .967 0 60:00