National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 5, Pittsburgh 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 26, 2015
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Tom Kowal, Jean Hebert
Linesmen: Kiel Murchison, Darren Gibbs
Attendance: 13738
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 1012
Carolina 2215
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:54 - Penguins Brandon Sutter (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Ben Lovejoy
5:05 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (EV) Assists: Jordan Staal
8:27 - Hurricanes Ryan Murphy (EV) Assists: Brad Malone , Victor Rask
Penalties
3:05 - Hurricanes Brad Malone (2) Roughing
 3:05 - Penguins Maxim Lapierre (2) Roughing
 6:15 - Hurricanes Brad Malone (2) Interference
 18:53 - Hurricanes Nathan Gerbe (2) Slashing
 19:10 - Penguins Blake Comeau (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
11:38 - Hurricanes Jay McClement (EV) Assists: Brad Malone , Justin Faulk
14:56 - Hurricanes Alexander Semin (EV) Assists: Riley Nash , Eric Staal
Penalties
0:27 - Hurricanes Jordan Staal (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
13:14 - Hurricanes Andrej Nestrasil (PP) Assists: Eric Staal , Elias Lindholm
15:55 - Penguins Ian Cole (EV) Assists: Craig Adams , Beau Bennett
Penalties
2:59 - Penguins Nick Spaling (2) High sticking
 12:48 - Penguins David Perron (2) Cross checking
 17:50 - Penguins Beau Bennett (2) High sticking
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 59:59 51:33 4:00 4:26 0 0 - - - - -
Robert Scuderi D 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 15:25 13:18 0:00 2:07 0 0 - 1 - - -
Paul Martin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 27 22:49 19:45 1:05 1:59 0 0 1 2 - - -
Ben Lovejoy D 0 1 1 E 0 1 23 20:04 18:21 0:00 1:43 0 0 4 - - - -
Nick Spaling C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 26 16:21 15:51 0:00 0:30 0 0 2 - 5 3 62
Chris Kunitz LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 15:59 13:23 2:25 0:11 0 0 - - - - -
Brandon Sutter C 1 0 1 E 0 3 21 14:45 12:42 1:19 0:44 0 0 3 1 8 9 47
Blake Comeau LW 0 0 0 -2 2 4 24 15:00 13:45 1:15 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Beau Bennett RW 0 1 1 E 2 1 21 14:50 14:20 0:30 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Steve Downie RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 17 14:44 13:25 1:19 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Daniel Winnik C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 28 18:31 15:31 0:00 3:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Craig Adams RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 19 9:44 8:59 0:00 0:45 0 0 2 1 - - -
Ian Cole D 1 0 1 E 0 1 23 14:42 12:45 1:05 0:52 0 0 - - - - -
David Perron LW 0 0 0 -1 2 3 21 15:38 13:14 2:24 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 E 2 2 21 14:59 11:28 0:00 3:31 0 0 4 1 6 6 50
Derrick Pouliot D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 26 21:00 18:06 2:36 0:18 0 0 - 3 - - -
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 26 25:38 20:50 2:55 1:53 0 0 - 1 - - -
Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 E 0 2 28 21:26 18:34 2:41 0:11 0 0 - - 12 15 44
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 60:00 51:34 4:26 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Anton Khudobin G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Murphy D 1 0 1 +2 0 2 24 18:14 16:09 2:04 0:01 0 0 2 - - - -
Jordan Staal C 0 1 1 E 2 4 28 19:48 17:29 2:04 0:15 0 0 1 - 11 12 48
Eric Staal C 1 2 3 +1 0 5 26 19:00 16:38 2:22 0:00 0 0 2 2 2 0 100
Nathan Gerbe LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 24 17:50 16:25 0:00 1:25 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Nestrasil C 1 0 1 E 0 4 15 10:49 8:37 2:12 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Elias Lindholm C 0 1 1 E 0 0 20 14:50 12:38 2:12 0:00 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Jay McClement C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 18 12:21 9:37 0:00 2:44 0 0 2 - 6 7 46
Riley Nash C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 19 13:20 11:47 0:00 1:33 0 0 1 1 6 7 46
Brad Malone C 0 2 2 +3 4 0 14 9:26 9:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Chris Terry LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 12:14 11:18 0:56 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
John-Michael Liles D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 26 20:16 16:32 2:13 1:31 0 0 6 1 - - -
Justin Faulk D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 31 24:44 19:04 2:13 3:27 0 0 6 2 - - -
Alexander Semin RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 17 13:08 10:54 2:14 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Danny Biega D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 15:13 15:13 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Michal Jordan D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 21 17:16 17:07 0:00 0:09 0 0 3 1 - - -
Victor Rask C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 25 16:16 12:17 2:22 1:37 0 0 2 - 5 2 71
Jeff Skinner LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 20 15:10 14:02 1:08 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 30 22:05 19:03 0:10 2:52 0 0 3 - - - -
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury L (33-18-8) 28 23 5 .821 0 59:59
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward W (20-22-5) 29 27 2 .931 0 60:00