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30/11/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Montreal Canadiens 4
Shots: 32 - 23
PP: 2 of 7 (17 shots), Passing:78/97=80 %, Challenges:37/47=77 %
PP: 1 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:65/85=76 %, Challenges:31/50=60 %
Attendance: 13097 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 653539 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:43 1-0
Sidney Crosby [15] (Evgeny Malkin, Ryan Whitney)PP
09:59 2-0
Evgeny Malkin [10] (Sidney Crosby, Milan Kraft)
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27:38 2-1
Erik Cole [8] (Guillaume Latendresse, Bryan Smolinski)PP
35:34 3-1
Marian Hossa [8] (Sergei Gonchar, Sidney Crosby)PP
38:54 3-2
Francis Bouillon [2] (Corey Locke, Michael Ryder)
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41:27 4-2
Evgeny Malkin [11] (Marian Hossa, Darryl Sydor)
45:32 4-3
Nicklas Bergfors [3] (Mikhail Grabovski, Maxim Lapierre)
46:33 4-4
Chris Higgins [9] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Zdeno Chara)
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Penalty summary:
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00:44
Jonathan Cheechoo (2 min for cross-checking)
04:43
Chris Higgins (2 min for hooking)
12:54
Gary Roberts (2 min for tripping)
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25:45
Gary Roberts (2 min for roughing)
26:32
Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for hooking)
33:47
Erik Cole (2 min for hooking)
36:13
Mike Angelidis (2 min for hooking)
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43:04
Ryan Whitney (2 min for cross-checking)
48:23
Marc Savard (2 min for holding the stick)
53:31
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for hooking)
56:06
Maxime Talbot (2 min for hooking)
58:28
Corey Locke (2 min for hooking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jani Rita 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.30 5
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 10.30 6
R Gary Roberts 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 -1 18.00 5
R Marian Hossa 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 22.10 8
C Milan Kraft 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 5
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 3 1 2 2 -2 18.40 6
C Jordan Staal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
C Sidney Crosby 1 2 5 2 1 0 0 2 20.40 10
L Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 17.10 7
L Sean Avery 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 10.30 4
L Ryan Malone 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.00 6
L Evgeny Malkin 2 1 7 1 2 0 0 2 20.30 9
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 -1 19.30 8
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 17.30 7
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 5 2 1 2 0 0 28.20 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -2 20.50 5
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 2 4 1 2 2 0 16.40 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 2 3 2 4 0 1 27.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 19 0 0 65.00 5
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nicklas Bergfors 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5.00 7
R Michael Ryder 0 1 2 3 2 4 0 0 22.40 8
R Erik Cole 1 0 3 3 2 1 2 -1 20.50 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 4 0 2 1 2 1 22.40 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5.00 4
C Corey Locke 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 11.20 7
C Bryan Smolinski 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 -1 20.40 5
C Marc Savard 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 22.10 7
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.00 5
L Mike Angelidis 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11.20 4
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 11.40 6
L Chris Higgins 1 0 5 2 3 0 2 0 22.00 8
D Francis Bouillon 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 19.40 8
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 18.40 6
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 19.30 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 20.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 20.00 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 32.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 0 28 0 0 65.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeny Malkin
2nd star: Sidney Crosby
3rd star: Marian Hossa
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Sidney Crosby scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Evgeny Malkin scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Darryl Sydor notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Gary Roberts had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Zdeno Chara notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nicklas Bergfors finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Chris Higgins ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Francis Bouillon ended his 8 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 22) , Hamilton Bulldogs 2( 18)
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0-1 HAM Peter Sejna (Mathieu Dandenault, Ryan Russell)
1-1 WBS Aaron Boogaard (Dustin Jeffrey)
2-1 WBS Jeff Taffe (Jonathan Filewich)
2-2 HAM Danny Groulx (Ryan Russell, Mathieu Dandenault)
3-2 WBS Brian McGrattan (Kris Beech)
Goalies: Dave Brown - Yann Danis