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23/9/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Boston Bruins 2
Shots: 31 - 24
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:61/78=78 %, Challenges:35/45=76 %
PP: 0 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:73/91=80 %, Challenges:26/43=59 %
Attendance: 1356 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 68885 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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17:14 1-0
Sidney Crosby [4] (Pascal Dupuis, Petr Sykora)
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27:58 2-0
Evgeny Malkin [2] (Brooks Orpik, Hal Gill)
29:18 2-1
Phil Kessel [1] (Martin St. Pierre, Marc Savard)
32:01 3-1
Ruslan Fedotenko [2] (Evgeny Malkin, Hal Gill)
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53:44 3-2
Blake Wheeler [1] (Milan Lucic, David Krejci)
54:16 4-2
Miroslav Satan [1] (Evgeny Malkin, Ruslan Fedotenko)
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Penalty summary:
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04:23
David Krejci (2 min for holding the stick)
12:43
Mark Eaton (2 min for slashing)
18:38
Brooks Orpik (2 min for boarding)
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48:33
Sidney Crosby (2 min for tripping)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 9.20 7
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 12.20 6
R Miroslav Satan 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 17.20 7
C Petr Sykora 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 7
C Kris Beech 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.40 5
C Jordan Staal 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16.00 6
L Evgeny Malkin 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 10
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 18.20 9
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.40 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 16.30 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 8
L Pascal Dupuis 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 17.00 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 17.00 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 16.40 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 24.20 7
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 17.50 6
D Hal Gill 0 2 1 5 1 3 0 1 19.00 9
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 22 0 0 60.00 8
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Wheeler 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 5.50 6
R Phil Kessel 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 19.50 7
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 16.20 6
R Michael Ryder 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -3 17.50 6
C David Krejci 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5.50 6
C Martin St. Pierre 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 15.20 7
C Marc Savard 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 17.10 7
C Patrice Bergeron 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 -3 19.40 7
L Milan Lucic 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.30 7
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 17.10 6
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 14.40 6
L Marco Sturm 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 -3 17.50 6
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 17.10 6
D Andrew Ference 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 -1 21.30 7
D Aaron Ward 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 25.00 6
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 18.20 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.50 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -3 20.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 4 0 27 0 0 60.00 6
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeny Malkin
2nd star: Sidney Crosby
3rd star: Ruslan Fedotenko
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Brooks Orpik ended his 5 game point drought.
-Hal Gill ended his 6 game point drought.
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Blake Wheeler ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Blake Wheeler ended his 5 game point drought.
-Phil Kessel ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes: