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27/12/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Montreal Canadiens 3
Shots: 31 - 25
PP: 1 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:69/78=88 %, Challenges:43/46=91 %
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:80/92=86 %, Challenges:33/52=62 %
Attendance: 13142 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 667613 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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17:54 1-0
Jordan Staal [5] (Ruslan Fedotenko)
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22:03 1-1
Jussi Jokinen [5] (Max Pacioretty, Shawn Belle)
28:15 2-1
Jaromir Jagr [12] (Sidney Crosby, Evgeny Malkin)PP
35:26 3-1
Ryan Whitney [2] (Tyler Kennedy, Kristopher Letang)
36:54 3-2
Jonathan Toews [16] (Simon Gagné, Rick Nash)PP
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57:29 3-3
Martin St. Louis [12] (Rick Nash, Kevin Bieksa)
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62:53 4-3
Ruslan Fedotenko [7] (Tyler Kennedy, Jordan Staal)
Penalty summary:
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00:35
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for elbowing)
03:08
Eric Godard (5 min for fighting)
03:08
Kevin Bieksa (5 min for fighting)
09:32
Shawn Belle (2 min for hooking)
15:36
Kevin Bieksa (2 min for roughing)
15:36
Pascal Dupuis (2 min for roughing)
18:12
Ryan McDonagh (2 min for hooking)
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27:46
Alexander Perezhogin (2 min for hooking)
29:17
Jussi Jokinen (2 min for slashing)
36:07
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for holding the stick)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5.40 6
R Tyler Kennedy 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 16.00 8
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
R Jaromir Jagr 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 20.00 7
C Kris Beech 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 8.20 6
C Jordan Staal 1 1 3 2 0 4 0 3 16.50 9
C Petr Sykora 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 17.00 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 8
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 17.40 9
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 -1 16.10 6
L Evgeny Malkin 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 -1 19.40 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 18.00 7
D Patrice Brisebois 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 25.10 7
D Rob Blake 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 21.50 8
D Ryan Whitney 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 18.30 8
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -1 18.40 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 -1 23.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 22 0 0 63.00 6
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jay Pandolfo 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 17.30 5
R Matt D'Agostini 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.20 6
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 14.10 7
R Rick Nash 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 18.00 7
C Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 9.40 6
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 13.20 5
C Simon Gagné 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -2 17.10 7
C Jonathan Toews 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 19.20 7
L Jussi Jokinen 1 0 2 3 2 0 2 1 10.40 7
L Max Pacioretty 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 -1 13.20 6
L Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 19.50 7
L Martin St. Louis 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 15.50 7
D Shawn Belle 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 -1 15.10 6
D Ryan McDonagh 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2 19.00 5
D Kevin Bieksa 0 1 1 3 2 1 7 2 25.30 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 23.10 6
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -2 14.50 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 28.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 4 0 27 0 0 63.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jordan Staal
2nd star: Ruslan Fedotenko
3rd star: Tyler Kennedy
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Evgeny Malkin had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Ryan Whitney finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Jussi Jokinen ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Martin St. Louis ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Eric Godard fought Kevin Bieksa in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 17) , Quebec Citadelles 2( 10)
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0-1 QUE Gregory Stewart (Andre Benoit, Mathieu Dandenault)
1-1 WIL T.J. Fox (Janne Pesonen, Jonathan D'Aversa)
1-2 QUE Ryan White (Mike Glumac)
Goalies: John Curry - Marc Denis