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29/10/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Carolina Hurricanes 5
Shots: 33 - 32
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:63/71=88 %, Challenges:38/47=79 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:70/84=83 %, Challenges:37/41=88 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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16:07 1-0
Evgeny Malkin [5] (Hal Gill, Philippe Boucher)
16:34 1-1
Jussi Jokinen [5] (Ray Whitney, Eric Staal)
19:35 2-1
Anson Carter [5] (Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar)
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24:55 2-2
Joni Pitkänen [3] (Ray Whitney, Sergei Samsonov)
30:01 3-2
Sergei Gonchar [3] (Philippe Boucher)
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44:14 3-3
Sergei Samsonov [2] (Ryan Bayda, Patrick Eaves)
45:46 3-4
Rod Brind'Amour [4] (Eric Staal, Ray Whitney)
49:59 3-5
Matt Cullen [2] (Patrick Eaves, Jussi Jokinen)
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Penalty summary:
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03:47
Erik Cole (2 min for hooking)
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28:51
Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
28:51
Scott Walker (5 min for fighting)
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47:39
Sidney Crosby (2 min for tripping)
53:32
Evgeny Malkin (2 min for high-sticking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.20 6
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 -1 16.10 7
R Petr Sykora 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.20 6
R Anson Carter 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 19.10 8
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5.40 6
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 15.00 7
C Evgeny Malkin 1 0 5 2 1 0 2 -2 17.30 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 17.30 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
L Matt Cooke 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -2 17.30 6
L Jordan Staal 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 19.20 7
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 17.30 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 6
D Hal Gill 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 19.50 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 2 3 4 0 2 0 2 24.10 10
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 17.30 6
D Danny Markov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 19.10 6
D Sergei Gonchar 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 24.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 27 0 0 60.00 5
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Bayda 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4.50 7
R Patrick Eaves 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 1 16.40 9
R Jussi Jokinen 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.50 7
R Scott Walker 0 0 4 4 0 1 5 1 18.40 8
C Chad LaRose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 6
C Matt Cullen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.30 8
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 8
C Eric Staal 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
L Sergei Samsonov 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 7
L Erik Cole 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 15.30 6
L Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 15.40 8
L Ray Whitney 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.10 8
D Tim Gleason 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 17.50 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18.10 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23.40 7
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 18.10 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 28.00 7
D Joni Pitkänen 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 30 0 0 60.00 9
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Eaves
2nd star: Jussi Jokinen
3rd star: Sergei Samsonov
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Miroslav Satan had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Patrick Eaves finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Matt Cullen ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Sergei Samsonov ended his 9 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Scott Walker beat Bill Guerin in a fight.
Farm game result:
W-B/Scranton Penguins 8( 45) , Albany River Rats 1( 13)
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1-0
Eric Godard (Bill Thomas, Ryan Stone)
2-0
Mark Ardelan (Jeff Taffe)
3-0
Alex Goligoski (Ryan Stone)
4-0
Chris Minard (Jonathan Filewich)
4-1
Harrison Reed (Dwight Helminen, Justin Peters)
5-1
Craig Adams (Jeff Taffe)
6-1
Robert Scuderi (Jeff Taffe)
7-1
Mark Letestu (Chris Minard)
8-1
Jeff Taffe (Andy Wozniewski)
Goalies: John Curry - Justin Peters