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3/12/2007
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Minnesota Wild 5
Shots: 28 - 30
PP: 0 of 4 (12 shots), Passing:70/78=89 %, Challenges:38/46=80 %
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:63/75=84 %, Challenges:37/49=74 %
Attendance: 17537 of 17537 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 836514 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:05 0-1
Andrew Brunette [8] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard)PP
12:39 0-2
Marek Zidlicky [4] (Antti Miettinen, Mikko Koivu)
17:04 1-2
Jordan Staal [11] (Ryan Whitney, Ruslan Fedotenko)
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no scoring
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50:57 2-2
Ryan Whitney [3] (Jordan Staal, Eric Staal)
51:57 2-3
Mikko Koivu [2] (Antti Miettinen, Marek Zidlicky)
55:05 3-3
Shawn Horcoff [3] (Ryan Whitney, Jordan Staal)
56:17 4-3
Ruslan Fedotenko [8] (Patrick Sharp, Mike Cammalleri)
59:28 4-4
Mikko Koivu [3] (Antti Miettinen, Andrew Brunette) WG
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60:12 4-5
Oleg Saprykin [4] (Brent Burns, Kurtis Foster)
Penalty summary:
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02:45
Mark Parrish (2 min for high-sticking)
07:24
Fabian Brunnstrom (2 min for slashing)
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21:48
Éric Bélanger (2 min for hooking)
28:26
Owen Nolan (5 min for attempt to injury)
37:08
Ryan Whitney (2 min for slashing)
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44:23
Branko Radivojevic (2 min for high-sticking)
46:44
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for boarding)
49:39
Owen Nolan (5 min for fighting)
49:39
Sergei Zubov (5 min for fighting)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Williams 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 7.00 7
R Fabian Brunnstrom 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 10.50 8
R Mike Cammalleri 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 14.40 8
C Shawn Horcoff 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
C Alyn McCauley 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 7.00 6
C Patrick Sharp 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 16.30 6
C Jordan Staal 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 25.00 9
C Eric Staal 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -1 21.40 8
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.00 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 4
L Ruslan Fedotenko 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 6
L Martin Havlat 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.30 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 12.30 6
D Ryan Whitney 1 2 4 4 0 2 2 1 21.30 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 -1 30.10 7
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 7.00 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 21.40 6
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 -1 27.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 25 0 0 60.20 4
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Owen Nolan 0 0 1 3 1 3 10 0 4.40 7
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10.00 5
R Mark Parrish 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 2 20.10 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 19.50 7
C Colton Gillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.10 5
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 13.50 7
C Mikko Koivu 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 21.30 9
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 -2 17.50 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.10 6
L Oleg Saprykin 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 12.20 8
L Antti Miettinen 0 3 4 1 2 1 0 2 20.40 9
L Andrew Brunette 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 -2 20.20 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 16.30 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 25.10 6
D Brent Burns 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 17.50 8
D Marek Zidlicky 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 20.00 9
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -2 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 24 0 0 59.50 6
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mikko Koivu
2nd star: Antti Miettinen
3rd star: Jordan Staal
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Jordan Staal notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Shawn Horcoff finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Shawn Horcoff finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Martin Havlat had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Marek Zidlicky notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mikko Koivu finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
-Mikko Koivu finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Marek Zidlicky ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Owen Nolan beat Sergei Zubov in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 6( 38) , Houston Aeros 0( 6)
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1-0 WBS Travis Fuller (Anton Babchuk)
2-0 WBS Robert Liscak (Niklas Nordgren)
3-0 WBS Nathan Smith (Jani Rita, Paul Bissonnette)
4-0 WBS David Gove (Niklas Nordgren, Mark Ardelan)
5-0 WBS Nathan Smith
6-0 WBS Niklas Nordgren (Robert Liscak, Anton Babchuk)
Goalies: Jeff Pietrasiak - Nolan Schaefer