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31/1/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 5 , Montreal Canadiens 1
Shots: 37 - 23
PP: 2 of 8 (14 shots), Passing:69/78=88 %, Challenges:50/58=84 %
PP: 0 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:64/83=77 %, Challenges:27/39=67 %
Attendance: 15839 of 17537 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 755520 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:35 1-0
Patrick Sharp [9] (Ryan Stone)
19:54 2-0
Jordan Staal [21] (Martin Havlat)PP
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25:17 3-0
Mike Cammalleri [12] (Patrick Sharp, Ruslan Fedotenko)PP
32:47 3-1
Chris Higgins [16] (Jake Gardiner, Ryan O'Byrne)
35:04 4-1
Shawn Horcoff [11] (Ruslan Fedotenko, Jordan Staal)
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41:26 5-1
Eric Staal [25] (Sergei Gonchar)
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Penalty summary:
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00:19
Martin Havlat (2 min for cross-checking)
11:35
Max Pacioretty (2 min for high-sticking)
19:39
Nicolas Deschamps (2 min for hooking)
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24:03
Max Pacioretty (2 min for slashing)
26:01
Nicolas Deschamps (2 min for roughing)
35:41
Jordan Staal (2 min for hooking)
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43:37
Dale Mitchell (2 min for tripping)
47:19
Dale Mitchell (2 min for high-sticking)
50:32
Sheldon Souray (2 min for high-sticking)
52:51
Patrick Sharp (2 min for hooking)
55:19
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for high-sticking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Williams 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 5
R Fabian Brunnstrom 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 11.20 6
R Mike Cammalleri 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 7
C Shawn Horcoff 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 14.10 8
C Alyn McCauley 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
C Patrick Sharp 1 1 4 2 1 2 2 1 17.50 8
C Jordan Staal 1 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 16.20 9
C Eric Staal 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 20.50 9
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 10.50 6
L Ryan Stone 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.10 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
L Martin Havlat 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 1 19.40 8
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 14.40 8
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 26.00 8
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 15.40 7
D Brian Campbell 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 21.10 8
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 25.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nicolas Deschamps 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 8.40 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 15.20 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 10.00 7
R Phil Kessel 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 11.30 6
C Max Pacioretty 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 7.50 5
C Chris Higgins 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
C Saku Koivu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9.40 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 17.20 6
L Dale Mitchell 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 8.40 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 20.50 8
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 -2 20.00 7
L Marian Hossa 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 -1 20.40 8
D Jake Gardiner 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 15.30 5
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -1 13.30 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 18.00 6
D Danny Markov 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 24.00 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 18.30 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 -2 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 32 0 0 60.00 6
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Sharp
2nd star: Jordan Staal
3rd star: Mike Cammalleri
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Martin Havlat notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Patrick Sharp notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Eric Staal scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Patrick Sharp finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Chris Higgins ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Nicklas Bäckström had his 8 game point streak snapped.
-Guillaume Latendresse had his 10 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 30) , Hamilton Bulldogs 4( 16)
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0-1 HAM Danny Kristo (Mathieu Aubin, Andre Benoit)
0-2 HAM Danny Kristo (Olivier Latendresse)
0-3 HAM Danny Kristo (Mathieu Aubin, David Fischer)
1-3 WBS Tim Brent (Kenny Corupe)
2-3 WBS Kenny Corupe
3-3 WBS Travis Fuller (Niklas Nordgren, David Gove)
3-4 HAM James Sanford (Gregory Stewart)
Goalies: Jeff Pietrasiak - Marc Denis