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18/12/2009
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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Carolina Hurricanes 5
Shots: 35 - 28
PP: 1 of 9 (22 shots), Passing:66/82=80 %, Challenges:35/43=79 %
PP: 0 of 4 (13 shots), Passing:61/77=79 %, Challenges:27/38=69 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 819072 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:39 1-0
Mats Sundin [15] (Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby)
09:06 2-0
Mats Sundin [16] (Sergei Gonchar, Sidney Crosby)
15:47 2-1
Tuomo Ruutu [11] (Michal Handzus, Ladislav Nagy)
18:52 3-1
Sidney Crosby [19] (Evgeni Malkin, Mats Sundin)PP
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28:17 3-2
Michal Handzus [8])SH
34:45 3-3
Patrick Kane [17] (François Beauchemin)
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41:05 3-4
Alex Kovalev [24] (Patrick Kane, Brian Rafalski)
48:46 3-5
Patrick Kane [18] (Michal Handzus, Brian Campbell)
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Penalty summary:
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04:01
Brad May (2 min for high-sticking)
13:48
Chris Bourque (2 min for slashing)
17:06
Brad May (2 min for diving)
19:29
Ladislav Nagy (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:07
Scott Walker (2 min for hooking)
26:03
Zack Stortini (2 min for holding the stick)
27:14
Scott Walker (2 min for high-sticking)
30:53
Daniel Tjärnqvist (2 min for hooking)
32:19
Scott Walker (2 min for roughing)
32:19
Jordan Staal (2 min for roughing)
33:59
Brooks Orpik (2 min for roughing)
33:59
Shean Donovan (2 min for roughing)
37:28
Wayne Primeau (2 min for elbowing)
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43:02
Evgeni Malkin (2 min for cross-checking)
45:42
Chris Bourque (2 min for slashing)
50:02
Alex Kovalev (2 min for tripping)
55:25
Chris Bourque (2 min for roughing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Bourque 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 -1 6.50 6
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 11.00 6
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 13.00 6
R Mats Sundin 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 21.10 10
C Dustin Jeffrey 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 7.10 6
C Mike Peca 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 12.40 5
C Jordan Staal 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 19.30 6
C Sidney Crosby 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 6.50 4
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -2 13.50 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 19.00 7
L Evgeni Malkin 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 20.30 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -3 15.00 5
D Kris Letang 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 21.30 6
D Filip Kuba 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 21.40 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 4 0 4 2 -1 18.00 7
D Chris Phillips 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 17.20 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 7 1 0 2 0 0 26.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Zack Stortini 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 16.40 6
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 4 2 1 6 0 13.50 6
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 19.20 10
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 19.50 8
C Brandon Sutter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 9.10 6
C Nik Antropov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 5
C Michal Handzus 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 20.00 8
L Brad May 0 0 1 3 3 2 4 0 6.00 6
L Shean Donovan 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.50 4
L Ladislav Nagy 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 10.50 6
L Patrick Kane 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 9
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 11.20 6
D Keith Yandle 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 11.00 8
D Brian Campbell 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1 27.30 8
D Randy Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 6
D François Beauchemin 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 27.40 8
D Brian Rafalski 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 30.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 3 0 32 0 0 60.00 9
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Kane
2nd star: Mats Sundin
3rd star: Michal Handzus
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Mats Sundin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Evgeni Malkin notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Jordan Staal had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jordan Staal had his 14 game point streak snapped.
-Filip Kuba had his 8 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Ladislav Nagy notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brian Rafalski notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Tuomo Ruutu finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Nik Antropov had his 6 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 6( 26) , Lowell Lock Monsters 1( 9)
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1-0
Wade Brookbank
2-0
Matt Cooke
3-0
Casey Pierro-Zabotel
4-0
Luca Caputi (Wyatt Smith)
5-0
Alex Grant
5-1
Chris Neil (Mike Angelidis)
6-1
Chris Conner (Nate Guenin)
Goalies: John Curry - Justin Peters