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29/11/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , New York Rangers 1
Shots: 50 - 12
PP: 4 of 15 (36 shots), Passing:94/104=90 %, Challenges:46/47=95 %
PP: 1 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:40/61=65 %, Challenges:29/37=76 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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07:22 1-0
Nathan Horton [14] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Chris Pronger)PP
12:13 2-0
Paul Bissonnette [1] (Hal Gill, Rostislav Olesz)PP
18:58 3-0
Rostislav Olesz [3] (Paul Bissonnette, Petr Sykora)PP
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37:47 3-1
Ryan Callahan [7] (Alex Tanguay, Marek Malik)PP
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59:57 4-1
Mike Zigomanis [1] (Rostislav Olesz, Ruslan Fedotenko)PP
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Penalty summary:
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01:58
Ryan Callahan (2 min for slashing)
04:48
Pat Rissmiller (2 min for high-sticking)
05:56
Sean Avery (2 min for boarding)
08:04
Fredrik Sjöström (2 min for tripping)
09:57
Sidney Crosby (2 min for roughing)
09:57
Claude Giroux (2 min for roughing)
12:03
Markus Näslund (2 min for roughing)
12:41
Craig Weller (2 min for holding the stick)
17:08
Ryan Callahan (5 min for attempt to injury)
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22:55
Michael Del Zotto (2 min for boarding)
27:38
Claude Giroux (2 min for roughing)
27:38
Chris Pronger (2 min for roughing)
30:07
Sean Avery (2 min for high-sticking)
35:52
Tyler Kennedy (2 min for tripping)
37:53
Sean Avery (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:11
Nathan Horton (5 min for fighting)
42:11
Josh Gratton (5 min for fighting)
42:11
Josh Gratton (2 min for instigating)
42:11
Josh Gratton (10 min misconduct)
46:38
Fredrik Sjöström (2 min for hooking)
47:31
Claude Giroux (2 min for hooking)
51:46
Sean Avery (2 min for slashing)
54:41
Alex Goligoski (2 min for boarding)
58:29
Ryan Callahan (2 min for high-sticking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Zigomanis 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 8.20 7
R Petr Sykora 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 9
R Nathan Horton 1 0 4 1 0 0 5 0 20.20 7
C Jeff Taffe 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11.30 6
C Rostislav Olesz 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.40 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 19.30 7
L Matt Cooke 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 9.20 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 21.00 8
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
D Paul Bissonnette 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.40 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 26.20 8
D Alex Goligoski 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 23.00 8
D Hal Gill 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 23.50 7
D Chris Pronger 0 1 0 5 0 3 2 0 27.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 11 0 0 60.00 7
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Calle Alfredo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.20 5
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 20.20 5
R Ryan Callahan 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 12.00 7
R Claude Giroux 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 20.10 7
L Josh Gratton 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 0 4.20 6
C Danny Hobbs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 5
C Petr Prucha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 5
C Scott Gomez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 6
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4.20 5
L Sean Avery 0 0 1 4 0 0 8 0 20.30 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
L Markus Näslund 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 12.00 7
D Michael Del Zotto 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.50 6
D Marek Malik 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 21.20 8
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 29.10 7
D Craig Weller 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 10.20 6
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 24.20 7
D Wade Redden 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 4 0 46 0 0 60.00 10
G Antoine Lafleur 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rostislav Olesz
2nd star: Paul Bissonnette
3rd star: Petr Sykora
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Hal Gill notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mike Zigomanis finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Rostislav Olesz finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Ryan Callahan ended his 9 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Josh Gratton beat Nathan Horton in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0(
, Hartford Wolfpack 5( 26)
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0-1
Blair Betts (Bobby Sanguinetti)
0-2
Lauri Korpikoski (Blair Betts, Colton Orr)
0-3
Blair Betts (Zdenek Bahensky)
0-4
Hannu Pikkarainen (Patrick Thoresen)
0-5
Colton Orr (Blair Betts)
Goalies: Jake Allen - David LeNeveu