Premier Match
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 33 - 26
PIT PP: 1 of 7 (18 shots), Passing:76/101=75 %, Challenges:31/35=86 %
CBS PP: 2 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:69/87=79 %, Challenges:27/43=61 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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12:27 0-1 CBS Rick Nash [1] (Nikolai Zherdev, Sergei Fedorov)PP
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27:43 1-1 PIT Evgeny Malkin [1] (Sergei Gonchar, Sidney Crosby)PP
28:29 1-2 CBS Alexander Svitov [1] (Fredrik Modin, Rick Nash)
32:19 2-2 PIT Mark Recchi [1] (Georges Laraque, Brent Sopel)
37:29 3-2 PIT Gary Roberts [1] (Colby Armstrong, Ryan Whitney)
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47:38 3-3 CBS Rick Nash [2] (Sergei Fedorov, David Vyborny)
49:04 3-4 CBS Fredrik Modin [1] (Duvie Westcott, David Vyborny)PP
58:14 4-4 PIT Colby Armstrong [1] (Gary Roberts, Jordan Staal) WG
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Penalty summary:
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00:06 PIT Sergei Gonchar (2 min for high-sticking)
09:35 PIT Maxime Talbot (2 min for hooking)
10:57 PIT Jordan Staal (2 min for hooking)
17:33 CBS Duvie Westcott (2 min for roughing)
17:33 PIT Sidney Crosby (2 min for roughing)
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23:14 CBS Jason Chimera (2 min for hooking)
23:47 CBS Rostislav Klesla (2 min for slashing)
26:52 CBS Manny Malhotra (2 min for slashing)
29:32 PIT Sidney Crosby (2 min for boarding)
33:02 CBS Ben Simon (2 min for tripping)
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48:22 PIT Colby Armstrong (2 min for elbowing)
50:01 CBS Rick Nash (2 min for cross-checking)
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61:07 CBS Dan Fritsche (2 min for elbowing)
61:17 CBS Duvie Westcott (2 min for high-sticking)
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 -1 8.00 5
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
R Colby Armstrong 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 13.20 8
R Mark Recchi 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 23.00 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 -1 8.00 7
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 0 17.30 7
C Jordan Staal 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 18.10 6
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 0 21.30 7
L Arpad Mihaly 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 7.10 5
L Nils Ekman 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20.50 6
L Gary Roberts 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 11.00 8
L Evgeny Malkin 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 22.00 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 -1 25.20 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 13.10 7
D Brent Sopel 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 28.30 6
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 15.30 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 5 2 1 2 2 -1 29.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 22 0 0 64.40 5
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Petr Pohl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
R Steven Goertzen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 4
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -1 17.50 5
R David Vyborny 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 7
C Ben Simon 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 6.20 6
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 14.30 5
C Alexander Svitov 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 23.40 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 20.40 6
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6.20 4
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 18.50 6
L Fredrik Modin 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 20.30 6
L Rick Nash 2 1 3 2 3 0 2 -1 19.30 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.00 4
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 31.40 5
D Duvie Westcott 0 1 1 3 0 1 4 0 19.30 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25.00 5
D Bryan Berard 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 22.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 29 0 0 65.00 6
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rick Nash
2nd star: Colby Armstrong
3rd star: Gary Roberts
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 4( 20) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 23)
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0-1 SYR Martin Kariya (Zenon Konopka)
1-1 WIL Lucas Lawson (Michel Ouellet, Erik Christensen)
2-1 WIL Chris Thorburn (Michel Ouellet)
3-1 WIL Jonathan Filewich (Robert Scuderi)
3-2 SYR Zenon Konopka (Martin Kariya)
4-2 WIL Dennis Bonvie (Ryan Stone)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Fredrik Norrena