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13/3/2009
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Pittsburgh Penguins 7 , St. Louis Blues 3
Shots: 31 - 21
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:65/89=73 %, Challenges:24/43=54 %
PP: 1 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:61/84=72 %, Challenges:19/37=50 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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14:43 1-0
Dustin Byfuglien [11] (Jeff Taffe, Brooks Orpik)
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24:24 1-1
Steve Bernier [23] (Johan Franzén, Krys Kolanos)PP
27:03 2-1
Cam Barker [6] (Eric Staal)
34:44 3-1
David Perron [21] (Eric Staal, Phil Kessel)PP
35:07 3-2
Dan Hinote [4] (Brian Pothier, Willie Mitchell)
37:32 4-2
Phil Kessel [18] (Brooks Orpik, Eric Staal)
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41:01 5-2
Ilya Kovalchuk [35] (Sidney Crosby, Alexander Edler)
42:12 5-3
Krys Kolanos [18] (Johan Franzén, Antti Miettinen)
49:38 6-3
Eric Staal [31] (David Perron)
51:38 7-3
Sidney Crosby [40] (Patrick Kane, Erik Johnson)
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Penalty summary:
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04:01
Lars Eller (2 min for high-sticking)
19:12
Jeff Taffe (2 min for tripping)
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22:47
Sidney Crosby (2 min for high-sticking)
29:07
Eric Godard (5 min for fighting)
29:07
Dan Hinote (5 min for fighting)
29:07
Eric Godard (2 min for instigating)
29:07
Eric Godard (10 min misconduct)
33:08
Steve Regier (2 min for tripping)
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47:26
Michael Grabner (2 min for high-sticking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0 3.30 5
R Dustin Byfuglien 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 16.30 8
R Phil Kessel 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 19.10 8
R Patrick Kane 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.50 7
C Kris Beech 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 4.20 4
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 17.10 6
C Eric Staal 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 3 16.10 10
C Sidney Crosby 1 1 4 2 1 0 2 1 22.20 8
L Chris Minard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 4.20 5
L Jeff Taffe 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 11.30 6
L David Perron 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 3 19.10 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 19.20 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 2 17.20 7
D Alexander Edler 0 1 1 7 1 3 0 2 28.40 9
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 1 14.00 7
D Cam Barker 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 22.10 8
D Erik Johnson 0 1 3 3 3 3 0 1 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Grabner 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 5.40 5
R Dan Hinote 1 0 3 2 2 4 5 0 13.40 7
R Antti Miettinen 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -4 20.00 6
R Steve Bernier 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 17.10 6
C Lars Eller 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5.40 5
C Trent Whitfield 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 7
C Krys Kolanos 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 -2 21.10 7
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -2 16.40 5
L Steve Regier 0 0 1 3 1 3 2 0 5.40 7
L Mike Rupp 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 13.50 5
L Johan Franzén 0 2 4 3 1 3 0 -2 20.30 8
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -3 20.00 6
D Willie Mitchell 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 15.40 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -3 24.50 5
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -2 19.30 5
D Brian Pothier 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 21.30 4
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -4 20.50 5
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 17.40 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 7 0 24 0 0 60.00 4
G Simeon Varlamov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Eric Staal
2nd star: Phil Kessel
3rd star: Sidney Crosby
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Eric Staal notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Sidney Crosby has marked a new career high in goals with 40 tallies.
-Sidney Crosby scored his 40th goal of the season.
-Dustin Byfuglien finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Willie Mitchell has marked a new career high in assists with 14 assists.
-Willie Mitchell ended his 8 game point drought.
-Brian Pothier finally ended his 22 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Eric Godard fought Dan Hinote in a fight.
Farm game result:
W-B/Scranton Penguins 3( 12) , Peoria Rivermen 0( 16)
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1-0 WBS Marius Holtet (Alex Bourret, Matt Corrente)
2-0 WBS Marius Holtet (Jonathan Filewich, Matt Corrente)
3-0 WBS Danny Richmond (Alex Bourret)
Goalies: Leland Irving - Marek Schwarz