1/6/09

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1/6/2009
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Pittsburgh Penguins 6 , San Jose Sharks 1
Shots: 25 - 25
PP: 1 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:87/103=84 %, Challenges:34/50=66 %
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:69/85=81 %, Challenges:23/35=63 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:26 1-0 Patrick Kane [12] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Sidney Crosby)
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26:58 2-0 Jeff Taffe [2] (Brooks Orpik, Eric Staal)
31:11 3-0 Joey Mormina [1] (Kris Beech, Jeff Schultz)
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46:02 4-0 Patrick Kane [13] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Sidney Crosby)PP
47:23 5-0 Alexander Edler [1] (Erik Johnson, Ryan Kesler)SH
54:42 5-1 Marcel Goc [7] (Devin Setoguchi)
56:59 6-1 Brooks Orpik [2] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Erik Johnson)
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Penalty summary:
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28:35 Jeremy Roenick (2 min for elbowing)
33:14 Marc-Édouard Vlasic (2 min for tripping)
35:43 Logan Couture (5 min for fighting)
35:43 Sidney Crosby (5 min for fighting)
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43:15 Erik Johnson (2 min for roughing)
43:15 Devin Setoguchi (2 min for roughing)
43:34 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for high-sticking)
45:42 Devin Setoguchi (2 min for holding the stick)
46:54 Joey Mormina (2 min for boarding)
52:45 Kris Beech (2 min for hooking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7.10 6
R Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 15.00 6
R Phil Kessel 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
R Patrick Kane 2 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 19.50 8
C Kris Beech 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 6.10 5
C Ryan Kesler 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 17.20 7
C Eric Staal 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 17.20 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 2 5 0 2 0 5 2 18.10 7
L Joey Mormina 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 6.10 7
L Chris Minard 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.00 6
L Jeff Taffe 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 21.20 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 3 3 0 3 0 2 2 16.20 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7.30 5
D Brooks Orpik 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 22.30 8
D Alexander Edler 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 27.30 7
D Jeff Schultz 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 10.00 8
D Cam Barker 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 24.50 9
D Erik Johnson 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Grier 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 13.40 6
R Devin Setoguchi 0 1 2 2 2 3 4 1 13.40 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.10 6
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 -2 19.50 7
C Torrey Mitchell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 11.10 5
C Logan Couture 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 9.20 5
C Marcel Goc 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.20 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 21.40 6
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -2 11.10 5
L Jeremy Roenick 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 13.50 5
L Milan Michalek 0 0 3 4 1 2 0 -1 11.20 7
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 21.10 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 13.00 8
D Rob Blake 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 20.20 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 3 5 0 0 2 -3 26.40 8
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 15.40 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -1 16.10 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -3 28.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 6 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Kane
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Brooks Orpik

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Erik Johnson notched his 20th assist of the playoffs.
-Alexander Edler finally ended his 24 game goal drought.

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Joe Thornton had his 10 game point streak snapped.
-Patrick Marleau had his 11 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:
-Sidney Crosby beat Logan Couture in a fight.