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30/10/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Tampa Bay Lightning 3
Shots: 29 - 28
PP: 1 of 7 (8 shots), Passing:65/73=89 %, Challenges:30/38=76 %
PP: 1 of 7 (12 shots), Passing:69/78=88 %, Challenges:35/41=83 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:38 0-1
Alex Kovalev [4] (Jason Spezza, Bobby Ryan)
14:01 0-2
Steve Downie [1] (Andrej Meszaros, Mattias Öhlund)
16:57 1-2
Sidney Crosby [7] (Kris Beech, Pascal Dupuis)
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22:19 1-3
Alex Kovalev [5] (Jeff Halpern, Matt Lashoff)PP
27:06 2-3
Ilya Kovalchuk [8] (Sidney Crosby, Kristopher Letang)PP
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43:42 3-3
Sidney Crosby [8] (Bill Guerin, Kristopher Letang)
44:16 4-3
Philippe Boucher [1] (Jay McKee, Louis Leblanc)
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Penalty summary:
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01:23
Andrej Meszaros (2 min for hooking)
11:31
Philippe Boucher (2 min for hooking)
18:16
Kyle Calder (2 min for high-sticking)
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21:17
Bill Guerin (2 min for tripping)
23:48
Jason Spezza (2 min for hooking)
24:53
Steve Downie (2 min for tripping)
31:21
Sidney Crosby (2 min for elbowing)
33:47
Maxime Talbot (2 min for roughing)
39:51
Maxime Talbot (2 min for tripping)
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44:06
Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
44:06
Steve Downie (5 min for fighting)
44:28
Andrew Ebbett (2 min for hooking)
47:34
Kristopher Letang (2 min for high-sticking)
49:42
Alex Kovalev (2 min for high-sticking)
53:24
Bobby Ryan (2 min for roughing)
58:44
Louis Leblanc (2 min for hooking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pascal Dupuis 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 16.30 7
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 7
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 7
R Bill Guerin 0 1 2 1 0 0 7 0 16.10 7
C Kris Beech 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.20 4
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 3 2 2 1 4 0 18.20 7
C Louis Leblanc 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 8.10 6
C Sidney Crosby 2 1 4 1 1 0 2 1 20.30 9
L Matt Cooke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 6
C Tyler Kennedy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 18.40 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 22.20 8
D Simon Despres 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 12.20 8
D Philippe Boucher 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 16.40 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 29.30 7
D Alex Goligoski 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 12.20 7
D Jay McKee 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.30 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 29.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kyle Wanvig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.40 4
L Kyle Calder 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.20 5
L Carter Ashton 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 9.30 5
L Ryan Malone 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 20.50 8
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4.40 6
L Richard Panik 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.20 6
R Alex Kovalev 2 0 7 3 0 0 2 -1 19.50 10
C Jason Spezza 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 -1 20.10 7
C Steve Downie 1 0 2 2 0 2 7 1 11.30 8
C Jeff Halpern 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 12.50 6
L Andrew Ebbett 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 21.10 6
R Bobby Ryan 0 1 5 4 2 0 2 -1 20.40 9
D Matt Lashoff 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 11.30 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 -1 29.20 7
D Ty Wishart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
D Mattias Öhlund 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 29.30 7
D Victor Hedman 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Karri Rämö 4 0 25 0 0 58.00 6
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sidney Crosby
2nd star: Alex Kovalev
3rd star: Kristopher Letang
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Radim Vrbata had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Steve Downie ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Andrew Ebbett had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Bill Guerin beat Steve Downie in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 6( 31) , Detroit Vipers 5( 16)
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1-0 WIL Jeff Taffe (Johannes Salmonsson, Nick Johnson)
1-1 DTV Dana Tyrell (Craig MacDonald)
2-1 WIL Bill Thomas (Mike Rupp)
2-2 DTV Andreas Karlsson (Evgeny Artyukhin, Karl Stewart)
3-2 WIL Sergei Anshakov (Mike Zigomanis)
4-2 WIL Johannes Salmonsson (Jeff Taffe)
4-3 DTV Craig MacDonald (Noah Welch, Dana Tyrell)
4-4 DTV Adam Hall (Matt Smaby, Dana Tyrell)
5-4 WIL Sergei Anshakov (Mike Zigomanis)
5-5 DTV Evgeny Artyukhin (Andreas Karlsson)
6-5 WIL Jeff Taffe (alain nasredinne)
Goalies: Jake Allen - Riku Helenius