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8/11/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 6 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 35 - 23
PP: 0 of 1 (5 shots), Passing:53/59=89 %, Challenges:30/37=79 %
PP: 0 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:74/84=88 %, Challenges:39/51=75 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 847900 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:55 1-0
Teemu Selänne [3] (Zdeno Chara, Miroslav Satan)
05:38 2-0
Patrick Kane [5] (Jonathan Toews, Dion Phaneuf)
11:07 2-1
Mike Commodore [2] (Fedor Tyutin, Michael Peca)
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24:08 2-2
Ilya Kovalchuk [4] (Kristian Huselius, Christian Bäckman)
29:14 2-3
Richard Zednik [8] (Fredrik Modin, Fedor Tyutin)
29:51 3-3
Patrick Kane [6] (Alex Kovalev, Dion Phaneuf)
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41:17 3-4
Ilya Kovalchuk [5] (Mike York, Derick Brassard)
42:02 4-4
Patrick Kane [7] (Alex Kovalev, Dion Phaneuf)
49:31 5-4
Ryan Whitney [2] (Miroslav Satan, Jordan Staal)
59:39 6-4
Jordan Staal [5] (Teemu Selänne) EN
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Penalty summary:
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12:09
Chris Chelios (2 min for tripping)
16:28
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for tripping)
18:37
Chris Chelios (2 min for tripping)
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37:07
Ladislav Nagy (2 min for hooking)
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42:39
Michael Peca (2 min for roughing)
42:39
Scott Niedermayer (2 min for roughing)
52:05
Michael Peca (2 min for diving)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Maxim Lapierre 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 7.10 5
R Bill Thomas 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 17.40 6
R Teemu Selänne 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 11.50 8
R Alex Kovalev 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 15.20 8
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 11.00 5
C Dustin Boyd 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 -1 17.40 7
C Jordan Staal 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 16.00 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 19.10 7
L Georges Laraque 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 11.20 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 -1 17.40 6
L Miroslav Satan 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 11.50 7
L Patrick Kane 3 0 6 1 1 0 0 2 15.20 9
D Chris Chelios 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -2 19.00 7
D Ryan Whitney 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 14.10 8
D Dion Phaneuf 0 3 1 4 0 4 0 2 23.00 9
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 6 1 4 0 -1 23.30 8
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 16.10 7
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 24.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Derek MacKenzie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
R Richard Zednik 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 18.10 7
R Kristian Huselius 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 -1 19.30 6
C Derick Brassard 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 5
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 16.00 7
C Michael Peca 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 -1 17.50 7
C Mike York 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.50 8
L David Booth 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.20 4
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 13.20 7
L Fredrik Modin 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 -1 20.20 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 20.00 9
D Kris Russell 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 19.10 4
D Mike Commodore 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.40 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 26.30 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 15.10 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 6 0 29 0 0 58.30 4
G Steve Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Kane
2nd star: Teemu Selänne
3rd star: Jordan Staal
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Alex Kovalev had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Fedor Tyutin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mike York notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ilya Kovalchuk ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Mike Commodore ended his 6 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 27) , Syracuse Crunch 0( 11)
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1-0 WIL Tyler Kennedy (Niklas Hjalmarsson, Ryan Stone)
2-0 WIL Niklas Hjalmarsson (Jonathan Filewich)
3-0 WIL Jeff Taffe (Jonathan Filewich)
Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Fredrik Norrena