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6/12/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Washington Capitals 5
Shots: 28 - 25
PP: 1 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:66/74=89 %, Challenges:39/48=79 %
PP: 1 of 7 (12 shots), Passing:71/84=84 %, Challenges:28/39=70 %
Attendance: 13602 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 829722 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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25:46 0-1
Sidney Crosby [11] (Mike Green)PP
33:35 1-1
Evgeny Malkin [11] (Jarome Iginla)PP
35:21 2-1
Evgeny Malkin [12] (Hal Gill, Henrik Zetterberg)SH
36:32 2-2
Brooks Laich [1] (Rob Niedermayer)
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40:38 2-3
Rob Niedermayer [14] (Nicklas Bäckström, Brooks Laich)
42:54 2-4
Viktor Kozlov [7] (Alexander Ovechkin, Mike Green)
55:59 3-4
Teemu Selänne [14] (Jarome Iginla, Evgeny Malkin)
58:58 3-5
Rob Niedermayer [15] (Sergei Fedorov, Matt Bradley) EN
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Penalty summary:
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05:58
Michael Nylander (2 min for elbowing)
13:56
Alexandre Giroux (2 min for hooking)
17:11
Kris Beech (2 min for high-sticking)
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20:08
Maxime Talbot (2 min for slashing)
25:03
Philippe Boucher (2 min for high-sticking)
28:16
Maxime Talbot (2 min for high-sticking)
30:36
Alexandre Giroux (2 min for holding the stick)
32:52
Boyd Gordon (2 min for high-sticking)
34:37
Maxime Talbot (2 min for tripping)
38:26
Philippe Boucher (2 min for holding the stick)
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46:32
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for tripping)
50:49
Matt Greene (2 min for slashing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.40 6
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 8.50 6
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 11.30 7
R Jarome Iginla 0 2 6 0 2 0 0 -2 20.50 8
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 0 9.40 5
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 -2 16.40 7
C Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 14.30 7
C Evgeny Malkin 2 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 20.40 10
L Kris Beech 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 9.40 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 7
L Teemu Selänne 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
D Hal Gill 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 15.20 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 15.50 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 0 28.30 7
D Alexander Edler 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 21.10 6
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -2 16.00 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 -1 23.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 5 0 20 0 0 59.00 4
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 8.10 5
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 10.10 7
R Rob Niedermayer 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 19.50 10
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 18.30 8
C Michael Nylander 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 8.30 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 19.50 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 23.00 7
L Alexandre Giroux 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 8.30 6
L Brooks Laich 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 17.20 8
L Matt Bradley 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 21.00 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 11.30 6
D Matt Greene 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 18.10 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 28.10 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 16.30 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 18.20 7
D Mike Green 0 2 3 5 2 2 0 1 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Charles Jacques 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rob Niedermayer
2nd star: Evgeny Malkin
3rd star: Brooks Laich
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Rob Niedermayer notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Rob Niedermayer scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Rob Niedermayer scored the 400th point of his career.
-Sergei Fedorov had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Brooks Laich finally ended his 26 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 4( 18) , Portland Pirates 3( 14)
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0-1 POR Jason Morgan (Chris McAllister)
1-1 WIL Eric Godard (Mike Zigomanis)
2-1 WIL Johannes Salmonsson (Dustin Jeffrey)
2-2 POR Eric Labelle (Kyle Wilson, Andrew Joudrey)
3-2 WIL Jani Rita (Bill Thomas, Milan Kraft)
3-3 POR Grant Potulny (Stephen Werner, Sasha Pokulok)
4-3 WIL Johannes Salmonsson (Dustin Jeffrey)
Goalies: Dave Brown - Frédéric Cassivi