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31/1/2011
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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Montreal Canadiens 5
Shots: 24 - 32
PP: 0 of 4 (2 shots), Passing:57/70=81 %, Challenges:41/55=73 %
PP: 2 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:68/77=88 %, Challenges:36/48=73 %
Attendance: 15990 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 748332 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:57 1-0
Rick Nash [24] (Mike Richards, Sergei Gonchar)
17:33 2-0
Matt Cooke [9] (Tyler Kennedy, Chris Kunitz)
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28:43 2-1
Mike Cammalleri [29] (Brian Gionta, Andrei Markov)PP
34:06 2-2
Marc-André Bergeron [4] (Maxim Lapierre)
35:17 3-2
Rick Nash [25] (Jason Pominville, Keven Veilleux)
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41:26 3-3
Marc-André Bergeron [5] (Johnny Oduya, Jason Williams)
48:32 3-4
Brian Gionta [20] (Mike Cammalleri, Andrei Markov)PP
54:25 3-5
Andrei Kostitsyn [21] (Stephen Weiss)
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Penalty summary:
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09:35
Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for high-sticking)
14:46
Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for elbowing)
19:05
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for hooking)
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23:54
Maxim Lapierre (5 min for fighting)
23:54
Matt Smaby (5 min for fighting)
24:42
Stephen Weiss (2 min for tripping)
28:13
Jay McKee (2 min for hooking)
30:45
Mike Richards (5 min for fighting)
30:45
Benoit Pouliot (5 min for fighting)
38:27
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for boarding)
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44:43
Mike Cammalleri (2 min for hooking)
47:48
Matt Cooke (2 min for boarding)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 6.50 6
R Tyler Kennedy 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 5
R Luca Caputi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 5
R Rick Nash 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 2 21.10 10
C Keven Veilleux 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1 6.20 5
C Matt Cooke 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 -1 14.50 6
C Jason Pominville 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 14.50 6
C Mike Richards 0 1 2 0 1 0 5 1 20.40 7
L Chris Conner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 4
C Chris Kunitz 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 13.30 7
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 15.30 5
L Michael Ryder 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 21.10 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 2 5 1 5 2 -1 16.40 8
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Kris Letang 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 1 28.20 9
D Matt Smaby 0 0 0 3 1 3 5 -1 17.10 6
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.50 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 25.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 5 0 27 0 0 60.00 5
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 -1 16.30 9
R Daniel Sedin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 6
R Brian Gionta 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 16.10 9
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 1 4 2 4 0 -1 20.50 7
C Ryan Martindale 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.50 5
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 1 2 0 2 5 1 8.00 7
C Stephen Weiss 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 15.30 8
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 2 2 1 1 5 -1 21.20 7
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 8.50 4
C Jason Williams 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 14.30 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 17.10 8
L Mike Cammalleri 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 -1 20.30 7
D Johnny Oduya 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 7
D Dan Girardi 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 17.00 6
D Jonathan Ericsson 0 0 2 7 0 6 0 -2 26.00 9
D Marc-André Bergeron 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 10.40 9
D Paul Mara 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 15.00 6
D Andrei Markov 0 2 4 1 2 0 0 -1 30.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc-André Bergeron
2nd star: Brian Gionta
3rd star: Rick Nash
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Rick Nash scored his 25th goal of the season.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Andrei Markov notched the 300th assist of his career.
-Brian Gionta scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Stephen Weiss notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Johnny Oduya ended his 5 game point drought.
-Marc-André Bergeron finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Maxim Lapierre beat Matt Smaby in a fight.
-Benoit Pouliot beat Mike Richards in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 22) , Quebec Citadelles 2( 18)
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0-1 QUE Mathieu Carle (Richard Clune, Yannick Weber)
1-1 WIL Michael Blunden
1-2 QUE Tony Lucia (Ryan White)
2-2 WIL Mario Bliznak (Mitch Fadden)
3-2 WIL Mitch Fadden (Mario Bliznak)
Goalies: Brad Thiessen - Cédrick Desjardins