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5/3/2011
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Pittsburgh Penguins 5 , New York Islanders 4
Shots: 32 - 26
PP: 1 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:59/76=77 %, Challenges:56/56=98 %
PP: 2 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:70/75=93 %, Challenges:26/44=57 %
Attendance: 7557 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 353668 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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13:22 0-1
Jonathan Tavares [16] (Blake Comeau)
14:22 1-1
Luca Caputi [12] (Kris Letang, Mike Richards)
18:56 1-2
Blake Comeau [7] (Craig Rivet, Steven Reinprecht)PP
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30:08 2-2
Matt Cooke [10] (Chris Kunitz, Ruslan Fedotenko)
31:04 2-3
Jonathan Tavares [17] (Éric Bélanger, Bruno Gervais)PP
31:54 3-3
Keven Veilleux [2] (Sergei Gonchar, Matt Smaby)
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42:31 3-4
Michael Frolík [16] (Steven Reinprecht, Blake Comeau)
48:35 4-4
Jason Pominville [20] (Ruslan Fedotenko, Luca Caputi)
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63:18 5-4
Rick Nash [35] (Mike Richards, Michael Ryder)PP
Penalty summary:
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00:51
Jonathan Tavares (5 min for fighting)
00:51
Mike Richards (5 min for fighting)
03:29
Tyler Kennedy (2 min for slashing)
16:01
Éric Bélanger (2 min for tripping)
18:15
Tyler Kennedy (2 min for hooking)
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30:17
Matt Cooke (2 min for high-sticking)
36:16
Matt Cooke (2 min for tripping)
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48:59
Jeff Tambellini (2 min for hooking)
57:31
Matt Cooke (2 min for slashing)
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62:46
Blake Comeau (2 min for hooking)
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.20 7
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 14.00 7
R Luca Caputi 1 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 21.40 9
R Rick Nash 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 22.10 8
C Keven Veilleux 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 9.00 7
C Matt Cooke 1 0 3 3 0 3 6 1 12.50 10
C Jason Pominville 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 17.00 8
C Mike Richards 0 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 21.10 8
L Chris Conner 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.30 5
C Chris Kunitz 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 14.30 7
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 8
L Michael Ryder 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.30 8
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 19.40 8
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.20 8
D Kris Letang 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 25.20 7
D Matt Smaby 0 1 2 4 0 4 0 1 17.40 9
D Brad Stuart 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.10 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 27.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 4 0 22 0 0 63.20 5
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Corey Trivino 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 -1 9.30 5
R Sean Bergenheim 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 13.00 6
R Michael Frolík 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 18.40 6
R Trent Hunter 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 22.10 5
C Trevor Smith 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 9.30 5
C Josh Bailey 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 13.40 7
C Steven Reinprecht 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 17.50 7
C Jonathan Tavares 2 0 4 4 2 0 5 0 21.40 9
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 9.30 5
L Frans Nielsen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 13.00 5
L Blake Comeau 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 17.30 8
L Éric Bélanger 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18.50 5
D Tyler Cuma 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -2 13.10 5
D Calvin de Haan 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17.20 7
D Bruno Gervais 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 -1 29.40 5
D Jack Hillen 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -2 16.10 4
D Craig Rivet 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 24.50 6
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 -1 26.10 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 5 0 27 0 0 63.20 5
G Kevin Poulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Luca Caputi
2nd star: Matt Cooke
3rd star: Jonathan Tavares
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Matt Cooke scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jason Pominville scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Rick Nash scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Keven Veilleux ended his 5 game point drought.
-Matt Cooke finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for New York Islanders:
-Michael Frolík ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Jonathan Tavares ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Blake Comeau finally ended his 26 game goal drought.
-Blake Comeau finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Mike Richards beat Jonathan Tavares in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 27) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 24)
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1-0 WIL Tim Wallace (Mark Letestu, Brett Palin)
1-1
Nate Thompson (Bobby Bolt, Andrew MacDonald)
2-1 WIL Scott McCulloch (Casey Pierro-Zabotel)
2-2
Jeremy Colliton (Greg Moore)
3-2 WIL Mario Bliznak (Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Matt Duffy)
Goalies: Brad Thiessen - Josh Harding