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19/3/2010
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Vancouver Canucks 7 , Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Shots: 33 - 29
PP: 2 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:75/79=94 %, Challenges:47/53=87 %
PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:58/72=80 %, Challenges:33/45=71 %
Attendance: 18422 of 18422 (GM Place)
Ticket income: 849254 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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04:39 1-0
Nikolai Zherdev [31] (Marc-André Bergeron, Sami Salo)PP
09:57 1-1
Petr Sykora [27] (Miroslav Satan, Derek Morris)PP
13:41 2-1
Chris Higgins [26] (Nikolai Zherdev)
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24:16 2-2
Petr Sykora [28] (Miroslav Satan, Teemu Selänne)
25:22 3-2
Mirko Blatny [19] (Ryan Kesler, Martin Skoula)
32:07 3-3
Viktor Kozlov [9] (Hal Gill, Kristopher Letang)
38:44 4-3
Sami Salo [9] (Nikolai Zherdev, Marc Houde)PP
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40:35 5-3
Jason Spezza [35] (Mirko Blatny, Kurtis Foster)
43:27 6-3
Nikolai Zherdev [32] (Chris Higgins)
45:04 6-4
Patrick Marleau [38] (Derek Morris)
48:01 7-4
Mirko Blatny [20] (Jason Spezza)
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Penalty summary:
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02:04
Marc Houde (2 min for tripping)
04:11
Sidney Crosby (2 min for elbowing)
08:37
Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for tripping)
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21:27
Ryan Whitney (5 min for fighting)
21:27
Kurtis Foster (5 min for fighting)
27:03
Marc Houde (2 min for roughing)
29:28
Jarome Iginla (2 min for slashing)
34:27
Marc Houde (2 min for cross-checking)
37:56
Matt Cooke (2 min for holding the stick)
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49:01
Teemu Selänne (2 min for hooking)
51:01
Matt Cooke (2 min for hooking)
53:04
Shawn Horcoff (2 min for tripping)
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Vancouver Canucks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Anson Carter 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 7.20 6
R Marc Houde 0 1 3 0 0 0 6 0 18.30 7
R Jason Spezza 1 1 6 3 1 3 0 3 20.00 9
C Benoît Mondou 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 7
C Ryan Kesler 0 1 4 4 0 4 0 -1 14.20 9
C Chris Higgins 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 8
C Mirko Blatny 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 3 19.40 8
L Shean Donovan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 4
L Dustin Brown 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 12.30 6
L Nikolai Zherdev 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 9
L Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 20.00 6
D Martin Skoula 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 8.20 5
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 22.20 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 0 6 1 4 5 2 27.30 9
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 9.30 6
D Sami Salo 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 23.40 8
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 3 28.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cory Schneider 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 4
G Roberto Luongo 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Niko Kapanen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 6
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 8.20 6
R Miroslav Satan 0 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 14.20 8
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 4 3 1 0 2 -1 20.50 7
C Jason Williams 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.10 5
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 -2 16.20 6
C Petr Sykora 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 19.30 7
L Matt Cooke 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 12.50 5
L Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 8.20 5
L Teemu Selänne 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 15.40 7
L Patrick Marleau 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 18.20 7
D Alex Grant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 10.20 4
D Brian Lee 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 12.50 7
D Derek Morris 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 -1 25.20 7
D Hal Gill 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 16.00 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 27.10 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 4 2 3 5 -1 28.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 7 0 26 0 0 60.00 4
G Dave Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Jason Spezza
3rd star: Mirko Blatny
Notes for Vancouver Canucks:
-Nikolai Zherdev has marked a new career high in assists with 40 assists.
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Martin Skoula notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jason Spezza scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Mirko Blatny scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Mirko Blatny ended his 6 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Miroslav Satan notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Viktor Kozlov ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Petr Sykora finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Patrick Marleau ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Ryan Whitney fought Kurtis Foster in a fight.
Farm game result:
Manitoba Moose 3( 31) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 10)
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1-0
Alexander Edler (Rick Rypien, Ilya Kablukov)
1-1 WIL Milan Kraft (Tim Brent, Jani Rita)
1-2 WIL Yannic Seidenberg (Jannik Hansen)
2-2
Darcy Hordichuk (Jason Jaffray)
3-2
Darcy Hordichuk (Kirill Koltsov, Jesse Schultz)
Goalies: Sébastien Centomo - Dany Sabourin