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26/1/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 5 , Carolina Hurricanes 3
Shots: 30 - 27
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:64/76=84 %, Challenges:48/66=71 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/76=82 %, Challenges:24/42=55 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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13:44 0-1
Mark Popovic [3] (Mike Leclerc, Adrian Aucoin)
14:26 1-1
Carlo Colaiacovo [5] (Kenny Jönsson)
16:12 1-2
Ray Whitney [9] (Michael Ryder, Keith Aucoin)
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29:15 2-2
Keven Veilleux [1] (Slava Kozlov, Chris Clark)
33:32 3-2
Jochen Hecht [13] (Radim Vrbata, Ed Jovanovski)
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46:13 4-2
Milan Hejduk [24] (Martin Havlat, Eric Brewer)
47:51 4-3
Jason Ward [2] (David Tanabe, Jussi Timonen)
58:31 5-3
Ed Jovanovski [8] (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Jochen Hecht) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:27
Joe Corvo (2 min for boarding)
16:27
Joe Corvo (2 min for roughing)
16:27
Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for roughing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Clark 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 7.10 5
R Radim Vrbata 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 16.20 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 18.50 9
R Milan Hejduk 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 17.40 8
C Keven Veilleux 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6.10 6
C Jochen Hecht 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 15.40 8
C Travis Zajac 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 20.30 7
C Paul Stastny 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 17.40 8
L Slava Kozlov 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7.50 5
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 15.40 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 7
L Martin Havlat 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 17.40 8
D Alex Grant 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 5
D Kenny Jönsson 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 20.10 7
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 6
D Ed Jovanovski 1 1 3 3 3 4 0 0 16.50 8
D Carlo Colaiacovo 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 21.40 7
D Eric Brewer 0 1 2 3 2 3 0 1 23.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Keith Aucoin 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.40 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 4 1 6 0 -1 14.30 7
R Scott Walker 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 18.10 4
R Michael Ryder 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 -1 19.40 6
C Brandon Sutter 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.40 6
C David Gove 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -2 18.20 4
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.30 5
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 22.30 9
L Ryan Bayda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Jason Ward 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 15.00 5
L Mike Leclerc 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 5
L Ray Whitney 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
D David Tanabe 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 -1 16.20 6
D Mark Popovic 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 -1 24.50 5
D Jussi Timonen 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 -1 18.30 6
D Adrian Aucoin 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 19.20 4
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 24.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 5 0 25 0 0 59.20 5
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jochen Hecht
2nd star: Ed Jovanovski
3rd star: Milan Hejduk
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Carlo Colaiacovo has marked a new career high in points with 18 points.
-Radim Vrbata finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Travis Zajac had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Jason Ward finally ended his 34 game goal drought.
-Jason Ward finally ended his 16 game point drought.
-Ray Whitney ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Mark Popovic finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
-Jussi Timonen ended his 8 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 5( 35) , Lowell Lock Monsters 1( 7)
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1-0 WIL Dennis Bonvie (Kurtis McLean, Mark Wotton)
2-0 WIL Tim Brent (Nathan Smith)
3-0 WIL Dustin Jeffrey (Jonathan Filewich, Tomas Kollar)
3-1 LOW Bryan Rodney (Brandon Nolan, Pat Dwyer)
4-1 WIL Kenny Corupe (Joe Rullier)
5-1 WIL Tim Brent (Nathan Smith)
Goalies: Jeff Pietrasiak - Michael Leighton