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26/11/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 5 , Toronto Maple Leafs 3
Shots: 30 - 22
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:54/72=75 %, Challenges:31/38=79 %
PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:70/82=85 %, Challenges:34/46=72 %
Attendance: 8633 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 410931 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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10:56 1-0
Evgeny Malkin [14] (Sidney Crosby, Philippe Boucher)
17:11 1-1
Niklas Hagman [3] (Ryan Hollweg, Tomas Kaberle)
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26:43 2-1
Petr Sykora [6] (Sergei Gonchar, Sidney Crosby)PP
28:01 3-1
Petr Sykora [7] (Sergei Gonchar, Marc-André Fleury)
35:34 3-2
Matt Stajan [3] (Niklas Hagman, Alexei Ponikarovsky)
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40:23 4-2
Sidney Crosby [11] (Philippe Boucher, Sergei Gonchar)
44:38 5-2
Miroslav Satan [7] (Dennis Wideman, Sergei Gonchar)
50:31 5-3
Pavel Kubina [2] (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Jirí Tlustý)
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Penalty summary:
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07:48
Matt Cooke (2 min for holding the stick)
19:56
Eric Godard (2 min for roughing)
19:56
Jeff Finger (2 min for roughing)
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22:36
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for roughing)
22:36
Jason Blake (2 min for roughing)
24:53
Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for hooking)
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40:33
Philippe Boucher (2 min for hooking)
43:46
Jeff Finger (5 min for fighting)
43:46
Eric Godard (5 min for fighting)
48:01
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for tripping)
54:26
Boyd Devereaux (2 min for tripping)
57:07
Philippe Boucher (2 min for holding the stick)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Recchi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 7.50 5
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 12.40 7
R Eric Godard 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 -2 11.20 6
R Petr Sykora 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 3 18.50 9
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 7
C Kris Beech 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
C Matt Cooke 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 -1 19.50 8
C Sidney Crosby 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 3 20.30 8
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.00 5
L Jordan Staal 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 0 13.50 8
L Miroslav Satan 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.40 7
L Evgeny Malkin 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 3 20.10 8
D Andy Wozniewski 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 12.00 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 20.00 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 2 3 5 0 0 4 2 28.00 9
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 19.50 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 15.50 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 4 2 3 2 0 4 3 24.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 1 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Devereaux 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 5.50 5
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -2 13.00 6
R Matt Stajan 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 9
R Jason Blake 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 21.20 7
C Jeremy Williams 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 7
C Kris Newbury 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -2 14.20 6
C Ryan Hollweg 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 7
C Jirí Tlustý 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 5.50 4
L Mark Bell 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 -2 19.10 6
L Niklas Hagman 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 13.20 9
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 21.40 6
D Reid Cashman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 14.50 6
D Luke Schenn 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 4
D Pavel Kubina 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 24.30 7
D Jeff Finger 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 -1 12.50 5
D Ian White 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 24.40 5
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 29.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Petr Sykora
2nd star: Sidney Crosby
3rd star: Sergei Gonchar
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Philippe Boucher notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Sergei Gonchar notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Miroslav Satan scored the 600th point of his career.
Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Alexei Ponikarovsky notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Matt Stajan finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Kris Newbury had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Pavel Kubina ended his 9 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Eric Godard beat Jeff Finger in a fight.
Farm game result:
W-B/Scranton Penguins 3( 22) , Toronto Marlies 2( 25)
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0-1 TOM Anton Strålman (Johnny Pohl)
1-1 WBS Kurtis McLean
2-1 WBS Mike Zigomanis (Dustin Jeffrey, Tyler Kennedy)
2-2 TOM Ben Ondrus (Darryl Boyce)
3-2 WBS Mike Zigomanis (Alex Goligoski)
Goalies: Dave Brown - Martin Gerber