Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 26 - 15
PP: 0 of 3 (2 shots), Passing:71/82=86 %, Challenges:28/54=50 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:61/87=70 %, Challenges:28/46=59 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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19:05 0-1
Chris Kunitz [11])SH
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25:21 1-1
Niklas Sundström [7] (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Steve Bernier)
27:27 2-1
Alexander Frolov [12] (Bryan McCabe)
38:39 3-1
Dean McAmmond [6] (Steve Bernier, Milan Lucic)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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07:59
Bryan McCabe (2 min for roughing)
07:59
Michael Ryder (2 min for roughing)
12:09
Jozef Stumpel (2 min for boarding)
17:26
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for roughing)
19:21
Michael Ryder (2 min for slashing)
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31:14
Jason Chimera (2 min for slashing)
35:06
Steve Bernier (2 min for roughing)
35:06
Georges Laraque (2 min for roughing)
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41:04
Milan Lucic (5 min for fighting)
41:04
Georges Laraque (5 min for fighting)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 7
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 1 2 3 4 4 0 1 15.30 7
R Steve Bernier 0 2 4 1 2 1 2 1 17.40 8
R Milan Lucic 0 1 3 3 4 3 5 0 18.50 8
C Jozef Stumpel 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 5
C Niklas Sundström 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 13.30 7
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 18.50 6
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 20.20 7
L Jay McClement 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Johan Franzén 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 13.30 6
L Dean McAmmond 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 17.10 7
L Alexander Frolov 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 20.20 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 13.40 8
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
D Bryan McCabe 0 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 25.10 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 14.50 5
D Steve Staios 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Derek MacKenzie 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 9.40 6
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 4 1 3 7 0 12.20 7
R Nikita Filatov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 12.00 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 19.20 8
C David Bolland 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -1 10.50 6
C Mike York 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 14.40 7
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.40 6
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 -1 9.40 6
L Raffi Torres 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 19.10 7
L Chris Kunitz 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 18.40 7
L Michael Ryder 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 16.50 7
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 17.40 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 18.40 6
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 27.40 8
D Jason Smith 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 14.40 6
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 0 6 2 3 0 -2 18.10 7
D François Beauchemin 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -1 23.00 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steve Bernier
2nd star: Milan Lucic
3rd star: Niklas Sundström
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Alexei Ponikarovsky notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Niklas Sundström finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
-Joe Corvo had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Maxim Afinogenov had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Valtteri Filppula had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Valtteri Filppula had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Brent Seabrook had his 6 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Milan Lucic fought Georges Laraque in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 12) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 18)
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0-1 SYR James Wyman (Alexander Svitov)
0-2 SYR Kirill Starkov (Derek Dorsett, Fredrik Pettersson)
1-2 WIL Tim Wallace (Mark Letestu, Michal Sersen)
Goalies: Ian Keserich - Fredrik Norrena