Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Montreal Canadiens 1
Shots: 32 - 20
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:85/101=84 %, Challenges:42/47=87 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:53/64=82 %, Challenges:25/38=64 %
Attendance: 16562 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 463736 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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08:26 1-0
Nils Ekman [1] (Sergei Gonchar, Ryan Whitney)
12:48 2-0
Maxim Afinogenov [1] (Sergei Gonchar)
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25:41 2-1
Alex Kovalev [1] (Sheldon Souray, Radek Bonk)
26:44 3-1
Thomas Vanek [1] (Ronald Petrovicky, Evgeny Malkin)
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42:46 4-1
Evgeny Malkin [1] (Nils Ekman, Mark Eaton)
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Penalty summary:
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03:38
Mike Johnson (2 min for boarding)
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22:24
Sergei Samsonov (2 min for hooking)
27:19
Mike Komisarek (2 min for roughing)
27:19
Thomas Vanek (2 min for roughing)
31:21
Ronald Petrovicky (2 min for tripping)
35:23
Alexander Perezhogin (2 min for tripping)
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40:44
Mathieu Dandenault (2 min for slashing)
51:13
Sidney Crosby (2 min for tripping)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 9.30 7
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 16.50 7
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 10.20 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 19.40 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 7.50 7
C Jordan Staal 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 16.40 7
C Evgeny Malkin 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 15.20 9
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 19.40 8
L Arpad Mihaly 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 15.30 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 14.00 7
L Nils Ekman 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 22.10 9
D Micki Dupont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18.20 6
D Josef Melichar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 24.00 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 12.30 7
D Mark Eaton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 21.20 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 30.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6.40 5
R Mike Johnson 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 14.30 6
R Michael Ryder 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -3 21.50 7
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 8
C Garth Murray 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.00 5
C Chris Higgins 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -3 20.00 7
C Radek Bonk 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 19.20 5
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6.40 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 16.50 5
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 14.50 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 13.30 7
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -3 20.10 7
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 26.20 7
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 15.40 6
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 20.20 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 24.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 4 0 28 0 0 60.00 6
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeny Malkin
2nd star: Nils Ekman
3rd star: Sergei Gonchar