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29/1/2010
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Pittsburgh Penguins 6 , Tampa Bay Lightning 3
Shots: 22 - 24
PP: 2 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:68/84=80 %, Challenges:40/51=76 %
PP: 0 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:69/83=83 %, Challenges:32/40=78 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 819071 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:29 0-1
Steven Stamkos [19] (Kris Letang)
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24:02 1-1
Erik Cole [22] (Dustin Penner, Mark Recchi)
35:56 1-2
Radim Vrbata [20] (Vaclav Prospal, Arron Asham)
36:47 1-3
Andrew Cogliano [18] (Andrej Meszaros, Kris Letang)
37:42 2-3
Chris Drury [16] (Nikolai Zherdev, Jaroslav Spacek)
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40:12 3-3
Lubomir Visnovsky [9] (Roman Hamrlik, Jonathan Toews)
45:47 4-3
Nikolai Zherdev [22] (Dustin Penner, Lubomir Visnovsky)PP
47:58 5-3
Alex Goligoski [7])PP
59:43 6-3
Erik Cole [23] (Dustin Penner, Jonathan Toews)
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Penalty summary:
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09:03
Brandon Bochenski (2 min for boarding)
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20:51
Michal Handzus (2 min for high-sticking)
26:37
Scott Gomez (2 min for cross-checking)
31:21
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for tripping)
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42:26
Andrew Cogliano (2 min for holding the stick)
45:01
Dana Tyrell (2 min for hooking)
46:57
Vaclav Prospal (2 min for boarding)
47:19
Jarome Iginla (2 min for roughing)
47:19
Lubomir Visnovsky (2 min for roughing)
56:57
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for elbowing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 12.30 7
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10.40 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 1 2 3 0 0 4 1 17.40 9
R Erik Cole 2 0 5 3 0 1 0 1 19.50 9
C Matt Cooke 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 10.10 7
C Michal Handzus 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 15.10 7
C Scott Gomez 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 16.00 6
C Jonathan Toews 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
L Mark Recchi 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6.10 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 6
L Chris Drury 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 13.30 7
L Dustin Penner 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 18.20 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 22.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 27.00 6
D Mark Giordano 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.20 6
D Alex Goligoski 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
D Lubomir Visnovsky 1 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 24.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 6.40 6
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 9.20 7
R Radim Vrbata 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 21.00 6
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 -1 21.20 8
C Dana Tyrell 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6.20 6
C Adam Hall 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.10 4
C Andrew Cogliano 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 19.50 7
C Steven Stamkos 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Arron Asham 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 6.40 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 11.00 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 19.20 6
L Vaclav Prospal 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 19.00 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 13.40 5
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -1 25.30 7
D Kris Letang 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 23.20 7
D Matt Smaby 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.50 6
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 -1 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 6 0 16 0 0 60.00 4
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Erik Cole
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Dustin Penner
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Jaroslav Spacek notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Dustin Penner has marked a new career high in points with 48 points.
-Alex Goligoski has marked a new career high in goals with 7 tallies.
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Radim Vrbata scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Vaclav Prospal notched his 40th assist of the season.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
W-B/Scranton Penguins 3( 15) , Norfolk Admirals 1( 16)
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1-0 WBS Eric Tangradi (Carter Camper, Chris Lee)
1-1 NOR Paul Szczechura (Ty Wishart)
2-1 WBS Tim Wallace (Mark Letestu, Ben Lovejoy)
3-1 WBS Luca Caputi (Christofer Löfberg)
Goalies: Brad Thiessen - Riku Helenius