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4/2/2009
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Pittsburgh Penguins 6 , New York Rangers 1
Shots: 33 - 24
PP: 3 of 7 (11 shots), Passing:74/84=88 %, Challenges:37/51=71 %
PP: 0 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:66/78=84 %, Challenges:23/43=52 %
Attendance: 10787 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 501596 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:06 1-0
Kevin Bieksa [9] (Thomas Hickey, Anze Kopitar)PP
11:33 2-0
Rick Nash [30] (Anze Kopitar, Thomas Hickey)PP
14:57 3-0
Nikita Filatov [18] (Jason Allison, Milan Jurcina)
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26:13 3-1
Dan Fritsche [4] (Paul Mara, Derek Morris)
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42:15 4-1
Dustin Brown [20] (Rick Nash, Anze Kopitar)PP
44:14 5-1
Anze Kopitar [22] (Kris Beech, Jakub Voracek)
50:23 6-1
Petr Sykora [13] (Milan Jurcina, Jason Allison)
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Penalty summary:
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04:43
Dan Fritsche (2 min for tripping)
05:21
Hugh Jessiman (2 min for holding the stick)
10:51
Hugh Jessiman (2 min for holding the stick)
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20:08
Nikita Filatov (2 min for hooking)
29:51
Jakub Voracek (2 min for hooking)
32:21
Nik Antropov (2 min for elbowing)
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40:52
Fredrik Sjöström (2 min for roughing)
45:26
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for tripping)
56:05
Aaron Voros (2 min for tripping)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jakub Voracek 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 10.00 6
R Ryan Kesler 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 13.00 7
R Petr Sykora 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 16.00 8
R Dustin Brown 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 19.40 8
C Kris Beech 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 11.20 7
C Dave Bolland 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 13.00 7
C Jason Allison 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 12.20 7
C Anze Kopitar 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 20.50 10
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.00 5
L David Steckel 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 13.00 6
L Nikita Filatov 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 15.40 8
L Rick Nash 1 1 4 2 1 2 0 0 20.00 8
D Marc Methot 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 15.00 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 15.10 7
D Kevin Bieksa 1 0 4 4 1 3 0 0 27.20 8
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
D Thomas Hickey 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 20.40 8
D Karl Alzner 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 24.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 23 0 0 60.00 9
G Jake Allen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Hugh Jessiman 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 6.30 6
R Aaron Voros 0 0 0 2 3 2 2 1 12.40 6
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 5
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 -2 19.00 6
C Blair Betts 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 6.50 5
C Dan Fritsche 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 12.40 6
C Nik Antropov 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 19.30 7
C Scott Gomez 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -3 18.40 5
L Pat Rissmiller 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 6.40 4
L Chris Drury 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 20.40 7
L Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 -1 13.00 7
L Markus Näslund 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 19.40 6
D Michael Del Zotto 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 14.30 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 5
D Marc Staal 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -2 29.20 7
D Paul Mara 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 15.10 6
D Derek Morris 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 -1 22.40 7
D Wade Redden 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -2 24.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 6 0 27 0 0 60.00 4
G David LeNeveu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Anze Kopitar
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Petr Sykora
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Thomas Hickey notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Rick Nash scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Dustin Brown scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Kris Beech finally ended his 13 game point drought.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Derek Morris notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Nik Antropov had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Michal Rozsival had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 5( 19) , Hartford Wolfpack 2( 18)
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0-1 HFD Zdenek Bahensky (Joe Barnes, Ryan Hillier)
1-1 WIL Mike Zigomanis (Carl Sneep)
1-2 HFD Joseph Crabb (Greg Beller)
2-2 WIL Bill Thomas (Carl Sneep, Mike Zigomanis)
3-2 WIL Ryan Stone (Sergei Anshakov)
4-2 WIL Mike Zigomanis (Carl Sneep)
5-2 WIL Milan Kraft (Niklas Nordgren, Eric Godard)
Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Stephen Valiquette