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7/2/2009
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Pittsburgh Penguins 5 , Philadelphia Flyers 4
Shots: 25 - 30
PP: 2 of 8 (11 shots), Passing:72/77=93 %, Challenges:35/57=60 %
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:76/90=84 %, Challenges:36/55=64 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 788547 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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07:46 1-0
Rick Nash [31] (Anze Kopitar, Thomas Hickey)PP
09:14 1-1
Jeff Carter [24] (Sheldon Souray)
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28:25 2-1
Kris Beech [4] (Kevin Bieksa)
29:11 2-2
Milan Michalek [26] (Jeff Carter, James Van Riemsdyk)
33:36 2-3
Brent Seabrook [5] (Jeff Carter, Milan Michalek)
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47:33 2-4
Sheldon Souray [5] (Jeff Carter, Thomas Vanek)PP
54:12 3-4
Kris Beech [5] (Milan Jurcina, Nick Petrecki)
58:55 4-4
Dustin Brown [21] (Karl Alzner, Kevin Bieksa) WG
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64:58 5-4
Nikita Filatov [19] (Nicklas Bäckström, Petr Sykora)PP
Penalty summary:
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06:28
Brent Seabrook (2 min for tripping)
16:57
Kris Versteeg (2 min for roughing)
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24:16
Kris Versteeg (2 min for roughing)
31:06
Mike Knuble (2 min for hooking)
34:31
Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for roughing)
34:31
Eric Lindros (2 min for roughing)
35:43
Milan Michalek (2 min for holding the stick)
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44:35
Sheldon Souray (2 min for holding the stick)
46:58
Dustin Brown (2 min for hooking)
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61:48
Nils Ekman (2 min for hooking)
63:22
Milan Lucic (2 min for slashing)
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jakub Voracek 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 6.40 7
R Ryan Kesler 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 13.50 5
R Petr Sykora 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 22.00 6
R Dustin Brown 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 -1 21.50 8
C Kris Beech 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7.20 8
C Dave Bolland 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 14.20 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 -1 20.00 8
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 3 5 5 1 0 -1 22.20 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 6.40 4
L David Steckel 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 15.10 7
L Nikita Filatov 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 21.50 7
L Rick Nash 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 22.40 7
D Nick Petrecki 0 1 0 6 2 5 0 -1 17.00 9
D Milan Jurcina 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 22.30 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 29.30 8
D Marc Methot 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.00 6
D Thomas Hickey 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 25.50 7
D Karl Alzner 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 22.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 26 0 0 64.40 6
G Jake Allen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
R Milan Lucic 0 0 3 6 3 4 2 0 23.20 7
R Milan Michalek 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 18.30 8
R Jeff Carter 1 3 3 5 1 2 0 1 20.20 10
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.30 7
C Eric Lindros 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 13.50 7
C Kris Versteeg 0 0 5 2 1 0 4 -1 18.50 7
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 21.30 9
L Nils Ekman 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6.50 5
L Mike Knuble 0 0 1 2 4 3 2 0 13.50 6
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -1 14.40 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 14.20 7
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 1 5 1 6 0 0 27.00 8
D Brent Seabrook 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 18.00 8
D Sheldon Souray 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 20.00 8
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 26.30 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 14.00 6
D Jack Johnson 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 24.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 5 0 20 0 0 65.00 4
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jeff Carter
2nd star: Kris Beech
3rd star: Milan Michalek
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Kris Beech finally ended his 31 game goal drought.
-Nick Petrecki finally ended his 12 game point drought.
Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Jeff Carter has marked a new career high in goals with 24 tallies.
-Sheldon Souray notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jeff Carter notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Jeff Carter ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Brent Seabrook finally ended his 26 game goal drought.
-Sheldon Souray finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 21) , Philadelphia Phantoms 2( 12)
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1-0 WIL Jason Allison (Kevyn Adams)
1-1 PHL Andrei Popov (Mike Rathje)
2-1 WIL Eric Godard (Niklas Nordgren)
2-2 PHL Stefan Ruzicka (Lasse Kukkonen)
3-2 WIL Niklas Nordgren (Jeff Taffe, Dany Sabourin)
Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Martin Houle