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27/12/2011
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Montreal Canadiens 1
Shots: 24 - 19
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:66/80=82 %, Challenges:13/50=25 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:68/84=80 %, Challenges:18/54=32 %
Attendance: 9044 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 428685 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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13:44 0-1
Travis Moen [4] (Trent Hunter, Alexei Emelin)
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no scoring
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50:02 1-1
Evgeni Malkin [14] (Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang)
56:25 2-1
Sidney Crosby [20] (Evgeni Malkin, James Neal)
58:45 3-1
Sidney Crosby [21] (Evgeni Malkin, Mathieu Darche) EN
59:42 4-1
James Neal [11] (Evgeni Malkin)
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Penalty summary:
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20:41
Scott Gomez (2 min for hooking)
30:06
Scott Gomez (2 min for high-sticking)
35:07
Matt Cooke (2 min for roughing)
37:27
Ryane Clowe (2 min for boarding)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Tangradi 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 7.30 6
R Mathieu Darche 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 19.20 7
R Steve Sullivan 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 12.30 5
R Evgeni Malkin 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 20.20 8
C Jason Williams 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.30 4
C Cal O'Reilly 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 17.20 7
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 14.50 7
C Sidney Crosby 2 1 4 1 2 1 0 3 20.20 9
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 7.30 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 15.20 7
L Cory Stillman 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 14.50 6
L James Neal 1 1 3 4 3 3 0 3 20.40 8
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 17.20 5
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 13.30 8
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 3 27.30 7
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 19.50 7
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 14.30 6
D Kris Letang 0 1 2 3 7 2 0 3 27.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Trent Hunter 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 9.20 5
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 15.50 5
C Lars Eller 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 16.10 5
R Erik Cole 0 0 3 7 1 7 0 -1 18.30 8
C Dominic Moore 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.20 6
C Steve Ott 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 13.40 4
C Scott Gomez 0 0 2 0 3 0 4 -2 18.30 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -1 14.20 5
L Travis Moen 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 9.20 6
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 0 3 1 5 2 0 14.00 6
R Brian Gionta 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 18.30 4
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 -1 16.20 7
D Alexei Emelin 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 19.00 5
D Josh Gorges 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 -2 18.10 4
D Brent Burns 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 -2 25.10 6
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 12.20 5
D Cam Fowler 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -2 20.30 5
D Ryan Suter 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 -1 24.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 4 0 20 0 0 59.00 5
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st
: Evgeni Malkin
2nd
: Sidney Crosby
3rd
: James Neal
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Sidney Crosby scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Evgeni Malkin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mathieu Darche notched his 10th assist of the season.
-James Neal finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Travis Moen ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 4( 35) , Quebec Citadelles 3( 15)
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0-1 QUE Mark Mitera (Aaron Palushaj)
1-1 WIL Colin McDonald (Dustin Jeffrey)
2-1 WIL Dustin Jeffrey (Colin McDonald, Alex Grant)
3-1 WIL Ryan Craig (Dustin Jeffrey)
3-2 QUE Joonas Nattinen (Aaron Palushaj)
3-3 QUE Dany Masse (Alain Berger)
4-3 WIL Tomas Kurka (Brian Strait, Joe Vitale)
Goalies: Brad Thiessen - Nathan Lawson