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7/2/2009
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Philadelphia Flyers 3
Shots: 30 - 22
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:63/77=81 %, Challenges:36/51=69 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:65/81=80 %, Challenges:38/57=65 %
Attendance: 14859 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 704317 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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15:09 0-1
Mike Knuble [19] (Jeff Carter, Braydon Coburn)
18:35 1-1
Evgeny Malkin [25] (Sergei Gonchar, Hal Gill)
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30:04 1-2
Lasse Kukkonen [4] (Arron Asham, Patrick Thoresen)
36:01 2-2
Evgeny Malkin [26] (Sidney Crosby, Petr Sykora)PP
38:51 2-3
Scottie Upshall [11] (Mike Knuble, Braydon Coburn)
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47:39 3-3
Petr Sykora [24] (Evgeny Malkin, Matt Cooke)
49:19 4-3
Miroslav Satan [19] (Petr Sykora, Marc-André Fleury)
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Penalty summary:
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34:38
Simon Gagné (2 min for hooking)
38:25
Eric Godard (5 min for fighting)
38:25
Mike Richards (5 min for fighting)
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50:29
Glen Metropolit (2 min for hooking)
59:15
Chris Minard (2 min for slashing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 9.10 6
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 6
R Miroslav Satan 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 -1 18.00 7
R Petr Sykora 1 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 20.20 8
C Kris Beech 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 9.10 5
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 11.50 7
C Jordan Staal 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 18.30 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 20.30 7
L Matt Cooke 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 9.50 6
L Chris Minard 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 13.10 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
L Evgeny Malkin 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 10
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.20 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 18.50 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 1 27.30 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 12.10 7
D Hal Gill 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 -1 19.20 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 27.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 1 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 8.20 6
R Arron Asham 0 1 1 3 2 4 0 1 18.00 7
R Scottie Upshall 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 15.20 8
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 3 5 2 1 0 -2 18.20 7
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 8.20 6
C Mike Richards 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 1 13.00 6
C Jeff Carter 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 18.40 8
C Daniel Brière 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 20.00 6
L Denis Tolpeko 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.20 5
L Patrick Thoresen 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 14.30 5
L Mike Knuble 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 15.20 8
L Simon Gagné 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 -2 18.20 7
D Michael Ratchuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 5
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 2 4 1 3 0 -2 27.50 8
D Lasse Kukkonen 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 14.30 8
D Braydon Coburn 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 19.30 8
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -2 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 4 0 26 0 0 58.20 6
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeny Malkin
2nd star: Petr Sykora
3rd star: Miroslav Satan
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Evgeny Malkin scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Petr Sykora notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Hal Gill ended his 6 game point drought.
Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Scottie Upshall ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Joffrey Lupul had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Lasse Kukkonen finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Eric Godard beat Mike Richards in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 6( 22) , Philadelphia Phantoms 2( 13)
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1-0 WIL John Mitchell (Ivan Tkachenko, Jonathan D'Aversa)
2-0 WIL Lukas Kaspar (Joey Mormina, Jeff Taffe)
2-1 PHL Steve Downie (Konstantin Pushkarev, Ryan Parent)
3-1 WIL Jeff Taffe (Danny Richmond)
3-2 PHL Randy Jones (Steve Downie)
4-2 WIL Janne Pesonen (John Mitchell)
5-2 WIL Jonathan Filewich (Mark Letestu)
6-2 WIL Nick Johnson (Darryl Sydor)
Goalies: John Curry - Michael-Lee Teslak