12.3.2012

New Jersey Devils 6 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 38 - 23
PP: 2 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:66/81=81 %, Challenges:39/45=84 %
PP: 0 of 2 (0 shots), Passing:67/74=90 %, Challenges:27/40=65 %
Attendance: 14065 of 17625 (Prudential Center)
Ticket income: 616047 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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08:46 1-0 Brad Marchand [20] (Jacob Josefson, Travis Zajac)
17:42 2-0 Brad Marchand [21] (Mattias Tedenby, Henrik Tallinder)PP
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20:49 2-1 Paul Kariya [15] (Daniel Brière, Claude Giroux)
26:06 3-1 Dainius Zubrus [11] (David Clarkson, Boris Valabik)
30:34 4-1 Ilya Kovalchuk [25] (Zach Parisé, Brad Marchand)PP
37:52 4-2 James van Riemsdyk [14] (Claude Giroux)
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40:56 5-2 Brad Marchand [22] (Boris Valabik, Anton Volchenkov)
41:35 6-2 Ilya Kovalchuk [26] (Zach Parisé, Travis Zajac)
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Penalty summary:
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03:03 Claude Giroux (2 min for tripping)
13:41 Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for hooking)
16:27 Aaron Palushaj (2 min for elbowing)
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28:52 Kim Hirschovits (2 min for diving)
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44:18 Brian Rolston (2 min for high-sticking)
59:01 Colin White (2 min for roughing)
59:01 Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for roughing)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Clarkson 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 9.10 6
R Brian Rolston 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 11.00 5
R Brad Marchand 3 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 18.10 10
R Ilya Kovalchuk 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 19.00 8
C Dainius Zubrus 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.10 5
C Chris Kelly 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 13.00 6
C Jacob Josefson 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 19.10 7
C Travis Zajac 0 2 5 8 0 5 0 0 19.40 10
L Pierre-Luc Leblond 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7.10 6
L Mattias Tedenby 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 7
L Nick Palmieri 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 19.20 8
L Zach Parisé 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 20.10 9
D Mark Fraser 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 11.40 5
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 24.30 7
D Boris Valabik 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 25.50 8
D Colin White 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 13.20 6
D Anssi Salmela 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 26.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Aaron Palushaj 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.20 5
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 12.30 6
R Claude Giroux 0 2 4 0 1 0 2 1 16.20 7
R Simon Bernard 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.30 5
C Kim Hirschovits 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7.20 4
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19.40 4
C Daniel Brière 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.40 6
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.50 6
L Thomas Deruns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
L Paul Kariya 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.20 5
L James van Riemsdyk 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 16.50 6
L Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 -2 18.30 8
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 6
D Joe Morrow 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21.30 4
D Kris Letang 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 -1 25.50 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 -1 13.50 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 17.40 7
D Simon Després 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 25.40 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Johnson 6 0 32 0 0 60.00 5
G Ilya Bryzgalov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brad Marchand
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Travis Zajac

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Brad Marchand scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Anton Volchenkov has marked a new career high in points with 20 points.
-Dainius Zubrus finally ended his 29 game goal drought.
-Dainius Zubrus finally ended his 24 game point drought.

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Paul Kariya scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Paul Kariya ended his 5 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Albany Devils 0( 5) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 21)
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0-1 Tim Wallace (Mark Letestu)
0-2 Tyler Kennedy (Dmitri Pestunov, Ben Lovejoy)
0-3 Ben Lovejoy (Tim Wallace)

Goalies: Mike McKenna - Brad Thiessen

San Jose Sharks 4 , Toronto Maple Leafs 3
Shots: 44 - 25
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:85/91=93 %, Challenges:44/50=86 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/69=89 %, Challenges:33/39=82 %
Attendance: 15963 of 17562 (HP Pavillon)
Ticket income: 798150 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:18 1-0 Logan Couture [20] (Guillaume Latendresse, Brent Burns)
08:34 1-1 Fedor Tyutin [6] (Tim Connolly, Nazem Kadri)
12:55 2-1 John McCarthy [8] (Chris Kunitz, Logan Couture)PP
17:23 2-2 Jeff Carter [31] (John-Michael Liles)
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22:21 3-2 Benn Ferriero [14] (Kyle Wellwood, Patrik Elias)
27:01 4-2 Marc-Édouard Vlasic [9] (Michal Handzus)
33:41 4-3 Colby Armstrong [4] (Joffrey Lupul, Fedor Tyutin)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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11:06 Clarke MacArthur (2 min for hooking)
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41:36 Matthew Lombardi (2 min for hooking)
53:21 Colby Armstrong (2 min for high-sticking)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Adams 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7.00 5
R Benn Ferriero 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12.40 7
R John McCarthy 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 19.50 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 1 20.40 8
C Michal Handzus 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7.00 6
C Kyle Wellwood 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 21.30 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 21.20 7
L Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7.00 6
L Patrik Elias 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 -2 17.30 8
L Logan Couture 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 20.10 8
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.50 6
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
D Brent Burns 0 1 5 4 0 3 0 0 29.00 8
D Doug Murray 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Paul Martin 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 17.00 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 29.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Antti Niemi 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 13.10 6
R Slava Kozlov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 17.00 6
R Phil Kessel 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
C Joffrey Lupul 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
C Tim Connolly 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 13.10 8
C Nazem Kadri 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -2 18.40 6
C Jeff Carter 1 0 4 3 0 2 0 1 20.40 9
L Colby Armstrong 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 7.20 5
L Matthew Lombardi 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 11.20 6
L Nikolai Kulemin 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -2 21.20 4
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 20.00 8
D Fedor Tyutin 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 14.20 8
D John-Michael Liles 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 18.40 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 25.20 8
D Jeff Finger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14.30 6
D Cody Franson 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 -1 20.40 8
D Luke Schenn 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -1 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonas Gustavsson 4 0 40 0 0 59.30 9
G James Reimer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Logan Couture
2nd star: Benn Ferriero
3rd star: John McCarthy

Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Logan Couture scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Michal Handzus notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Marc-Édouard Vlasic finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Tim Connolly notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Colby Armstrong ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Fedor Tyutin finally ended his 27 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Worcester Sharks 3( 30) , Toronto Marlies 4( 20)
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0-1 TRM Billy Sweatt (Dale Mitchell, Joe Colborne)
0-2 TRM Joe Colborne (Billy Sweatt)
1-2 Joel Champagne (Jim McKenzie)
2-2 Marek Viedensky (Gabe Gauthier)
3-2 Jamie McGinn (Andrew Desjardins)
3-3 TRM Dale Mitchell (Keith Aulie)
3-4 TRM Korbinian Holzer (Joe Colborne, Billy Sweatt)

Goalies: Thomas Greiss - Ben Scrivens