New Jersey Devils 6 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 27 - 24
PP: 2 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:63/79=79 %, Challenges:30/38=76 %
PP: 0 of 7 (10 shots), Passing:80/88=90 %, Challenges:35/46=74 %
Attendance: 12645 of 17625 (Prudential Center)
Ticket income: 553851 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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03:38 1-0
Ilya Kovalchuk [20] (Travis Zajac, Zach Parisé)PP
19:27 1-1
Sidney Crosby [23] (James van Riemsdyk)
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30:06 2-1
Nick Palmieri [18] (Jacob Josefson, Travis Zajac)
32:31 2-2
Vincent Lecavalier [19] (Simon Després, Sidney Crosby)
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44:53 3-2
Brad Marchand [19] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Zach Parisé)PP
49:01 4-2
Jacob Josefson [5] (Henrik Tallinder, Boris Valabik)
57:35 5-2
Jacob Josefson [6] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Anton Volchenkov)
58:23 5-3
James van Riemsdyk [13] (Brooks Orpik, Simon Després)
58:52 6-3
Nick Palmieri [19] (Anssi Salmela, Jacob Josefson)
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Penalty summary:
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01:49
James van Riemsdyk (2 min for cross-checking)
04:26
Chris Kelly (2 min for tripping)
08:48
Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for tripping)
11:06
Chris Kelly (2 min for hooking)
12:52
Henrik Tallinder (2 min for hooking)
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33:33
Simon Bernard (2 min for tripping)
36:11
Brian Rolston (2 min for slashing)
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40:54
David Clarkson (2 min for hooking)
43:19
Patrick Marleau (2 min for elbowing)
46:13
Simon Després (5 min for fighting)
46:13
Pierre-Luc Leblond (5 min for fighting)
50:12
Brian Rolston (2 min for elbowing)
52:31
Daniel Brière (2 min for hooking)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R David Clarkson 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 16.00 6
R Brian Rolston 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 -2 9.50 5
R Brad Marchand 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 16.40 8
R Ilya Kovalchuk 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 19.30 9
C Dainius Zubrus 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.40 5
C Chris Kelly 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 -2 13.20 6
C Jacob Josefson 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 3 13.40 10
C Travis Zajac 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 23.20 9
L Pierre-Luc Leblond 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 7.40 5
L Mattias Tedenby 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 14.10 6
L Nick Palmieri 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 11.00 8
L Zach Parisé 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 20.10 7
D Mark Fraser 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 10.10 5
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 3 18.00 8
D Boris Valabik 0 1 1 5 0 2 0 0 25.10 8
D Colin White 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -2 17.00 6
D Anssi Salmela 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 13.00 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 1 4 2 3 0 0 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
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 1 0 0 0 6.20 4
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
R Claude Giroux 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 19.30 7
R Simon Bernard 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10.40 5
C Kim Hirschovits 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 5
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 21.10 6
C Daniel Brière 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -2 20.10 5
C Sidney Crosby 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.20 8
L Thomas Deruns 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 6.20 4
L Paul Kariya 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12.50 5
L James van Riemsdyk 1 1 5 2 1 0 2 -1 17.50 7
L Vincent Lecavalier 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 18.10 8
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 7
D Joe Morrow 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 5
D Kris Letang 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 25.30 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 12.50 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.40 6
D Simon Després 0 2 1 1 1 0 5 0 26.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Brent Johnson 6 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Ilya Bryzgalov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jacob Josefson
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Nick Palmieri
Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Zach Parisé notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Henrik Tallinder ended his 5 game point drought.
-Boris Valabik ended his 7 game point drought.
-Anssi Salmela finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
Other notes:
-Pierre-Luc Leblond beat Simon Després in a fight.
Farm game result:
Albany Devils 2( 13) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 24)
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1-0
Kyle Kucharski (Matt Corrente)
1-1
Alex Grant (Dmitri Pestunov)
2-1
Alexander Vasyunov (Vladimir Zharkov, Rod Pelley)
Goalies: Mike McKenna - John Curry