Carolina Hurricanes 4 , Pittsburgh Penguins 6
Shots: 29 - 25
PP: 2 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:72/89=80 %, Challenges:40/47=83 %
PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:67/73=91 %, Challenges:26/35=72 %
Attendance: 10414 of 18680 (RBC Center)
Ticket income: 516534 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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14:31 0-1
Simon Després [2] (Joe Morrow, Daniel Brière)
18:07 1-1
Bryan Little [21] (Brandon Sutter, Jussi Jokinen)
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26:43 2-1
Chad LaRose [17] (Brandon Sutter, Tuomo Ruutu)PP
28:35 2-2
Sidney Crosby [27] (Kris Letang, Patrick Marleau)SH
37:53 2-3
James van Riemsdyk [17] (Kris Letang, Claude Giroux)SH
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43:16 3-3
Brandon Sutter [24] (Bryan Little, Tomas Kaberle)
44:44 4-3
Tuomo Ruutu [19] (Derek Joslin, Brandon Sutter)PP
50:22 4-4
James van Riemsdyk [18])
56:25 4-5
Thomas Deruns [8] (Kim Hirschovits, Patrick Marleau)
59:57 4-6
Kris Letang [7] (Mathieu Schneider, Patrick Marleau) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:11
Simon Després (5 min for fighting)
02:11
Zach Boychuk (5 min for fighting)
09:01
Ruslan Salei (2 min for elbowing)
19:11
Jiri Tlusty (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:28
Derek Joslin (2 min for tripping)
22:28
Derek Joslin (10 min misconduct)
25:36
Aaron Palushaj (2 min for tripping)
27:58
Claude Giroux (2 min for roughing)
36:24
Daniel Brière (2 min for hooking)
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43:29
Paul Kariya (2 min for tripping)
45:29
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for elbowing)
51:45
Ruslan Salei (2 min for high-sticking)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Troy Bodie 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 14.10 6
R Chad LaRose 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 -1 19.40 8
R Bryan Little 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 -1 13.10 8
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 14.20 7
C Zach Boychuk 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 -2 6.00 6
C Jiri Tlusty 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 14.40 5
C Brandon Sutter 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 16.50 9
C Eric Staal 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.00 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 8.10 4
L R.J. Umberger 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.40 5
L Jussi Jokinen 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 13.10 7
L Tuomo Ruutu 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 18.00 8
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 -1 14.50 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 -1 18.00 7
D Jamie McBain 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 -2 30.10 6
D Derek Joslin 0 1 2 0 0 0 12 -1 16.10 5
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 6
D Bryan Allen 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 -3 25.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 6 0 19 0 0 58.50 4
G Justin Pogge 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 1 5.20 5
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 14.00 7
R Claude Giroux 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 19.50 7
R Simon Bernard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 6
C Kim Hirschovits 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.30 5
C Patrick Marleau 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 20.40 7
C Daniel Brière 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 17.40 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 9
L Thomas Deruns 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 6.30 6
L Paul Kariya 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 13.30 6
L James van Riemsdyk 2 0 5 1 1 1 0 2 23.30 10
L Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -1 9.40 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
D Joe Morrow 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 20.00 7
D Kris Letang 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 3 24.00 9
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 16.20 5
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 16.30 7
D Simon Després 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 24.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brandon Sutter
2nd star: James van Riemsdyk
3rd star: Kris Letang
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Tuomo Ruutu has marked a new career high in points with 55 points.
-Chad LaRose finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Patrick Marleau notched the 400th assist of his career.
-Kim Hirschovits notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mathieu Schneider notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Thomas Deruns finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
-Thomas Deruns finally ended his 24 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Simon Després beat Zach Boychuk in a fight.
Farm game result:
Charlotte Checkers 3( 23) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 10)
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0-1
Brett Sterling (Casey Pierro-Zabotel)
1-1
Oskar Osala (Bobby Sanguinetti)
1-2
Colin McDonald (Nick Johnson)
2-2
Brett Sutter (Riley Nash)
3-2
Jared Staal (Jonathan Matsumoto)
Goalies: Justin Peters - John Curry