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26/12/2007
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 24 - 31
PP: 1 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:76/92=82 %, Challenges:36/43=81 %
PP: 2 of 7 (11 shots), Passing:58/77=75 %, Challenges:36/39=90 %
Attendance: 11893 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 612490 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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27:39 1-0
Sergei Gonchar [6] (Evgeny Malkin, Petr Sykora)PP
30:59 2-0
Ryan Malone [10] (Petr Sykora, Mark Recchi)
33:46 2-1
Bobby Holik [9] (Vyacheslav Kozlov, Niclas Hävelid)PP
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42:51 3-1
Gilbert Brulé [12] (Petr Sykora, Ryan Malone)
46:19 3-2
Marian Hossa [19] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Brian Strait)PP
46:32 3-3
Jesse Schultz [1] (Niclas Hävelid, Patrik Stefan)
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60:53 4-3
Jarkko Ruutu [2] (Gary Roberts, Evgeny Malkin)
Penalty summary:
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00:22
Bryan Little (2 min for high-sticking)
04:14
Brad Larsen (2 min for roughing)
10:24
Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for high-sticking)
13:31
Mark Eaton (2 min for cross-checking)
18:43
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for hooking)
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22:52
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for slashing)
25:25
Garnet Exelby (2 min for roughing)
25:25
Maxime Talbot (2 min for roughing)
26:26
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for hooking)
32:42
Maxime Talbot (2 min for hooking)
37:28
Garnet Exelby (2 min for boarding)
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44:39
Brooks Orpik (2 min for slashing)
48:51
Evgeny Malkin (2 min for hooking)
55:49
Mark Eaton (2 min for hooking)
57:02
Evgeny Malkin (2 min for high-sticking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tim Brent 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 7.30 6
R Jarkko Ruutu 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 9.00 8
R Petr Sykora 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 12.50 7
R Mark Recchi 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
C Milan Kraft 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 9.30 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 3 1 2 4 1 13.30 7
C Gilbert Brulé 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 11.30 7
C Travis Zajac 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 19.20 7
L Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 7.40 5
L Gary Roberts 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
L Ryan Malone 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 21.00 9
L Evgeny Malkin 0 2 5 4 0 1 4 0 21.30 9
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 13.10 6
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 21.40 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 30.20 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.00 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 15.50 7
D Sergei Gonchar 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ty Conklin 3 0 28 0 0 61.00 8
G Marc-André Fleury 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
R Jesse Schultz 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 6
R Darren Haydar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 16.40 6
R Marian Hossa 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21.10 8
C Jim Slater 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 16.40 8
C Patrik Stefan 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 17.40 6
C Bobby Holik 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 6
C Bryan Little 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 15.40 5
L Brad Larsen 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7.40 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.30 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 -1 19.50 8
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 15.40 5
D Brian Strait 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 22.10 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 4 3 0 1 6 -1 26.50 8
D Niclas Hävelid 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 21.20 9
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 -1 11.50 6
D Josh Gorges 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 24.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 20 0 0 61.00 5
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Petr Sykora
2nd star: Ryan Malone
3rd star: Evgeny Malkin
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Ryan Malone scored his 10th goal of the season.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Jesse Schultz finally ended his 39 game goal drought.
-Jesse Schultz finally ended his 35 game point drought.
-Patrik Stefan finally ended his 28 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 23) , Chicago Wolves 2( 18)
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1-0 WIL Arpad Mihaly (Mark Ardelan)
2-0 WIL Derick Brassard (Mark Letestu, Daniel Fernholm)
2-1 CHW Chris Thorburn (Jan Steber)
2-2 CHW Chad Painchaud (Jimmy Sharrow, Jordan LaVallee)
Goalies: Jeff Pietrasiak - Fred Brathwaite
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San Jose Sharks 3 , New York Islanders 2
Shots: 33 - 20
PP: 1 of 7 (15 shots), Passing:71/81=87 %, Challenges:42/50=82 %
PP: 2 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:41/48=83 %
Attendance: 8763 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 439903 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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09:57 0-1
Mike Comrie [10] (Shawn Bates, Richie Regehr)PP
19:34 1-1
Andy McDonald [14] (Scott Gomez, Martin Havlat)PP
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29:55 2-1
Jason Williams [4] (Tuomo Ruutu, Simon Gagné)
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47:39 2-2
Bill Guerin [23] (Olli Jokinen, Ruslan Fedotenko)PP
58:24 3-2
Scott Gomez [16] (François Beauchemin)
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Penalty summary:
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04:28
Peter Ferraro (2 min for slashing)
08:14
James Sheppard (2 min for slashing)
10:23
Bruno Gervais (2 min for tripping)
16:49
Ryane Clowe (2 min for roughing)
16:49
Sean Bergenheim (2 min for roughing)
18:18
Brendan Witt (2 min for hooking)
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27:31
Shawn Bates (2 min for tripping)
35:17
Jason Williams (2 min for hooking)
38:57
Brendan Witt (2 min for hooking)
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41:19
Simon Gagné (2 min for hooking)
43:59
Mike Comrie (2 min for high-sticking)
46:03
Andy McDonald (2 min for tripping)
50:18
Danny Markov (2 min for diving)
56:07
Bill Guerin (2 min for high-sticking)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Claude Giroux 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 6
R Ryane Clowe 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 17.00 7
R Andy McDonald 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 19.10 8
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 21.30 8
C Jason Williams 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 12.20 6
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 7
C Marcel Goc 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.00 7
C Scott Gomez 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 21.50 8
L James Sheppard 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7.10 5
L Simon Gagné 0 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 15.50 9
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
L Martin Havlat 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 20.50 7
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 12.40 8
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 28.00 6
D Doug Murray 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 13.00 6
D François Beauchemin 0 1 3 7 0 1 0 1 27.40 10
D Danny Markov 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 27.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 2 0 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Corey Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Peter Ferraro 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.50 6
R Sean Bergenheim 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 9.10 5
R Bill Guerin 1 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 17.00 9
R Trent Hunter 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 20.50 7
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Mike Comrie 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 12.40 7
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11.20 5
C Olli Jokinen 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 7
L Chris Simon 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 13.00 4
R Tim Jackman 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 9.10 7
L Shawn Bates 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 16.00 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 -2 21.00 6
D Richie Regehr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 6
D Radek Martinek 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -1 19.00 5
D Brendan Witt 0 0 1 5 0 2 4 -1 23.40 7
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 11.40 5
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 24.50 6
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 28.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 3 0 30 0 0 59.50 9
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Scott Gomez
2nd star: Andy McDonald
3rd star: Bill Guerin
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Scott Gomez notched his 30th assist of the season.
Notes for New York Islanders:
-Mike Comrie scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Shawn Bates notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mike Comrie ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Richie Regehr ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 6( 34) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3( 16)
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1-0 CLE Tomas Plihal (Pierre Hedin)
1-1 BRG Masi Marjamäki (Jiri Jakes, David Masse)
2-1 CLE Tomas Plihal (Mike Iggulden)
2-2 BRG Darryl Bootland (Bryan Rodney, Luciano Aquino)
2-3 BRG Kip Brennan (Scott Polaski)
3-3 CLE Josh Prudden (Tomas Plihal, John Laliberte)
4-3 CLE John Laliberte (Josh Prudden)
5-3 CLE Kris Versteeg (Tom Cavanagh)
6-3 CLE Patrick Davis (John Laliberte, Brad Staubitz)
Goalies: Thomas Greiss - Joey MacDonald