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31/1/2009
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , New York Rangers 1
Shots: 22 - 15
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:61/82=74 %, Challenges:46/64=70 %
PP: 0 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:59/76=77 %, Challenges:21/44=46 %
Attendance: 10274 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474658 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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15:59 1-0
Petr Sykora [19] (Hal Gill, Philippe Boucher)
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20:39 2-0
Evgeny Malkin [20] (Sergei Gonchar, Philippe Boucher)PP
36:14 3-0
Petr Sykora [20] (Brooks Orpik, Hal Gill)
36:42 3-1
Ryan Callahan [4] (Fredrik Sjöström, Mike Comrie)
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59:32 4-1
Jason Spezza [19] (Petr Sykora, Pascal Dupuis)
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Penalty summary:
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20:14
Dan Bertram (2 min for tripping)
21:43
Miroslav Satan (2 min for cross-checking)
27:21
Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for elbowing)
30:13
Nik Antropov (2 min for cross-checking)
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54:03
Mike Comrie (2 min for elbowing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Miroslav Satan 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 9.10 4
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 12.30 7
R Petr Sykora 2 1 4 0 4 0 0 2 17.40 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 20.00 7
C Keven Veilleux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.10 5
C Derek Armstrong 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 11.40 6
C Jason Spezza 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 16.40 7
C Evgeny Malkin 1 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 20.10 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.30 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 3 2 2 3 0 0 14.00 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 12.40 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 20.30 8
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.20 6
D Hal Gill 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 15.50 8
D Philippe Boucher 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 29.00 9
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 17.00 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 17.50 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 25.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 14 0 0 60.00 8
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Bertram 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 5.00 6
R Ryan Callahan 1 0 2 4 1 3 0 1 16.50 7
R Bobby Ryan 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 -2 17.10 5
R Nik Antropov 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 -1 16.30 6
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5.10 4
C Mike Comrie 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 20.00 6
C Todd Marchant 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 16.40 6
C Chris Drury 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 -1 18.10 5
L Lauri Korpikoski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.20 5
L Fredrik Sjöström 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 21.20 5
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 15.20 6
L Markus Näslund 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 18.10 5
D Dan Girardi 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 17.10 5
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 17.40 6
D Paul Mara 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -1 22.00 6
D Derek Morris 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 20.20 7
D François Beauchemin 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -1 18.40 6
D Wade Redden 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 -2 25.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 4 0 18 0 0 60.00 5
G Steve Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Petr Sykora
2nd star: Hal Gill
3rd star: Philippe Boucher
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Evgeny Malkin scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Petr Sykora scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Hal Gill ended his 8 game point drought.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Ryan Callahan finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
W-B/Scranton Penguins 4( 33) , Hartford Wolf Pack 3( 11)
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0-1 HFD Pierre Parenteau (Mikko Maenpaa)
0-2 HFD Mikko Maenpaa (Greg Moore)
0-3 HFD Michael Sauer (Andreas Jämtin)
1-3 WBS Mike Zigomanis (Eric Godard, Bill Thomas)
2-3 WBS Craig Adams (Jeff Taffe, Tim Wallace)
3-3 WBS Eric Godard (Mike Zigomanis)
4-3 WBS Kris Beech (Janne Pesonen)
Goalies: John Curry - Miika Wiikman