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10/12/2007
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Pittsburgh Penguins 5 , New York Islanders 3
Shots: 26 - 27
PP: 2 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:64/87=73 %, Challenges:18/37=47 %
PP: 1 of 6 (14 shots), Passing:69/90=76 %, Challenges:27/45=58 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:55 0-1
Richard Park [1] (Andy Hilbert)
13:52 0-2
Trent Hunter [9] (Shawn Bates, Tom Poti)PP
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30:34 1-2
Mark Recchi [11] (Sergei Gonchar, Ryan Whitney)
32:15 2-2
Sergei Gonchar [4] (Ryan Whitney, Erik Christensen)PP
36:47 3-2
Jordan Staal [5] (Colby Armstrong, Brooks Orpik)
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45:02 4-2
Mark Eaton [2] (Gary Roberts, Colby Armstrong)PP
51:23 4-3
Richard Zednik [5])
59:44 5-3
Sidney Crosby [13] (Mark Recchi, Georges Laraque) EN
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Penalty summary:
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01:19
Sidney Crosby (2 min for roughing)
07:39
Gary Roberts (2 min for high-sticking)
12:12
Maxime Talbot (2 min for cross-checking)
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20:46
Frans Nielsen (2 min for cross-checking)
23:07
Mark Recchi (2 min for hooking)
32:01
Richard Zednik (2 min for tripping)
36:54
Micki Dupont (2 min for hooking)
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44:26
Jason Blake (2 min for hooking)
45:31
Ronald Petrovicky (2 min for roughing)
45:31
Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for roughing)
47:13
Brendan Witt (2 min for tripping)
49:23
Mark Recchi (2 min for cross-checking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.30 4
R Georges Laraque 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 0 8.50 7
R Colby Armstrong 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 18.40 8
R Mark Recchi 1 1 3 1 2 0 4 1 18.10 8
C Erik Christensen 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10.30 6
C Jordan Staal 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 4 1 2 0 2 1 18.10 8
L Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 10.20 5
L Nils Ekman 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.00 6
L Gary Roberts 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 17.00 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 19.40 6
D Micki Dupont 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10.00 6
D Mark Eaton 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 19.20 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 2 1 3 2 3 0 1 24.00 8
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 21.20 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 21.00 7
D Sergei Gonchar 1 1 4 2 3 2 0 1 24.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Richard Park 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 9.50 6
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11.00 4
R Jason Blake 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 -1 19.30 6
R Trent Hunter 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 -1 19.40 8
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 8.30 6
C Randy Robitaille 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 11.00 6
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 17.40 7
C Alexei Yashin 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
L Andy Hilbert 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 8.30 7
L Chris Simon 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 0 14.40 6
L Shawn Bates 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 -2 18.10 5
L Richard Zednik 1 0 7 3 2 1 2 0 17.30 8
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 4
D Brendan Witt 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 16.20 6
D Sean Hill 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 26.00 6
D Chris Campoli 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 15.00 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 25.00 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 25.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 5 0 21 0 0 59.00 4
G Mike Dunham 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mark Recchi
2nd star: Ryan Whitney
3rd star: Sergei Gonchar
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Sergei Gonchar notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Gary Roberts notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Colby Armstrong notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mark Recchi notched the 800th assist of his career.
-Sergei Gonchar finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Notes for New York Islanders:
-Richard Park finally ended his 27 game goal drought.
-Richard Park finally ended his 14 game point drought.
-Mike Sillinger had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Alexei Yashin had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 24) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 14)
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0-1 BRG Peter Ferraro (Luciano Aquino, Jeff Tambellini)
0-2 BRG Mark Wotton (Eric Boguniecki, Petteri Nokelainen)
1-2 WIL Joel Kwiatkowski (Chris Thorburn, Dennis Bonvie)
2-2 WIL Connor James (Matt Carkner)
3-2 WIL David Bararuk (Alain Nasreddine, Dennis Bonvie)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Wade Dubielewicz