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3/1/2010
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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Washington Capitals 2
Shots: 27 - 21
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:54/71=76 %, Challenges:30/50=58 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:73/82=89 %, Challenges:26/58=44 %
Attendance: 12345 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 560463 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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15:43 1-0
Eric Staal [15] (Sidney Crosby)
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27:18 1-1
Brooks Laich [16] (Scott Walker, Karl Alzner)
34:37 2-1
Eric Staal [16] (Sidney Crosby, Bill Guerin)PP
37:11 2-2
Brendan Morrison [2] (Brooks Laich, Alexander Ovechkin)
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59:26 3-2
Sidney Crosby [19] (Sergei Gonchar, Matt Greene)
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Penalty summary:
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01:24
Sidney Crosby (2 min for holding the stick)
11:16
Scott Walker (5 min for fighting)
11:16
Simon Despres (5 min for fighting)
15:09
Matt Greene (2 min for roughing)
15:09
Alexander Semin (2 min for roughing)
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33:52
Tomas Fleischmann (2 min for slashing)
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44:26
Tyler Kennedy (2 min for slashing)
49:06
Simon Despres (2 min for hooking)
55:11
Mattias Öhlund (2 min for roughing)
55:11
Eric Staal (2 min for roughing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 4
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 18.00 6
R Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 13.40 6
R Bill Guerin 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.00 6
C Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 7.20 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 3 3 2 3 0 0 20.10 8
C Jordan Staal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 17.00 8
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 5
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 1 4 5 4 0 0 18.00 7
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 7
L Eric Staal 2 0 4 3 3 3 2 0 21.00 9
D Simon Despres 0 0 1 3 1 2 7 0 17.40 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 16.40 7
D Matt Greene 0 1 3 3 0 2 2 -1 24.00 8
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 19.10 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 2 5 1 4 0 0 16.50 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 3 6 0 4 0 0 24.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Gerber 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Marc-André Fleury 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7.40 5
R Mike Knuble 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 -1 16.50 6
R Scott Walker 0 1 1 2 0 2 5 2 11.10 8
R Alexander Semin 0 0 3 4 6 1 2 -1 24.20 6
C David Steckel 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 7.40 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.00 6
C Brendan Morrison 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 -1 22.50 7
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 5
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.40 6
L Brooks Laich 1 1 4 0 5 0 0 1 16.40 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 -1 23.30 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 13.10 6
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 17.50 7
D Mike Green 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 -1 28.20 6
D Joe Corvo 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16.40 6
D Karl Alzner 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 16.00 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 28.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sidney Crosby
2nd star: Eric Staal
3rd star: Brooks Laich
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Eric Staal scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Matt Greene notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Karl Alzner notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brooks Laich notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brendan Morrison finally ended his 32 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Scott Walker fought Simon Despres in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 21) , Portland Pirates 1( 14)
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0-1 POR Chris Bourque (Michael Nylander)
1-1 WIL Mark Letestu
2-1 WIL Tim Wallace (Ryan Bayda)
Goalies: Brent Johnson - Michal Neuvirth