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8/5/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Philadelphia Flyers 2
Shots: 30 - 21
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/85=76 %, Challenges:39/58=66 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:76/93=81 %, Challenges:23/35=63 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:54 1-0
Milan Michalek [3] (Evgeny Malkin)
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21:41 2-0
Brad Richards [3] (Kevyn Adams, Jeremy Colliton)
29:02 3-0
Chris Higgins [1] (Marc Staal, Richard Matvichuk)
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47:03 3-1
Ben Eager [2] (Dustin Brown, Michael Ryder)
59:34 3-2
Joffrey Lupul [1] (Jeff Carter)
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Penalty summary:
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16:22
Chris Chelios (2 min for elbowing)
18:41
Chris Higgins (2 min for roughing)
18:41
Denis Gauthier (2 min for roughing)
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55:31
Jeremy Colliton (2 min for elbowing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 8.10 6
C Chris Higgins 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 13.40 8
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 20.00 6
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 16.10 6
C Kevyn Adams 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -1 8.00 5
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 17.50 8
C Evgeny Malkin 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 8
C Brad Richards 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 16.10 10
C Jeremy Colliton 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 -1 6.00 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 15.50 6
R Milan Michalek 1 0 5 1 3 1 0 1 16.00 7
L Brendan Shanahan 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.10 7
D Richard Matvichuk 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 19.50 7
D Chris Chelios 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 21.40 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 20.30 7
D Marc Staal 0 1 0 5 2 6 0 0 17.40 8
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 19.00 6
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 21.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dustin Brown 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 9.50 7
R Michael Ryder 0 1 3 1 3 4 0 0 14.40 7
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16.30 7
R Joffrey Lupul 1 0 2 3 2 2 0 -2 19.00 7
C Ryan Potulny 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.50 5
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 14.40 7
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 18.30 5
C Jeff Carter 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 -2 17.00 8
L Ben Eager 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 9.50 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 14.40 5
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 17.50 8
L Mike Knuble 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 -2 17.40 6
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15.00 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 24.00 8
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 21.00 5
D Brent Sopel 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16.40 6
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 26.20 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brad Richards
2nd star: Chris Higgins
3rd star: Evgeny Malkin
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Aleksey Morozov had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Brendan Shanahan had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Brendan Shanahan had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Richard Matvichuk ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Joffrey Lupul finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Patrick O'Sullivan had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Mike Knuble had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes: