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27/12/2008
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Carolina Hurricanes 1 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 26 - 28
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:60/77=77 %, Challenges:28/47=58 %
PP: 1 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:63/74=85 %, Challenges:38/58=64 %
Attendance: 17646 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 811716 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:15 0-1
Petr Sykora [11] (Philippe Boucher, Evgeny Malkin)PP
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31:09 0-2
Evgeny Malkin [14] (Kristopher Letang)
32:36 0-3
Alexei Yashin [6] (Miroslav Satan, Philippe Boucher)
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50:34 1-3
Ray Whitney [5] (Bobby Hughes, Alexander Perezhogin)
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Penalty summary:
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05:29
Erik Cole (2 min for roughing)
12:23
Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for tripping)
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23:33
Jeff O'Neill (2 min for hooking)
35:46
Zac Dalpe (2 min for cross-checking)
39:18
Zac Dalpe (2 min for hooking)
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42:44
Sidney Crosby (2 min for high-sticking)
55:14
Ray Whitney (2 min for high-sticking)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bobby Hughes 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 9.00 6
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 11.40 5
R Jeff O'Neill 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 15.00 6
R Erik Cole 0 0 3 4 1 3 2 -1 20.00 8
C Zac Dalpe 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 9.00 5
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 11.40 7
C Mike Comrie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 20.10 6
L Ray Whitney 1 0 2 3 2 4 2 1 9.00 6
L Scott Walker 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 15.10 6
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
L Daniel Alfredsson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.30 6
D Joe Corvo 0 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 18.20 7
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 18.40 7
D Adrian Aucoin 0 0 1 6 1 3 0 -1 21.10 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 18.30 5
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 26.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.50 5
R Glen Murray 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 11.30 6
R Petr Sykora 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 21.10 7
R Anson Carter 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 20.30 6
C Kris Beech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
C Matt Cooke 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 -1 11.30 7
C Alexei Yashin 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 6
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 20.20 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 7
L Jordan Staal 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 -1 11.30 4
L Miroslav Satan 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 19.00 8
L Evgeny Malkin 1 1 4 2 2 2 0 1 20.30 9
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 15.50 7
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 22.40 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 24.40 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 -1 11.30 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 2 4 1 3 0 0 1 21.20 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 24.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 25 0 0 60.00 10
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marc-André Fleury
2nd star: Evgeny Malkin
3rd star: Petr Sykora
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Ray Whitney scored the 600th point of his career.
-Alexander Perezhogin finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Ray Whitney finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Ray Whitney finally ended his 11 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Evgeny Malkin notched his 20th assist of the season.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 16) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 17)
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1-0 LOW Ernie Hartlieb (Loïc Burkhalter, Nicolas Blanchard)
1-1 WIL Dalyn Flatt (Milan Kraft, Tyler Kennedy)
2-1 LOW Loïc Burkhalter (Dennis Seidenberg)
Goalies: Kevin Nastiuk - Jean-Sébastien Aubin