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28/12/2009
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Carolina Hurricanes 4 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 27 - 25
PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:70/80=87 %, Challenges:37/55=66 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/76=78 %, Challenges:27/43=61 %
Attendance: 11161 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 523451 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:06 1-0
Ryan Bayda [2] (Chad LaRose, Tim Gleason)
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34:44 1-1
Ruslan Fedotenko [10] (Jordan Staal, Dainius Zubrus)
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41:22 2-1
Eric Staal [15] (Tuomo Ruutu)
51:39 3-1
Joni Pitkänen [6] (Tim Gleason, Niclas Wallin)
57:09 3-2
Petteri Nokelainen [3])
58:41 3-3
Ruslan Fedotenko [11] (Robert Scuderi, Ryan Whitney) WG
59:57 4-3
Justin Williams [8] (Pat Dwyer, Tim Gleason)
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Penalty summary:
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04:21
Ryan Whitney (5 min for fighting)
04:21
Wade Brookbank (5 min for fighting)
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24:17
Nathan Moon (2 min for high-sticking)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wade Brookbank 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 2 4.50 6
R Pat Dwyer 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 18.00 6
R Scott Walker 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -1 19.10 7
R Justin Williams 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 18.00 8
C Zach Boychuk 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6.10 7
C Joe Jensen 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15.50 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
C Eric Staal 1 0 3 5 0 5 0 0 17.50 9
L Ryan Bayda 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 6.10 8
L Chad LaRose 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.50 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.10 6
L Tuomo Ruutu 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 17.50 8
D Niclas Wallin 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 15.00 5
D Joe Corvo 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.50 5
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 23.10 7
D Tim Gleason 0 3 0 1 4 1 0 0 15.30 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 -1 21.50 7
D Joni Pitkänen 1 0 3 4 1 4 0 2 22.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6.00 4
R Mark Parrish 0 0 2 2 1 5 0 1 15.50 8
R Dainius Zubrus 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 16.40 6
R Anson Carter 0 0 3 4 4 0 0 -2 20.10 6
C Nathan Moon 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.00 5
C Jeff Taffe 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 15.50 5
C Jordan Staal 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 18.20 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -2 19.50 6
L Bill Thomas 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
C Petteri Nokelainen 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 17.10 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 15.40 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 20.10 5
D Sergei Dityatev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 6
D Robert Scuderi 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 -1 19.20 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 2 5 1 3 5 -1 23.00 8
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 5
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -2 24.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 23 0 0 59.30 5
G John Curry 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Eric Staal
2nd star: Tim Gleason
3rd star: Joni Pitkänen
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Eric Staal scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Ryan Bayda finally ended his 24 game goal drought.
-Niclas Wallin ended his 6 game point drought.
-Tim Gleason ended his 6 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Ruslan Fedotenko scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Dainius Zubrus notched the 300th assist of his career.
-Robert Scuderi notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Petteri Nokelainen finally ended his 31 game goal drought.
-Petteri Nokelainen finally ended his 16 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Wade Brookbank beat Ryan Whitney in a fight.
Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 0( 24) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 18)
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0-1 WIL Nick Johnson (Michael Gergen)
0-2 WIL Michael Gergen (Nick Johnson)
Goalies: Justin Peters - Dany Sabourin