10/4/07

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10/4/2007
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , New York Rangers 2
Shots: 44 - 19
PP: 3 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:71/85=83 %, Challenges:42/49=84 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:57/72=79 %, Challenges:34/45=73 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:58 1-0 Evgeny Malkin [38] (Eric Staal)
09:53 2-0 Evgeny Malkin [39] (Eric Staal, Adam Foote)PP
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31:41 2-1 Ladislav Nagy [37] (Jaromir Jagr, Hugh Jessiman)
38:49 3-1 Eric Staal [49] (Marian Gaborik, Evgeny Malkin)PP
39:21 3-2 Patrick O'Sullivan [10] (Mark Recchi, Martin Straka)
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49:52 4-2 Sasha Pokulok [4] (Brendan Shanahan, Rod Brind'Amour)PP
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Penalty summary:
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08:29 Alex Bourret (2 min for hooking)
18:22 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for roughing)
18:22 Marc Staal (2 min for roughing)
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26:09 Artem Chubarov (2 min for tripping)
35:07 Artem Chubarov (2 min for diving)
38:15 Chris Drury (2 min for hooking)
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44:15 Ron Hainsey (2 min for roughing)
44:15 Mark Recchi (2 min for roughing)
46:11 Brendan Shanahan (2 min for cross-checking)
49:32 Ryan Callahan (2 min for high-sticking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kiel McLeod 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
R Adam Pineault 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 -1 15.40 7
R Sergei Brylin 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -1 17.20 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
C Simon Chicoine-Thorburn 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 7.20 7
C Robert Nilsson 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 14.10 8
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
C Eric Staal 1 2 6 3 0 0 0 1 20.00 10
L Gary Roberts 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.20 5
L Jeremy Jourdain 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.00 6
L Brendan Shanahan 0 1 1 2 2 0 4 -1 15.30 6
L Evgeny Malkin 2 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 10
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 16.50 6
D Sasha Pokulok 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 15.40 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 28.10 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 -1 14.20 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 17.30 6
D Adam Foote 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 1 27.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6.40 4
R Hugh Jessiman 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 0 12.40 6
R Mark Recchi 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 18.20 5
R Jaromir Jagr 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 7
C Artem Chubarov 0 0 0 5 1 0 4 0 9.20 5
C Petr Prucha 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 6
C Patrick O'Sullivan 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 16.40 6
C Chris Drury 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 19.40 7
C Alex Bourret 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7.20 5
L Marcel Hossa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 4
L Martin Straka 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
L Ladislav Nagy 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 15.20 7
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 3 0 4 2 0 13.40 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 4
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 28.20 6
D Hannu Pikkarainen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23.20 5
D Paul Mara 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 6
D Roman Hamrlik 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 19.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 40 0 0 60.00 9
G Stephen Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeny Malkin
2nd star: Eric Staal
3rd star: Sasha Pokulok

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Eric Staal notched his 70th assist of the season.
-Evgeny Malkin notched his 60th assist of the season.
-Adam Foote ended his 5 game point drought.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Patrick O'Sullivan scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Mark Recchi notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Patrick O'Sullivan finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Chris Drury had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Roman Hamrlik had his 5 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 25) , Hartford Wolfpack 1( 7)
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0-1 HFD Ryan Hollweg (Martin Richter, Toni Dahlman)
1-1 WIL A.J. Thelen (Petr Taticek)
2-1 WIL Petr Taticek
3-1 WIL Tim Brent (Petr Taticek)

Goalies: Danny Battochio - Al Montoya