Pittsburgh at Minnesota

Shots
123OTT
Pittsburgh 8 8 14 0 30
Minnesota 6 11 5 0 22
Goals
123OTT
Pittsburgh 0 1 1 0 2
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0


Scoring Summary


Period 1
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: J. RUUTU MIN (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:51, K. SAUER MIN (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 13:37

Period 2
1. PITTSBURGH, KOVALCHUK 30 (KOIVU, RECCHI), 05:23



Period 3
2. PITTSBURGH, HANDZUS 23 (MARKOV, SUNDIN), 19:09

PENALTIES: T. HOLMSTROM MIN (BOARDING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 06:24 (Served by Jeff Jillson), M. MALIK PIT (HOOKING, Minor) 10:43, T. NASH MIN (ROUGHING, Minor) 10:43, J. RUUTU MIN (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:31, M. SUNDIN PIT (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 19:43

Goalie Statistics

Ron Tugnutt (PIT), 22 saves out of 22 shots, W, 16-11-4
Olaf Kolzig (MIN), 28 saves out of 30 shots, L, 24-44-2

Power Play Conversions

Pittsburgh 0 for 4
Minnesota 0 for 1

Game Stars

1 - Ron Tugnutt (PIT)
2 - Ilya Kovalchuk (PIT)
3 - Saku Koivu (PIT)

Player Statistics

Pittsburgh

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Saku Koivu            0  1  1    +1   0  5   1 23
Ilya Kovalchuk        1  0  1    +1   0  5   1 23
John Erskine          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  7
Andrei Markov         0  1  1    +1   0  1   2 20
Olli Jokinen          0  0  0    +1   0  3   1 24
Chris Phillips        0  0  0    +1   0  0   1 26
Nicklas Lidstrom      0  0  0    +1   0  2   1 25
Shawn McEachern       0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  7
Henrik Sedin          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  6
Mats Sundin           0  1  1    +1   2  2   1 21
Marek Malik           0  0  0    +1   2  0   2 16
Rod Brind'Amour       0  0  0  Even   0  5   0 10
Sami Salo             0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 16
Aki Berg              0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  9
Mark Recchi           0  1  1    +1   0  0   1 23
Alyn McCauley         0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 10
Ian Laperriere        0  0  0  Even   0  1   4 13
Michal Handzus        1  0  1    +1   0  2   2 20
   
Minnesota

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Dimitri Yushkevich    0  0  0    -1   0  1   3 21
Michael Nylander      0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 23
Kyle Wanvig           0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 17
Manny Malhotra        0  0  0    -1   0  2   3 16
Oleg Tverdovsky       0  0  0    -1   0  5   1 19
Michael Rupp          0  0  0    -1   0  0   2 21
Mike Comrie           0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 18
Frantisek Kaberle     0  0  0    -1   0  2   2 22
Jarkko Ruutu          0  0  0    -1   4  2   4 19
Jeff Jillson          0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  5
Brett McLean          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  5
Landon Wilson         0  0  0    -1   0  3   3 20
Tomas Holmstrom       0  0  0  Even  12  1   2 20
Kurt Sauer            0  0  0    -1   2  1   3 18
Tyson Nash            0  0  0  Even   2  0   4 13
Stephane Robidas      0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 16
Dale Purinton         0  0  0  Even   0  1   2  5
Jiri Slegr            0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 12
   

Financial

Attendance: 14092
Net Profit: $739,830.00

Game Notes

Aki Berg injured at 06:24 of the 3rd Period
Tomas Holmstrom ejected at 06:24 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Wilkes-Bar     2
Houston        5
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Mikko Koivu 17 (Denis Shvidki, Sergei Valarmov)
Tomas Plekanec 35 (Ramzi Abid, Fedor Fedorov)

Matthew Stajan 38 (Mikhail Yakubov, unknown)
Mikhail Yakubov 32 (unknown, unknown)
Mikhail Yakubov 33 (unknown, unknown)
Mikhail Yakubov 34 (unknown, unknown)
Mikhail Yakubov 35 (unknown, unknown)

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Goalies
Wilkes-Bar: Michael Leighton
Houston: Brian Finley
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