Minnesota at Pittsburgh

Shots
123OTT
Minnesota 4 6 6 0 16
Pittsburgh 13 16 14 0 43
Goals
123OTT
Minnesota 1 0 0 0 1
Pittsburgh 3 2 2 0 7


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. PITTSBURGH, MCCAULEY 6 (JOVANOVSKI, ZUBOV), 04:52
2. MINNESOTA, BONK 13 (YUSHKEVICH, STEVENSON), 08:58
3. PITTSBURGH, DATSYUK 11 (MARKOV, KOVALCHUK), 18:01
4. PITTSBURGH, MORROW 25 (KOIVU, COLE) (PP), 19:47

PENALTIES: I. LAPERRIERE PIT (ELBOWING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 06:20 (Served by Rob Niedermayer), M. MALHOTRA MIN (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 10:25, B. MARCHMENT MIN (BOARDING, Minor) 12:18, B. MARCHMENT MIN (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 18:55

Period 2
5. PITTSBURGH, JAGR 33 (DATSYUK, KOVALCHUK), 08:19
6. PITTSBURGH, KOVALCHUK 32 (MARKOV, NIEDERMAYER) (PP), 12:49

PENALTIES: B. MORROW PIT (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 05:27, T. NASH MIN (BOARDING, Minor, Misconduct) 10:43, M. MALHOTRA MIN (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 10:51, S. KOIVU PIT (HOOKING, Minor) 14:02

Period 3
7. PITTSBURGH, JAGR 34 (HANDZUS, JOVANOVSKI), 13:40
8. PITTSBURGH, NIEDERMAYER 11 (JAGR, MORROW), 17:03

PENALTIES: J. JAGR PIT (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 02:41, M. HANDZUS PIT (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 09:36, B. MARCHMENT MIN (CHARGING, Minor) 10:44, J. JAGR PIT (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 11:24, T. STEVENSON MIN (ROUGHING, Minor) 14:52, E. JOVANOVSKI PIT (ELBOWING, Minor) 17:26

Goalie Statistics

Nikolai Khabibulin (MIN), 17 saves out of 22 shots, L, 19-34-7
Fredrik Norrena (MIN), 19 saves out of 21 shots
Tim Thomas (PIT), 15 saves out of 16 shots, W, 8-6-2

Power Play Conversions

Minnesota 0 for 7
Pittsburgh 2 for 7

Game Stars

1 - Jaromir Jagr (PIT)
2 - Ilya Kovalchuk (PIT)
3 - Pavel Datsyuk (PIT)

Player Statistics

Minnesota

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Dimitri Yushkevich    0  1  1    -1   0  2   1 22
Jim Vandermeer        0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 22
Manny Malhotra        0  0  0    -4   6  3   5 21
Andrei Zyuzin         0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 17
Mike Comrie           0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 21
Bryan Marchment       0  0  0    -2   6  1   5 20
Radek Bonk            1  0  1  Even   0  2   0 17
Jarkko Ruutu          0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 16
Mikael Renberg        0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  7
Jeff Jillson          0  0  0    -2   0  0   0 13
Brett McLean          0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 14
Paul Gaustad          0  0  0    +1   0  0   0  9
Kurt Sauer            0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 11
Turner Stevenson      0  1  1    -1   2  1   2 21
Rene Bourque          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 14
Tyson Nash            0  0  0    -3  12  2   4 21
Konstantin Koltsov    0  0  0    -4   0  2   0 18
Stephane Robidas      0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  2
   
Pittsburgh

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Saku Koivu            0  1  1    +1   2  4   1 25
Ilya Kovalchuk        1  2  3    +1   0 11   0 21
Andrei Markov         0  2  2    +1   0  1   3 19
Brian Campbell        0  0  0    +1   0  0   0 10
Chris Phillips        0  0  0    +2   0  1   2 18
Jaromir Jagr          2  1  3    +4   4  6   0 29
Pavel Datsyuk         1  1  2    +1   0  4   0 18
Ed Jovanovski         0  2  2    +2   2  2   2 25
Brenden Morrow        1  1  2    +1   2  4   2 20
Mike Komisarek        0  0  0    +1   0  1   1 14
Marek Malik           0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 16
Erik Cole             0  1  1  Even   0  3   3 17
Tomas Plekanec        0  0  0    +1   0  0   2  6
Alyn McCauley         1  0  1    +1   0  1   1  6
Ian Laperriere        0  0  0  Even  12  0   1  1
Rob Niedermayer       1  1  2    +1   0  2   0 11
Michal Handzus        0  1  1    +1   2  0   0 13
Sergei Zubov          0  1  1    +1   0  3   0 19
   

Financial

Attendance: 9064
Net Profit: $1,196,448.00

Game Notes

Stephane Robidas injured at 06:20 of the 1st Period
Ian Laperriere ejected at 06:20 of the 1st Period
Mikael Renberg injured at 08:14 of the 2nd Period
Fredrik Norrena enters game at 12:49 of 2nd period

Minor League Box Score

Houston        1
Wilkes-Bar     5
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Matthew Stajan 1 (Reed Low, unknown)

Fedor Fedorov 20 (Marty Murray, Petr Taticek)
Marty Murray 18 (Tuomas Pihlman, Justin Papineau)
Aaron Rome 6 (Steve Bernier, Shawn McEachern)
Steve Bernier 3 (Joel Perrault, Andre Benoit)
Petteri Nummelin 8 (Ramzi Abid, Rob Davison)

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Goalies
Houston: Fred Brathwaite
Wilkes-Bar: Curtis McElhinney
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