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2/4/2007
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Philadelphia Flyers 3
Shots: 30 - 25
PIT PP: 2 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:71/84=84 %, Challenges:41/50=80 %
PHI PP: 0 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:55/69=79 %, Challenges:33/40=80 %
Attendance: 10413 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 526897 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:43 1-0 PIT Sergei Gonchar [12] (Evgeny Malkin, Sidney Crosby)PP
10:49 1-1 PHI Jeff Carter [17] (Braydon Coburn)
13:29 2-1 PIT Jordan Staal [27] (Evgeny Malkin, Sergei Gonchar)PP
16:42 2-2 PHI Ryan Potulny [11] (Joni Pitkänen, Braydon Coburn)
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36:34 3-2 PIT Sergei Gonchar [13])
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50:55 4-2 PIT Colby Armstrong [33] (Sergei Gonchar, Erik Christensen)
54:13 4-3 PHI Mike Knuble [30] (Ryan Potulny, Mark Cullen)
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Penalty summary:
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08:28 PHI Niko Dimitrakos (2 min for high-sticking)
12:22 PHI Mike Knuble (2 min for holding the stick)
14:42 PIT Ronald Petrovicky (2 min for high-sticking)
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25:11 PIT Kristopher Letang (2 min for cross-checking)
28:18 PIT Gary Roberts (2 min for hooking)
30:54 PIT Gary Roberts (2 min for hooking)
36:52 PHI Scottie Upshall (2 min for holding the stick)
39:59 PHI Scottie Upshall (2 min for tripping)
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43:59 PHI Ryan Potulny (2 min for hooking)
45:26 PHI Scottie Upshall (2 min for slashing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 9.20 7
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 19.00 6
R Colby Armstrong 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
R Ryan Malone 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -2 20.00 7
C Milan Kraft 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6.10 5
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 6
C Jordan Staal 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 17.20 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 7 0 2 0 0 -2 17.30 7
L Nils Ekman 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 6.10 6
L Gary Roberts 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 10.40 7
L Erik Christensen 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 17.30 8
L Evgeny Malkin 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 -2 17.20 8
D Mark Eaton 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 17.40 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18.30 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 -2 24.30 8
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 -1 17.30 6
D Sergei Gonchar 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 10
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -3 23.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Niko Dimitrakos 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 7.00 5
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 1 3 0 1 6 0 13.40 7
R Mike Knuble 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 20.00 8
R Jeff Carter 1 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 20.20 9
C Mark Cullen 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 12.10 7
C Mike Richards 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 18.40 7
C Ryan Potulny 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 3 20.10 8
L Dmitry Afanasenkov 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7.30 4
C Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12.10 6
L Mike York 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 13.10 6
L Simon Gagné 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 17.50 8
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 14.50 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 3 25.30 10
D Alex Picard 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 14.00 7
D Mike Rathje 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 19.20 6
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 4 0 26 0 0 58.50 6
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sergei Gonchar
2nd star: Colby Armstrong
3rd star: Jordan Staal
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Sidney Crosby had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Kristopher Letang had his 7 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Mike Knuble scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Jeff Carter ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Simon Gagné had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 30) , Philadelphia Phantoms 0( 7)
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1-0 WIL Niklas Nordgren (Michel Ouellet, Micki Dupont)
2-0 WIL Tyler Kennedy (Niklas Nordgren)
3-0 WIL Tyler Kennedy (Michel Ouellet)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Robert Esche