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10/4/2007
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , New York Rangers 3
Shots: 29 - 22
PIT PP: 0 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:62/80=77 %, Challenges:42/46=89 %
NYR PP: 0 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:64/79=81 %, Challenges:35/41=83 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 858074 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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19:39 1-0 PIT Ryan Malone [22] (Nils Ekman, Milan Kraft)
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21:39 2-0 PIT Jordan Staal [31] (Kristopher Letang, Ryan Whitney)
29:44 2-1 NYR Paul Mara [11] (Michael Nylander, Jere Lehtinen)
30:41 3-1 PIT Jordan Staal [32] (Sergei Gonchar)
33:37 4-1 PIT Jordan Staal [33] (Sidney Crosby, Evgeny Malkin)
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48:58 4-2 NYR Tyler Arnason [13] (Ryan Smyth, Jed Ortmeyer)
49:39 4-3 NYR Jaromir Jagr [43] (Ryan Callahan, Paul Mara)
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Penalty summary:
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02:13 PIT Sergei Gonchar (2 min for hooking)
07:32 PIT Ronald Petrovicky (2 min for hooking)
14:01 PIT Gary Roberts (2 min for hooking)
15:43 PIT Brooks Orpik (2 min for hooking)
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25:01 PIT Jordan Staal (2 min for slashing)
39:48 NYR Ryan Smyth (2 min for holding the stick)
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43:48 NYR Andrei Markov (2 min for holding the stick)
43:48 NYR Andrei Markov (10 min misconduct)
45:34 NYR Jere Lehtinen (2 min for hooking)
54:56 NYR Ryan Callahan (2 min for elbowing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 14.00 5
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 14.20 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 21.30 8
R Ryan Malone 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 -1 20.30 8
C Milan Kraft 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6.20 5
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
C Jordan Staal 3 0 6 0 0 0 2 3 12.50 10
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -2 21.40 7
L Nils Ekman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
L Gary Roberts 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 8.50 7
L Erik Christensen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 12.50 7
L Evgeny Malkin 0 1 5 3 0 1 0 -2 20.50 9
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.50 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 19.20 8
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 -3 28.50 7
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17.50 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 21.40 8
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 -3 23.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 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 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 6.40 6
R Jed Ortmeyer 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 7
R Petr Prucha 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 16.10 6
R Jaromir Jagr 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 9.40 7
C Tyler Arnason 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 16.10 6
C Matt Cullen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 11.50 5
C Michael Nylander 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 17.20 6
L Marcel Hossa 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6.40 5
L Ryan Smyth 0 1 6 2 0 0 2 1 20.10 9
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 6
L Jere Lehtinen 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 -1 20.20 8
D Sandis Ozolinsh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10.20 5
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 -2 28.30 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 3 0 0 12 0 21.20 7
D Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18.20 6
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 20.00 5
D Paul Mara 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 20.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 4
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jordan Staal
2nd star: Ryan Malone
3rd star: Evgeny Malkin
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Nils Ekman notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Colby Armstrong had his 9 game point streak snapped.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Jere Lehtinen has marked a new career high in assists with 33 assists.
-Ryan Smyth notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Jed Ortmeyer notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Paul Mara notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Paul Mara finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 16) , Hartford Wolfpack 2( 12)
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0-1 HFD Alex Bourret (Mathieu Melanson)
1-1 WIL Chris Thorburn (Ryan Stone, Jarkko Ruutu)
2-1 WIL Jonathan Filewich (Kurtis McLean)
2-2 HFD Ivan Baranka (Pascal Morency)
3-2 WIL Joel Kwiatkowski (Ryan Stone)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Stephen Valiquette