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1/2/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 5 , New York Islanders 6
Shots: 35 - 27
PIT PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:64/70=91 %, Challenges:44/45=95 %
NYI PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:53/59=89 %, Challenges:48/51=92 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 883512 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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12:57 1-0 PIT Ryan Malone [28] (Ryan Whitney, Sergei Gonchar)
16:01 2-0 PIT Jeff Taffe [3] (Jarkko Ruutu)
16:28 2-1 NYI Trent Hunter [20] (Ruslan Fedotenko, Mike Comrie)
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21:33 2-2 NYI Ruslan Fedotenko [14] (Miroslav Satan, Brendan Witt)
27:29 3-2 PIT Marian Hossa [30] (Alex Tanguay)
33:14 3-3 NYI Bill Guerin [13] (Miroslav Satan, Andy Hilbert)
35:08 4-3 PIT Sidney Crosby [25] (Ryan Whitney, Alex Tanguay)
37:45 4-4 NYI Brendan Witt [2] (Bill Guerin)
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53:58 4-5 NYI Brendan Witt [3] (Mike Sillinger)
58:12 4-6 NYI Trent Hunter [21] (Brendan Witt, Bruno Gervais)
59:48 5-6 PIT Gary Roberts [16] (Marian Hossa, Hal Gill)
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Penalty summary:
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24:06 NYI Freddy Meyer (5 min for fighting)
24:06 PIT Jarkko Ruutu (5 min for fighting)
30:34 NYI Matthew Spiller (5 min for fighting)
30:34 PIT Jarkko Ruutu (5 min for fighting)
39:48 PIT Hal Gill (2 min for high-sticking)
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43:43 NYI Frans Nielsen (2 min for elbowing)
50:07 PIT Sergei Gonchar (2 min for tripping)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6.30 6
L Gary Roberts 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 14.50 8
R Marian Hossa 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 18.00 7
C Jeff Taffe 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Joe Nieuwendyk 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14.40 7
C Stephen Dixon 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.50 7
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 0 6.40 7
R Marc-André Cliche 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 16.20 8
L Ryan Malone 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 -3 18.30 9
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 15.00 8
D Hal Gill 0 1 3 3 0 0 2 1 15.00 8
D Ryan Whitney 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 -3 24.20 8
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 22.10 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 21.20 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 -3 22.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 6 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Bergenheim 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
R Richard Park 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 6
R Trent Hunter 2 0 4 5 0 0 0 -1 19.50 10
R Bill Guerin 1 1 7 1 0 0 0 2 21.40 9
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.00 6
C Shawn Bates 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 8
C Mike Comrie 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 -3 20.10 6
C Mike Sillinger 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 18.10 8
L Andy Hilbert 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 12.20 7
L Ruslan Fedotenko 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 -3 19.30 8
L Miroslav Satan 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 20.00 9
D Bruno Gervais 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 -2 19.40 5
D Brendan Witt 2 2 5 3 1 0 0 3 26.20 10
D Matthew Spiller 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 9.00 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 23.00 7
D Chris Campoli 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 5 0 30 0 0 60.00 6
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brendan Witt
2nd star: Trent Hunter
3rd star: Bill Guerin
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Marian Hossa scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Sidney Crosby scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Hal Gill has marked a new career high in assists with 19 assists.
-Jeff Taffe finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Jarkko Ruutu ended his 8 game point drought.
Notes for New York Islanders:
-Trent Hunter scored his 20th goal of the season.
Other notes:
-Freddy Meyer fought Jarkko Ruutu in a fight.
-Matthew Spiller fought Jarkko Ruutu in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2(
, Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3( 28)
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1-0 WIL Milan Kraft (Mark Eaton, Ryan Stone)
1-1 BRG Jeremy Colliton (Kip Brennan, Steve Regier)
2-1 WIL Jani Rita (Ryan Stone)
2-2 BRG Jonathan Hedström
2-3 BRG Jeff Tambellini (Jonathan Hedström)
Goalies: Devan Dubnyk - Maxime Ouellet