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20/3/2013
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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Montreal Canadiens 5
Shots: 20 - 30
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:71/76=93 %, Challenges:31/50=60 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/77=77 %, Challenges:43/45=93 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 1034438 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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12:58 0-1
Kirk Spilling [6] (Brad Boyes, Taylor Doherty)
14:04 0-2
Peter Mueller [26] (Chris Kreider, Murat Kamisky)
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22:47 0-3
Aaron Palushaj [16] (Peter Mueller)
25:26 1-3
Jirí Tlustý [32] (Tomas Fleischmann)
29:53 2-3
Alexander Ovechkin [55] (Antti-Pekka Tuulasmaa, Evgeni Malkin)
34:06 2-4
Michael Del Zotto [4] (Barret Jackman, Louis Leblanc)
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47:17 3-4
Tomas Fleischmann [40] (Dustin Penner, Jirí Tlustý)
59:33 3-5
Louis Leblanc [25]) EN
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Penalty summary:
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00:44
T.J. Galiardi (5 min for fighting)
00:44
Kris Letang (5 min for fighting)
04:09
Casey Pierro-Zabotel (5 min for fighting)
04:09
Aaron Palushaj (5 min for fighting)
04:09
Aaron Palushaj (2 min for instigating)
04:09
Aaron Palushaj (10 min misconduct)
06:41
Kirk Spilling (2 min for high-sticking)
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22:03
T.J. Galiardi (5 min for fighting)
22:03
Dmitry Kulikov (5 min for fighting)
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41:37
Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for roughing)
41:37
Brad Boyes (2 min for roughing)
43:23
T.J. Galiardi (5 min for fighting)
43:23
Dmitry Kulikov (5 min for fighting)
43:23
T.J. Galiardi (10 min game misconduct)
53:42
Chris Kreider (2 min for roughing)
53:42
Christian Ehrhoff (2 min for roughing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Mike Comrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 10.50 4
R Marco Sturm 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 13.20 6
R Dustin Penner 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 19.10 6
R Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 16.40 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 10.40 5
C Casey Pierro-Zabotel 0 0 1 1 2 0 5 -1 11.30 5
C Jirí Tlustý 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 18.10 7
C Evgeni Malkin 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 18.40 8
L Matt Stajan 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 -1 10.50 4
L Aleksey Morozov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 12.00 4
L Tomas Fleischmann 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 20.50 8
D Dmitry Kulikov 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 -1 11.10 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 19.10 6
D Duncan Keith 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 25.30 7
D Kris Letang 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 -2 13.10 5
D Tim Gleason 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 23.00 8
D Antti-Pekka Tuulasmaa 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 26.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cory Schneider 5 0 25 0 0 58.30 5
G Kevin Poulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Linus Omark 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 7
R Aaron Palushaj 1 0 2 0 0 0 17 1 13.40 8
R Nathan Horton 0 0 6 5 0 3 0 -1 19.50 9
R Brad Boyes 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 2 20.40 7
C Murat Kamisky 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 5.50 7
L Kirk Spilling 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 13.10 8
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 16.20 6
C Louis Leblanc 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 17.40 9
L Chris Kreider 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 5.50 6
L T.J. Galiardi 0 0 2 0 0 1 25 1 6.00 8
L Mike Cammalleri 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 6
L Peter Mueller 1 1 3 9 1 8 0 2 27.50 10
D Yannick Weber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20.30 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3 17.50 5
D Michael Del Zotto 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 21.20 8
D Taylor Doherty 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 19.00 8
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 19.50 6
D Barret Jackman 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 3 23.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 3 0 17 0 0 60.00 5
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Peter Mueller
2nd star: Louis Leblanc
3rd star: Aaron Palushaj
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Tomas Fleischmann notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 55th goal of the season.
-Dustin Penner has marked a new career high in assists with 33 assists.
-Tomas Fleischmann scored his 40th goal of the season.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Chris Kreider has marked a new career high in points with 13 points.
-Louis Leblanc scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Brad Boyes had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Peter Mueller ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Michael Del Zotto finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-T.J. Galiardi fought Kris Letang in a fight.
-Casey Pierro-Zabotel beat Aaron Palushaj in a fight.
-T.J. Galiardi beat Dmitry Kulikov in a fight.
-T.J. Galiardi beat Dmitry Kulikov in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 19) , Quebec Citadelles 0( 15)
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1-0 WIL Patrick White (Ben Maxwell, Alex Grant)
Goalies: Daniel LaCosta - Cédrick Desjardins