Match #5 Est

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Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Washington Capitals 2
Shots: 26 - 20
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:85/97=87 %, Challenges:27/46=57 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:66/74=89 %, Challenges:26/44=57 %
Attendance: 12870 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 785070 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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00:53 1-0 Ilya Kovalchuk [4] (Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin)
02:57 2-0 Alex Grant [1] (Casey Pierro-Zabotel)
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21:51 3-0 Maxime Talbot [1] (Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Cam Ward)
31:03 3-1 Erik Cole [6] (Keith Ballard)
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41:22 3-2 Brooks Laich [4] (Ales Hemsky, Eric Staal)
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Penalty summary:
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09:17 Brent Seabrook (2 min for roughing)
09:17 Maxime Talbot (2 min for roughing)
18:33 Evgeni Malkin (2 min for roughing)
18:33 Joe Thornton (2 min for roughing)
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26:46 Matt Stajan (2 min for cross-checking)
35:08 Aleksey Morozov (2 min for slashing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dustin Jeffrey 0 0 0 5 4 5 0 0 11.30 6
L Maxime Talbot 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 9.40 6
R Marco Sturm 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
R Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 19.50 8
L Aleksey Morozov 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 11.30 6
C Casey Pierro-Zabotel 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 12.40 8
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 6
C Evgeni Malkin 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 -1 19.20 8
L Mike Comrie 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11.30 6
L Matt Stajan 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 9.40 5
L Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 -1 20.10 8
D Alex Grant 1 0 1 5 1 5 0 2 19.00 9
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.20 6
D Antti-Pekka Tuulasmaa 0 0 0 7 2 2 0 -1 24.10 7
D Derek Joslin 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 12.30 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Duncan Keith 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 29.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 2 1 18 0 0 60.00 8
G Daniel LaCosta 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Christoph Schubert 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 4
C Matt Cullen 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 17.10 7
R Erik Cole 1 0 2 4 0 2 0 2 19.50 8
L Eric Staal 0 1 3 4 0 1 0 -2 19.20 8
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 7.00 5
C Dan Collier 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 -1 14.50 4
C Loui Eriksson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.30 7
C Joe Thornton 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 -2 17.50 6
L Dan Cleary 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 7.00 6
L Lauri Tukonen 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 13.50 4
L Brooks Laich 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 2 18.10 8
L Ales Hemsky 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -2 19.30 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 14.40 6
D John Carlson 0 0 1 5 1 2 0 2 20.50 8
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 21.10 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 -1 17.10 5
D Keith Ballard 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 20.50 7
D Brent Seabrook 0 0 1 4 3 4 2 -2 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Michal Neuvirth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Grant
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Casey Pierro-Zabotel

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Tomas Fleischmann had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Tomas Fleischmann had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Joe Thornton had his 10 game point streak snapped.

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Tampa Bay Lightning 4 , New York Rangers 6
Shots: 25 - 24
PP: 0 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:69/79=87 %, Challenges:27/39=67 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:70/82=85 %, Challenges:28/44=62 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:17 1-0 Andy McDonald [3] (Bobby Ryan, Vincent Lecavalier)
02:59 1-1 Lars Eller [2] (Erik Christensen, Max Pacioretty)
14:09 1-2 Erik Christensen [1] (Lars Eller, Michael Sauer)
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22:21 1-3 Dan Girardi [2] (Michael Sauer, Matthew Lombardi)
39:08 2-3 Jordan LaVallee [1] (Chris Lawrence)
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41:47 3-3 Radek Smolenak [2] (Andrej Meszaros, Mattias Öhlund)
48:19 3-4 Brian Boyle [1] (Tomas Kaberle, Marc Staal)
49:54 4-4 Mattias Öhlund [3] (Tomas Plekanec, Steven Stamkos)
54:29 4-5 Jeff Carter [6] (Tomas Kaberle, Marian Gaborik)
57:14 4-6 Andrei Kostitsyn [5] (Mikko Koivu)
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Penalty summary:
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26:35 Thomas Meissnitzer (2 min for roughing)
29:17 Thomas Meissnitzer (2 min for diving)
36:13 Andy McDonald (2 min for holding the stick)
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55:03 Andrei Markov (2 min for cross-checking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Artem Anisimov 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.30 6
R Johan Harju 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 6
R Radek Smolenak 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 17.10 8
R Andy McDonald 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 -2 21.30 7
C Chris Lawrence 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
C Brett Sonne 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.50 6
C Steven Stamkos 0 1 1 6 2 2 0 1 20.00 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 -3 21.50 6
L Jordan LaVallee 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 7
R Ryan Smyth 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10.50 6
L Tomas Plekanec 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
L Bobby Ryan 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 -2 21.30 5
D Stéphane Robidas 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 9.50 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 0 7 0 3 0 1 17.20 9
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 29.50 7
D Luca Sbisa 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 13.30 6
D Mattias Öhlund 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 19.50 8
D Victor Hedman 0 0 3 4 0 4 0 -2 29.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Riku Helenius 6 0 18 0 0 60.00 4
G Dustin Tokarski 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Maxim Lapierre 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 8.40 5
R Lars Eller 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 13.40 8
R Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 6
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 15.40 6
C Brian Boyle 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 14.00 7
C Matthew Lombardi 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 15.50 7
C Mikko Koivu 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 8
C Jeff Carter 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 19.40 8
C Thomas Meissnitzer 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 8.40 5
L Erik Christensen 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 15.50 7
L Max Pacioretty 0 1 0 3 4 2 0 -1 13.40 6
L Alexander Radulov 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 -1 15.40 8
D Michael Sauer 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 14.50 8
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 15.10 6
D Marc Staal 0 1 0 5 0 4 0 1 28.40 9
D Dan Girardi 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 20.30 8
D Ryan McDonagh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 6
D Tomas Kaberle 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 23.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 4 0 21 0 0 60.00 5
G Jacob Markstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Lars Eller
2nd star: Erik Christensen
3rd star: Andrei Kostitsyn

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Jordan LaVallee finally ended his 16 game goal drought.

Notes for New York Rangers:
-Brian Boyle ended his 6 game point drought.
-Erik Christensen finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Dan Girardi ended his 8 game goal drought.

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