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13/3/2011
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , St. Louis Blues 2
Shots: 36 - 17
PP: 0 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:66/75=88 %, Challenges:36/48=73 %
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:63/73=86 %, Challenges:37/44=82 %
Attendance: 8958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 417442 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:43 1-0
Pascal Dupuis [10] (Martin Lapointe, Carl Sneep)
06:06 2-0
Pascal Dupuis [11] (Jason Arnott)
07:31 2-1
Oleg Saprykin [7] (Ryan Malone)
10:04 3-1
Kristopher Letang [3] (Matt Lashoff, Thomas Vanek)
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22:31 4-1
Bobby Hughes [19] (Matt Lashoff, Ed Jovanovski)
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40:47 4-2
Alexei Ponikarovsky [10] (Tuomo Ruutu, Jay McKee)
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Penalty summary:
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04:22
Eric Godard (5 min for fighting)
04:22
Richard Matvichuk (5 min for fighting)
12:07
Daniel Sedin (2 min for cross-checking)
16:34
Jason Arnott (2 min for high-sticking)
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25:17
Tim Gleason (2 min for roughing)
25:17
Josh Hennessy (2 min for roughing)
27:24
Martin Lapointe (2 min for roughing)
31:55
Maxime Sauvé (2 min for high-sticking)
35:26
David Clarkson (2 min for hooking)
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43:24
Maxime Sauvé (2 min for tripping)
46:16
Max Pacioretty (5 min for fighting)
46:16
Paul Ranger (5 min for fighting)
50:01
Daniel Sedin (2 min for elbowing)
53:13
Richard Matvichuk (5 min for fighting)
53:13
Max Pacioretty (5 min for fighting)
55:33
Jeff Taffe (2 min for slashing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 7.30 6
R David Clarkson 0 0 2 3 1 1 2 -1 19.00 7
R Martin Lapointe 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 3 10.50 6
R Max Pacioretty 0 0 2 0 1 0 10 0 15.40 6
C Jeff Taffe 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 10.00 5
C Josh Hennessy 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -1 9.20 7
C Jason Arnott 0 1 6 2 0 1 2 3 17.30 7
C Bobby Hughes 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.00 8
L Niklas Nordgren 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
L Jordan LaVallee 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 -1 20.30 6
L Pascal Dupuis 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 11.40 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 20.20 7
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 11.00 5
D Carl Sneep 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 18.00 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 25.10 6
D Keith Ballard 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 15.10 6
D Kristopher Letang 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 2 22.40 9
D Matt Lashoff 0 2 4 3 3 2 0 1 28.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 15 0 0 60.00 6
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 7.20 5
R Ryan Malone 0 1 1 5 1 4 0 1 16.00 9
R Daniel Sedin 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 -3 21.20 6
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.50 6
C Francis Lemieux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
C Kris Beech 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.10 5
C Maxime Sauvé 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 -2 13.10 5
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
L Artem Chubarov 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 7.20 5
L Oleg Saprykin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.10 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 17.30 6
L Derek Roy 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 20.30 6
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 7.20 4
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 18.50 5
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 29.30 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 17.00 5
D Jay McKee 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 21.50 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 3 2 0 2 5 -1 25.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 32 0 0 60.00 7
G Riku Helenius 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Pascal Dupuis
2nd star: Kristopher Letang
3rd star: Matt Lashoff
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Pascal Dupuis scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Kristopher Letang has marked a new career high in points with 28 points.
-Kristopher Letang finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Alexei Ponikarovsky scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Ryan Malone finally ended his 18 game point drought.
-Oleg Saprykin finally ended his 27 game goal drought.
-Oleg Saprykin finally ended his 27 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Eric Godard beat Richard Matvichuk in a fight.
-Max Pacioretty beat Paul Ranger in a fight.
-Max Pacioretty beat Richard Matvichuk in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0( 14) , Worcester Icecats 5( 26)
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0-1 WOR Tomás Kána (Brennan Turner)
0-2 WOR Timofei Shishkanov (Tomás Kána, Brennan Turner)
0-3 WOR Brett Sonne
0-4 WOR Ryan Gibbons (Ivan Khomutov)
0-5 WOR Marc Methot (Brett Sonne)
Goalies: David McKee - Matt Zaba