New Jersey Devils 9 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 28 - 34
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:68/81=83 %, Challenges:14/39=35 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:60/73=82 %, Challenges:47/60=77 %
Attendance: 19040 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 575008 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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06:55 0-1 Geoff Sanderson [8] (Patrice Brisebois, Steve Staios)
13:35 1-1 Bryan Smolinski [9] (Scott Gomez)
15:49 2-1 Chuck Kobasew [10] (Jay Pandolfo, Scott Gomez)
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28:14 3-1 Bryan Smolinski [10] (Paul Martin, Alexei Zhitnik)
28:49 3-2 Geoff Sanderson [9] (Sidney Crosby, Steve Staios)
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42:04 4-2 Craig Rivet [3] (Scott Niedermayer, Brad Richards)
53:35 5-2 Ales Kotalik [6] (Dan LaCouture, Craig Rivet)
55:38 6-2 Chuck Kobasew [11] (Scott Gomez, Bryan Smolinski)
56:54 7-2 Grant Marshall [4] (Craig Rivet, Matt Corrente)
57:25 8-2 Craig Rivet [4] (Dan LaCouture, Brad Richards)
57:55 9-2 Scott Niedermayer [1] (Brad Richards)
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Penalty summary:
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36:21 Petr Vrana (2 min for roughing)
36:21 Anton Babchuk (2 min for roughing)
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43:31 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for cross-checking)
47:12 Alexandre Daigle (2 min for holding the stick)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Grant Marshall 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 6.20 8
R Bates Battaglia 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 14.10 5
R Chuck Kobasew 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 20.10 8
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 5 18.00 8
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 6
C Petr Vrana 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 13.50 5
C Scott Gomez 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 2 20.20 6
C Brad Richards 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 4 17.00 8
L Sergei Brylin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.00 6
L Jay Pandolfo 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 16.00 6
L Bryan Smolinski 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 19.40 6
L Dan LaCouture 0 2 2 1 4 1 0 4 19.30 7
D Matt Corrente 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 20.10 7
D Craig Rivet 2 2 2 7 2 5 0 6 25.40 10
D Andy Greene 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.10 6
D Paul Martin 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 20.30 6
D Scott Niedermayer 1 1 1 6 4 1 0 5 26.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 2 0 32 0 0 60.00 9
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexandre Daigle 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 10.20 7
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -2 16.10 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -2 15.20 5
R Tony Amonte 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -3 18.10 6
C Erik Christensen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.30 7
C Kris Draper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 14.40 6
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -2 14.40 6
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -3 16.00 7
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 9.30 5
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 5 4 2 4 0 -2 16.10 8
L Geoff Sanderson 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 -2 14.40 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 4 5 2 5 0 -3 18.50 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 -2 16.00 7
D Steve Staios 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 -2 16.10 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -3 27.50 6
D Noah Welch 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 16.10 6
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 -2 20.50 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 -3 23.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 9 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Dan Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Craig Rivet
2nd star: Chuck Kobasew
3rd star: Bryan Smolinski
Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Chuck Kobasew scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Bryan Smolinski scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Alexei Zhitnik notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Scott Niedermayer notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ales Kotalik scored the 100th goal of his career.
-Craig Rivet finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Scott Niedermayer finally ended his 22 game goal drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Marcus Nilson had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 6( 3 , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 11)
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1-0 ALB Garth Murray (David Laliberté)
2-0 ALB Tomas Harant (Mark Mancari, Chris Higgins)
2-1 WIL Tyler Kennedy (Graham Belak, Jonathan Filewich)
3-1 ALB Chris Higgins (Andrei Posnov, Tomas Harant)
4-1 ALB Garth Murray (David Laliberté)
5-1 ALB Jason Ryznar (Jiri Bicek, Nik Antropov)
5-2 WIL Jonathan Filewich (Micki Dupont, Graham Belak)
6-2 ALB Jason Ryznar (Bryan Miller)
Goalies: Frank Doyle - Andrew Penner