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23/9/2004
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 27 - 27
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/75=82 %, Challenges:18/43=40 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:78/86=90 %, Challenges:26/45=56 %
Attendance: 6783 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 189924 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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08:23 0-1
Lubomir Visnovsky [1] (Patrick Marleau)
12:19 1-1
Jarkko Ruutu [2] (Steve Staios, Sidney Crosby)
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31:18 2-1
Evgeny Malkin [4] (Scott Niedermayer, Ryan Whitney)
33:01 3-1
Steve Staios [2] (Jarkko Ruutu, Colby Armstrong)
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42:51 3-2
Patrick Marleau [3] (Ronald Petrovicky, Ilya Kovalchuk)
47:12 4-2
Jarkko Ruutu [3] (Steve Staios)
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Penalty summary:
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00:54
Ryan Whitney (2 min for roughing)
00:54
Lubomir Visnovsky (2 min for roughing)
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22:27
Ben Eager (2 min for high-sticking)
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57:18
Ben Eager (5 min for fighting)
57:18
Dion Phaneuf (5 min for fighting)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sergei Anshakov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.30 6
R Alexandre Daigle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 6
R Jarkko Ruutu 2 1 5 1 2 0 0 1 20.10 8
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 18.50 6
C Erik Christensen 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 6.30 5
C Marty Murray 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 14.30 4
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 18.10 7
C Evgeny Malkin 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 18.50 7
L Ben Eager 0 0 0 3 1 2 7 0 7.10 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 7
L Ethan Moreau 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 18.50 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 1 4 2 3 0 1 18.50 8
D Daniel Fernholm 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16.10 6
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 1 19.20 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 2 3 1 3 2 1 24.30 8
D Noah Welch 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 15.30 7
D Steve Staios 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
D Scott Niedermayer 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 26.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 9
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 8.00 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 15.50 7
R Alyn McCauley 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 15.40 6
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 7
C Ivan Khomutov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 6
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 5 2 5 0 -1 15.50 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 15.40 6
C Patrick Marleau 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 20.30 7
L James Sheppard 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.00 5
L Chris Simon 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 15.50 6
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 3 3 4 3 0 0 16.40 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 5 3 3 3 0 -1 19.30 8
D Erik Johnson 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 -1 19.20 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 3 1 2 5 0 16.40 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 -1 24.00 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 -1 18.30 4
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 5
D Danny Markov 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jarkko Ruutu
2nd star: Steve Staios
3rd star: Evgeny Malkin
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Alexander Ovechkin had his 6 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Lubomir Visnovsky ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Ben Eager fought Dion Phaneuf in a fight.
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23/9/2004
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Boston Bruins 1
Shots: 29 - 18
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:67/75=89 %, Challenges:29/51=55 %
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:67/75=89 %, Challenges:26/56=45 %
Attendance: 6381 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 195258 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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12:11 1-0
Maxim Afinogenov [3] (Francis Bouillon, Brent Burns)
13:37 2-0
Trevor Stillman [1] (Matt Cooke, Josh Green)
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no scoring
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46:17 3-0
Matt Cooke [1] (Evgeny Artyukhin)
48:11 3-1
Andrew Brunette [4] (Jason Blake, Petr Cajanek)
56:46 4-1
Evgeny Artyukhin [2])
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Penalty summary:
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07:35
Jason Blake (2 min for hooking)
09:41
Wayne Primeau (5 min for fighting)
09:41
Marc Savard (5 min for fighting)
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48:56
Marc Savard (2 min for tripping)
54:24
Ruslan Salei (2 min for holding the stick)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrice Bergeron 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 8.20 4
R Evgeny Artyukhin 1 1 2 4 1 5 0 3 13.30 9
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.00 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 19.00 6
C Kyle Chipchura 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.20 6
C Trevor Stillman 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 12.30 7
C Marc Savard 0 0 2 3 0 0 7 0 15.50 8
C Brian Rolston 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 20.40 8
L Dmitri Utkin 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 8.20 5
L Matt Cooke 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 3 11.40 8
L Josh Green 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 19.30 8
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 -1 21.10 6
D David Fischer 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 13.40 7
D Brent Burns 0 1 2 6 0 6 0 1 22.10 10
D Ruslan Salei 0 0 1 6 0 5 2 -1 26.30 9
D Alexander Edler 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 12.00 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 19.20 7
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 26.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Loïc LaCasse 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Hall 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -1 7.20 5
R Michael Ryder 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 -1 14.40 5
R Jason Blake 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 -1 16.30 7
R Andy McDonald 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21.30 6
C Wayne Primeau 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 8.00 5
C Kris Beech 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 11.20 6
C Petr Cajanek 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -1 20.50 8
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 19.40 7
L Vladislav Evseev 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 7.10 6
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 11.30 6
L Andrew Brunette 1 0 4 1 4 0 0 -1 18.00 6
L Marco Sturm 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 21.30 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 12.10 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 -1 20.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 -1 27.10 8
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 -2 13.10 5
D Paul Mara 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -1 23.10 7
D Brad Stuart 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 23.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Martin Houle 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeny Artyukhin
2nd star: Matt Cooke
3rd star: Maxim Afinogenov
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Trevor Stillman ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Trevor Stillman ended his 6 game point drought.
-Brent Burns ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Jason Blake had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Andy McDonald had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Mike Ribeiro had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Mike Ribeiro had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Marco Sturm had his 6 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Wayne Primeau beat Marc Savard in a fight.