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23/3/2012
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Carolina Hurricanes 5 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 27 - 23
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:47/67=70 %, Challenges:37/42=86 %
PP: 1 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:70/82=85 %, Challenges:46/65=69 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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16:37 0-1
Steve Sullivan [21] (Nikolai Kulemin, Kris Letang)PP
18:26 1-1
Steve Downie [16] (Alexander Radulov, Patrick Marleau)
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27:16 2-1
Patrick Marleau [27] (Dany Heatley, Steve Downie)
27:44 2-2
Zbynek Michalek [8] (Ville Koistinen, Pascal Dupuis)
38:06 3-2
Vili Sopanen [3] (Dany Heatley, Cody Eakin)
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46:47 3-3
James Neal [20] (Sidney Crosby, Nikolai Kulemin)
47:32 4-3
Dany Heatley [36] (Patrick Marleau, Jiri Tlusty)
59:27 5-3
Dany Heatley [37] (Maxime Talbot, Ryan Murphy) EN
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Penalty summary:
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07:46
Jamie McBain (2 min for tripping)
10:08
James Neal (2 min for elbowing)
14:53
Cody Eakin (2 min for hooking)
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30:29
Patrick Marleau (2 min for hooking)
30:53
Maxime Talbot (2 min for boarding)
35:15
Steve Sullivan (2 min for high-sticking)
39:54
Cody Eakin (2 min for roughing)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Vili Sopanen 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 20.30 8
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7.00 5
R Brandon Sutter 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 8.50 5
R Steve Downie 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 4 15.00 10
C Cody Eakin 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 1 20.30 8
C Jiri Tlusty 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
C Kyle Wellwood 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 14.50 7
C Patrick Marleau 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 10.40 8
C Anthony Stewart 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 19.50 8
L Maxime Talbot 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 11.20 7
L Alexander Radulov 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 -1 14.30 6
L Dany Heatley 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 19.30 10
D Ryan Murphy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 5
D Jamie McBain 0 0 1 6 0 2 2 -1 17.00 8
D Johnny Oduya 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 4 27.40 10
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 10.00 7
D Tom Poti 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 27.30 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 3 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Arron Asham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.20 6
R Pascal Dupuis 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 11.40 6
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 18.50 7
R Nikolai Kulemin 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.50 7
C Dustin Jeffrey 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.20 7
C Mark Letestu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
C Jordan Staal 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -3 20.10 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 21.50 9
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
L Steve Sullivan 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14.20 8
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 6 3 5 0 0 -3 17.40 6
L James Neal 1 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 20.20 9
D Ville Koistinen 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 11.10 6
D Alex Goligoski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 18.00 6
D Kris Letang 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 -1 28.10 5
D Zbynek Michalek 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 11.10 7
D Paul Martin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 23.00 5
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 22 0 0 59.20 4
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Dany Heatley
2nd star: Steve Downie
3rd star: Patrick Marleau
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Cody Eakin ended his 8 game point drought.
-Kyle Wellwood had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Pascal Dupuis notched his 30th assist of the season.
-James Neal scored his 20th goal of the season.
-James Neal ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Ville Koistinen finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 6( 28) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 0( 12)
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1-0 LOW Zach Boychuk (Justin Faulk, Jerome Samson)
2-0 LOW Tommi Kivisto (Oskar Osala, Jordan Hendry)
3-0 LOW Jordan Hendry (Oskar Osala)
4-0 LOW Daniel Pietta (Kyle Greentree, Adam Pineault)
5-0 LOW Brett Sutter (Matthew Pistilli)
6-0 LOW Jerome Samson (Kyle Greentree, Zach Boychuk)
Goalies: Justin Peters - Brad Thiessen