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8/5/2009
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Ottawa Senators 5 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 31 - 19
PP: 2 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:67/77=87 %, Challenges:41/50=80 %
PP: 0 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:69/82=84 %, Challenges:28/41=66 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Corel Center)
Ticket income: 941650 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:19 0-1
Eric Staal [4] (Brent Seabrook)
05:39 1-1
Joni Pitkänen [3] (Andrej Meszaros, Paul Stastny)
07:15 2-1
Joe Thornton [1] (Boris Valabik, Ryan Suter)
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22:54 2-2
Alexander Ovechkin [5] (Brent Seabrook)
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42:49 2-3
Eric Staal [5] (Eric Nystrom, Jeff Taffe)
45:55 3-3
Boris Valabik [1] (Thomas Vanek, Wojtek Wolski)PP
48:25 4-3
Paul Stastny [5] (Travis Zajac)PP
53:26 5-3
Joe Thornton [2] (Boris Valabik, Joni Pitkänen)
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Penalty summary:
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08:08
Darren Haydar (2 min for boarding)
15:03
Ethan Moreau (2 min for tripping)
18:57
Alexandre Picard (2 min for slashing)
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25:25
Drew Stafford (2 min for tripping)
39:27
Andrej Meszaros (2 min for cross-checking)
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43:16
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for hooking)
44:58
Eric Staal (2 min for boarding)
46:37
Jeff Taffe (2 min for boarding)
50:59
Darren Haydar (2 min for boarding)
58:37
Eric Staal (5 min for fighting)
58:37
Ryan Suter (5 min for fighting)
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Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 8.40 5
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 14.40 7
R Travis Zajac 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 21.20 7
L Zach Parisé 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 13.40 7
C Vyacheslav Vovogrudokov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 7
C Joe Thornton 2 0 5 4 0 3 0 2 13.30 10
C Jason Spezza 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
C Paul Stastny 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 -2 21.20 8
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 8.40 5
R Thomas Vanek 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 18.20 8
L Wojtek Wolski 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.40 8
L Sidney Crosby 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.50 6
D Boris Valabik 1 2 2 4 1 3 0 2 22.10 10
D Ryan Suter 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 14.30 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 -2 23.20 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 19.50 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.50 6
D Joni Pitkänen 1 1 1 6 3 2 0 -2 27.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cory Schneider 3 0 16 0 0 60.00 5
G Jeff Glass 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Michael Gergen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 6
R Ethan Moreau 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 12.00 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -2 21.20 6
R Alexander Ovechkin 1 0 6 4 1 0 2 2 21.00 10
C Jeff Taffe 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5.40 5
C Nik Antropov 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12.00 7
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 16.30 6
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21.10 7
L Eric Nystrom 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
L Steve Bernier 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 12.00 6
L Paul Kariya 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.10 7
L Eric Staal 2 0 4 4 1 1 7 2 20.20 10
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 12.00 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -2 18.00 7
D Brent Seabrook 0 2 1 6 1 1 0 2 29.00 9
D Karl Alzner 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 13.20 8
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 17.30 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 30.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 5 0 26 0 0 60.00 5
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Joe Thornton
2nd star: Boris Valabik
3rd star: Paul Stastny
Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Travis Zajac had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Joe Thornton finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Boris Valabik finally ended his 37 game goal drought.
-Ladislav Smid had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
Other notes:
-Eric Staal beat Ryan Suter in a fight.