National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Carolina 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 4, 2008
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Stephane Auger, Dan Marouelli
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Steve Miller
Attendance: 14559
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 2305
Carolina 0202
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
10:53 - Penguins Petr Sykora (PP) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Alex Goligoski
12:30 - Penguins Pascal Dupuis (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby
Penalties
4:35 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (2) Tripping
 7:34 - Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu (2) Boarding
 9:34 - Hurricanes Niclas Wallin (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
1:53 - Penguins Petr Sykora (PP) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Evgeni Malkin
2:12 - Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu (EV) Assists: Sergei Samsonov , Josef Melichar
6:51 - Penguins Miroslav Satan (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Kris Letang
15:54 - Hurricanes Matt Cullen (PP) Assists: Ray Whitney , Rod Brind'Amour
18:27 - Penguins Ruslan Fedotenko (EV) Assists: Evgeni Malkin
Penalties
0:33 - Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu (2) High sticking
 10:48 - Penguins Mark Eaton (2) Holding
 14:15 - Penguins Eric Godard (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
4:43 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Tripping
 17:54 - Penguins Maxime Talbot (2) High sticking
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
John Curry G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dany Sabourin G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 45:42 4:39 9:39 0 0 - - - - -
Hal Gill D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 21:59 17:07 0:00 4:52 0 0 - - - - -
Robert Scuderi D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 26 23:38 17:33 0:00 6:05 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Eaton D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 20 14:49 12:56 0:00 1:53 0 0 - - - - -
Pascal Dupuis LW 1 0 1 +2 0 2 25 18:27 14:37 0:00 3:50 0 0 - - - - -
Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 E 0 2 28 21:51 12:27 4:05 5:19 0 0 - - 7 11 39
Alex Goligoski D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 21 16:15 13:56 2:19 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Minard C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 16 10:32 10:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Petr Sykora RW 2 0 2 +1 0 2 21 14:27 12:08 2:19 0:00 2 0 - - 1 0 100
Janne Pesonen C 0 0 0 E 0 1 8 5:54 5:54 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Matt Cooke LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 13:45 11:28 0:34 1:43 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Maxime Talbot C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 20 12:53 8:57 0:34 3:22 0 0 - - 7 3 70
Ruslan Fedotenko LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 14 10:36 10:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Godard RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 9 5:46 5:46 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 25 17:39 14:45 0:00 2:54 0 0 - - - - -
Kris Letang D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 29 21:15 15:21 2:20 3:34 0 0 - - - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 0 2 2 +1 2 2 24 20:38 12:59 4:39 3:00 0 0 - - 1 6 14
Miroslav Satan RW 1 0 1 +2 0 3 19 17:51 15:31 2:20 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sidney Crosby C 0 4 4 +2 2 2 24 22:06 15:57 4:05 2:04 0 0 - - 9 17 35
Carolina Hurricanes
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Michael Leighton G 0 0 0 0 0 59:57 45:39 9:39 4:39 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Peters G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 13:59 9:37 1:41 2:41 0 0 - - - - -
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 33 20:50 19:04 0:20 1:26 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 23 17:09 12:10 2:42 2:17 1 0 - - 7 5 58
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 13:15 8:39 4:36 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Staal C 0 0 0 +1 0 6 26 20:01 14:25 4:50 0:46 0 0 - - 13 12 52
Ray Whitney LW 0 1 1 -2 0 2 21 17:00 13:18 3:42 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Samsonov LW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 26 19:51 14:40 5:11 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tuomo Ruutu C 1 0 1 +1 4 1 26 19:43 15:07 4:36 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Brandon Sutter RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 15 8:31 6:15 1:15 1:01 0 0 - - 3 1 75
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 22 17:28 13:05 3:34 0:49 0 0 - - 13 7 65
Ryan Bayda LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 14:00 11:44 0:46 1:30 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Josef Melichar D 0 1 1 E 0 0 17 11:28 10:45 0:00 0:43 0 0 - - - - -
Joni Pitkanen D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 31 26:41 19:16 5:55 1:30 0 0 - - - - -
Anton Babchuk D 0 0 0 E 0 4 21 17:33 14:04 2:52 0:37 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Dwyer RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 11 7:12 5:50 0:00 1:22 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Patrick Eaves RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17 12:22 10:32 0:17 1:33 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 17 11:34 11:24 0:10 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 32 26:47 18:38 5:48 2:21 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Dany Sabourin W (6-8-2) 36 34 2 .944 0 60:00
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Michael Leighton L (6-7-2) 22 17 5 .773 0 59:57