National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Montreal 4
When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, February 21, 2008
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Bill McCreary, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Pierre Racicot
Attendance: 21273
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 2125
Montreal 0224
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
6:46 - Penguins Ryan Whitney (EV) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Petr Sykora
18:47 - Penguins Jarkko Ruutu (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
16:11 - Canadiens Ryan O'Byrne (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
3:27 - Canadiens Saku Koivu (EV) Assists: Sergei Kostitsyn , Ryan O'Byrne
6:59 - Penguins Ryan Malone (PP) Assists: Ryan Whitney , Petr Sykora
18:07 - Canadiens Chris Higgins (PP) Assists: Alex Kovalev , Andrei Markov
Penalties
1:26 - Penguins Maxime Talbot (5) Fighting
 1:26 - Canadiens Maxim Lapierre (5) Fighting
 1:26 - Canadiens Maxim Lapierre (10) Misconduct
 5:48 - Canadiens Guillaume Latendresse (2) High sticking
 16:31 - Penguins Jarkko Ruutu (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
0:21 - Canadiens Michael Ryder (EV) Assists: Mark Streit , Josh Gorges
3:25 - Canadiens Roman Hamrlik (PP) Assists: Saku Koivu , Alex Kovalev
10:22 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (EV) Assists: Ryan Malone
10:58 - Penguins Sergei Gonchar (PP) Assists: Ryan Whitney , Evgeni Malkin
Penalties
1:44 - Penguins Tyler Kennedy (2) Hooking
 8:07 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) High sticking
 10:43 - Canadiens Alex Kovalev (2) Interference
 13:18 - Canadiens Roman Hamrlik (2) Charging
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Dany Sabourin G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 49:17 5:26 5:17 0 0 - - - - -
Ty Conklin G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Robert Scuderi D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 25 23:52 20:46 0:00 3:06 0 0 - - - - -
Darryl Sydor D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 13:00 10:35 0:51 1:34 0 0 - - - - -
Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 -2 0 6 28 20:42 15:48 1:35 3:19 0 0 - - 7 14 33
Ryan Malone RW 1 1 2 -1 0 2 28 20:10 13:28 3:51 2:51 1 0 - - - - -
Petr Sykora RW 0 2 2 +2 0 1 23 19:46 15:50 3:51 0:05 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Whitney D 1 2 3 -1 0 4 23 17:04 11:31 3:59 1:34 0 0 - - - - -
Colby Armstrong RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 25 16:43 13:51 0:43 2:09 0 0 - - - - -
Maxime Talbot C 0 0 0 +2 5 0 23 16:11 14:15 0:00 1:56 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Georges Laraque RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 8 7:31 7:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Connor James LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 10 8:41 8:41 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jarkko Ruutu LW 1 0 1 +1 2 2 15 11:39 11:32 0:00 0:07 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Taffe LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 13:44 12:09 1:35 0:00 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Nathan Smith LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 3 3:44 3:44 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22 19:17 18:40 0:00 0:37 0 0 - - - - -
Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 +1 2 2 17 12:30 11:38 0:52 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Gonchar D 1 0 1 +1 0 4 26 27:49 20:08 4:35 3:06 1 0 - - - - -
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 18:58 16:54 1:27 0:37 0 0 - - - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 1 2 3 +2 2 4 25 23:22 19:24 3:51 0:07 0 0 - - 9 12 43
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Carey Price G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Cristobal Huet G 0 0 0 0 0 58:42 47:59 5:17 5:26 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan O'Byrne D 0 1 1 E 2 0 19 13:53 13:53 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Komisarek D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 24 19:03 15:22 0:12 3:29 0 0 - - - - -
Saku Koivu C 1 1 2 E 0 2 23 17:50 14:30 1:53 1:27 0 0 - - 8 4 67
Tomas Plekanec LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 25 20:17 15:09 3:24 1:44 0 0 - - 8 7 53
Bryan Smolinski C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15 10:53 8:55 0:00 1:58 0 0 - - 6 1 86
Chris Higgins C 1 0 1 E 0 1 21 15:20 12:32 1:21 1:27 1 0 - - 1 0 100
Mathieu Dandenault D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 10 8:40 8:40 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 25 17:54 17:00 0:00 0:54 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Kovalev RW 0 2 2 -1 2 3 24 22:33 16:00 4:33 2:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Mark Streit D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 23 19:02 12:59 4:21 1:42 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 +1 15 0 17 11:43 11:26 0:00 0:17 0 0 - - 6 5 55
Roman Hamrlik D 1 0 1 E 2 1 28 20:29 17:54 1:07 1:28 1 0 - - - - -
Andrei Kostitsyn RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 19:25 15:29 3:56 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 23 18:00 16:03 0:00 1:57 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Ryder RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 20 13:44 13:00 0:44 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Sergei Kostitsyn RW 0 1 1 E 0 0 19 14:30 13:42 0:31 0:17 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Markov D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 26 23:00 15:33 4:23 3:04 0 0 - - - - -
Guillaume Latendresse RW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 11 9:36 9:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Dany Sabourin W (10-9-1) 21 17 4 .810 0 60:00
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cristobal Huet L (32-14-6) 30 25 5 .833 0 58:42