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December 23,2005  (Friday) in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania - Mellon Arena	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot PHI 2 1 2 5 PIT 0 2 2 4	Shots 1 2 3 Tot PHI 14 12 6 32 PIT 6 11 9 26	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season PHI 2 / 11 42 / 219 (19.2%) 164 / 209 (78.5%) PIT 1 / 6 33 / 217 (15.2%) 185 / 234 (79.1%)
Start: 7:30pm Attendance: 17,132 Referees: Marc Joannette, Craig Spada Officials: Derek Amell, Brad Kovachik	Philadelphia Flyers Game #34 21-11-2 44 Pts Prev Game vs OTT Next Game at FLA Pittsburgh Penguins Game #34 8-19-7 23 Pts Prev Game vs BUF Next Game at TOR Three Stars: (1) Peter Forsberg  (PHI)  (2) Sidney Crosby (PIT)  (3) Simon Gagne (PHI)

Goals 1st Period 1. PHI Simon Gagne    [25]  [c138]   (Powerplay)   ( Kim Johnsson [15],  Sami Kapanen [8] ) 05:34 2. PHI Peter Forsberg    [11]  [c227]   ( Dennis Seidenberg [4],  Mike Richards [12] ) 11:01 2nd Period 3. PHI Dennis Seidenberg    [1]  [c5]   (Powerplay)   ( Peter Forsberg [38],  Freddy Meyer [2] ) 03:42 4. PIT Tomas SUROVY    [2]  [c17]   ( Sidney Crosby [20],  Zigmund Palffy [19] ) 10:17 5. PIT Erik Christensen    [6]  [c6]   (Powerplay)   ( Mark Recchi [19],  Michel Ouellet [2] ) 15:58 3rd Period 6. PIT Sidney Crosby    [15]  [c15]   ( Zigmund Palffy [20],  Ric Jackman [15] ) 01:43 7. PIT Sidney Crosby    [16]  [c16]   ( Brooks Orpik [4],  Erik Christensen [5] ) 02:27 8. PHI Peter Forsberg    [12]  [c228]   ( R.J. Umberger [7],  Derian Hatcher [8] ) 15:27 9. PHI Mike Knuble    [19]  [c120]   (GW)   ( Mike Richards [13],  Simon Gagne [16] ) 16:36 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Antero Niittymaki Career PHI W 60 4 26 22 10-4-3 2.84 Marc-Andre Fleury Career PIT L 59 5 32 27 2-8-1 3.22

Penalties 1st Period 1. PIT Mark Recchi [2] Tripping 2 00:39 2. PIT Josef Melichar [3] Holding 2 04:23 3. PHI Jeff Carter [1] Roughing 2 06:02 4. PHI Mike Rathje [1] Slashing 2 09:37 5. PIT Sergei Gonchar [5] Holding 2 10:26 6. PIT Ric Jackman [3] Hooking 2 12:59 7. PHI Mike Knuble [8] Hooking 2 18:42 2nd Period 8. PIT Shane Endicott [1] High Sticking 2 03:05 9. PHI Ben Eager [1] Fighting 5 04:37 10. PIT Matt Murley [2] Fighting 5 04:37 11. PIT Lyle Odelein [6] Hooking 2 07:17 12. PIT Shane Endicott [2] High Sticking 2 12:00 13. PHI Donald Brashear [2] Roughing 2 15:08 14. PIT Sergei Gonchar [3] Interference 2 17:50 3rd Period 15. PIT Tomas SUROVY [2] Hooking 2 00:38 16. PHI Jeff Carter [3] Hooking 2 01:08 17. PIT Ryan Whitney [2] Hooking 2 06:27 18. PIT Michel Ouellet [1] Boarding 2 10:01 19. PHI Dennis Seidenberg [1] Holding 2 12:26

Faceoffs
Philadelphia Flyers   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Michal Handzus 9 14 39.1% 303 270 52.9% Peter Forsberg 8 9 47.1% 228 214 51.6% Jeff Carter 3 7 30.0% 144 145 49.8% Mike Knuble 2 5 28.6% 28 62 31.1% Mike Richards 4 0 100.0% 138 163 45.8% Dennis Seidenberg 0 1 .0% 0 1 .0% Sami Kapanen 1 0 100.0% 4 8 33.3% R.J. Umberger 0 1 .0% 48 47 50.5%   27 37 42.2% 1034 1041 49.8%	Pittsburgh Penguins   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Sidney Crosby 12 13 48.0% 92 154 37.4% Shane Endicott 13 6 68.4% 51 56 47.7% Erik Christensen 8 5 61.5% 147 134 52.3% Matt Hussey 2 1 66.7% 24 39 38.1% Matt Murley 0 1 .0% 4 7 36.4% Ryan Malone 1 0 100.0% 9 31 22.5% Mark Recchi 1 0 100.0% 104 105 49.8% Michel Ouellet 0 1 .0% 0 1 .0%   37 27 57.8% 990 1139 46.5%

Philadelphia Flyers Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Derian Hatcher D 873 0 1 1 -2 0 0 2 0 18:21 0:33 5:37 3 Mike Rathje D 705 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 18:44 1:01 3:12 5 Kim Johnsson D 428 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 0 25:14 9:55 4:57 6 Chris Therien D 747 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 14:32 0:03 2:32 11 Jon Sim LW 190 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 5:59 0:01 0:00 12 Simon Gagne LW 383 1 1 2 1 0 7 1 1 22:45 11:32 2:05 17 Jeff Carter C 33 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 13:57 3:50 0:02 18 Mike Richards C 31 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 1 12:40 2:45 2:20 20 R.J. Umberger C 25 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11:09 1:35 0:00 21 Peter Forsberg C 608 2 1 3 0 0 5 1 0 22:26 12:08 0:00 22 Mike Knuble RW 544 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 23:03 11:32 2:05 24 Sami Kapanen F 636 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 20:17 8:52 2:27 26 Michal Handzus C 470 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:17 4:38 3:44 28 Dennis Seidenberg D 84 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 17:00 6:57 0:00 34 Freddy Meyer D 10 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 17:08 6:57 0:00 49 Brian Savage LW 629 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:55 3:15 3:37 55 Ben Eager LW 10 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 6:12 0:00 0:00 87 Donald Brashear LW 724 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 5:31 0:00 0:00   7224 5 10 15 1 17 32 10 7

Pittsburgh Penguins Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Josef Melichar D 194 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 19:08 0:00 5:03 7 Michel Ouellet RW 6 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 1 18:48 3:18 4:56 8 Mark Recchi RW 1207 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 19:20 2:25 8:12 10 John LeClair LW 898 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8:38 0:55 0:00 12 Ryan Malone LW 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:31 2:13 3:45 14 Shane Endicott C 13 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 1 16:09 0:02 9:50 16 Erik Christensen C-W 23 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 0 14:09 3:06 0:36 17 Matt Murley LW 52 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 6:01 0:00 4:42 19 Ryan Whitney D 23 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 1 22:34 2:01 6:25 22 Ric Jackman D 162 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 0 17:21 6:08 2:13 24 Lyle Odelein D 1052 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 1 18:35 0:00 9:19 28 Matt Hussey C 15 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 6:14 0:00 0:01 33 Zigmund Palffy RW 672 0 2 2 3 0 4 1 0 19:28 5:01 0:24 36 Andre Roy RW 319 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 2 3:00 0:00 0:00 43 Tomas SUROVY LW 78 1 0 1 0 2 4 1 1 13:40 2:26 0:00 44 Brooks Orpik D 117 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 5 20:59 0:00 10:04 55 Sergei Gonchar D 700 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 1 22:16 8:09 1:14 87 Sidney Crosby C 34 2 1 3 3 0 4 1 1 20:55 5:01 1:49   6013 4 8 12 -1 27 26 19 22

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