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» Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Montreal Canadiens 4

February 21,2008 (Thursday)
in Montreal,Quebec - Bell Center

Goals/Period	1	2	3	Tot
PIT	2	1	2	5
MON	0	2	2	4

Shots	1	2	3	Tot
PIT	15	8	7	30
MON	8	7	6	21

PowerPlay	PP Game	PP Season	PK Season
PIT	2 / 4	60 / 281 (21.4%)	214 / 268 (79.9%)
MON	2 / 3	72 / 291 (24.7%)	195 / 245 (79.6%)

Start: 7:30pm
Attendance: 21,273
Referees: Bill McCreary, Kelly Sutherland
Officials: Pierre Racicot, Scott Driscoll

Pittsburgh Penguins	Game #61	35-23-3	73 Pts	Prev Game vs FLA	Next Game vs OTT
Montreal Canadiens	Game #62	33-20-9	75 Pts	Prev Game at NYR	Next Game at CLB

Three Stars: (1) Evgeni Malkin (PIT) (2) Saku Koivu (MON) (3) Sergei Gonchar (PIT)

Goals

1st Period
1.	PIT	Ryan Whitney [12] [c32] ( Evgeni Malkin [46], Petr Sykora [25] )	6:46
2.	PIT	Jarkko Ruutu [2] [c32] ( Unassisted )	18:47
2nd Period
3.	MON	Saku Koivu [12] [c171] ( Sergei Kostitsyn [10], Ryan O'Byrne [4] )	3:27
4.	PIT	Ryan MALONE [20] [c80] (Powerplay) ( Ryan Whitney [19], Petr Sykora [26] )	6:59
5.	MON	Christopher Higgins [19] [c64] (Powerplay) ( Alexei Kovalev [33], Andrei Markov [36] )	18:07
3rd Period
6.	MON	Michael Ryder [12] [c97] ( Mark Streit [33], Josh Gorges [5] )	0:21
7.	MON	Roman Hamrlik [4] [c134] (Powerplay) ( Saku Koivu [33], Alexei Kovalev [34] )	3:25
8.	PIT	Evgeni Malkin [35] [c68] ( Ryan MALONE [17] )	10:22
9.	PIT	Sergei Gonchar [10] [c183] (Powerplay) (GW) ( Ryan Whitney [20], Evgeni Malkin [47] )	10:58

Goalies

Goalie	Career	Team	Decision	Min	GA	Shots	Saves	Record	sGAA
Dany Sabourin	Career	PIT	W	60	4	21	17	10-7-1	2.72
Cristobal Huet	Career	MON	L	59	5	30	25	21-12-6	2.55

Penalties

1st Period
1.	MON	Ryan O'Byrne	[3]	Tripping	2	16:11
2nd Period
2.	PIT	Maxime Talbot	[2]	Fighting	5	1:26
3.	MON	Maxim Lapierre	[1]	Fighting	5	1:26
4.	MON	Maxim Lapierre	[2]	Misconduct (10 min)	10	1:26
5.	MON	Guillaume Latendresse	[3]	High Sticking	2	5:48
6.	PIT	Jarkko Ruutu	[8]	Hooking	2	16:31
3rd Period
7.	PIT	Tyler Kennedy	[2]	Hooking	2	1:44
8.	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	[1]	High Sticking	2	8:07
9.	MON	Alexei Kovalev	[1]	Interference	2	10:43
10.	MON	Roman Hamrlik	[1]	Charging	2	13:18

Faceoffs

Pittsburgh Penguins
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Evgeni Malkin	9	12	42.9%	222	327	40.4%
Jordan Staal	7	14	33.3%	343	471	42.1%
Jeff Taffe	1	2	33.3%	47	52	47.5%
Maxime Talbot	1	2	33.3%	133	162	45.1%

	18	30	37.5%	1666	1856	47.3%

Montreal Canadiens
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Tomas Plekanec	8	7	53.3%	500	527	48.7%
Saku Koivu	8	4	66.7%	554	501	52.5%
Maxim Lapierre	6	5	54.5%	193	191	50.3%
Bryan Smolinski	6	1	85.7%	252	266	48.6%
Michael Ryder	0	1	.0%	3	7	30.0%
Alexei Kovalev	1	0	100.0%	26	18	59.1%
Christopher Higgins	1	0	100.0%	13	18	41.9%

	30	18	62.5%	1723	1806	48.8%

Pittsburgh Penguins Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
4	Robert Scuderi	D	209	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	23:52	0:00	3:06
5	Darryl Sydor	D	1152	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	13:00	0:51	1:34
11	Jordan Staal	C	142	0	0	0	-2	0	6	0	3	20:42	1:35	3:19
12	Ryan Malone	LW	278	1	1	2	-1	0	2	0	1	20:10	3:51	2:51
17	Petr Sykora	C	834	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	19:46	3:51	0:05
19	Ryan Whitney	D	206	1	2	3	-1	0	4	2	0	17:04	3:59	1:34
20	Colby Armstrong	RW	179	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	5	16:43	0:43	2:09
25	Maxime Talbot	C	166	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	1	16:11	0:00	1:56
27	Georges Laraque	RW	616	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7:31	0:00	0:00
36	Connor James	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8:41	0:00	0:00
37	Jarkko Ruutu	LW	398	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	4	11:39	0:00	0:07
38	Jeff Taffe	F	128	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	13:44	1:35	0:00
41	Nathan Smith	C	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3:44	0:00	0:00
44	Brooks Orpik	D	276	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	19:17	0:00	0:37
48	Tyler Kennedy	C	35	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	12:30	0:52	0:00
55	Sergei Gonchar	D	883	1	0	1	1	0	4	3	1	27:49	4:35	3:06
58	Kristopher Letang	D	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	18:58	1:27	0:37
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	139	1	2	3	2	2	4	3	2	23:22	3:51	0:07

			6945	5	7	12	5	11	30	16	24

Montreal Canadiens Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
3	Ryan O'Byrne	D	17	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	13:53	0:00	0:00
8	Mike Komisarek	D	282	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	4	19:03	0:12	3:29
11	Saku Koivu	C	711	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	17:50	1:53	1:27
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	212	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	1	20:17	3:24	1:44
20	Bryan Smolinski	C	1039	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	10:53	0:00	1:58
21	Christopher Higgins	LW-C	205	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	15:20	1:21	1:27
25	Mathieu Dandenault	D-RW	822	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	8:40	0:00	0:00
26	Josh Gorges	D	145	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	2	17:54	0:00	0:54
27	Alexei Kovalev	RW	1053	0	2	2	-1	2	3	2	1	22:33	4:33	2:00
32	Mark Streit	D-LW	186	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	19:02	4:21	1:42
40	Maxim Lapierre	C-RW	82	0	0	0	1	15	0	0	2	11:43	0:00	0:17
44	Roman Hamrlik	D	1056	1	0	1	0	2	1	3	1	20:29	1:07	1:28
46	Andrei Kostitsyn	LW	92	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	19:25	3:56	0:00
51	Francis Bouillon	D	414	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	18:00	0:00	1:57
73	Michael Ryder	RW	296	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	13:44	0:44	0:00
74	Sergei Kostitsyn	RW	32	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	14:30	0:31	0:17
79	Andrei Markov	D	473	0	1	1	-2	0	0	2	4	23:00	4:23	3:04
84	Guillaume Latendresse	LW	138	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	9:36	0:00	0:00

			8494	4	8	12	-5	23	21	15	28

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