Pittsburgh at Columbus

Period 1
1. COLUMBUS, NASH 2 (RAFALSKI, GOMEZ), 00:53

PENALTIES: K. PRIMEAU Clb (ROUGHING, Minor) 07:46, L. BOURDON Pit (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 08:28, J. TOOTOO Clb (BOARDING, Minor) 11:51, L. BOURDON Pit (HEAD-BUTTING, Major) 12:09

Period 2
2. COLUMBUS, GILL 1 (RAFALSKI, NASH), 14:32

PENALTIES: K. PRIMEAU Clb (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 00:10, V. LECAVALIER Pit (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 05:43, A. KOVALEV Clb (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 05:43, S. NIEDERMAYER Pit (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 17:27

Period 3
3. PITTSBURGH, NIEDERMAYER 1 (COLAIACOVO, LECAVALIER) (PP), 00:21
4. PITTSBURGH, NIEDERMAYER 2 (CROSBY), 02:41
5. PITTSBURGH, LECAVALIER 3 (CROSBY, SAKIC), 13:38

PENALTIES: J. BLAKE Clb (BOARDING, Minor) 00:06, B. VALABIK Clb (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 03:31, J. TOOTOO Clb (ROUGHING, Minor) 11:21

Goalie Statistics

Martin Brodeur (Pit), 25 saves out of 27 shots, W, 5-1-0
Miikka Kiprusoff (Clb), 23 saves out of 26 shots, L, 1-3-2

Power Play Conversions

Pittsburgh 1 for 6
Columbus 0 for 3

Game Stars

1 - Vincent Lecavalier (Pit)
2 - Rick Nash (Clb)
3 - Martin Brodeur (Pit)

Player Statistics

Pittsburgh G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Dany Heatley 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 23 Luc Bourdon 0 0 0 -1 7 1 0 15 Nicklas Lidstrom 0 0 0 Even 0 3 2 24 Sidney Crosby 0 2 2 +1 0 0 0 22 Carlo Colaiacovo 0 1 1 Even 0 2 1 24 Joe Sakic 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 18 Evgeni Malkin 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 9 Eric Staal 0 0 0 Even 0 3 2 20 Daniel Corso 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 5 Simon Gagne 0 0 0 Even 0 3 3 22 Vincent Lecavalier 1 1 2 +1 2 4 2 21 Milan Kraft 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10 Scott Niedermayer 2 0 2 Even 2 2 2 28 Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 Even 0 1 2 12 Simon Gamache 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 9 Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 +1 0 2 3 18 Jonathan Ferland 0 0 0 Even 0 1 0 5 Bobby Holik 0 0 0 Even 0 2 1 8

Columbus G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 22 Alexei Kovalev 0 0 0 +1 2 1 1 22 Keith Primeau 0 0 0 Even 4 1 0 12 Scott Gomez 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 17 Brian Rafalski 0 2 2 +1 0 1 1 20 Rick Nash 1 1 2 +1 0 3 4 26 Jordin Tootoo 0 0 0 Even 4 1 0 8 Alexander Svitov 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 6 Jason Blake 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 21 Sami Salo 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 27 Boris Valabik 0 0 0 Even 2 0 1 11 Michael Peca 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 24 Brent Burns 0 0 0 Even 0 2 1 8 Ryan Suter 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 22 Aaron Johnson 0 0 0 Even 0 1 2 10 Hal Gill 1 0 1 +2 0 2 1 16 Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 6 Martin Lapointe 0 0 0 Even 0 3 0 13

Financial

Attendance: 18136
Net Profit: $1�142�568,00

Game Notes

Hal Gill injured at 09:27 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Wilkes-Bar     3
Syracuse       1
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Eric Chouinard 4 (Matt Pelech, Michael Blunden)
Brian Pothier 1 (Alexei Smirnov, Niko Kapanen)
Eric Chouinard 5 (Jean-Pierre Vigier, Dennis Seidenberg)

Joakim Lindstr�m 3 (Jordan Sigalet, Ryan Stoa)

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Goalies
Wilkes-Bar: Gabriel Bouthillette
Syracuse: Marek Schwarz
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