Pittsburgh at Minnesota

Shots
123OTT
Pittsburgh 7 13 7 0 27
Minnesota 15 13 7 0 35
Goals
123OTT
Pittsburgh 2 3 2 0 7
Minnesota 2 1 1 0 4


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. PITTSBURGH, KESLER 8 (CLITSOME, HOSSA), 01:53
2. PITTSBURGH, KESLER 9 (HARTNELL, CLITSOME), 08:35
3. MINNESOTA, WHITNEY 1 (KOIVU, BENN), 09:39
4. MINNESOTA, REGEHR 5 (KOSTITSYN, HIGGINS) (PP), 18:08

PENALTIES: G. CLITSOME Pit (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor, Misconduct) 14:30, B. POULIOT Min (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 14:58, J. HECHT Pit (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 16:30, S. MORRISONN Pit (ROUGHING, Minor) 20:00

Period 2
5. PITTSBURGH, PARISE 4 (LETANG, HOSSA), 01:44
6. PITTSBURGH, HELM 2 (UNASSISTED), 03:57
7. PITTSBURGH, MORRISONN 1 (HECHT, MOORE), 07:04
8. MINNESOTA, KOSTITSYN 3 (HIGGINS, COMEAU), 10:45

PENALTIES: B. COMEAU Min (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:57, S. HARTNELL Pit (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 11:15

Period 3
9. PITTSBURGH, KESLER 10 (PARISE, LETANG) (PP), 03:06
10. MINNESOTA, BENN 3 (POULIOT, REGEHR) (PP), 12:18
11. PITTSBURGH, PARISE 5 (LETANG, KESLER) (PP), 19:42

PENALTIES: R. O'BYRNE Min (ELBOWING, Minor) 02:27, G. CLITSOME Pit (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 05:08, J. DEMERS Pit (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 09:33, J. HECHT Pit (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 10:48, R. O'BYRNE Min (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:20

Goalie Statistics

Jimmy Howard (Pit), 31 saves out of 35 shots, W, 6-9-2
Brian Boucher (Min), 11 saves out of 16 shots, L, 1-1-0
Niklas Backstrom (Min), 9 saves out of 11 shots

Power Play Conversions

Pittsburgh 2 for 4
Minnesota 2 for 7

Game Stars

1 - Ryan Kesler (Pit)
2 - Krisopher Letang (Pit)
3 - Zach Parise (Pit)

Player Statistics

Pittsburgh

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Kyle Brodziak         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  1
Jochen Hecht          0  1  1    +1  14  1   1 14
Kurtis Foster         0  0  0    +1   0  3   2 21
Shaone Morrisonn      1  0  1    +2   2  1   0 16
Dominic Moore         0  1  1    +1   0  0   1 16
Darren Helm           1  0  1    -1   0  2   1 20
Marian Hossa          0  2  2    +5   0  1   2 28
Ryan Kesler           3  1  4    +3   0  9   2 25
Jason Demers          0  0  0    -2   2  0   1 18
Scott Hartnell        0  1  1    +1   2  1   1 20
Sergei Samsonov       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  1
Zach Parise           2  1  3    +1   0  2   1 18
Devin Setoguchi       0  0  0    -2   0  1   3 22
Krisopher Letang      0  3  3    +4   0  1   0 23
Johnny Boychuk        0  0  0    +1   0  3   4 20
Grant Clitsome        0  2  2  Even  14  1   0 17
Mikael Samuelsson     0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  5
Ben Lovejoy           0  0  0  Even   0  0   2  6
   
Minnesota

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Lars Ellers           0  0  0    -3   0  2   0 12
Sami Salo             0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 22
Roman Hamrlik         0  0  0  Even   0  3   2 25
Ryan Whitney          1  0  1    -1   0  4   1 27
David Moss            0  0  0  Even   0  6   2 21
Matt Halischuk        0  0  0  Even   0  2   0  7
Ryan O'Byrne          0  0  0    -3   4  0   3 16
Saku Koivu            0  1  1  Even   0  2   0 22
Blake Comeau          0  1  1  Even   2  0   2 18
Benoit Pouliot        0  1  1  Even   2  1   0 10
John Mitchell         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  6
Robyn Regehr          1  1  2    -2   0  4   3 30
Matt Cooke            0  0  0    -3   0  1   1 13
Sergei Kostitsyn      1  1  2  Even   0  2   1 21
Jamie Benn            1  1  2    -3   0  3   4 28
Linus Omark           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Christopher Higgins   0  2  2  Even   0  3   1 21
   

Financial

Attendance: 12399
Net Profit: $1,339,092.00

Game Notes

Mikael Samuelsson injured at 16:30 of the 1st Period
Niklas Backstrom enters game at 07:04 of 2nd period
Ryan Kesler scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

W-B/Scrant     0
Houston        1
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unknown (Vladimir Zharkov, unknown)

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Goalies
W-B/Scrant: unknown
Houston: Peter Mannino
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