Colorado Avalanche vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 10, 2005 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–3 on Saturday, December 10, 2005 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Avalanche 35–26.
Goals came from Mark Recchi, Milan Hejduk, Dick Tarnstrom, Erik Christensen, Dan Hinote, Max Talbot and Marek Svatos.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Vitaly Kolesnik stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Recchi (8)Matt Murley (4), Lasse Pirjeta (2)0–110:35 PIT
Milan Hejduk (7)Joe Sakic (20), Alex Tanguay (23)1–116:04 COL · 
Dick Tarnstrom (4)Mark Recchi (17), Sidney Crosby (17)1–218:28 PIT ·
2nd period
Erik Christensen (5)Sergei Gonchar (8), Brooks Orpik (3)1–301:22 PIT
Dan Hinote (2)Rob Blake (15), Brett McLean (7)2–314:40 COL
3rd period
Max Talbot (4)Lasse Pirjeta (3)2–412:24 PIT
Marek Svatos (14)Andrew Brunette (16), Karlis Skrastins (7)3–413:27 COL
Team stats
COLPIT
2635
53%47%
1/81/7
1416
918
1411
02
02
Penalties
- 12:26 into the first period
Patrice Brisebois · cross checking2 min - 12:26 into the first periodPatrice Brisebois · roughing2 min
- 14:32 into the first period
Sidney Crosby · hooking2 min - 14:49 into the first periodJosef Melichar · interference2 min
- 17:56 into the first periodPierre Turgeon · holding2 min
- 2:18 into the second periodShane Endicott · tripping2 min
- 4:45 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · holding2 min
- 7:54 into the second periodRyan Malone · holding2 min
- 8:44 into the second periodMilan Hejduk · holding2 min
- 16:11 into the second periodJohn-Michael Liles · hooking2 min
- 18:39 into the second periodRob Blake · elbowing2 min
- 2:38 into the third periodErik Christensen · tripping2 min
- 9:51 into the third periodLyle Odelein · tripping2 min
- 16:33 into the third periodPatrice Brisebois · cross checking2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodEric Boguniecki · holding2 min
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Dan HinoteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:33 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:50 |
| 18Alex TanguayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 19:49 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 20:42 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 22:24 |
| 40Marek SvatosR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:26 |
| 53Brett McLeanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:16 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:24 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 26:06 |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:28 |
| 11Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:39 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:02 |
| 24Antti LaaksonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 87Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 5Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 26John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:14 |
| 27Ossi VaananenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 71Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 20Vitaly KolesnikG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 23:58 |
| 11Lasse PirjetaL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 12:35 |
| 16Erik ChristensenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 14:45 |
| 17Matt MurleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:56 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:10 |
| 32Dick TarnstromD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:18 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:45 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 14Shane EndicottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:44 |
| 18Eric BogunieckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:50 |
| 28Matt HusseyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:45 |
| 37Ryan VandenbusscheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:59 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:14 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:31 |
| 22Ric JackmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:42 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | – |