Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, October 21, 2006 · Mellon Arena

ColumbusBlue JacketsAway

3–5

Final

SOG 39–34

PittsburghPenguinsHome

FS-O · WPCW

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 on Saturday, October 21, 2006 at Mellon Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Penguins 39-34.

Jordan Staal scored twice. Michel Ouellet, Sergei Gonchar, Gilbert Brule, Freddy Modin, Evgeni Malkin and Nikolay Zherdev also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	1	1	1	3	39
PIT	2	1	2	5	34

Scoring

1st period

Michel Ouellet (4)Sergei Gonchar (4), Ryan Whitney (4)0–102:03 PIT · PPG
Sergei Gonchar (2)Mark Recchi (4), Ryan Malone (1)0–207:51 PIT · PPG
Gilbert Brule (1)David Vyborny (6)1–217:35 CBJ · PPG

2nd period

Freddy Modin (1)Anson Carter (1), Nikolay Zherdev (1)2–207:58 CBJ
Jordan Staal (2)Mark Recchi (5), Rob Scuderi (2)2–314:43 PIT · SHG

3rd period

Evgeni Malkin (3)Sidney Crosby (8), Michel Ouellet (3)2–407:04 PIT · PPG
Jordan Staal (3)Unassisted2–507:49 PIT · SHG
Nikolay Zherdev (3)David Vyborny (7), Duvie Westcott (4)3–515:25 CBJ · PPG

Team stats

CBJPIT

39Shots on goal34

47%Faceoff %53%

2/11Power play3/9

27Penalty minutes41

20Hits16

10Blocked shots14

3Giveaways5

1Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 00:32Adam Foote · tripping2 min
1st 03:41Rick Nash · high sticking2 min
1st 06:34Ole-Kristian Tollefsen · holding2 min
1st 08:34Duvie Westcott · holding2 min
1st 08:46Sidney Crosby · hooking2 min
1st 09:24Rick Nash · roughing2 min
1st 09:24Ryan Malone · roughing2 min
1st 09:24Ryan Whitney · interference2 min
1st 11:57Jason Chimera · roughing2 min
1st 11:57Josef Melichar · charging2 min
1st 11:57Josef Melichar · roughing2 min
1st 17:02Dominic Moore · interference2 min
1st 18:00Nisse Ekman · holding2 min
2nd 00:47Gilbert Brule · holding2 min
2nd 05:58Michel Ouellet · holding2 min
2nd 12:51Rostislav Klesla · fighting5 min
2nd 12:51Ryan Malone · instigator2 min
2nd 12:51Ryan Malone · fighting5 min
2nd 12:51Ryan Malone · instigator misconduct10 min
3rd 00:58Gilbert Brule · holding2 min
3rd 05:07Rostislav Klesla · tripping2 min
3rd 07:28John LeClair · interference2 min
3rd 09:30Aaron Johnson · high sticking2 min
3rd 12:28Ole-Kristian Tollefsen · roughing2 min
3rd 14:37Sergei Gonchar · interference2 min
3rd 14:56Jarkko Ruutu · holding2 min
3rd 18:35Sidney Crosby · hooking2 min