Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, October 23, 2008 · Mellon Arena

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1–4

Final

SOG 25–35

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Hurricanes 35-25.

Goals came from Brandon Sutter, Sidney Crosby, Ruslan Fedotenko, Max Talbot and Evgeni Malkin.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Michael Leighton stopped 31 of 34.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CAR	1	0	0	1	25
PIT	0	0	4	4	35

Scoring

1st period

Brandon Sutter (1)Unassisted1–013:07 CAR

3rd period

Sidney Crosby (2)Evgeni Malkin (10)1–108:15 PIT · PPG
Ruslan Fedotenko (1)Jordan Staal (3), Petr Sykora (2)1–208:47 PIT
Max Talbot (1)Tyler Kennedy (2)1–311:51 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (3)Sidney Crosby (9), Rob Scuderi (1)1–419:09 PIT · EN

Team stats

CARPIT

25Shots on goal35

46%Faceoff %54%

0/1Power play1/2

16Penalty minutes14

33Hits20

12Blocked shots17

7Giveaways10

4Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 02:08Dan Lacouture · fighting5 min
1st 02:08Paul Bissonnette · fighting5 min
1st 12:08Eric Staal · slashing2 min
1st 12:08Sidney Crosby · interference2 min
2nd 00:20Sergei Samsonov · tripping2 min
2nd 09:20Wade Brookbank · fighting5 min
2nd 09:20Eric Godard · fighting5 min
3rd 04:51Evgeni Malkin · hooking2 min
3rd 07:52Niclas Wallin · hooking2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

16Brandon SutterC	1	0	1	+1	4	2	1	0	38	16:36
8Matt CullenC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	19:48
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	2	45	21:24
13Ray WhitneyL	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	20:12
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	2	–	20:42
17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	0	0	-3	1	2	1	0	55	20:37
18Ryan BaydaL	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	100	18:30
20Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	50	02:07
44Patrick EavesR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	18:33
59Chad LaRoseR	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	–	16:08
4Dennis SeidenbergD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	–	18:23
6Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	0	–	23:35
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	+1	1	8	0	2	–	20:47
22Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	07:39
25Joni PitkanenD	0	0	0	-2	4	0	4	0	–	24:15
28Wade BrookbankD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	01:47
33Anton BabchukD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:40
77Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	18:37

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cam WardG		0	0	0	–	–
49Michael LeightonG	L	34	31	3	.912	59:17

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

71Evgeni MalkinC	1	1	2	0	5	2	0	2	–	22:45
87Sidney CrosbyC	1	1	2	+1	6	3	1	2	43	20:46
11Jordan StaalC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	67	19:34
17Petr SykoraR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	16:49
25Max TalbotC	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0	50	15:47
26Ruslan FedotenkoL	1	0	1	+1	6	0	2	0	–	17:48
48Tyler KennedyC	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	0	–	11:05
4Rob ScuderiD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	23:54
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	14:30
15Mike ZigomanisC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67	08:58
16Paul BissonnetteL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	–	04:23
28Eric GodardR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	07:51
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:53
5Darryl SydorD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:03
7Mark EatonD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0	–	17:36
13Alex GoligoskiD	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	18:42
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	+1	0	5	5	0	–	22:40
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	19:56

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	25	24	1	.960	60:00
30Dany SabourinG		0	0	0	–	–