Pittsburgh Penguins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, December 4, 2008 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Penguins 36-22.
Petr Sykora scored twice. Pascal Dupuis, Tuomo Ruutu, Miroslav Satan, Matt Cullen and Ruslan Fedotenko also scored.
Dany Sabourin made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Michael Leighton stopped 17 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Petr Sykora (6)Sidney Crosby (23), Alex Goligoski (7)1–010:53 PIT · PPG
Pascal Dupuis (3)Sidney Crosby (24)2–012:30 PIT
2nd period
- Petr Sykora (7)Sidney Crosby (25), Evgeni Malkin (30)3–001:53 PIT · PPG
Tuomo Ruutu (9)Sergei Samsonov (7), Josef Melichar (4)3–102:12 CAR
Miroslav Satan (10)Sidney Crosby (26), Kris Letang (11)4–106:51 PIT
Matt Cullen (7)Ray Whitney (11), Rod Brind'Amour (8)4–215:54 CAR · PPG
Ruslan Fedotenko (5)Evgeni Malkin (31)5–218:27 PIT
Team stats
PITCAR
22Shots on goal36
41%Faceoff %59%
2/3Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes6
28Hits20
24Blocked shots12
4Giveaways10
10Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 04:35
Sidney Crosby · tripping2 min - 1st 07:34
Tuomo Ruutu · boarding2 min - 1st 09:34Niclas Wallin · hooking2 min
- 2nd 00:33Tuomo Ruutu · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 10:48Mark Eaton · holding2 min
- 2nd 14:15Eric Godard · hooking2 min
- 3rd 04:43Evgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
- 3rd 17:54Max Talbot · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 2 | 22:06 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:27 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:38 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:36 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:51 |
| 13Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:15 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:15 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:51 |
| 20Janne PesonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:54 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:45 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 28Eric GodardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:46 |
| 32Chris MinardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:32 |
| 2Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:59 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:38 |
| 7Mark EatonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:49 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1John CurryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Dany SabourinG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 60:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 8Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 17:00 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:51 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:43 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 22Josef MelicharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:28 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:15 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 20:01 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:31 |
| 18Ryan BaydaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:00 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:12 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:22 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 11:34 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:50 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 26:41 |
| 33Anton BabchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:33 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 26:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49Michael LeightonG | L | 22 | 17 | 5 | .773 | 59:57 |
| 60Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |