Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Thursday, May 21, 2009 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 7–4 on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Hurricanes 42–28.
Evgeni Malkin scored a hat trick. Sidney Crosby, Chad LaRose, Jussi Jokinen, Dennis Seidenberg, Max Talbot, Chris Kunitz, Patrick Eaves and Tyler Kennedy also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 35 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Sidney Crosby (13)Chris Kunitz (8), Bill Guerin (5)0–101:51 PIT
Chad LaRose (4)Ray Whitney (8), Eric Staal (5)1–103:07 CAR
Evgeni Malkin (8)Tyler Kennedy (3), Matt Cooke (4)1–208:15 PIT
Jussi Jokinen (7)Scott Walker (5), Rod Brind'Amour (3)2–208:40 CAR
Dennis Seidenberg (1)Unassisted3–212:10 CAR
2nd period
Max Talbot (3)Evgeni Malkin (15), Sidney Crosby (11)3–303:11 PIT
Chris Kunitz (1)Bill Guerin (6), Mark Eaton (2)3–419:52 PIT
3rd period
Patrick Eaves (1)Ryan Bayda (2), Patrick Dwyer (1)4–402:35 CAR- Evgeni Malkin (9)Chris Kunitz (9), Matt Cooke (5)4–508:50 PIT
- Evgeni Malkin (10)Unassisted4–612:25 PIT
Tyler Kennedy (3)Jordan Staal (4), Matt Cooke (6)4–718:11 PIT ·
Team stats
CARPIT
2842
46%54%
0/30/4
3232
2929
1011
17
26
Penalties
- 15:33 into the first period
Chris Kunitz · high sticking2 min - 18:50 into the first period
Chad LaRose · tripping2 min - 0:50 into the second periodSidney Crosby · tripping2 min
- 10:02 into the second periodMatt Cullen · high sticking2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodChad LaRose · roughing2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodEvgeni Malkin · roughing2 min
- 13:21 into the second periodRuslan Fedotenko · tripping2 min
- 16:11 into the second periodErik Cole · holding2 min
- 16:11 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · interference2 min
- 4:13 into the third periodMatt Cullen · tripping2 min
- 18:41 into the third periodRyan Bayda · match penatly 10 minutes10 min
- 18:41 into the third periodTim Gleason · fighting5 min
- 18:41 into the third periodPatrick Eaves · fighting5 min
- 18:41 into the third periodMiroslav Satan · fighting5 min
- 18:41 into the third periodKris Letang · fighting5 min
- 18:41 into the third periodKris Letang · game misconduct10 min
- 18:58 into the third periodDennis Seidenberg · cross checking2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodCraig Adams · elbowing2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 23:30 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 20:55 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 18:45 |
| 18Ryan BaydaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 04:37 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 11:16 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 04:14 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 03:25 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 21:02 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 24:56 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:23 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:14 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29:02 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 26:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 41 | 6 | .854 |
| 49Michael LeightonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 8 | 19:31 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 16:16 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 14:53 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 18:19 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12:58 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 19:46 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:43 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:59 |
| 7Mark EatonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 15:09 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:16 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 10:38 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 2Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:33 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:52 |
| 43Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:26 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:17 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 32Mathieu GaronG | 0 | 0 | – |