Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Monday, December 7, 2009 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Monday, December 7, 2009 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Hurricanes 32-21.
Goals came from Andrew Alberts, Jussi Jokinen, Ray Whitney, Sidney Crosby and Mike Rupp.
Manny Legace made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 18 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Andrew Alberts (1)Ray Whitney (1), Eric Staal (1)1–004:45 CAR
Jussi Jokinen (1)Joni Pitkanen (1), Tim Gleason (1)2–011:36 CAR · PPG
2nd period
Ray Whitney (1)Joni Pitkanen (2), Eric Staal (2)3–002:26 CAR
Sidney Crosby (1)Bill Guerin (1), Kris Letang (1)3–106:00 PIT
Mike Rupp (1)Craig Adams (1), Pascal Dupuis (1)3–206:49 PIT
Team stats
CARPIT
21Shots on goal32
47%Faceoff %53%
1/5Power play0/3
11Penalty minutes15
27Hits30
17Blocked shots4
6Giveaways3
5Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 10:32
Evgeni Malkin · holding2 min - 1st 11:36Jay McKee · holding2 min
- 1st 15:33
Tim Gleason · fighting5 min - 1st 15:33Bill Guerin · fighting5 min
- 1st 18:47Tuomo Ruutu · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:53Eric Staal · slashing2 min
- 2nd 16:31Evgeni Malkin · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 06:13Matt Cullen · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:37Mark Eaton · hooking2 min
- 3rd 15:00Martin Skoula · holding2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 20:27 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 18:54 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30:36 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:06 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 23:50 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:14 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:13 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:27 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:13 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:49 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 06:24 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:47 |
| 29Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:36 |
| 27Brett CarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Manny LegaceG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 60:00 |
| 49Michael LeightonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:22 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:31 |
| 17Mike RuppC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:51 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:28 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 26:32 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:16 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:00 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:11 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:26 |
| 28Eric GodardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:28 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 10:53 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 24:21 |
| 7Mark EatonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:12 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:19 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:54 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 58:25 |