Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets

Wednesday, January 11, 2006, 7:00 PM ET Nationwide Arena, Columbus Regular Season Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–1 on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	Goals	2005-2006 record
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	22-46-14
at Columbus Blue Jackets	6	35-43-4

Goals by period

Goals by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	0	0	1
Columbus Blue Jackets	3	3	0	6

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	6	13	10	29
Columbus Blue Jackets	12	14	6	32

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	00:10	Columbus Blue Jackets	Rick Nash (10)	Sergei Fedorov (13)	Even strength	PIT 0, CBJ 1
1st	04:35	Columbus Blue Jackets	David Vyborny (8)	Jan Hrdina (10)	Even strength	PIT 0, CBJ 2
1st	07:48	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ryan Malone (9)	Tomas Surovy (6), Ziggy Palffy (29)	Even strength	PIT 1, CBJ 2
1st	12:50	Columbus Blue Jackets	Nikolay Zherdev (12)	Rick Nash (4), Sergei Fedorov (14)	Power play	PIT 1, CBJ 3
2nd	00:40	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jaroslav Balastik (7)	Jan Hrdina (11)	Power play	PIT 1, CBJ 4
2nd	06:13	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jaroslav Balastik (8)	Cale Hulse (3)	Even strength	PIT 1, CBJ 5
2nd	06:36	Columbus Blue Jackets	Sergei Fedorov (3)	Rick Nash (5), Bryan Berard (16)	Even strength	PIT 1, CBJ 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets
Stat	Pittsburgh Penguins	Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal	29	32
Power play	0 of 8	2 of 6
Penalty minutes	84	68
Hits	8	7
Blocked shots	8	15
Giveaways	8	5
Takeaways	8	2
Faceoffs won	28/68 (41.2%)	40/68 (58.8%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 M. Ouellet	R	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0		19:48
Number 8 M. Recchi	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	45.5%	20:00
Number 10 J. LeClair	L	0	0	0	-1	15	1	1	0		10:48
Number 12 R. Malone	L	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	0		09:27
Number 14 S. Endicott	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	61.1%	14:14
Number 20 C. Armstrong	R	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	50%	11:26
Number 25 M. Talbot	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	28.6%	09:08
Number 33 Z. Palffy	R	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0		18:51
Number 36 A. Roy	R	0	0	0	0	22	0	1	0		02:57
Number 43 T. Surovy	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1		16:59
Number 71 K. Koltsov	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:26
Number 87 S. Crosby	C	0	0	0	-2	4	3	1	1	40.9%	20:26
Number 2 J. Melichar	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		18:55
Number 5 R. Scuderi	D	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0		18:03
Number 19 R. Whitney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	2		24:55
Number 22 R. Jackman	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		22:07
Number 24 L. Odelein	D	0	0	0	-2	17	0	0	3		10:37
Number 55 S. Gonchar	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0		25:23

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 29 M. Fleury	18	16	2	.889	39:07
Number 30 D. Sabourin	14	10	4	.714	20:33	Loss

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 D. Vyborny	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1	0		17:16
Number 10 T. Letowski	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	100%	16:03
Number 13 N. Zherdev	R	1	0	1	+1	4	7	0	0	1		13:52
Number 20 M. Rupp	L	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	0	37.5%	10:52
Number 25 J. Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		09:47
Number 38 J. Hrdina	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	52%	17:59
Number 39 S. Goertzen	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	0		11:47
Number 40 J. Balastik	L	2	0	2	+1	0	5	0	0	1		12:21
Number 45 J. Shelley	L	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0		03:34
Number 49 D. Fritsche	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	50%	10:38
Number 61 R. Nash	L	1	2	3	+2	9	2	1	0	0		14:53
Number 91 S. Fedorov	C	1	2	3	+1	0	4	1	0	0	75%	21:06
Number 4 B. Berard	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2	0		22:46
Number 6 R. Hainsey	D	0	0	0	+2	14	1	1	1	0		12:57
Number 15 D. Westcott	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	1	2	0		22:15
Number 21 R. Suchy	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0		23:24
Number 32 C. Hulse	D	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	0	0		19:01
Number 97 R. Klesla	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	6	0		20:19

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Leclaire	29	28	1	.966	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	00:31	Columbus Blue Jackets	Rick Nash	High sticking	2
1st	00:31	Columbus Blue Jackets	Rick Nash	High sticking	2
1st	05:38	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jody Shelley	Fighting (major)	5
1st	05:38	Pittsburgh Penguins	Andre Roy	Fighting (major)	5
1st	08:55	Columbus Blue Jackets	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
1st	12:09	Pittsburgh Penguins	Rob Scuderi	Tripping	2
1st	14:26	Columbus Blue Jackets	Cale Hulse	Hooking	2
1st	19:08	Pittsburgh Penguins	Rob Scuderi	Interference	2
2nd	04:06	Columbus Blue Jackets	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
2nd	06:46	Columbus Blue Jackets	Dan Fritsche	Roughing	2
2nd	06:46	Pittsburgh Penguins	Andre Roy	Roughing	2
2nd	06:46	Pittsburgh Penguins	Max Talbot	Roughing	2
2nd	09:39	Columbus Blue Jackets	Radoslav Suchy	Hooking	2
2nd	10:10	Pittsburgh Penguins	Michel Ouellet	Hooking	2
2nd	12:40	Columbus Blue Jackets	Ron Hainsey	Roughing	2
2nd	12:40	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sidney Crosby	Roughing	2
2nd	16:18	Columbus Blue Jackets	Mike Rupp	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	16:18	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ryan Malone	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	16:51	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jody Shelley	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	16:51	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jody Shelley	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
2nd	16:51	Columbus Blue Jackets	Ron Hainsey	Roughing	2
2nd	16:51	Columbus Blue Jackets	Ron Hainsey	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	16:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Andre Roy	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	16:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Andre Roy	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
2nd	16:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Colby Armstrong	Elbowing	2
2nd	16:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Colby Armstrong	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	05:57	Columbus Blue Jackets	Dan Fritsche	Tripping	2
3rd	10:40	Columbus Blue Jackets	Rostislav Klesla	Charging	2
3rd	10:40	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ziggy Palffy	Charging	2
3rd	10:40	Pittsburgh Penguins	Tomas Surovy	Delaying game	2
3rd	13:51	Columbus Blue Jackets	Ron Hainsey	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	13:51	Columbus Blue Jackets	Rick Nash	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	13:51	Columbus Blue Jackets	Nikolay Zherdev	Elbowing	2
3rd	13:51	Columbus Blue Jackets	Nikolay Zherdev	Holding	2
3rd	13:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	John LeClair	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	13:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	John LeClair	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
3rd	13:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Lyle Odelein	Instigator	2
3rd	13:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Lyle Odelein	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	13:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Lyle Odelein	Instigator misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	13:51	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sidney Crosby	Holding	2
3rd	16:35	Columbus Blue Jackets	Cale Hulse	Hooking	2
3rd	19:24	Pittsburgh Penguins	Josef Melichar	Interference	2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Michel Therrien
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: Gerard Gallant
Referees: Don VanMassenhoven, Shane Heyer
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Scott Driscoll
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Mario Lemieux, Ryan Vandenbussche, Jocelyn Thibault, Alain Nasreddine, Eric Boguniecki, Dick Tarnstrom, Rico Fata, Matt Hussey, Matt Murley, Sebastien Caron, Brooks Orpik, Guillaume Lefebvre, Noah Welch, Andy Chiodo, Lasse Pirjeta, Erik Christensen
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: Luke Richardson, Adam Foote, Jamie Pushor, Andy Delmore, Benjamin Simon, Peter Sarno, Manny Malhotra, Martin Prusek, Aaron Johnson, Andrew Penner, Mark Hartigan, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, Joe Motzko, Geoff Platt, Alexandre Picard, Gilbert Brule

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