Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes

RBC Center, Raleigh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Friday, March 2, 2007 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes
Team Goals 2006-2007 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 47-24-11
at Carolina Hurricanes 3 40-34-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 1 0 2
Carolina Hurricanes 0 2 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 10 6 8 24
Carolina Hurricanes 9 14 3 26

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 14:23 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (27) Jordan Staal (8), Rob Scuderi (9) Even strength PIT 1, CAR 0
2nd 07:28 Carolina Hurricanes Scott Walker (18) Niclas Wallin (6), Josef Vasicek (11) Even strength PIT 1, CAR 1
2nd 08:35 Carolina Hurricanes Frantisek Kaberle (2) Justin Williams (28), Andrew Ladd (5) Even strength PIT 1, CAR 2
2nd 10:24 Pittsburgh Penguins Ryan Malone (13) Colby Armstrong (18), Max Talbot (9) Even strength PIT 2, CAR 2
3rd 11:33 Carolina Hurricanes Scott Walker (19) Cory Stillman (16), Mike Commodore (19) Even strength PIT 2, CAR 3

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

Team stats

Team stats, Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes
Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Carolina Hurricanes
Shots on goal 24 26
Power play 0 of 7 0 of 6
Penalty minutes 21 23
Hits 19 41
Blocked shots 20 14
Giveaways 14 20
Takeaways 6 4
Faceoffs won 21/55 (38.2%) 34/55 (61.8%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 7 M. Ouellet R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:31
Number 8 M. Recchi R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 22:59
Number 10 G. Roberts L 0 0 0 -2 7 1 4 2 13:30
Number 11 J. Staal C 0 1 1 +1 2 0 1 2 17:15
Number 12 R. Malone L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 2 0 13:21
Number 16 E. Christensen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 66.7% 08:32
Number 20 C. Armstrong R 0 1 1 +1 2 2 0 0 12:06
Number 25 M. Talbot C 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 33.3% 14:37
Number 27 G. Laraque R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0 07:27
Number 37 J. Ruutu L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 06:38
Number 71 E. Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 2 33.3% 19:00
Number 87 S. Crosby C 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 42.1% 22:41
Number 2 J. Melichar D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 18:35
Number 5 R. Scuderi D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 2 18:52
Number 19 R. Whitney D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 2 24:09
Number 32 A. Nasreddine D 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 11:01
Number 44 B. Orpik D 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 14:58
Number 55 S. Gonchar D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 4 31:31
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 41 J. Thibault 26 23 3 .885 58:52 Loss

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 11 J. Williams R 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 2 21:41
Number 12 E. Staal C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 4 0 45.5% 22:42
Number 13 R. Whitney L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 08:43
Number 16 A. Ladd L 0 1 1 0 2 4 5 2 13:19
Number 17 R. Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 0 69.6% 20:29
Number 19 T. Letowski R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 40% 06:27
Number 24 S. Walker R 2 0 2 +2 0 5 4 0 75% 16:11
Number 27 C. Adams R 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 12:31
Number 59 C. LaRose R 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 12:33
Number 61 C. Stillman L 0 1 1 +1 2 0 0 0 18:15
Number 63 J. Vasicek C 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 72.7% 14:45
Number 77 A. Carter R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 07:23
Number 2 G. Wesley D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 17:50
Number 5 F. Kaberle D 1 0 1 +2 0 3 0 2 16:51
Number 7 N. Wallin D 0 1 1 -1 2 2 5 1 16:57
Number 8 T. Gleason D 0 0 0 -1 7 1 1 3 16:26
Number 22 M. Commodore D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 7 1 21:48
Number 45 D. Tanabe D 0 0 0 +1 4 1 0 0 19:04
Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 C. Ward 24 22 2 .917 59:53 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:26 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Delaying game 2
1st 04:22 Pittsburgh Penguins Colby Armstrong Hooking 2
1st 05:33 Carolina Hurricanes David Tanabe Holding 2
1st 11:03 Carolina Hurricanes David Tanabe High sticking 2
1st 15:57 Pittsburgh Penguins Alain Nasreddine Holding 2
1st 19:00 Carolina Hurricanes Tim Gleason Roughing 2
1st 19:00 Carolina Hurricanes Tim Gleason Fighting (major) 5
1st 19:00 Pittsburgh Penguins Gary Roberts High sticking 2
1st 19:00 Pittsburgh Penguins Gary Roberts Fighting (major) 5
2nd 03:15 Pittsburgh Penguins Brooks Orpik Tripping 2
2nd 05:49 Carolina Hurricanes Craig Adams Roughing 2
2nd 05:49 Pittsburgh Penguins Alain Nasreddine Roughing 2
2nd 12:50 Carolina Hurricanes Niclas Wallin Slashing 2
2nd 16:01 Carolina Hurricanes Justin Williams Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd 17:32 Pittsburgh Penguins Jordan Staal Tripping 2
2nd 17:47 Carolina Hurricanes Andrew Ladd Tripping 2
2nd 18:56 Pittsburgh Penguins Brooks Orpik Slashing 2
3rd 08:35 Carolina Hurricanes Cory Stillman Tripping 2
3rd 15:32 Carolina Hurricanes Justin Williams High sticking 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Michel Therrien
Carolina Hurricanes head coach
Peter Laviolette
Referees
Eric Furlatt, Brad Meier
Linesmen
Pierre Racicot, Mark Pare
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
John LeClair, Eric Cairns, Nisse Ekman, Ronald Petrovicky, Mark Eaton, Micki Dupont, Chris Thorburn, Noah Welch, Kris Letang
Carolina Hurricanes scratches
Bret Hedican, Erik Cole, Andrew Hutchinson, Ryan Bayda, David Gove, Dennis Seidenberg, Keith Aucoin, Anton Babchuk

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