Pittsburgh Penguins at Colorado Avalanche

Saturday, January 10, 2009, 3:00 PM ET Pepsi Center, Denver Regular Season Final

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Colorado Avalanche
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Pittsburgh Penguins	3	45-28-9
at Colorado Avalanche	5	32-45-5

Goals by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Colorado Avalanche
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	1	1	3
Colorado Avalanche	1	3	1	5

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Colorado Avalanche
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	8	9	7	24
Colorado Avalanche	15	10	7	32

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Colorado Avalanche. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	10:44	Colorado Avalanche	Ryan Smyth (14)	Wojtek Wolski (14), Milan Hejduk (18)	Even strength	PIT 0, COL 1
1st	15:41	Pittsburgh Penguins	Evgeni Malkin (16)	Sidney Crosby (38), Brooks Orpik (8)	Power play	PIT 1, COL 1
2nd	02:06	Colorado Avalanche	David Jones (7)	John-Michael Liles (15), Cody McLeod (1)	Even strength	PIT 1, COL 2
2nd	08:44	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sidney Crosby (17)	Evgeni Malkin (49), Brooks Orpik (9)	Even strength	PIT 2, COL 2
2nd	10:33	Colorado Avalanche	Wojtek Wolski (11)	Ryan Smyth (17)	Even strength	PIT 2, COL 3
2nd	14:39	Colorado Avalanche	Cody McLeod (8)	Jordan Leopold (10), David Jones (5)	Even strength	PIT 2, COL 4
3rd	07:37	Pittsburgh Penguins	Jordan Staal (13)	Unassisted	Shorthanded	PIT 3, COL 4
3rd	08:28	Colorado Avalanche	David Jones (8)	Tyler Arnason (9), Marek Svatos (10)	Power play	PIT 3, COL 5

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

Pittsburgh Penguins 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 11 J. Staal	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	43.8%	20:33
Number 17 P. Sykora	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0		19:17
Number 24 M. Cooke	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	3	1	0		15:10
Number 25 M. Talbot	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	28.6%	19:03
Number 28 E. Godard	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		02:47
Number 32 C. Minard	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		09:39
Number 42 D. Jeffrey	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	0	14.3%	11:05
Number 48 T. Kennedy	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0	100%	14:32
Number 63 T. Wallace	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		07:03
Number 71 E. Malkin	C	1	1	2	-1	0	4	1	1	1		23:39
Number 81 M. Satan	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		14:52
Number 87 S. Crosby	C	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	42.3%	22:00
Number 2 H. Gill	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0		14:12
Number 4 R. Scuderi	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	5	0		17:29
Number 19 R. Whitney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	0		27:10
Number 43 P. Boucher	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	1	0		19:11
Number 44 B. Orpik	D	0	2	2	-1	0	1	2	2	0		22:33
Number 58 K. Letang	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	0		19:25

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 29 M. Fleury	7	6	1	.857	18:41
Number 30 D. Sabourin	25	21	4	.840	40:00	Loss

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 W. Wolski	L	1	1	2	0	6	1	0	0	63.2%	21:35
Number 16 D. Tucker	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		09:51
Number 18 B. Willsie	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50%	11:49
Number 23 M. Hejduk	R	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	50%	21:11
Number 37 T. Hensick	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	80%	15:52
Number 39 T. Arnason	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	33.3%	11:03
Number 40 M. Svatos	R	0	1	1	0	4	2	0	0		14:35
Number 42 C. Stewart	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		15:05
Number 54 D. Jones	R	2	1	3	+2	4	1	2	1		13:09
Number 55 C. McLeod	L	1	1	2	+2	3	3	2	0		11:26
Number 59 P. Dupuis	C	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	57.1%	10:16
Number 94 R. Smyth	L	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	100%	22:16
Number 4 J. Liles	D	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0		19:41
Number 5 B. Clark	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0		20:52
Number 22 S. Hannan	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		26:31
Number 24 R. Salei	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0		23:54
Number 29 D. Tjarnqvist	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	4	0		13:04
Number 44 J. Leopold	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0		15:58

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 A. Raycroft	24	21	3	.875	60:00	Win

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Colorado Avalanche
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	13:49	Colorado Avalanche	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
3rd	06:49	Pittsburgh Penguins	Matt Cooke	Cross checking	2

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Michel Therrien
Colorado Avalanche head coach: Tony Granato
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Mike Hasenfratz
Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Mark Shewchyk
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Sergei Gonchar, Pascal Dupuis, Mark Eaton, Mike Zigomanis, Ruslan Fedotenko, Jeff Taffe, Connor James, Ryan Stone, Paul Bissonnette, Alex Goligoski, Janne Pesonen, Bill Thomas, Ben Lovejoy, Luca Caputi, John Curry
Colorado Avalanche scratches: Joe Sakic, Adam Foote, Ian Laperriere, Ben Guite, Matt Hendricks, Cody McCormick, Aaron MacKenzie, Wes O'Neill, Derek Peltier, Mike Vernace, Paul Stastny, Ray Macias, Kyle Cumiskey, Chris Durno, Per Ledin, TJ Galiardi

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