New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 4–1 on Saturday, November 29, 2008 at home.

Final score, New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team Goals 2008-2009 record
New Jersey Devils 1 51-27-4
at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 45-28-9

Goals by period

Goals by period, New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
New Jersey Devils 0 0 1 1
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 2 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
New Jersey Devils 12 8 10 30
Pittsburgh Penguins 16 12 7 35

Scoring summary

Every goal, New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:21 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (11) Miroslav Satan (9), Hal Gill (2) Even strength NJD 0, PIT 1
2nd 07:26 Pittsburgh Penguins Petr Sykora (5) Sidney Crosby (21), Tyler Kennedy (9) Power play NJD 0, PIT 2
2nd 11:29 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (12) Evgeni Malkin (28) Even strength NJD 0, PIT 3
3rd 01:54 New Jersey Devils Mike Rupp (2) Patrik Elias (13), Brian Gionta (12) Even strength NJD 1, PIT 3
3rd 17:59 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (13) Evgeni Malkin (29), Mike Zigomanis (4) Even strength, Empty net NJD 1, PIT 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins
Stat New Jersey Devils Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 30 35
Power play 0 of 4 1 of 5
Penalty minutes 14 12
Hits 36 28
Blocked shots 12 22
Giveaways 7 6
Takeaways 6 3
Faceoffs won 24/55 (43.6%) 31/55 (56.4%)

Box score

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 D. Zubrus C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 45.5% 13:39
Number 9 Z. Parise L 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 0 0 20:34
Number 14 B. Gionta R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 50% 19:45
Number 15 J. Langenbrunner R 0 0 0 -2 2 2 2 1 0 19:52
Number 17 M. Rupp L 1 0 1 +1 2 4 3 0 0 40% 13:48
Number 19 T. Zajac C 0 0 0 -2 2 3 5 0 0 50% 21:43
Number 20 J. Pandolfo L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18:23
Number 21 B. Tallackson R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 06:09
Number 22 P. Vrana L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 01:38
Number 23 D. Clarkson R 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 14:09
Number 26 P. Elias C 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 19:46
Number 2 S. Brookbank D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 03:23
Number 5 C. White D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 7 2 0 19:48
Number 7 P. Martin D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 1 0 20:42
Number 24 B. Salvador D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 0 18:38
Number 27 M. Mottau D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 17:33
Number 28 A. Salmela D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 0 0 16:47
Number 29 J. Oduya D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 0 21:41
New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 35 S. Clemmensen 34 31 3 .912 59:50 Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 11 J. Staal C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 47.1% 20:41
Number 15 M. Zigomanis C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 0 0 78.6% 09:41
Number 17 P. Sykora R 1 0 1 -1 2 5 0 0 1 100% 14:45
Number 20 J. Pesonen L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 07:16
Number 24 M. Cooke L 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 13:37
Number 25 M. Talbot C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 2 0 100% 15:40
Number 26 R. Fedotenko L 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 11:47
Number 28 E. Godard R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 03:47
Number 48 T. Kennedy C 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 3 0 100% 16:53
Number 71 E. Malkin C 0 2 2 +1 0 4 1 2 0 42.9% 22:54
Number 81 M. Satan R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 2 0 0 17:25
Number 87 S. Crosby C 3 1 4 +3 2 6 0 1 0 42.9% 20:14
Number 2 H. Gill D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 2 0 20:48
Number 4 R. Scuderi D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 3 0 20:53
Number 7 M. Eaton D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 12:25
Number 13 A. Goligoski D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17:51
Number 44 B. Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 19:30
Number 58 K. Letang D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 1 1 0 21:53
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 D. Sabourin 30 29 1 .967 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:22 New Jersey Devils Dainius Zubrus Holding the stick 2
1st 05:28 Pittsburgh Penguins Petr Sykora High sticking 2
1st 07:06 New Jersey Devils Travis Zajac High sticking 2
1st 18:33 Pittsburgh Penguins Mark Eaton Holding 2
2nd 07:14 New Jersey Devils Zach Parise Interference 2
2nd 09:38 New Jersey Devils Jamie Langenbrunner Roughing 2
2nd 09:38 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cooke Roughing 2
2nd 12:35 New Jersey Devils David Clarkson Interference 2
2nd 14:55 Pittsburgh Penguins Ruslan Fedotenko High sticking 2
3rd 02:32 New Jersey Devils Mike Rupp Roughing 2
3rd 02:32 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby Roughing 2
3rd 03:22 New Jersey Devils Paul Martin Holding 2
3rd 12:15 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang Delaying game 2

Game information

New Jersey Devils head coach
Brent Sutter
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Michel Therrien
Referees
Dan O'Halloran, Greg Kimmerly
Linesmen
Derek Amell, Mark Shewchyk
New Jersey Devils scratches
Bobby Holik, Martin Brodeur, Brian Rolston, John Madden, Jay Leach, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, Niclas Bergfors, Patrick Davis, Andy Greene, Matt Halischuk
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Philippe Boucher, Sergei Gonchar, Pascal Dupuis, Jeff Taffe, Connor James, Ryan Whitney, Chris Minard, Marc-Andre Fleury, Paul Bissonnette, Bill Thomas, Tim Wallace, Ben Lovejoy, Luca Caputi

2008-2009 season series

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