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| 3rd Period Summary |
| TIME |
TEAM |
DETAIL |
| 0:00 |
Pittsburgh |
Jordan Staal won faceoff against Eric Staal |
| 0:14 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Puck in Bench |
| 0:14 |
Pittsburgh |
Matt Cooke won faceoff against Eric Staal |
| 0:38 |
Carolina |
Shot on goal by Joni Pitkanen (Wristshot 38 ft) |
| 0:39 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 0:39 |
Pittsburgh |
Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Matt Cullen |
| 0:46 |
Carolina |
Erik Cole credited with hit on Brooks Orpik |
| 0:58 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Offside |
| 0:58 |
Pittsburgh |
Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Matt Cullen |
| 1:47 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Offside |
| 1:47 |
Carolina |
Rod Brind'Amour won faceoff against Evgeni Malkin |
| 1:56 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Offside |
| 1:56 |
Pittsburgh |
Craig Adams won faceoff against Patrick Dwyer |
| 2:21 |
Pittsburgh |
Craig Adams credited with hit on Dennis Seidenberg |
| 2:32 |
Pittsburgh |
Sergei Gonchar credited with hit on Ryan Bayda |
| 2:35 |
Carolina |
Goal scored by Patrick Eaves assisted by Ryan Bayda and Patrick Dwyer |
| 2:35 |
Pittsburgh |
Jordan Staal won faceoff against Eric Staal |
| 2:46 |
Carolina |
Frantisek Kaberle credited with hit on Matt Cooke |
| 2:47 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot on goal by Matt Cooke (Wraparound 8 ft) |
| 3:17 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Offside |
| 3:17 |
Carolina |
Matt Cullen won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 3:40 |
Carolina |
Erik Cole credited with hit on Bill Guerin |
| 4:07 |
Carolina |
Tim Gleason credited with hit on Chris Kunitz |
| 4:13 |
Carolina |
Penalty to Matt Cullen 2 minutes for Tripping Sidney Crosby |
| 4:13 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Rod Brind'Amour |
| 4:23 |
Carolina |
Shorthanded - Dennis Seidenberg credited with hit on Evgeni Malkin |
| 4:38 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Shot on goal by Kris Letang (Wristshot 53 ft) |
| 4:39 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 4:39 |
Carolina |
Shorthanded - Jussi Jokinen won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 4:55 |
Carolina |
Shorthanded - Takeaway by Chad LaRose |
| 5:41 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin |
| 5:48 |
Carolina |
Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Chad LaRose (Wristshot 41 ft) |
| 5:54 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Jordan Staal credited with hit on Chad LaRose |
| 6:13 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Philippe Boucher shot blocked by Dennis Seidenberg |
| 6:27 |
Carolina |
Shot on goal by Rod Brind'Amour (Wristshot 58 ft) |
| 6:41 |
Carolina |
Shot missed by Scott Walker(Wide of Net) |
| 7:02 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot on goal by Maxime Talbot (Wristshot 43 ft) |
| 7:05 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Puck Frozen |
| 7:05 |
Pittsburgh |
Maxime Talbot won faceoff against Matt Cullen |
| 7:10 |
Pittsburgh |
Ruslan Fedotenko shot blocked by Joe Corvo |
| 7:11 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 7:11 |
Carolina |
Matt Cullen won faceoff against Maxime Talbot |
| 7:26 |
Carolina |
Shot on goal by Matt Cullen (Wristshot 55 ft) |
| 7:33 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot on goal by Craig Adams (Slapshot 39 ft) |
| 7:34 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Puck Frozen |
| 7:34 |
Pittsburgh |
Jordan Staal won faceoff against Eric Staal |
| 7:56 |
Carolina |
Tim Gleason credited with hit on Tyler Kennedy |
| 8:11 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot on goal by Jordan Staal (Wristshot 35 ft) |
| 8:28 |
Carolina |
Tim Gleason credited with hit on Jordan Staal |
| 8:47 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot on goal by Chris Kunitz (Wristshot 31 ft) |
| 8:49 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot on goal by Evgeni Malkin (Wristshot 11 ft) |
| 8:50 |
Pittsburgh |
Goal scored by Evgeni Malkin assisted by Chris Kunitz and Matt Cooke |
| 8:50 |
Pittsburgh |
Miroslav Satan won faceoff against Patrick Dwyer |
| 9:02 |
Pittsburgh |
Ruslan Fedotenko credited with hit on Joni Pitkanen |
| 9:34 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Offside |
| 9:34 |
Carolina |
Eric Staal won faceoff against Jordan Staal |
| 9:41 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Offside |
| 9:41 |
Carolina |
Eric Staal won faceoff against Jordan Staal |
| 10:24 |
Pittsburgh |
Takeaway by Rob Scuderi |
| 10:34 |
Carolina |
Tim Gleason credited with hit on Sidney Crosby |
| 10:53 |
Carolina |
Erik Cole credited with hit on Chris Kunitz |
| 11:33 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Puck in Bench |
| 11:33 |
Pittsburgh |
Jordan Staal won faceoff against Eric Staal |
| 11:51 |
Carolina |
Takeaway by Eric Staal |
| 12:00 |
Carolina |
Shot on goal by Chad LaRose (Wristshot 24 ft) |
| 12:19 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Puck Frozen |
| 12:19 |
Pittsburgh |
Evgeni Malkin won faceoff against Matt Cullen |
| 12:25 |
Pittsburgh |
Goal scored by Evgeni Malkin |
| 12:25 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Rink Repair |
| 12:25 |
Carolina |
Matt Cullen won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 12:57 |
Carolina |
Joe Corvo credited with hit on Chris Kunitz |
| 13:11 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot on goal by Miroslav Satan (Snapshot 60 ft) |
| 13:15 |
Pittsburgh |
Craig Adams credited with hit on Joni Pitkanen |
| 13:18 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot on goal by Craig Adams (Wristshot 19 ft) |
| 13:31 |
Pittsburgh |
Craig Adams credited with hit on Chad LaRose |
| 13:37 |
Carolina |
Chad LaRose credited with hit on Craig Adams |
| 14:04 |
Pittsburgh |
Takeaway by Jordan Staal |
| 14:23 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Icing |
| 14:23 |
Pittsburgh |
Jordan Staal won faceoff against Eric Staal |
| 14:48 |
Carolina |
Eric Staal shot blocked by Mark Eaton |
| 15:27 |
Carolina |
Shot on goal by Erik Cole (Tip-In 17 ft) |
| 15:28 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 15:28 |
Pittsburgh |
Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Eric Staal |
| 15:35 |
Carolina |
Dennis Seidenberg credited with hit on Ruslan Fedotenko |
| 15:52 |
Pittsburgh |
Evgeni Malkin credited with hit on Dennis Seidenberg |
| 16:03 |
Carolina |
Shot on goal by Ray Whitney (Slapshot 44 ft) |
| 16:32 |
Carolina |
Sergei Samsonov shot blocked by Rob Scuderi |
| 16:36 |
Pittsburgh |
Kris Letang credited with hit on Erik Cole |
| 16:44 |
Carolina |
Tim Gleason shot blocked by Craig Adams |
| 17:26 |
Carolina |
Scott Walker shot blocked by Brooks Orpik |
| 17:28 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Offside |
| 17:28 |
Carolina |
Eric Staal won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 17:35 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Premature Substitution |
| 17:35 |
Pittsburgh |
Jordan Staal won faceoff against Eric Staal |
| 18:11 |
Pittsburgh |
Goal scored by Tyler Kennedy (Empty Net) assisted by Jordan Staal and Matt Cooke |
| 18:11 |
Carolina |
Patrick Dwyer won faceoff against Craig Adams |
| 18:26 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot missed by Miroslav Satan(Wide of Net) |
| 18:41 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Icing |
| 18:41 |
Carolina |
Penalty to Tim Gleason 5 minutes for Fighting Kris Letang |
| 18:41 |
Carolina |
Penalty to Patrick Eaves 5 minutes for Fighting Miroslav Satan |
| 18:41 |
Pittsburgh |
Penalty to Miroslav Satan 5 minutes for Fighting Patrick Eaves |
| 18:41 |
Pittsburgh |
Penalty to Kris Letang 5 minutes for Fighting Tim Gleason |
| 18:41 |
Carolina |
Penalty to Ryan Bayda 10 minutes for Deliberate injury Kris Letang served by Ray Whitney |
| 18:41 |
Pittsburgh |
Penalty to Kris Letang 10 minutes for Game Misconduct(opposing player not identified) |
| 18:41 |
Carolina |
Shorthanded - Rod Brind'Amour won faceoff against Craig Adams |
| 18:43 |
Carolina |
Shorthanded - Rod Brind'Amour won faceoff against Craig Adams |
| 18:58 |
Pittsburgh |
Penalty to Craig Adams 2 minutes for Elbowing Dennis Seidenberg |
| 18:58 |
Carolina |
Penalty to Dennis Seidenberg 2 minutes for Cross checking Craig Adams |
| 18:58 |
Carolina |
Shorthanded - Rod Brind'Amour won faceoff against Chris Kunitz |
| 19:09 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Shot on goal by Chris Kunitz (Wristshot 25 ft) |
| 19:10 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 19:10 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Chris Kunitz won faceoff against Rod Brind'Amour |
| 19:19 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Shot on goal by Hal Gill (Wristshot 55 ft) |
| 19:20 |
Pittsburgh |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 19:21 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Chris Kunitz won faceoff against Rod Brind'Amour |