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| 3rd Period Summary |
| TIME |
TEAM |
DETAIL |
| 0:00 |
Carolina |
Eric Staal won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 0:36 |
Carolina |
Shot on goal by Sergei Samsonov (Tip-In 18 ft) |
| 0:37 |
Carolina |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 0:37 |
Pittsburgh |
Evgeni Malkin won faceoff against Matt Cullen |
| 0:52 |
Carolina |
Shot on goal by Ray Whitney (Deflection 19 ft) |
| 1:27 |
Carolina |
Shot missed by Dennis Seidenberg(Wide of Net) |
| 1:54 |
Carolina |
Shot on goal by Niclas Wallin (Snapshot 41 ft) |
| 2:00 |
Pittsburgh |
Mark Eaton credited with hit on Scott Walker |
| 2:31 |
Carolina |
Shot missed by Erik Cole(Wide of Net) |
| 2:37 |
Carolina |
Joe Corvo shot blocked by Jordan Staal |
| 3:04 |
Carolina |
Ray Whitney shot blocked by Hal Gill |
| 3:05 |
Carolina |
Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 3:05 |
Pittsburgh |
Evgeni Malkin won faceoff against Matt Cullen |
| 3:16 |
Carolina |
Chad LaRose shot blocked by Kris Letang |
| 3:29 |
Pittsburgh |
Craig Adams credited with hit on Dennis Seidenberg |
| 3:39 |
Carolina |
Shot on goal by Matt Cullen (Wristshot 12 ft) |
| 3:40 |
Pittsburgh |
Penalty to Craig Adams 2 minutes for Hooking Matt Cullen |
| 3:40 |
Carolina |
Power play - Eric Staal won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 3:50 |
Carolina |
Power play - Shot missed by Sergei Samsonov(Wide of Net) |
| 3:59 |
Carolina |
Power play - Sergei Samsonov credited with hit on Sidney Crosby |
| 4:10 |
Carolina |
Power play - Shot on goal by Erik Cole (Snapshot 38 ft) |
| 4:11 |
Carolina |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 4:11 |
Carolina |
Power play - Eric Staal won faceoff against Jordan Staal |
| 4:18 |
Carolina |
Power play - Shot on goal by Ray Whitney (Slapshot 53 ft) |
| 4:22 |
Carolina |
Power play - Chad LaRose credited with hit on Sergei Gonchar |
| 4:56 |
Pittsburgh |
Shorthanded - Giveaway by Rob Scuderi |
| 5:32 |
Carolina |
Stoppage - Offside |
| 5:32 |
Pittsburgh |
Shorthanded - Evgeni Malkin won faceoff against Matt Cullen |
| 6:31 |
Pittsburgh |
Brooks Orpik credited with hit on Patrick Eaves |
| 6:56 |
Carolina |
Stoppage - High Stick |
| 6:56 |
Pittsburgh |
Jordan Staal won faceoff against Rod Brind'Amour |
| 7:17 |
Pittsburgh |
Matt Cooke credited with hit on Scott Walker |
| 7:33 |
Carolina |
Stoppage - Puck Frozen |
| 7:33 |
Carolina |
Eric Staal won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 7:48 |
Carolina |
Stoppage - Offside |
| 7:48 |
Pittsburgh |
Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Eric Staal |
| 8:08 |
Carolina |
Shot missed by Joni Pitkanen(Wide of Net) |
| 8:20 |
Pittsburgh |
Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin |
| 8:27 |
Carolina |
Erik Cole credited with hit on Ruslan Fedotenko |
| 8:29 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot missed by Maxime Talbot(Hit Goalpost) |
| 8:33 |
Carolina |
Stoppage - Player Injury |
| 8:33 |
Pittsburgh |
Evgeni Malkin won faceoff against Matt Cullen |
| 9:18 |
Carolina |
Ray Whitney shot blocked by Kris Letang |
| 9:38 |
Pittsburgh |
Jordan Staal credited with hit on Niclas Wallin |
| 10:03 |
Carolina |
Niclas Wallin credited with hit on Matt Cooke |
| 10:31 |
Pittsburgh |
Takeaway by Chris Kunitz |
| 10:49 |
Carolina |
Penalty to Joe Corvo 2 minutes for Hooking Sidney Crosby |
| 10:49 |
Carolina |
Stoppage - TV Timeout |
| 10:49 |
Carolina |
Shorthanded - Rod Brind'Amour won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 10:52 |
Carolina |
Stoppage - Puck Frozen |
| 10:52 |
Carolina |
Shorthanded - Eric Staal won faceoff against Sidney Crosby |
| 11:32 |
Carolina |
Shorthanded - Chad LaRose credited with hit on Sidney Crosby |
| 11:33 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Shot on goal by Kris Letang (Snapshot 53 ft) |
| 12:18 |
Carolina |
Penalty to Chad LaRose 2 minutes for Tripping Jordan Staal |
| 12:18 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Rod Brind'Amour |
| 12:18 |
Carolina |
Stoppage of Play |
| 12:37 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Shot on goal by Evgeni Malkin (Slapshot 47 ft) |
| 12:55 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Shot on goal by Bill Guerin (Slapshot 40 ft) |
| 13:04 |
Carolina |
Shorthanded - Takeaway by Eric Staal |
| 13:30 |
Pittsburgh |
Power play - Shot on goal by Kris Letang (Snapshot 40 ft) |
| 13:31 |
Carolina |
Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 13:31 |
Carolina |
Shorthanded - Matt Cullen won faceoff against Jordan Staal |
| 14:11 |
Pittsburgh |
Kris Letang shot blocked by Matt Cullen |
| 14:41 |
Pittsburgh |
Maxime Talbot shot blocked by Dennis Seidenberg |
| 15:11 |
Pittsburgh |
Shot on goal by Matt Cooke (Snapshot 39 ft) |
| 15:20 |
Pittsburgh |
Giveaway by Brooks Orpik |
| 15:24 |
Carolina |
Joni Pitkanen shot blocked by Mark Eaton |
| 15:25 |
Carolina |
Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 15:25 |
Pittsburgh |
Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Matt Cullen |
| 15:59 |
Pittsburgh |
Giveaway by Marc-Andre Fleury |
| 16:30 |
Carolina |
Anton Babchuk shot blocked by Sergei Gonchar |
| 16:42 |
Carolina |
Erik Cole credited with hit on Brooks Orpik |
| 16:46 |
Carolina |
Stoppage - Icing |
| 16:46 |
Carolina |
Matt Cullen won faceoff against Evgeni Malkin |
| 17:16 |
Carolina |
Shot on goal by Matt Cullen (Wristshot 37 ft) |
| 17:22 |
Carolina |
Shot on goal by Matt Cullen (Snapshot 13 ft) |
| 17:24 |
Carolina |
Shot on goal by Chad LaRose (Wristshot 24 ft) |
| 17:52 |
Carolina |
Erik Cole credited with hit on Mark Eaton |
| 18:00 |
Carolina |
Tim Gleason shot blocked by Mark Eaton |
| 18:50 |
Pittsburgh |
Goal scored by Craig Adams (Empty Net) assisted by Sidney Crosby and Maxime Talbot |
| 18:50 |
Pittsburgh |
Jordan Staal won faceoff against Matt Cullen |
| 19:07 |
Carolina |
Shot on goal by Joe Corvo (Slapshot 31 ft) |
| 19:20 |
Carolina |
Chad LaRose shot blocked by Brooks Orpik |
| 19:21 |
Carolina |
Chad LaRose credited with hit on Brooks Orpik |
| 19:34 |
Carolina |
Shot missed by Ray Whitney(Wide of Net) |