Scores for Oct 21, 2006
  • Final
     
    BUF
    BOS
    6
    2
    6
    2
    0
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    COL
    MTL
    5
    8
    5
    8
    1
  • Final OT
    OT
     
    CAR
    NYI
    3
    4
    3
    4
    2
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    NJ
    OTT
    1
    8
    1
    8
    3
  • Final SO
    SO
     
    NYR
    TOR
    5
    4
    5
    4
    4
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    TB
    WSH
    6
    4
    6
    4
    5
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    FLA
    WPG
    2
    4
    2
    4
    6
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    CBJ
    PIT
    3
    5
    3
    5
    7
  • Final OT
    OT
     
    VAN
    NSH
    4
    3
    4
    3
    8
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    STL
    CHI
    4
    3
    4
    3
    9
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    DET
    EDM
    1
    3
    1
    3
    10
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    DAL
    PHX
    4
    0
    4
    0
    11
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    MIN
    SJ
    4
    1
    4
    1
    12

Final

Series (Game 1 of 1)

Close

Pittsburgh leads 1-0

Game 1: Saturday, October 21st
Blue Jackets3Final
Penguins5

Blue Jackets 3

(2-3-1, 5 pts)

Penguins 5

(4-3-0, 8 pts)

7:30 PM ET, October 21, 2006

Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1 2 3 T
CBJ 1 1 13
PIT 2 1 25

J. Staal (Penguins - C): Goals: 2, Assists: 0

S. Gonchar (Penguins - D): Goals: 1, Assists: 1

E. Malkin (Penguins - C): Goals: 1, Assists: 0

Columbus (2-2-1) at Pittsburgh (3-3-0) 7:30 pm EDT

Columbus (2-2-1) at Pittsburgh (3-3-0) 7:30 pm EDT

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- The Columbus Blue Jackets should be an energized group when they take on the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.

The Blue Jackets, who have played an NHL-low five games, try to rebound from a 4-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday. Manny Malhotra and Alexander Svitov scored for Columbus, which was blanked in seven power-play opportunities.

Pascal Leclaire made his fifth straight start for the Blue Jackets but only stopped 23 of 27 shots.

The Penguins snapped a two-game losing streak with a 4-3 overtime victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday.

Defenseman Sergei Gonchar scored the game-winner 3:33 into overtime while Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist and Sidney Crosby had three assists. Malkin, the second pick in the 2004 draft, has three points in his first two NHL games.

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 34 shots for Pittsburgh, which went 3-for-8 on the power play.

The Penguins have been proficient with the extra man so far, going 8-for-35 (22.9 percent) this season.

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Regular Season Matchup

 
Columbus
Pittsburgh
W-L-OTL33-42-747-24-11
Home18-19-426-10-5
Road15-23-321-14-6
Division11-17-420-9-3
Conference29-36-741-21-10
Last 105-5-06-3-1
Complete Standings

Team Stat Comparison

Columbus
Pittsburgh
2.39Goals Per Game3.26
2.98Goals Against Per Game2.93
27.72Shots on Goal Per Game28.85
28.6Shots Against Per Game30.85
16.55Penalty Minutes Per Game15.23
65Power Play Goals94
14.8%Power Play %20.3%
85Power Play Goals Allowed75
81.2%Penalty Kill %82.1%
6Shorthanded Goals14
10Shorthanded Goals Allowed13

Goalie Breakdown

Columbus		 GP W L OTL GAA SO SV%
Fredrik Norrena 55 24 23 3 2.78 3 .904
Pascal Leclaire 24 6 15 2 2.97 1 .897
Ty Conklin 11 2 3 2 3.30 0 .871
Brian Boucher 3 1 1 0 3.79 0 .866
Tomas Popperle 2 0 0 0 1.35 0 .929
Pittsburgh		 GP W L OTL GAA SO SV%
Marc-Andre Fleury 67 40 16 9 2.83 5 .906
Jocelyn Thibault 22 7 8 2 2.83 1 .909

Team Stat Leaders

 
Columbus
Pittsburgh
GRick Nash 27 Sidney Crosby 36
ADavid Vyborny 48 Sidney Crosby 84
PTSDavid Vyborny 64 Sidney Crosby 120
PIMAlexander Svitov 145 Jarkko Ruutu 125
SOGRick Nash 228 Sidney Crosby 250