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Saturday, December 10, 2005 · Mellon Arena

Avalanche 3 at Penguins 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 72OVR Lasse Pirjeta Penguins First Star 2A · 3 SOG R 69OVR Mark Recchi Hurricanes Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG L 46OVR Matt Murley Penguins Third Star 1A · 2 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 10:35 Mark Recchi (8) Matt Murley (4), Lasse Pirjeta (2) · Wrist COL 0 – 1 PIT
  2. 16:04 Milan Hejduk (7) PPG Joe Sakic (20), Alex Tanguay (23) · Wrist COL 1 – 1 PIT
  3. 18:28 Dick Tarnstrom (4) PPG Mark Recchi (17), Sidney Crosby (17) · Wrist COL 1 – 2 PIT

2nd Period

  1. 1:22 Erik Christensen (5) Sergei Gonchar (8), Brooks Orpik (3) · Tip-in COL 1 – 3 PIT
  2. 14:40 Dan Hinote (2) Rob Blake (15), Brett McLean (7) · Wrist COL 2 – 3 PIT

3rd Period

  1. 12:24 Max Talbot (4) Lasse Pirjeta (3) · Wrist COL 2 – 4 PIT
  2. 13:27 Marek Svatos (14) Andrew Brunette (16), Karlis Skrastins (7) · Snap COL 3 – 4 PIT

Colorado Avalanche

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dan Hinote R 1 0 1 1 1 +1 9:33 1.03
Marek Svatos R 1 0 3 2 0 0 12:26 0.98
Karlis Skrastins D 0 1 0 1 3 +1 21:24 0.93
Milan Hejduk R 1 0 4 0 1 -1 22:24 0.80
Andrew Brunette L 0 1 0 0 0 +1 12:50 0.78
Joe Sakic C 0 1 5 0 1 -2 20:42 0.75
Rob Blake D 0 1 5 1 1 -1 26:06 0.75
Brett McLean C 0 1 1 0 0 0 9:16 0.70
Alex Tanguay L 0 1 0 1 0 -2 19:49 0.33
Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 +1 7:39 0.15
Ian Laperriere R 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:02 0.15
Antti Laaksonen L 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:16 0.15
Ossi Vaananen D 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:28 0.08
Brett Clark D 0 0 0 1 0 0 14:31 0.00
Pierre Turgeon C 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:25 -0.08
Brad May L 0 0 0 1 0 -1 7:28 -0.15
Patrice Brisebois D 0 0 2 1 3 0 23:27 -0.15
John-Michael Liles D 0 0 1 0 1 -2 20:14 -0.32
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Vitaly Kolesnik L 35 31 4 .886 58:22 0.10

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Lasse Pirjeta L 0 2 3 0 0 +2 12:35 1.78
Mark Recchi R 1 1 2 1 0 +1 23:58 1.68
Matt Murley L 0 1 2 0 1 +2 16:11 1.13
Max Talbot C 1 0 3 3 1 0 11:56 1.03
Erik Christensen C 1 0 4 0 0 -1 14:45 0.75
Dick Tarnstrom D 1 0 2 0 0 -1 15:18 0.75
Brooks Orpik D 0 1 0 6 2 0 17:42 0.73
Sidney Crosby C 0 1 3 1 0 -1 18:10 0.60
Sergei Gonchar D 0 1 1 0 0 0 23:45 0.55
Ryan Whitney D 0 0 0 0 3 +2 20:31 0.40
Josef Melichar D 0 0 0 2 2 +2 16:14 0.30
Ric Jackman D 0 0 3 2 0 0 11:42 0.18
Eric Boguniecki C 0 0 4 1 0 0 12:50 0.15
Matt Hussey C 0 0 2 0 0 0 13:45 0.15
Ryan Malone L 0 0 3 1 1 0 18:40 0.12
Shane Endicott C 0 0 2 0 0 0 15:44 0.00
Ryan Vandenbussche R 0 0 0 1 0 0 4:59 0.00
Lyle Odelein D 0 0 1 0 1 -1 15:19 -0.18
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Marc-Andre Fleury W 26 23 3 .885 59:38 0.05