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Saturday, March 4, 2006 · Mellon Arena

Hurricanes 7 at Penguins 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 97OVR Eric Staal Hurricanes First Star 1G · 3A · 3 SOG R 73OVR Mark Recchi Hurricanes Second Star 3G · 7 SOG L 88OVR Cory Stillman Hurricanes Third Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 9:51 Eric Staal (39) PPG Frantisek Kaberle (31), Ray Whitney (32) · Tip-in CAR 1 – 0 PIT
  2. 11:32 Ray Whitney (11) PPG Cory Stillman (44), Eric Staal (41) · Tip-in CAR 2 – 0 PIT
  3. 13:22 Erik Cole (29) SHG Craig Adams (10), Bret Hedican (18) · Wrist CAR 3 – 0 PIT
  4. 14:19 Kevyn Adams (11) Rod Brind'Amour (28) · Backhand CAR 4 – 0 PIT
  5. 18:20 Rod Brind'Amour (24) Glen Wesley (6), Justin Williams (35) · Wrist CAR 5 – 0 PIT

2nd Period

  1. 0:57 Mark Recchi (22) PPG Sergei Gonchar (29), Ryan Whitney (19) · Wrist CAR 5 – 1 PIT
  2. 10:08 Konstantin Koltsov (1) Michel Ouellet (12), Jani Rita (2) · Snap CAR 5 – 2 PIT
  3. 12:07 Erik Cole (30) Eric Staal (42), Cory Stillman (45) · Slap CAR 6 – 2 PIT
  4. 14:01 John LeClair (14) Eric Boguniecki (8), Ryan Malone (12) · Slap CAR 6 – 3 PIT

3rd Period

  1. 2:53 Mark Recchi (23) Ryan Whitney (20), Colby Armstrong (13) · Wrist CAR 6 – 4 PIT
  2. 5:53 Cory Stillman (16) PPG Ray Whitney (33), Eric Staal (43) · Wrist CAR 7 – 4 PIT
  3. 14:58 Mark Recchi (24) Sidney Crosby (38), Sergei Gonchar (30) · Wrist CAR 7 – 5 PIT

Carolina Hurricanes

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Eric Staal C 1 3 3 0 0 +1 16:41 3.00
Cory Stillman L 1 2 1 0 0 +1 17:54 2.08
Ray Whitney L 1 2 2 0 2 -2 16:12 1.80
Rod Brind'Amour C 1 1 3 0 2 0 23:40 1.75
Erik Cole L 2 0 2 1 0 +1 12:40 1.65
Justin Williams R 0 1 4 0 0 +2 20:38 1.23
Kevyn Adams C 1 0 2 0 3 0 13:06 0.90
Bret Hedican D 0 1 0 0 1 +2 20:50 0.83
Craig Adams R 0 1 1 1 1 -1 12:16 0.60
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 1 1 0 0 -1 15:22 0.55
Glen Wesley D 0 1 0 1 1 0 16:06 0.53
Matt Cullen C 0 0 7 0 0 -1 16:55 0.23
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:12 0.08
Mike Commodore D 0 0 0 0 0 +3 7:22 0.07
Aaron Ward D 0 0 1 4 1 -1 22:46 -0.18
Oleg Tverdovsky D 0 0 0 0 2 -2 11:28 -0.20
Niklas Nordgren L 0 0 1 1 0 -2 9:27 -0.22
Doug Weight C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15:30 -0.35
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Cam Ward W 38 33 5 .868 60:00 -0.45

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mark Recchi R 3 0 7 1 0 0 26:02 2.73
Sergei Gonchar D 0 2 7 1 1 0 26:13 1.73
Ryan Whitney D 0 2 1 0 1 0 20:54 1.28
John LeClair L 1 0 4 0 0 0 17:45 1.10
Sidney Crosby C 0 1 2 1 3 0 22:14 0.93
Colby Armstrong R 0 1 1 2 1 +1 20:17 0.90
Ryan Malone L 0 1 1 2 1 0 20:46 0.80
Jani Rita L 0 1 0 0 0 +1 8:01 0.78
Konstantin Koltsov L 1 0 1 4 0 +1 14:00 0.78
Eric Boguniecki C 0 1 1 1 0 0 13:17 0.55
Michel Ouellet R 0 1 1 0 0 -1 11:21 0.40
Tomas Surovy L 0 0 4 0 1 0 10:24 0.40
Ric Jackman D 0 0 3 1 0 +1 15:11 0.38
Josef Melichar D 0 0 1 2 0 +1 15:35 0.22
Rob Scuderi D 0 0 1 1 0 0 16:32 0.08
Erik Christensen C 0 0 3 0 1 -2 14:00 -0.03
Andre Roy R 0 0 0 2 0 -1 3:46 -0.53
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 2 1 -1 13:08 -1.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Marc-Andre Fleury — 4 1 3 .250 8:24 -2.15
Sebastien Caron L 25 21 4 .840 50:21 -0.90