GAME THREAD: NHL: PITTSBURGH (1-2) at TORONTO (2-3)

NHL: PITTSBURGH at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 3
TORONTO 3
2ND PRD: PIT - MAXIME TALBOT 2 (GARY ROBERTS, ADAM HALL) 6:50</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 3
TORONTO 3 9:58 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 3
TORONTO 3 7:01 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 4
TORONTO 3
2ND PRD: PIT - RYAN MALONE 2 (JORDAN STAAL, EVGENI MALKIN) 16:00</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 4
TORONTO 4
2ND PRD: TOR - JASON BLAKE 1 (MATS SUNDIN, ALEX STEEN) 16:27</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 4
TORONTO 4 0:58 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
PITTSBURGH 1 3 4
TORONTO 2 2 4 END OF THE 2ND

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: PIT - ERIK CHRISTENSEN 1 (ADAM HALL) 5:09
TOR - DARCY TUCKER 1 (HAL GILL, SIMON GAMACHE) 6:37
TOR - NIK ANTROPOV 4 (JASON BLAKE, ALEX STEEN) 8:39
2ND PRD: TOR - MATS SUNDIN 3 (NIK ANTROPOV, PAVEL KUBINA) 0:55
PIT - SIDNEY CROSBY 1 (PETR SYKORA, SERGEI GONCHAR) 6:31
PIT - MAXIME TALBOT 2 (GARY ROBERTS, ADAM HALL) 6:50
PIT - RYAN MALONE 2 (JORDAN STAAL, EVGENI MALKIN) 16:00
TOR - JASON BLAKE 1 (MATS SUNDIN, ALEX STEEN) 16:27

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
PIT 19 17 36
TOR 6 14 20

GOALIES: PIT - DANY SABOURIN, MARC-ANDRE FLEURY
(15:07, 1ST)
TOR - VESA TOSKALA</div>

 

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Pittsburgh 1 3 --4
Toronto 2 2 --4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Pittsburgh, Erik Christensen 1 (Adam Hall),
5:09. 2, Toronto, Darcy Tucker 1 (Hal Gill, Simon Gamache), 6:37. 3,
Toronto, Nik Antropov 4 (Jason Blake, Alex Steen), 8:39. Penalties: B
Mccabe, Tor (holding stick), 11:21; B Orpik, Pit (interference),
15:07; Bench, Pit (too many men served by P Sykora), 17:02; N
Antropov, Tor (interference), 18:34.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Toronto, Mats Sundin 3 (Nik Antropov, Pavel
Kubina), 0:55. 5, Pittsburgh, Sidney Crosby 1 (Petr Sykora, Sergei
Gonchar), 6:31. 6, Pittsburgh, Maxime Talbot 2 (Gary Roberts, Adam
Hall), 6:50. 7, Pittsburgh, Ryan Malone 2 (Jordan Staal, Evgeni
Malkin), 16:00. 8, Toronto, Jason Blake 1 (Mats Sundin, Alex Steen),
16:27. Penalties: M Sundin, Tor (interference), 1:29; R Scuderi, Pit
(cross checking), 9:56; P Kubina, Tor (holding), 13:30; S Crosby, Pit
(roughing), 16:58; N Antropov, Tor (roughing), 16:58.

Shots on goal:
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Pittsburgh 19 17 --36
Toronto 6 14 --20
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Goalies : Pittsburgh, Dany Sabourin (6 shots, 4 saves), Marc-Andre
Fleury (15:07 of 1st period, 14, 12). Toronto, Vesa Toskala (36 shots,
32 saves). Referees: Kerry Fraser, Wes Mccauley. Linesmen: Brian
Murphy, Mark Pare.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 4
TORONTO 4 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 4
TORONTO 4 15:42 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 4
TORONTO 4 11:31 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 4
TORONTO 4 7:59 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 5
TORONTO 4
3RD PRD: PIT - (PP) SIDNEY CROSBY 2 (DARRYL SYDOR, EVGENI MALKIN)
14:38</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 5
TORONTO 4 2:44 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 6
TORONTO 4
3RD PRD: PIT - (SH) (EN) MAXIME TALBOT 3 (UNASSISTED) 19:10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
PITTSBURGH 1 3 2 6
TORONTO 2 2 0 4 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: PIT - ERIK CHRISTENSEN 1 (ADAM HALL) 5:09
TOR - DARCY TUCKER 1 (HAL GILL, SIMON GAMACHE) 6:37
TOR - NIK ANTROPOV 4 (JASON BLAKE, ALEX STEEN) 8:39
2ND PRD: TOR - MATS SUNDIN 3 (NIK ANTROPOV, PAVEL KUBINA) 0:55
PIT - SIDNEY CROSBY 1 (PETR SYKORA, SERGEI GONCHAR) 6:31
PIT - MAXIME TALBOT 2 (GARY ROBERTS, ADAM HALL) 6:50
PIT - RYAN MALONE 2 (JORDAN STAAL, EVGENI MALKIN) 16:00
TOR - JASON BLAKE 1 (MATS SUNDIN, ALEX STEEN) 16:27
3RD PRD: PIT - (PP) SIDNEY CROSBY 2 (DARRYL SYDOR, EVGENI MALKIN)
14:38
PIT - (SH) MAXIME TALBOT 3 (UNASSISTED) 19:10

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: PIT - 1 OF 8, TOR - 0 OF 6.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
PIT 19 17 16 52
TOR 6 15 6 27

GOALIES: PIT - DANY SABOURIN, MARC-ANDRE FLEURY
(15:07, 1ST)
TOR - VESA TOSKALA

OFFICIALS: REF - KERRY FRASER, WES MCCAULEY
LIN - BRIAN MURPHY, MARK PARE

ATT: 19,479</div>

 

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Pittsburgh 1 3 2 --6
Toronto 2 2 0 --4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Pittsburgh, Erik Christensen 1 (Adam Hall),
5:09. 2, Toronto, Darcy Tucker 1 (Hal Gill, Simon Gamache), 6:37. 3,
Toronto, Nik Antropov 4 (Jason Blake, Alex Steen), 8:39. Penalties: B
Mccabe, Tor (holding stick), 11:21; B Orpik, Pit (interference),
15:07; Bench, Pit (too many men served by P Sykora), 17:02; N
Antropov, Tor (interference), 18:34.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Toronto, Mats Sundin 3 (Nik Antropov, Pavel
Kubina), 0:55. 5, Pittsburgh, Sidney Crosby 1 (Petr Sykora, Sergei
Gonchar), 6:31. 6, Pittsburgh, Maxime Talbot 2 (Gary Roberts, Adam
Hall), 6:50. 7, Pittsburgh, Ryan Malone 2 (Jordan Staal, Evgeni
Malkin), 16:00. 8, Toronto, Jason Blake 1 (Mats Sundin, Alex Steen),
16:27. Penalties: M Sundin, Tor (interference), 1:29; R Scuderi, Pit
(cross checking), 9:56; P Kubina, Tor (holding), 13:30; S Crosby, Pit
(roughing), 16:58; N Antropov, Tor (roughing), 16:58.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 9, Pittsburgh, Sidney Crosby 2 (power play)
(Darryl Sydor, Evgeni Malkin), 14:38. 10, Pittsburgh, Maxime Talbot 3
(shorthanded) (Unassisted), 19:10. Penalties: P Kubina, Tor
(holding), 0:53; B Mccabe, Tor (interference), 4:46; E Malkin, Pit
(tripping), 8:29; D Tucker, Tor (delay of game), 12:57; M Talbot, Pit
(hooking), 15:04; B Mccabe, Tor (tripping), 15:41; C Armstrong, Pit
(tripping), 18:28; N Antropov, Tor ( misconduct), 19:10.

Shots on goal:
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Pittsburgh 19 17 16 --52
Toronto 6 15 6 --27
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Power-play Conversions: Pittsburgh - 1 of 8, Toronto - 0 of 6. Goalies
: Pittsburgh, Dany Sabourin (6 shots, 4 saves), Marc-Andre Fleury
(15:07 of 1st period, 21, 19; record: 2-2-0). Toronto, Vesa Toskala
(51 shots, 46 saves; record: 1-3-0). A: 19,479. Referees: Kerry
Fraser, Wes Mccauley. Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Mark Pare.</div>

 

NHL: PITTSBURGH at TORONTO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
PITTSBURGH 6
TORONTO 4</div>

 

TORONTO (Ticker) -- Sidney Crosby is finding his game at theright time for the Pittsburgh Penguins.


Crosby scored his first two goals of the season, including thegame-winner on the power play late in the third period, as thePenguins rallied for a 6-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafson Saturday.


The reigning Hart and Art Ross Trophy winner, Crosby enteredwith just two assists in his first three games this campaign.But after beginning Pittsburgh's comeback from a 3-1 deficit inthe second period, the team captain tapped in a rolling puck inthe crease with 5:22 left in the third after goaltender VesaToskala got a piece of defenseman Darryl Sydor's slap shot fromthe top of the left faceoff circle, snapping a 4-4 tie.

Maxime Talbot added a shorthanded empty-netter in the finalminute to secure the win.


The Penguins got on the board first as Adam Hall won a faceoffin the right circle back to Erik Christensen, who fired a wristshot just inside the left goalpost at 5:09 of the first periodfor his first goal of the season.


The lead lasted just 88 seconds, however, as Darcy Tucker burieda rebound at the left side of the net, knotting the game at1-1. Toronto surged ahead at 8:39, when Nik Antropov gainedpossession in the right corner, walk to the side of the net andstuffed the puck past goaltender Dany Sabourin for his fourth ofthe campaign.


Captain Mats Sundin gave the Maple Leafs a 3-1 advantage just 55seconds into the second session, but Crosby answered at 6:31,when his return pass attempt to Petr Sykora caromed off theskate of Toronto defenseman Pavel Kubina and past Toskala forhis first tally of the season.


Talbot drew Pittsburgh even 19 seconds later, banging his ownrebound by Toskala after carrying the puck from the right cornerto the front of the net.


Ryan Malone backhanded the puck past Toskala while in the creasewith four minutes to go after Evgeni Malkin's shot was stopped,giving the Penguins a 4-3 edge. But Jason Blake netted hisfirst goal as a Maple Leaf 27 seconds afterward, converting arebound from the doorstep to forge a 4-4 tie.

 

TORONTO (Ticker) -- Sidney Crosby is finding his game at theright time for the Pittsburgh Penguins.


Crosby scored his first two goals of the season, including thegame-winner on the power play late in the third period, as thePenguins rallied for a 6-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafson Saturday.


The reigning Hart and Art Ross Trophy winner, Crosby enteredwith just two assists in his first three games this campaign.But after beginning Pittsburgh's comeback from a 3-1 deficit inthe second period, the team captain tapped in a rolling puck inthe crease with 5:22 left in the third after goaltender VesaToskala got a piece of defenseman Darryl Sydor's slap shot fromthe top of the left faceoff circle, snapping a 4-4 tie.

"It's nice to get one that way," Crosby said. "It's nice to getpretty ones, but they're all good. It's nice to finally putone in."


"They move the puck around well and they're shifty andslippery," Toronto defenseman Hal Gill said of the Penguins."They're tough to play against."


Maxime Talbot added a shorthanded empty-netter in the finalminute to cap a two-goal performance of his own and secure thewin. Talbot leads the Penguins with three goals this season.

"To be the top scorer of the team, I'm not sure it's going tostay that way for real long," Talbot joked. "But it's just niceto get a couple of goals."


The Penguins got on the board first as Adam Hall won a faceoffin the right circle back to Erik Christensen, who fired a wristshot just inside the left goalpost at 5:09 of the first periodfor his first goal of the season.


The lead lasted just 88 seconds, however, as Darcy Tucker burieda rebound at the left side of the net, knotting the game at1-1. Toronto surged ahead at 8:39, when Nik Antropov gainedpossession in the right corner, walk to the side of the net andstuffed the puck past goaltender Dany Sabourin for his fourth ofthe campaign.


Sabourin was pulled several minutes later, leaving after makingjust four saves.


"I'll have to come back stronger next game," he said. "Youalways want to play a whole game and get the win. Hopefully, Ican come back soon and get a win."


Captain Mats Sundin gave the Maple Leafs a 3-1 advantage just 55seconds into the second session, but Crosby answered at 6:31,when his return pass attempt to Petr Sykora caromed off theskate of Toronto defenseman Pavel Kubina and past Toskala forhis first tally of the season.


Talbot drew Pittsburgh even 19 seconds later, banging his ownrebound by Toskala after carrying the puck from the right cornerto the front of the net.


"We played like we did last year, desperate and stuff," Talbotsaid. "That's the Pittsburgh Penguins. Everybody pushes in thesame direction. That's definitely the kind of game we want towin."


"It was a matter of time," Crosby said of his team's offensiveburst. "We were playing good hockey, we had (19) shots in thefirst period. We were just sticking with the game plan. Wekept playing the same way."


Ryan Malone backhanded the puck past Toskala while in the creasewith four minutes to go after Evgeni Malkin's shot was stopped,giving the Penguins a 4-3 edge. But Jason Blake netted hisfirst goal as a Maple Leaf 27 seconds afterward, converting arebound from the doorstep to forge a 4-4 tie.


Sundin picked up an assist on Blake's tally, moving him pastHall of Famer Darryl Sittler for second place on the franchiselist with 528. On Thursday, the Swede passed Sittler for firstplace in club history in goals and points.


Toskala yielded five goals but turned aside 46 shots for theMaple Leafs.


"It's way too much," Antropov said of the Penguins' 52 shots ongoal. "They got like 20 every period. They outshot us by like30 shots almost. The defense was not there tonight."

Marc-Andre Fleury made 19 saves for Pittsburgh in relief ofSabourin.


"I think it's definitely good for Fleury's confidence," Talbotsaid. "He's a great goaltender. He kept us in so many gameslast year, and he'll do it again this year."