HockeyTime.netPittsburgh – Columbus: 2-3 2OT
FIRST PERIOD — Scoring: 1, Pittsburgh, Ryan Malone 1 (power play)
(Richard Jackman, Michel Ouellet)3:02. 2, Pittsburgh, Michel Ouellet 1
(Maxime Talbot), 8:38. 3, Columbus, Manny Malhotra 1 (power play)
(Jaroslav Balastik, Nikolai Zherdev)11:37. Penalties: B Berard, Cob
(hooking), 2:22; M Methot, Cob (hooking), 4:16; N Welch, Pit
(interference), 5:54; T Surovy, Pit (interference), 10:19; R Whitney,
Pit (cross checking), 11:37; R Jackman, Pit (cross checking), 12:18; T
Marchant, Cob (hooking), 16:01; R Malone, Pit (holding), 17:58; M
Hussey, Pit (tripping), 19:55.
SECOND PERIOD — Scoring: 4, Columbus, Todd Marchant 1 (Brandon Sugden,
Luke Richardson),15:09. Penalties: L Odelein, Pit (cross checking),
0:34; L Pirjeta, Pit (interference), 3:02; J Lindstrom, Cob (holding),
6:51; M Methot, Cob (slashing), 9:23; R Whitney, Pit (hooking), 10:29;
B Sugden, Cob (boarding), 12:58; M Malhotra, Cob (roughing), 13:57; M
Ouellet, Pit (boarding served by D Bonvie match, game misconduct),
THIRD PERIOD — Scoring: None. Penalties: O Tollefsen, Cob (hooking), 1:58; J
Lindstrom, Cob (high sticking), 3:27; N Welch, Pit (charging), 3:47; R
Klesla, Cob (cross checking), 6:12; T Surovy, Pit (holding), 6:33; O
Tollefsen, Cob (roughing), 12:30; D Carcillo, Pit (roughing served by
D Bonvie), 12:30; D Carcillo, Pit (double minor boarding, roughing),
12:30; N Welch, Pit (tripping), 13:14; M Fleury, Pit (delay of game
served by R Jackman), 14:25; B Orpik, Pit (high sticking), 16:41.
OVERTIME — Scoring: None. Penalties: A Picard, Cob (high sticking), 3:07.
2ND OVERTIME — Scoring: None.
Shootout: CLB, Jaroslav Balastik
Partita dai ritmi blandi e con molte interruzioni che non hanno però causato eccessivi problemi agli estremi.
Entrambe le formazioni hanno giocato senza le stelle di riferimento (Lemieux ed il numero 1 del draft Crosby e Rick Nash per Columbus) in una classica partita di pre-season.
Decide l’incontro il rigore di Jaroslav Balastik.
I “pinguini” vanno a segno al 3’02” grazie a Ryan Malone che devia un tiro di Jackman in power play. Raddoppio affidato a Ouellet che batte il portiere Denis. La risossa è affidata al duo inossidabile Malhotra e Marchant.
Tampa Bay – Detroit: 5-3
FIRST PERIOD — Scoring: 1, Detroit, Nicklas Lidstrom 1 (power play)
(Niklas Kronwall, Kris Draper), 3:11. 2, Tampa Bay, Brad Richards 1
(Fredrik Modin, Martin St. Louis), 5:57. Penalties: H Pratt, Tam
(tripping), 1:36; T Taylor, Tam (holding), 2:05; J Rivers, Det
(slashing), 10:35; J Kindl, Det (hooking), 13:28; D O’Brien, Tam
(holding), 15:34; V Filppula, Det (delay of game), 19:50.
SECOND PERIOD — Scoring: 3, Tampa Bay, Fredrik Modin 1 (power play)
(Marek Kvapil, Martin St. Louis), 6:20. 4, Detroit, Kris Draper 1
(power play) (Chris Chelios), 18:30. Penalties: C Sarich, Tam
(holding), 2:35; K Maltby, Det (slashing), 5:08; J Rivers, Det
(interference), 7:42; C Chelios, Det (hooking), 10:15; T Helbling, Tam
(elbowing), 14:25; D Lacouture, Det (hooking), 14:59; A Rogers, Tam
(holding), 17:10.
THIRD PERIOD — Scoring: 5, Tampa Bay, Martin St. Louis 1 (power play)
(Brad Richards), 0:46. 6, Tampa Bay, Evgeny Artyukhin 1 (Tim Taylor,
Chris Dingman), 2:02. 7, Detroit, Kris Draper 2 (Brendan Shanahan,
Chris Chelios), 18:26. 8, Tampa Bay, Fredrik Modin 2 (empty net) (Brad
Richards, Tim Taylor), 19:56. Penalties: J Williams, Det (tripping),
0:36; E Artyukhin, Tam (tripping), 5:09; T Holmstrom, Det (hooking),
5:29; B Sloan, Det (slashing), 7:56; K Draper, Det (tripping), 10:21.
Martin St. Louis rompe il temporaneo pareggio tra le due formazioni grazie ad un gol in power play all’inizio del terzo periodo e aggiunge ache due assist alla sua prestazione aiutando così i campioni in carica a sconfiggere Detroit nella prima partita della stagione per entrambe le formazioni.
Ottima anche la prestazione di Fredrik Modin che sigla due gol e un assist mentre – sull’altro fronte emerge Lidstrom con un gol.