Penguins win third straight by defeating Devils 4-2 (24-Oct-2006)
The Penguins jump to first place in the Atlantic Division by beating New Jersey 4-2 in front of 13,190 at Mellon Arena. The first period saw the Devils grab a 1-0 lead when Scott Gomez picked up a rebound of a Brion Gionta shot and put it into an open net. Nils Ekman tied it when he skated down the off-wing and wristed it by Martin Brodeur. Pittsburgh got goals from Sidney Crosby (off a nice feed from Evgeni Malkin) and Jordan Staal (off a great pass from Nils Ekman) to make it 3-1 after two periods. Sergei Brylin cut the lead to one with his second of the season at 8:01 of the third. Evgeni Malkin closed out the scoring with a highlight-reel forward-to-backhand move which beat Brodeur. Malkin now has a goal in each of his first four games.
Scoring
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Devils
1
0
1
-
2
Penguins
1
2
1
-
4
Shots on goal
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Devils
9
4
9
-
22
Penguins
11
9
5
-
25
Power Plays
1st
2nd
3rd
-
T
Devils
0-1
0-3
0-2
-
0-6
Penguins
0-0
0-2
0-1
-
0-3
Starting Goaltender: Marc-Andre Fleury
Alternate captains: Sidney Crosby, Mark Recchi, Sergei Gonchar
1st Period Scoring: NJ, Gomez (B Gionta, B Lukowich), 7:40. Pit, Ekman (M Eaton), 13:37.
1st Period Penalties: Pit, Gonchar, (Hooking) 16:48.
Shots after one were 11-9 in favor of Pittsburgh.
2nd Period Scoring: Pit, Crosby (E Malkin, R Whitney), 1:26. Pit, Staal (N Ekman, M Recchi), 4:53.
Goalies: NJ, Brodeur (25 shots, 21 saves, .840 Save %) Pit, Fleury (22 shots, 20 saves, .909 Save %)
Attendance: 13,190 at Mellon Arena.
Pittsburgh Scratches: Brooks Orpik (IR - hand), Eric Cairns (IR - knee), Ronald Petrovicky (IR - hip), Ryan Malone (IR - wrist), Karl Stewart, Kris Letang and Andre Roy.
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