Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Pens stomp Flyers 5-3

Crosby went 1+1 over two periods as the Pens jumped out to a 3-0 lead after 1 and a 5-2 lead after 2 periods, allowing a goal with 2.1 seconds left to narrow the margin.

John LeClair returned from a healthy scratch with a vengeance - he scored the opening goal less than two minutes in against his former team.

Team stats update (19 team games - record 10 wins, 7 losses, 2 overtime losses - 9 divisional games, record 8-1-0):

Name Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/-



Sidney Crosby C 19 10 20 30 24 +9



Evgeni Malkin C 15 9 9 18 18 +5



Mark Recchi R 19 4 12 16 10 +8



Sergei Gonchar D 19 3 13 16 24 E



Ryan Whitney D 19 3 12 15 31 +2



Michel Ouellet R 18 6 8 14 10 -3



Nils Ekman R 18 5 7 12 12 -5



Jordan Staal C 19 7 1 8 4 +2



Dominic Moore C 19 4 4 8 24 +1



John LeClair L 18 2 5 7 12 -2



Colby Armstrong W 19 0 7 7 25 +3



Maxime Talbot C 12 3 0 3 6 E



Jarkko Ruutu L 19 1 2 3 22 -2



Josef Melichar D 19 1 2 3 10 E



Rob Scuderi D 19 0 3 3 2 +3



Kristopher Letang D 7 2 0 2 4 -3



Mark Eaton D 11 0 2 2 2 +2



Noah Welch D 12 1 1 2 18 +2



Chris Thorburn C 16 1 1 2 37 E



Ryan Malone F 7 0 1 1 19 -4



Eric Cairns D 1 0 0 0 5 E



Ronald Petrovicky R 2 0 0 0 2 E



Karl Stewart C 3 0 0 0 2 -1



Andre Roy L 4 0 0 0 12 E



Jocelyn Thibault G 4 0 0 0 0 0



Brooks Orpik D 8 0 0 0 2 +1



Marc-Andre Fleury G 16 0 0 0 2 0




(base figures courtesy of HockeyDB.com)

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Pens beat Rags to improve to 7-1 in division play

The Pens scored two goals with a 5 on 3 advantage en route to a 3-1 win over the Rangers on Saturday, November 18th. Mark Recchi had two goals, and Sidney Crosby and Sergei Gonchar had two assists apiece. The other goal game from Jordan Staal, and Evgeni Malkin and Colby Armstrong each had an assist.


Stats update after 18 team games: (Team record 9w-7l-2otl-0sol for 20 points)


Name Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/-



Sidney Crosby C 18 9 19 28 24 +7



Evgeni Malkin C 14 9 7 16 16 +4



Mark Recchi R 18 4 11 15 10 +7



Michel Ouellet R 18 6 8 14 10 -3



Sergei Gonchar D 18 2 12 14 24 -1



Ryan Whitney D 18 2 10 12 29 E



Nils Ekman R 17 5 6 11 12 -6



Jordan Staal C 18 7 1 8 4 +2



Colby Armstrong W 18 0 7 7 25 +1



John LeClair L 17 1 5 6 12 -2



Dominic Moore C 18 3 3 6 22 -1



Maxime Talbot C 11 3 0 3 6 E



Josef Melichar D 18 1 2 3 10 E



Jarkko Ruutu L 18 1 2 3 22 -2



Rob Scuderi D 18 0 3 3 0 +2



Kristopher Letang D 7 2 0 2 4 -3



Noah Welch D 11 1 1 2 14 +1



Mark Eaton D 11 0 2 2 2 +2



Chris Thorburn C 15 1 1 2 37 E



Ryan Malone F 7 0 1 1 19 -4



Ronald Petrovicky R 1 0 0 0 0 E



Eric Cairns D 1 0 0 0 5 E




Karl Stewart C 3 0 0 0 2 -1



Andre Roy L 4 0 0 0 12 E



Jocelyn Thibault G 4 0 0 0 0 0



Brooks Orpik D 7 0 0 0 2 E



Marc-Andre Fleury G 15 0 0 0 2 0




Crosby leads the league in points per game, and is within 3 points of the overall lead in points, with as many as 4 games in hand on the players in front of him.