Thursday, November 01, 2007

Pens blow 2-0 lead @ Colorado, lose 3-2

Crosby had two goals as the Pens stormed out to a 2-0 lead after 1, but surrendered 3 goals in a span of 3:30 in midway through the 2nd, as the Pens dropped a 3-2 contest at Colorado.
Crosby extended his point streak to 11 games, besting his career long, and the team extended its power-play goal scored streak to 12 games. (At least one PPG for in each game this season - NHL record is apparently 14 games)


Stats update, game 11 (Only Malone, Talbot, & Hall in plus territory, but Ruutu, Laraque, Kennedy & Scuderi are now Even)
Name GP G A P +- PIM
Crosby 12 7 12 19 -2 12
Malkin 11 5 13 18 -1 10
Sykora 12 6 4 10 -5 6
Gonchar 12 2 9 11 -3 18
Whitney 12 3 3 6 -3 2
Recchi 12 1 5 6 -1 8
Roberts 11 1 4 5 -4 2
Talbot 12 4 1 5 +1 6
Malone 12 2 3 5 +1 17
Hall 11 1 3 4 +1 9
Staal 12 1 1 2 -4 9
Christensen 10 1 1 2 -6 0
Armstrong 12 1 0 1 -4 2
Laraque 4 0 1 1 E 5
Scuderi 12 0 1 1 E 4
Sydor 12 0 1 1 -4 4
Ruutu 9 0 1 1 E 10
Orpik 12 0 1 1 -6 4
Eaton
12 0 1 1 -1 2
Kennedy 3 0 0 0 E 2
Fleury 9 0 0 0 -- 0
Sabourin 6 0 0 0 -- 0

It should be noted that the stats above reflect the correct scoring from the first Toronto game, where Recchi was given a phantom assist at the expense of Malkin. This scoring change was made after the game, and the official NHL stats have not been corrected. Emails to the NHL and ESPN.com that same night have not been answered. As of October 31, 2007, this error has still not been corrected.

The loss dropped the Pens record to 6-5-0-1 (W-L-OTL-SOL) on the season, and leaves them 2nd in the Atlantic Division, one point behind the Flyers.

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