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Around SBN: Mountain West Conference Basketball Preview 2009-10
Team123OTScore
Pittsburgh11417
Detroit22206
First Period
- 1, Pittsburgh Goal - Sidney Crosby (4), from Miroslav Satan and Maxime Talbot at 4:34. 2, Detroit Goal - Darren McCarty (1), from Kirk Maltby at 13:21. 3, Detroit Power-Play Goal - Tomas Holmstrom (7), from Nicklas Lidstrom and Marian Hossa at 15:19. Penalties - Johan Franzen, Detroit (hooking), 4:51; Eric Godard, Pittsburgh (elbowing), 8:19; Mike Zigomanis, Pittsburgh (tripping), 13:43; Alex Goligoski, Pittsburgh (holding), 19:28.
Second Period
- 4, Detroit Power-Play Goal - Johan Franzen (6), from Jiri Hudler and Mikael Samuelsson at 1:09. 5, Pittsburgh Goal - Maxime Talbot (4), from Petr Sykora and Sidney Crosby at 4:14. 6, Detroit Goal - Pavel Datsyuk (4), from Marian Hossa and Nicklas Lidstrom at 18:02. Penalties - Kris Letang, Pittsburgh (high sticking), 1:09; Andreas Lilja, Detroit (hooking), 5:20.
Third Period
- 7, Detroit Power-Play Goal - Henrik Zetterberg (9), from Jiri Hudler and Niklas Kronwall at 5:03. 8, Pittsburgh Power-Play Goal - Evgeni Malkin (5), from Miroslav Satan and Sidney Crosby at 6:57. 9, Pittsburgh Goal - Jordan Staal (3), from Matt Cooke and Mike Zigomanis at 8:09. 10, Detroit Goal - Jiri Hudler (3), from Kris Draper and Mikael Samuelsson at 10:14. 11, Pittsburgh Goal - Jordan Staal 2 (4), from Matt Cooke and Kristopher Letang at 15:51. 12, Pittsburgh Goal - Jordan Staal 3 (5), from Evgeni Malkin and Alex Goligoski at 19:37. Penalties - Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh (interference), 3:33; Johan Franzen, Detroit (holding), 5:35; Valtteri Filppula, Detroit (hooking), 5:40; Brian Rafalski, Detroit (hooking), 19:56.
Overtime
- 13, Pittsburgh Goal - Ruslan Fedotenko (3), from Jordan Staal at 3:49.
Shots on Goal:  Pittsburgh 5 + 9 + 16 + 4 = 34. Detroit 14 + 12 + 8 + 0 = 34.
Power Play Conversion:  Pittsburgh 1-5. Detroit 3-5.
Goaltenders:  Pittsburgh, Marc-Andre Fleury 6-34-.824. Detroit, Chris Osgood 7-34-.794.
Referees:  Mike Hasenfratz, Marc Joannette
Linesmen:  Mark Pare, Dan Schachte

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