2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Series – Pittsburgh Penguins win 5-4 against the Carolina Hurricanes after shootout
The Pittsburgh Penguins up against the Carolina Hurricanes was the 274th game of the NHL Premiere Series that took place this Friday at the Consol Energy Centre, home of the Pittsburgh Penguins. This was the 19th game for the Carolina
Hurricanes and the 21st game for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Carolina Hurricanes started off in a splendid manner scoring the very first minute of the match. The goal was scored by Brandon Sutter through a powerful strike. After taking the lead, the away team continued to attack. The home team seized the opportunity
and counter attacked in the 9th minute to level the scores. The goal was scored by Chris Kunitz through a perfectly placed flick shot.
The home team continued to pile pressure and scored once again to take the lead in the 12th minute. The goal was scored by Tyler Kennedy through a wonderful wrist shot.
As the period neared its end, the Carolina Hurricanes attacked the opposing goal and managed to level the scores once again in the 16th minute. The goal was scored by Patrick Dwyer which took the score to 2-2.
The period ended with the Carolina Hurricanes making 13 goal attempts while the Pittsburgh Penguins made 11 goal attempts.
The 2nd period was mostly dominated by the Pittsburgh Penguins and they scored in the 9th minute to take the lead once again. The goal was scored by Captain of the Penguins Sidney Crosby.
However, the Carolina Hurricanes managed to score in the 12th minute after a defensive mistake by the Penguins that took the score to 3-3. The home team put a lot of pressure on the away side by they were unable to score and the period ended with
the score level.
During the course of the second period, the home team made 12 goal attempts while the Carolina Hurricanes made 16 goal attempts.
The final period of the match saw both the teams end level in terms of goal attempts with the Pittsburgh Penguins scoring first goal of the period in the 10th minute through Chris Kunitz. The home team came up with shots and with the desperate
goal attempts managed level the scores with a goal in the 20th minute of the period. The goal was scored by Jussi Jokinen.
The match ended with the scores level and no goals were seen in the overtime. However, the Pittsburgh Penguins managed to win the match 5-4 after shootout after Sidney Crosby scored.
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