Kovalchuk busts slump to lead Devils past Pens

Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and two assists to snap out of a scoring slump and the New Jersey Devils beat the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins for the fifth straight time, 3-1 on Friday night.
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1st PeriodPITNJ
1:43Patrik Elias (12)
Assists: Andy Greene (24), Ilya Kovalchuk (33)
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2:25Sidney Crosby (45)
Assists: Chris Kunitz (18), Pascal Dupuis (15)
11
2nd Period
No Goals Scored
3rd PeriodPITNJ
2:06Andy Greene (6)
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk (34), Bryce Salvador (9)
12
9:59Ilya Kovalchuk (35)
Assists: Dainius Zubrus (12), Travis Zajac (37)
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Shot Chart

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  • Rob Niedermayer won faceoff against Jordan Staal in neutral zone
  • Shot missed by Mike Mottau, Wide of Net (Wristshot 51 ft)
  • Giveaway by Colin White in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Martin Skoula saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Slapshot 63 ft)
  • Patrik Elias won faceoff against Sidney Crosby in offensive zone
  • Takeaway by Ilya Kovalchuk in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Andy Greene, Wide of Net (Slapshot 61 ft)
  • Goal scored by Patrik Elias (Wristshot 11 ft) assisted by Andy Greene and Ilya Kovalchuk
  • Dean McAmmond shot blocked by Brooks Orpik
  • Anssi Salmela credited with hit on Jordan Staal in defensive zone
  • Rob Niedermayer won faceoff against Jordan Staal in defensive zone
  • Travis Zajac won faceoff against Sidney Crosby in defensive zone
  • Takeaway by Mike Mottau in defensive zone
  • Andy Greene credited with hit on Bill Guerin in defensive zone
  • Colin White credited with hit on Chris Kunitz in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Rob Niedermayer saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Backhand 22 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Brian Rolston saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Wraparound 8 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Anssi Salmela saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Slapshot 58 ft)
  • Rob Niedermayer credited with hit on Brooks Orpik in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Andy Greene, Wide of Net (Slapshot 49 ft)
  • Patrik Elias won faceoff against Jordan Staal in offensive zone
  • Giveaway by Patrik Elias in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Zach Parise saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Slapshot 35 ft)
  • Dainius Zubrus credited with hit on Mark Eaton in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Andy Greene, Goalpost (Wristshot 30 ft)
  • Giveaway by Dainius Zubrus in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Andy Greene, Wide of Net (Slapshot 56 ft)
  • Patrik Elias won faceoff against Sidney Crosby in neutral zone
  • Shot on goal by Jamie Langenbrunner saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Wristshot 42 ft)
  • Dean McAmmond won faceoff against Maxime Talbot in offensive zone
  • Dean McAmmond shot blocked by Alex Goligoski
  • Dean McAmmond won faceoff against Jordan Staal in defensive zone
  • Andy Greene credited with hit on Jordan Staal in defensive zone
  • Rob Niedermayer won faceoff against Evgeni Malkin in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Martin Skoula saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Slapshot 46 ft)
  • Ilya Kovalchuk shot blocked by Chris Kunitz
  • Andy Greene credited with hit on Matt Cooke in defensive zone
  • Colin White shot blocked by Kris Letang
  • Ilya Kovalchuk credited with hit on Jordan Leopold in offensive zone
  • Giveaway by Anssi Salmela in neutral zone
  • Giveaway by David Clarkson in offensive zone
  • Rob Niedermayer credited with hit on Evgeni Malkin in defensive zone
  • Giveaway by Ilya Kovalchuk in offensive zone
  • Colin White credited with hit on Sidney Crosby in defensive zone
  • Travis Zajac won faceoff against Sidney Crosby in neutral zone
  • Zach Parise credited with hit on Matt Cooke in defensive zone
  • Jamie Langenbrunner won faceoff against Maxime Talbot in offensive zone
  • Brian Rolston shot blocked by Mark Eaton
  • Jamie Langenbrunner credited with hit on Matt Cooke in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Ilya Kovalchuk saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Snapshot 24 ft)
  • Dainius Zubrus credited with hit on Craig Adams in offensive zone
  • Patrik Elias won faceoff against Jordan Staal in offensive zone
  • Ilya Kovalchuk shot blocked by Brooks Orpik
  • Shot on goal by Anssi Salmela saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Slapshot 42 ft)
  • Shot missed by Anssi Salmela, Wide of Net (Slapshot 36 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Andy Greene saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Slapshot 59 ft)
  • Shot missed by Andy Greene, Wide of Net (Slapshot 55 ft)
  • Mike Mottau shot blocked by Brooks Orpik
  • Shot missed by Mike Mottau, Wide of Net (Snapshot 50 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Ilya Kovalchuk saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Snapshot 23 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Zach Parise saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Wraparound 8 ft)
  • Rob Niedermayer won faceoff against Evgeni Malkin in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Dainius Zubrus saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Backhand 12 ft)
  • Rod Pelley credited with hit on Chris Kunitz in neutral zone
  • Shot on goal by Rod Pelley saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Snapshot 19 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Jay Pandolfo saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Snapshot 46 ft)
  • David Clarkson credited with hit on Sergei Gonchar in offensive zone
  • Jamie Langenbrunner won faceoff against Jordan Staal in offensive zone
  • Brian Rolston shot blocked by Pascal Dupuis
  • Shot on goal by Andy Greene saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Slapshot 60 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Brian Rolston saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Slapshot 46 ft)
  • Travis Zajac won faceoff against Maxime Talbot in neutral zone
  • Shot on goal by Ilya Kovalchuk saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Slapshot 62 ft)
  • Penalty to Dainius Zubrus 2 minutes for Roughing Kris Letang
  • Travis Zajac won faceoff against Evgeni Malkin in neutral zone
  • Dean McAmmond credited with hit on Mark Eaton in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Travis Zajac, Wide of Net (Slapshot 69 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Zach Parise saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Snapshot 21 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Patrik Elias saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Snapshot 24 ft)
  • Penalty to Colin White 10 minutes for Misconduct Ruslan Fedotenko
  • Penalty to Rob Niedermayer 2 minutes for Cross checking Evgeni Malkin(served by Rod Pelley)
  • Penalty to Rob Niedermayer 2 minutes for Roughing Evgeni Malkin
  • Travis Zajac won faceoff against Sidney Crosby in defensive zone
  • Travis Zajac shot blocked by Kris Letang
  • Shot on goal by Rod Pelley saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Wristshot 11 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Martin Skoula saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Slapshot 59 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Jamie Langenbrunner saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Snapshot 14 ft)
  • Martin Skoula credited with hit on Bill Guerin in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Ilya Kovalchuk saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Wristshot 15 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Ilya Kovalchuk saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Wristshot 22 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Travis Zajac saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Wristshot 17 ft)
  • Martin Skoula credited with hit on Chris Kunitz in defensive zone
  • Penalty to Rob Niedermayer 5 minutes for Fighting Matt Cooke
  • Dean McAmmond won faceoff against Jordan Staal in neutral zone
  • Shot on goal by Ilya Kovalchuk saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Wristshot 21 ft)
  • Goal scored by Andy Greene (Slapshot 40 ft) assisted by Ilya Kovalchuk and Bryce Salvador
  • Shot missed by Jamie Langenbrunner, Wide of Net (Wristshot 19 ft)
  • Giveaway by Ilya Kovalchuk in offensive zone
  • Dean McAmmond won faceoff against Jordan Staal in neutral zone
  • Andy Greene credited with hit on Maxime Talbot in defensive zone
  • Dean McAmmond credited with hit on Pascal Dupuis in defensive zone
  • Penalty to Jamie Langenbrunner 2 minutes for High-sticking Chris Kunitz
  • Dean McAmmond won faceoff against Sidney Crosby in defensive zone
  • Giveaway by Martin Brodeur in defensive zone
  • Rod Pelley credited with hit on Brooks Orpik in offensive zone
  • Goal scored by Ilya Kovalchuk (Wristshot 52 ft) assisted by Dainius Zubrus and Travis Zajac
  • David Clarkson credited with hit on Mark Eaton in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by David Clarkson saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Wristshot 39 ft)
  • Travis Zajac won faceoff against Sidney Crosby in defensive zone
  • Ilya Kovalchuk shot blocked by Ruslan Fedotenko
  • Dean McAmmond won faceoff against Jordan Staal in defensive zone
  • Shot missed by Dean McAmmond, Wide of Net (Wristshot 25 ft)
  • Shot missed by Brian Rolston, Wide of Net (Snapshot 35 ft)
  • Takeaway by Colin White in defensive zone
  • Takeaway by Andy Greene in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Jamie Langenbrunner saved by Marc-Andre Fleury (Snapshot 24 ft)
  • Rod Pelley credited with hit on Brooks Orpik in offensive zone
  • Colin White credited with hit on Alexei Ponikarovsky in defensive zone
  • Jordan Leopold credited with hit on Rob Niedermayer in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Bill Guerin saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 42 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Alex Goligoski saved by Martin Brodeur (Slapshot 55 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Ruslan Fedotenko saved by Martin Brodeur (Snapshot 37 ft)
  • Alexei Ponikarovsky shot blocked by Mike Mottau
  • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
  • Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Patrik Elias in neutral zone
  • Stoppage - Icing
  • Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Patrik Elias in offensive zone
  • Goal scored by Sidney Crosby (Wristshot 25 ft) assisted by Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis
  • Mike Rupp credited with hit on Anssi Salmela in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Bill Guerin saved by Martin Brodeur (Slapshot 54 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Matt Cooke saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 15 ft)
  • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
  • Sidney Crosby shot blocked by Mike Mottau
  • Sergei Gonchar shot blocked by Patrik Elias
  • Stoppage - Offside
  • Maxime Talbot won faceoff against Rob Niedermayer in neutral zone
  • Brooks Orpik credited with hit on Brian Rolston in defensive zone
  • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
  • Shot on goal by Bill Guerin saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 18 ft)
  • Matt Cooke credited with hit on Patrik Elias in defensive zone
  • Ruslan Fedotenko credited with hit on Colin White in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Alexei Ponikarovsky saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 46 ft)
  • Stoppage - Offside
  • Alexei Ponikarovsky shot blocked by Andy Greene
  • Giveaway by Marc-Andre Fleury in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Chris Kunitz saved by Martin Brodeur (Slapshot 50 ft)
  • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
  • Stoppage - Icing
  • Shot on goal by Bill Guerin saved by Martin Brodeur (Snapshot 48 ft)
  • Stoppage - Icing
  • Shot missed by Alexei Ponikarovsky, Goalpost (Slapshot 37 ft)
  • Kris Letang credited with hit on Zach Parise in neutral zone
  • Shot missed by Alex Goligoski, Wide of Net (Backhand 15 ft)
  • Stoppage - Offside; TV timeout
  • Jordan Staal won faceoff against Rob Niedermayer in neutral zone
  • Bill Guerin shot blocked by Mike Mottau
  • Shot on goal by Evgeni Malkin saved by Martin Brodeur (Snapshot 39 ft)
  • Brooks Orpik shot blocked by Dainius Zubrus
  • Takeaway by Sidney Crosby in offensive zone
  • Stoppage - Offside; TV timeout
  • Evgeni Malkin won faceoff against Rob Niedermayer in neutral zone
  • Alexei Ponikarovsky credited with hit on Andy Greene in offensive zone
  • Brooks Orpik credited with hit on David Clarkson in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Alexei Ponikarovsky saved by Martin Brodeur (Snapshot 27 ft)
  • Jordan Staal won faceoff against Patrik Elias in defensive zone
  • Giveaway by Matt Cooke in defensive zone
  • Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Travis Zajac in offensive zone
  • Sergei Gonchar shot blocked by Mike Mottau
  • Shot on goal by Evgeni Malkin saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 30 ft)
  • Stoppage - Puck in Netting
  • Jordan Staal won faceoff against Rob Niedermayer in defensive zone
  • Shot missed by Evgeni Malkin, Wide of Net (Tip-In 10 ft)
  • Shot missed by Evgeni Malkin, Wide of Net (Wristshot 15 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Sergei Gonchar saved by Martin Brodeur (Slapshot 54 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Brooks Orpik saved by Martin Brodeur (Slapshot 59 ft)
  • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
  • Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
  • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
  • Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Travis Zajac in defensive zone
  • Penalty to Craig Adams 10 minutes for Game Misconduct
  • Shot on goal by Matt Cooke saved by Martin Brodeur (Slapshot 56 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Alex Goligoski saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 50 ft)
  • Shot missed by Ruslan Fedotenko, Wide of Net (Wristshot 24 ft)
  • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
  • Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Travis Zajac in offensive zone
  • Bill Guerin credited with hit on Martin Skoula in offensive zone
  • Bill Guerin shot blocked by Martin Skoula
  • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
  • Maxime Talbot won faceoff against Rob Niedermayer in defensive zone
  • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
  • Shot on goal by Matt Cooke saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 25 ft)
  • Takeaway by Sergei Gonchar in defensive zone
  • Stoppage - High Stick
  • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
  • Penalty to Kris Letang 2 minutes for Roughing Dainius Zubrus
  • Jordan Staal won faceoff against Rob Niedermayer in defensive zone
  • Stoppage - Offside
  • Stoppage - Icing; Visitor Timeout
  • Evgeni Malkin won faceoff against Rob Niedermayer in defensive zone
  • Penalty to Ruslan Fedotenko 10 minutes for Misconduct Colin White
  • Stoppage - Puck in Benches
  • Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Zach Parise in neutral zone
  • Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Travis Zajac in defensive zone
  • Kris Letang credited with hit on Zach Parise in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Chris Kunitz saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 27 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Chris Kunitz saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 20 ft)
  • Stoppage - Puck in Netting
  • Evgeni Malkin won faceoff against Patrik Elias in defensive zone
  • Stoppage - Icing
  • Evgeni Malkin won faceoff against Dean McAmmond in defensive zone
  • Evgeni Malkin credited with hit on Dainius Zubrus in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Kris Letang saved by Martin Brodeur (Snapshot 49 ft)
  • Kris Letang shot blocked by Dainius Zubrus
  • Pascal Dupuis credited with hit on Bryce Salvador in offensive zone
  • Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Patrik Elias in neutral zone
  • Bill Guerin credited with hit on Martin Skoula in offensive zone
  • Stoppage - Offside
  • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
  • Evgeni Malkin won faceoff against Travis Zajac in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Evgeni Malkin saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 10 ft)
  • Maxime Talbot shot blocked by Anssi Salmela
  • Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Alex Goligoski saved by Martin Brodeur (Slapshot 59 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Sidney Crosby saved by Martin Brodeur (Slapshot 16 ft)
  • Stoppage - Puck in Netting
  • Jordan Staal won faceoff against Travis Zajac in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Kris Letang saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 49 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Ruslan Fedotenko saved by Martin Brodeur (Snapshot 37 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Jordan Staal saved by Martin Brodeur (Slapshot 29 ft)
  • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
  • Maxime Talbot won faceoff against Rob Niedermayer in offensive zone
  • Kris Letang credited with hit on David Clarkson in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Maxime Talbot saved by Martin Brodeur (Slapshot 30 ft)
  • Shot missed by Evgeni Malkin, Over Net (Wristshot 41 ft)
  • Stoppage - Puck in Benches
  • Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Patrik Elias in neutral zone
  • Ruslan Fedotenko credited with hit on Mike Mottau in offensive zone
  • Jordan Staal won faceoff against Rob Niedermayer in neutral zone
  • Stoppage - Icing
  • Jordan Staal won faceoff against Patrik Elias in defensive zone
  • Pascal Dupuis shot blocked by Martin Skoula
  • Stoppage - Puck in Netting; TV timeout
  • Sidney Crosby credited with hit on Mike Mottau in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Ruslan Fedotenko saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 11 ft)
  • Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
  • Shot missed by Matt Cooke, Wide of Net (Tip-In 16 ft)
  • Bill Guerin credited with hit on Jay Pandolfo in neutral zone
  • Pascal Dupuis shot blocked by Travis Zajac
  • Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Travis Zajac in offensive zone
  • Stoppage - Puck in Netting
  • Kris Letang shot blocked by Andy Greene
  • Sidney Crosby won faceoff against Travis Zajac in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Evgeni Malkin saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 46 ft)
  • Kris Letang shot blocked by Martin Skoula
  • Shot on goal by Alexei Ponikarovsky saved by Martin Brodeur (Backhand 18 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Alex Goligoski saved by Martin Brodeur (Slapshot 57 ft)
  • Takeaway by Matt Cooke in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Jordan Staal saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 12 ft)
  • Alex Goligoski shot blocked by Anssi Salmela
  • Brooks Orpik credited with hit on Travis Zajac in defensive zone
  • Sergei Gonchar shot blocked by Bryce Salvador
  • Shot missed by Ruslan Fedotenko, Wide of Net (Wristshot 28 ft)
  • Shot on goal by Ruslan Fedotenko saved by Martin Brodeur (Wristshot 15 ft)
  • Chris Kunitz credited with hit on Ilya Kovalchuk in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Sidney Crosby saved by Martin Brodeur (Slapshot 128 ft)
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