Sep 24, 2008 - 10:29 PM
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Dany Sabourin made 28 saves for Pittsburgh, which will visit Toronto for another exhibition contest on Friday.
En route to making the Stanley Cup Finals last season, the Penguins had the fourth-best power play in the league. They showed they still are capable of capitalizing with the man-advantage despite the absences of center Sidney Crosby (groin) and defenseman Sergei Gonchar, who is out indefinitely with a dislocated shoulder.
Sykora scored his third goal of the preseason 2:05 into the game and Fedotenko tallied with 12:08 remaining in the opening period as Pittsburgh scored on two of its first three power-play opportunities.
Malkin, who finished second in the league in scoring with 106 points last season, netted a shorthanded goal 70 seconds into the second period to give the Penguins a 3-0 lead.
The Maple Leafs got on the board with 4:38 left to play in the contest, when Alexei Ponikarovsky scored a power-play goal. Mikhail Grabovski tallied with 11 seconds remaining to provide the game's final margin.
Justin Pogge turned aside 18 shots for Toronto.
From the Bleachers
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TORONTO: 2
PITTSBURGH: 3
Final
Sep 24 10:05 PM -
NHL
TORONTO 2
PITTSBURGH 3
3RD PRD: TOR - MIKHAIL GRABOVSKI 1 (NIKOLAI KULEMIN, JASON BLAKE)
19:49
Sep 24 10:02 PM -
NHL
TORONTO 1
PITTSBURGH 3
3RD PRD: TOR - (PP) ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY 1 (JOSEF BOUMEDIENNE, MIKE VAN
RYN) 15:22
Sep 24 9:56 PM -
TORONTO: 0
PITTSBURGH: 3
End of 2nd
Sep 24 9:08 PM -
NHL
TORONTO 0
PITTSBURGH 3
2ND PRD: PIT - (SH) EVGENI MALKIN 1 (JORDAN STAAL) 1:10
Sep 24 8:34 PM -
TORONTO: 0
PITTSBURGH: 2
End of 1st
Sep 24 8:13 PM -
NHL
TORONTO 0
PITTSBURGH 2
1ST PRD: PIT - (PP) RUSLAN FEDOTENKO 1 (UNASSISTED) 7:52
Sep 24 7:50 PM -
NHL
TORONTO 0
PITTSBURGH 1
1ST PRD: PIT - (PP) PETR SYKORA 3 (MIROSLAV SATAN, EVGENI MALKIN) 2:05
Sep 24 7:41 PM
