Oct 2, 2008 - 2:33 PM
0 shoutsHELSINKI, Finland (Ticker) -- Sidney Crosby had three assists and Evgeni Malkin scored a power-play goal to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-1 victory over Jokerit of the Finnish Elite League on Thursday at Hartwall Arena.
Ruslan Fedotenko, Tyler Kennedy and Pascal Dupuis also tallied for the Penguins, who finished the preseason with a 4-0-1 record and will start the regular season on Saturday against the Ottawa Senators in Stockholm, Sweden.
Malkin opened the scoring exactly nine minutes into the contest off assists from Crosby and rookie defenseman Alex Goligoski. Crosby and new teammate Miroslav Satan assisted on Fedotenko's go-ahead goal with 10 seconds left in the first period.
Janne Lahti cut Jokerit's deficit to 2-1 on a penalty shot at 5:03 of the third period, but Kennedy answered nearly seven minutes later and Dupuis netted an empty-netter to secure the win.
Marc-Andre Fleury held the Finnish club scoreless for over 33 minutes before he was replaced by Dany Sabourin, who finished the contest.
From the Bleachers
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PITTSBURGH: 4
JOKERIT: 1
Final
Oct 2 2:02 PM -
AT HELSINKI FINLAND
NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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PITTSBURGH 2 0 2 4
JOKERIT 0 0 1 1 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: NONE
3RD PRD: NONE
Oct 2 2:02 PM -
AT HELSINKI FINLAND
NHL PITTSBURGH 3
JOKERIT 1 7:00 LEFT, 3RD PRD
Oct 2 1:47 PM -
AT HELSINKI FINLAND
NHL PITTSBURGH 2
JOKERIT 1 5:03 LEFT, 3RD PRD
Oct 2 1:36 PM -
PITTSBURGH: 2
JOKERIT: 0
End of 2nd
Oct 2 1:01 PM -
PITTSBURGH: 2
JOKERIT: 0
End of 1st
Oct 2 12:26 PM -
AT HELSINKI FINLAND
NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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PITTSBURGH 2 2
JOKERIT 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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PIT 2
Oct 2 12:26 PM -
AT HELSINKI FINLAND
NHL PITTSBURGH 1
JOKERIT 0 10:57 LEFT, 1ST PRD
Oct 2 11:56 AM
