Pittsburgh Penguins 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 7
Shots: 43 - 34
PP: 2 of 4 (14 shots), Passing:55/67=82 %, Challenges:39/41=92 %
PP: 2 of 7 (15 shots), Passing:67/75=89 %, Challenges:38/40=92 %
Attendance: 13671 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 639803 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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08:33 1-0
Miroslav Satan [28] (Sidney Crosby, Jason Spezza)PP
10:55 2-0
Jason Spezza [31] (Miroslav Satan, Sidney Crosby)
12:08 3-0
Petr Sykora [20] (Jordan Staal, Ruslan Fedotenko)
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24:41 4-0
Jason Spezza [32] (Miroslav Satan, Sergei Gonchar)PP
29:09 5-0
Sidney Crosby [39] (Jason Spezza, Marc-André Fleury)SH
32:56 5-1
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen [5] (Garnet Exelby, Angelo Esposito)
34:02 5-2
Todd White [20] (Tobias Enström)PP
38:08 5-3
Jim Slater [11] (Colby Armstrong, Steve Rucchin)
39:58 6-3
Miroslav Satan [29] (Jason Spezza, Pat Rissmiller)
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45:52 6-4
Colby Armstrong [13] (Ilya Kovalchuk)PP
46:11 6-5
Jason Krog [5] (Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, Ted Ruth)
47:42 6-6
Ilya Kovalchuk [29] (Garnet Exelby, Steve Rucchin)
50:13 6-7
Slava Kozlov [10] (Todd White, Jim Slater)
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Penalty summary:
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04:52
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for tripping)
07:19
Slava Kozlov (2 min for tripping)
13:22
Nick Foligno (2 min for high-sticking)
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20:16
Dustin Byfuglien (5 min for fighting)
20:16
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (5 min for fighting)
22:59
Erik Christensen (2 min for cross-checking)
25:33
Nick Foligno (2 min for hooking)
27:08
Matt Lashoff (2 min for cross-checking)
30:26
Bryan Little (2 min for hooking)
33:09
Pat Rissmiller (2 min for tripping)
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44:38
Nick Foligno (2 min for hooking)
51:37
Petr Sykora (2 min for high-sticking)
55:56
Garnet Exelby (2 min for boarding)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pat Rissmiller 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 -2 5.20 6
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
R Petr Sykora 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 15.40 8
R Jason Spezza 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 9
C Keven Veilleux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 7.30 4
C Nick Foligno 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 9.30 7
C Jordan Staal 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 23.30 8
C Sidney Crosby 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 8
L Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 6.40 4
L Jeff Taffe 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 19.10 8
L Miroslav Satan 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 9
D Dustin Byfuglien 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 12.30 4
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 23.20 8
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 30.20 7
D Brian Lee 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.10 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 13.40 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 6 1 0 2 2 -1 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 7 1 27 0 0 58.00 4
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brett Sterling 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 6
R Bryan Little 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 17.20 7
R Jim Slater 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 8
R Colby Armstrong 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 -1 21.00 9
C Angelo Esposito 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 5
C Jason Krog 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 8
C Todd White 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 9
C Steve Rucchin 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
L Erik Christensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6.40 5
L Éric Perrin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
L Slava Kozlov 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14.20 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 20.30 8
D Ted Ruth 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 5
D Tobias Enström 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 23.50 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 23.00 8
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 14.20 7
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 -1 28.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 6 0 37 0 0 60.00 6
G Ondrej Pavelec 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Spezza
2nd star: Miroslav Satan
3rd star: Jim Slater
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Petr Sykora scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Jason Spezza notched his 40th assist of the season.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Garnet Exelby notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Todd White scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Ole-Kristian Tollefsen has marked a new career high in assists with 12 assists.
-Slava Kozlov scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jim Slater notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jim Slater ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Jason Krog finally ended his 36 game goal drought.
-Garnet Exelby ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Dustin Byfuglien beat Ole-Kristian Tollefsen in a fight.
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 32) , Chicago Wolves 0( 4)
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1-0 WIL Darryl Sydor (Pat Jarrett)
2-0 WIL Eric Godard (Darryl Sydor)
3-0 WIL Tim Brent (Kurtis McLean, Dave Brown)
Goalies: Dave Brown - Johan Hedberg