Pittsburgh Penguins 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 5
Shots: 33 - 22
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:59/72=81 %, Challenges:50/55=89 %
PP: 2 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:70/81=86 %, Challenges:33/40=80 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 800418 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:52 0-1
Ilya Kovalchuk [3] (Darren Haydar, Todd White)PP
08:34 0-2
Darren Haydar [3] (Ilya Kovalchuk)PP
13:54 1-2
Evgeny Malkin [4] (Gary Roberts, Jakub Klepis)
16:09 2-2
Georges Laraque [1] (Hal Gill, Sergei Gonchar)
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28:51 3-2
Mark Eaton [1] (Karl Alzner, Pascal Dupuis)
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51:19 3-3
Mark Recchi [1] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Steve Rucchin)
56:09 3-4
Karel Pilar [1] (Ken Klee, Vyacheslav Kozlov)
58:32 3-5
Steve Rucchin [1] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Mark Recchi)
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Penalty summary:
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05:36
Gary Roberts (2 min for high-sticking)
07:31
Darryl Sydor (2 min for holding the stick)
08:43
Milan Bartovic (2 min for hooking)
11:19
Sergei Gonchar (2 min for high-sticking)
18:28
Milan Bartovic (2 min for high-sticking)
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42:51
Jarkko Ruutu (2 min for roughing)
42:51
Karel Pilar (2 min for roughing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jarkko Ruutu 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 -1 8.10 8
R Georges Laraque 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 14.00 8
R Petr Sykora 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 18.50 7
R Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 18.20 8
C Jakub Klepis 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.30 6
C Jeff Taffe 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 12.20 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 20.00 6
L Gary Roberts 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 -1 8.10 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.20 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
L Evgeny Malkin 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 20.40 8
D Mark Eaton 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13.30 8
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 4 3 0 0 2 -1 22.50 7
D Karl Alzner 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 16.50 6
D Hal Gill 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 20.50 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 1 3 0 3 2 -1 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 17 0 0 60.00 4
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Milan Bartovic 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 -1 7.00 7
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 14.30 6
R Darren Haydar 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
R Mark Recchi 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 18.40 9
C Erik Christensen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 8.20 4
C Bobby Holik 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 18.50 7
C Todd White 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 7
C Steve Rucchin 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 19.10 8
L Joe Motzko 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 7.00 5
L Brad Larsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 14.30 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 19.30 8
D Joel Kwiatkowski 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17.00 5
D Ken Klee 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 -1 20.30 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22.30 5
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Karel Pilar 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 19.20 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 25.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 30 0 0 60.00 9
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Kovalchuk
2nd star: Darren Haydar
3rd star: Mark Recchi
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Georges Laraque ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Alexander Ovechkin had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Alexander Ovechkin had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Sidney Crosby had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Mark Eaton ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Karl Alzner ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Mark Recchi ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Steve Rucchin ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2(
, Chicago Wolves 2( 14)
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1-0 WIL Dennis Bonvie (Matt Carkner)
1-1 CHW Kevin Doell (Brett Sterling)
2-1 WIL Niklas Nordgren (Mike Weaver)
2-2 CHW Chris Thorburn (Joey Crabb, Justin Kurtz)
Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Fred Brathwaite