Pittsburgh Penguins 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 43 - 23
PP: 2 of 8 (15 shots), Passing:78/85=91 %, Challenges:56/56=98 %
ATL PP: 0 of 4 (2 shots), Passing:52/64=81 %, Challenges:36/41=85 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 807201 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:05 0-1 ATL Vyacheslav Kozlov [17] (Jim Slater, Joey Crabb)
08:16 1-1
Nicklas Bäckström [4] (Andrei Kostitsyn)
14:55 2-1
Sidney Crosby [29] (Jay Bouwmeester, Ryan Suter)
15:35 2-2 ATL Bates Battaglia [14] (Gary Roberts, Bobby Holik)
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22:53 3-2
Ilya Kovalchuk [23] (Alexander Ovechkin, Jay Bouwmeester)
24:51 4-2
Gilbert Brulé [7] (Jack Johnson)
29:52 4-3 ATL Joey Crabb [2] (Paul Ranger, Ken Klee)
34:38 5-3
Jay Bouwmeester [1] (Mike Richards, Ales Hemsky)PP
38:57 6-3
Alexander Ovechkin [26] (Sidney Crosby, Ilya Kovalchuk)PP
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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03:14
Ryan Getzlaf (5 min for fighting)
03:14 ATL Chris Thorburn (5 min for fighting)
09:59
Sidney Crosby (2 min for tripping)
16:55
Dion Phaneuf (5 min for fighting)
16:55 ATL Chris Thorburn (5 min for fighting)
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25:47
Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for boarding)
31:56 ATL Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for hooking)
32:45 ATL Mark Popovic (2 min for diving)
34:58 ATL Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for boarding)
37:54 ATL Vyacheslav Kozlov (2 min for slashing)
39:51 ATL Joey Crabb (2 min for hooking)
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47:44 ATL Bobby Holik (2 min for elbowing)
51:58
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for hooking)
54:43 ATL Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for hooking)
57:07 ATL Lukas Krajicek (2 min for tripping)
59:24
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for slashing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bryan Little 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 7
R Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1 8.50 6
R Ales Hemsky 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 18.50 9
R Ilya Kovalchuk 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 22.40 8
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6.00 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 9.40 7
C Mike Richards 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 16.40 7
C Sidney Crosby 1 1 6 3 0 0 2 -1 28.10 9
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6.00 7
L Gilbert Brulé 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.40 7
L Anze Kopitar 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 10 4 0 0 4 -1 25.00 10
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 11.30 6
D Ryan Suter 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 14.30 8
D Jay Bouwmeester 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 26.30 8
D Jack Johnson 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 14.40 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 1 25.40 8
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 -1 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Corey Crawford 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Marc-André Fleury 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 6.50 6
R Chris Thorburn 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 5.50 7
R Bates Battaglia 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 -1 19.50 8
R Darren Haydar 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 19.10 7
C Éric Perrin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 6.50 7
C Bobby Holik 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 20.20 6
C Todd White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.00 6
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 22.00 7
L Jim Slater 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 5
L Gary Roberts 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 1 0 4 1 2 0 2 -1 17.00 7
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 19.00 5
D Mark Popovic 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15.40 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 29.10 7
D Ken Klee 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -1 16.00 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 7
D Paul Ranger 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 28.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 4 0 11 0 0 25.00 4
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 26 0 0 35.00 7
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Jay Bouwmeester
3rd star: Ilya Kovalchuk