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11/12/2008
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 33 - 24
PIT PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:54/69=78 %, Challenges:38/55=67 %
ATL PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:68/89=76 %, Challenges:30/51=57 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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13:44 0-1 ATL Mike Ribeiro [5] (Ilya Kovalchuk)
14:12 1-1 PIT Milan Hejduk [11] (Jordan Staal, Ryan Malone)
15:52 2-1 PIT Chris Neil [3] (Marc-André Fleury)
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37:24 2-2 ATL Mike York [6] (Jim Slater, Ilya Kovalchuk)
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46:52 2-3 ATL Jeff Carter [11] (Ryan Smyth, Ilya Kovalchuk)
48:08 3-3 PIT Milan Hejduk [12] (Ryan Malone, Jordan Staal)
49:52 4-3 PIT Dion Phaneuf [5])
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Penalty summary:
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04:52 PIT Brenden Morrow (2 min for roughing)
04:52 ATL Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for roughing)
09:27 ATL Erik Christensen (2 min for tripping)
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52:51 PIT Maxime Talbot (2 min for slashing)
55:17 ATL Fabian Brunnström (2 min for roughing)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 7.20 6
R Adam Hall 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
R Milan Hejduk 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 9
R Brenden Morrow 0 0 3 4 1 3 2 1 17.10 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 7.20 5
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14.10 5
C Jordan Staal 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
C Sidney Crosby 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 16.40 7
L Milan Kraft 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 7.20 5
L Chris Neil 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 14.10 7
L Ryan Malone 0 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 21.20 8
L Evgeny Malkin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 16.30 8
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 18.10 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 20.50 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 1 24.10 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 14.40 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 19.10 7
D Dion Phaneuf 1 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 24.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 1 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Erik Christensen 0 0 2 4 1 2 2 -2 8.50 7
C Jakub Klepis 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12.50 5
R Jim Slater 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.30 7
R Ilya Kovalchuk 0 3 1 3 0 3 2 1 20.50 9
C Johan Franzén 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 -2 11.20 5
C Nik Antropov 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 12.40 7
C Mike Ribeiro 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 15.40 6
C Jeff Carter 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 20.10 7
R Fabian Brunnström 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 -2 8.40 5
L Jan Bulis 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.50 6
L Mike York 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 15.40 6
L Ryan Smyth 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 19.30 7
D Anton Strålman 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 0 16.30 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 18.20 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 25.40 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 6
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 17.40 7
D Nick Boynton 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 -1 26.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 4 0 29 0 0 58.50 6
G Ondrej Pavelec 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Milan Hejduk
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Dion Phaneuf
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Jordan Staal has marked a new career high in assists with 14 assists.
-Dion Phaneuf finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ryan Smyth notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mike Ribeiro finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Jeff Carter ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Mike York ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 24) , Chicago Wolves 3( 15)
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0-1 CHW Brett Sterling (Jason Allison)
0-2 CHW Jason Allison (Brett Sterling, Dirk Southern)
1-2 WIL David Lundbohm (Jeff Taffe, Paul Bissonnette)
2-2 WIL David Lundbohm (Jeff Taffe)
2-3 CHW Brett Sterling (Jason Allison, Ken Klee)
Goalies: Dave Brown - Kevin Beech