Philadelphia Flyers vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Wednesday, December 28, 2005 · Philips Arena

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4–3

Final/OT

SOG 32–31

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Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at Philips Arena. The Flyers outshot the Thrashers 32-31.

Goals came from Simon Gagne, Niclas Havelid, Eric Boulton, Brian Savage, Andy Sutton, Branko Radivojevic and Sami Kapanen.

Antero Niittymaki made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Michael Garnett stopped 28 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
PHI	2	1	0	1	4	32
ATL	2	1	0	0	3	31

Scoring

1st period

Simon Gagne (26)Mike Knuble (13), Peter Forsberg (39)1–002:55 PHI
Niclas Havelid (3)Marc Savard (34)1–110:59 ATL
Eric Boulton (2)Scott Mellanby (8), Serge Aubin (8)1–213:11 ATL
Brian Savage (2)Sami Kapanen (9), Mike Richards (14)2–217:04 PHI

2nd period

Andy Sutton (2)Patrik Stefan (5), Jean-Pierre Vigier (4)2–308:26 ATL · SHG
Branko Radivojevic (7)Michal Handzus (19)3–313:38 PHI

OT period

Sami Kapanen (5)Michal Handzus (20), Dennis Seidenberg (5)4–300:13 PHI

Team stats

PHIATL

32Shots on goal31

51%Faceoff %49%

0/5Power play0/2

9Penalty minutes15

32Hits35

6Blocked shots24

1Giveaways10

3Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 03:16Jaroslav Modry · hooking2 min
1st 17:04Garnet Exelby · fighting5 min
1st 17:04Mike Richards · fighting5 min
2nd 00:37Marc Savard · hooking2 min
2nd 06:43Greg De Vries · hooking2 min
3rd 03:17Peter Forsberg · boarding2 min
3rd 05:54Jean-Pierre Vigier · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 09:34Donald Brashear · hooking2 min
3rd 18:09Garnet Exelby · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

24Sami KapanenR	1	1	2	0	4	0	1	0	–	19:37
26Michal HandzusC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	54	13:11
12Simon GagneL	1	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	–	22:29
18Mike RichardsC	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	5	50	14:09
19Branko RadivojevicR	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	12:13
21Peter ForsbergC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	67	20:57
22Mike KnubleR	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	67	20:48
49Brian SavageL	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	12:43
28Dennis SeidenbergD	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	15:14
17Jeff CarterC	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	22	12:09
20R.J. UmbergerC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	11:58
55Ben EagerL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	08:59
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	2	–	11:32
2Derian HatcherD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	21:21
3Mike RathjeD	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	–	21:23
5Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	25:43
6Chris TherienD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	16:18
34Freddy MeyerD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	16:01

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Antero NiittymakiG	W	31	28	3	.903	60:13
35Jamie StorrG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

9Marc SavardC	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	2	36	19:22
10Serge AubinC	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	50	11:30
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	2	–	16:13
19Scott MellanbyR	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	09:52
27Patrik StefanC	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	53	17:27
36Eric BoultonL	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	–	06:15
25Andy SuttonD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	4	0	–	20:55
28Niclas HavelidD	1	0	1	-1	2	0	4	0	–	21:35
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	14:12
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	53	17:38
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	–	18:18
18Marian HossaR	0	0	0	-1	3	4	0	0	–	18:05
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	–	10:45
26Ronald PetrovickyR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	14:10
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	7	–	16:36
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	-1	3	3	4	2	–	24:17
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	–	11:28
44Jaroslav ModryD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2	–	21:56

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Kari LehtonenG		0	0	0	–	–
35Michael GarnettG	O	32	28	4	.875	60:13