Atlanta Thrashers vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Monday, October 23, 2006 · BankAtlantic Center

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6–3

27–28

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Florida Panthers 6–3 on Monday, October 23, 2006 at BankAtlantic Center. The Panthers outshot the Thrashers 28–27.

Ilya Kovalchuk scored a hat trick. Joel Kwiatkowski, Bryan Allen, Marian Hossa, Scott Mellanby, Jozef Stumpel and Steve Rucchin also scored.

Kari Lehtonen made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Alex Auld stopped 14 of 19.

Goals
ATL	1	4	1	6	27
FLA	2	0	1	3	28

Scoring

1st period

Joel Kwiatkowski (1)Steve Montador (1)0–114:48 FLA
Bryan Allen (1)Olli Jokinen (6), Jay Bouwmeester (2)0–215:11 FLA
Ilya Kovalchuk (3)Steve McCarthy (5), Vyacheslav Kozlov (6)1–217:55 ATL ·

2nd period

Marian Hossa (10)Scott Mellanby (4), Vyacheslav Kozlov (7)2–210:50 ATL ·
Ilya Kovalchuk (4)Unassisted3–211:26 ATL ·
Scott Mellanby (4)Vyacheslav Kozlov (8), Greg De Vries (2)4–214:31 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk (5)Vyacheslav Kozlov (9), Marian Hossa (5)5–215:53 ATL ·

3rd period

Jozef Stumpel (3)Olli Jokinen (7), Mike Van Ryn (8)5–314:34 FLA
Steve Rucchin (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (7), Jim Slater (3)6–319:18 ATL ·

Team stats

ATLFLA

2728

49%51%

5/70/6

1416

1941

165

912

56

Penalties

2:23 into the first periodGarnet Exelby · high sticking2 min
7:31 into the first periodAndy Sutton · high sticking2 min
10:03 into the first periodNathan Horton · interference2 min
17:41 into the first periodBryan Allen · tripping2 min
18:31 into the first periodBobby Holik · interference goalkeeper2 min
0:47 into the second periodJean-Pierre Vigier · interference goalkeeper2 min
5:07 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
9:38 into the second periodAlex Auld · delaying game2 min
10:35 into the second periodNathan Horton · hooking2 min
12:22 into the second periodScott Mellanby · roughing2 min
12:22 into the second periodBryan Allen · roughing2 min
15:23 into the second periodGregory Campbell · slashing2 min
3:16 into the third periodScott Mellanby · interference2 min
16:34 into the third periodStephen Weiss · holding2 min
19:07 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	4	4	0	5	0	0	0	60	20:30
17Ilya KovalchukL	3	1	4	−1	7	1	0	0	–	18:04
18Marian HossaR	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	–	21:33
19Scott MellanbyR	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	4	–	12:44
20Steve RucchinC	1	0	1	−1	4	0	1	0	55	19:54
23Jim SlaterC	0	1	1	−1	2	3	0	0	100	11:18
5Steve McCarthyD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:01
7Greg De VriesD	0	1	1	−1	0	0	4	0	–	20:49
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	11:00
14Jon SimL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	14:13
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	2	50	16:14
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	10:45
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:29
39Niko KapanenC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	40	10:18
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	–	12:35
3Vitaly VishnevskiD	0	0	0	−2	0	3	2	0	–	19:06
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	–	22:19
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	3	0	–	25:08

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	W	28	25	3	.893	60:00

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

12Olli JokinenC	0	2	2	+1	4	3	1	0	33	23:20
15Jozef StumpelL	1	0	1	+2	2	2	1	0	56	19:27
4Jay BouwmeesterD	0	1	1	+1	2	5	0	0	–	26:36
5Bryan AllenD	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	4	–	26:23
7Steve MontadorD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	13:55
8Joel KwiatkowskiD	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	05:22
26Mike Van RynD	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	–	18:48
9Stephen WeissC	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	36	17:16
10Gary RobertsL	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	–	19:58
11Gregory CampbellC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	43	07:00
13Juraj KolnikR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	15:30
16Nathan HortonR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	4	–	12:15
23Martin GelinasL	0	0	0	+1	1	4	0	0	100	10:30
25Joe NieuwendykC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	80	12:27
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	57	11:33
85Rostislav OleszL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	15:23
2Branislav MezeiD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	14:18
24Ruslan SaleiD	0	0	0	+1	1	4	1	0	–	19:00

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
20Ed BelfourG		8	7	1	.875	20:00
35Alex AuldG	L	19	14	5	.737	39:55