Pittsburgh Penguins vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Saturday, December 9, 2006 · Philips Arena
FSN-P · SPSO
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, December 9, 2006 at Philips Arena. The Penguins outshot the Thrashers 43-23.
Goals came from Sidney Crosby, Shane Hnidy, Evgeni Malkin, Marian Hossa, Ryan Whitney, Niko Kapanen and Colby Armstrong.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 39 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Sidney Crosby (13)Sergei Gonchar (18), Micki Dupont (1)1–014:21 PIT · PPG
Shane Hnidy (2)Jean-Pierre Vigier (5), Steve Rucchin (7)1–118:36 ATL · SHG
2nd period
Evgeni Malkin (14)Sidney Crosby (26), Sergei Gonchar (19)2–108:50 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Marian Hossa (22)Vyacheslav Kozlov (24)2–200:16 ATL · PPG
Ryan Whitney (4)Evgeni Malkin (13), Erik Christensen (2)3–207:22 PIT
Niko Kapanen (2)Vyacheslav Kozlov (25), Glen Metropolit (10)3–315:02 ATL
OT period
Colby Armstrong (4)Evgeni Malkin (14)4–303:51 PIT
Team stats
PITATL
43Shots on goal23
53%Faceoff %47%
2/4Power play1/6
22Penalty minutes8
9Hits18
9Blocked shots18
1Giveaways6
5Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 08:05
Mark Recchi · misconduct10 min - 1st 08:05Evgeni Malkin · elbowing2 min
- 1st 12:26
Steve Rucchin · high sticking2 min - 1st 15:17Scott Mellanby · hooking2 min
- 1st 18:16Scott Mellanby · boarding2 min
- 1st 19:04Erik Christensen · interference2 min
- 2nd 03:32Erik Christensen · holding2 min
- 2nd 07:22Greg De Vries · hooking2 min
- 2nd 09:27Jarkko Ruutu · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 14:55Micki Dupont · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:35Mark Recchi · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 20:18 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 | 19:46 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 29:34 |
| 16Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:37 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 22:00 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:04 |
| 47Micki DupontD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 16:50 |
| 7Michel OuelletR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:10 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:57 |
| 18Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:28 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 26Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:40 |
| 37Jarkko RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:19 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:32 |
| 32Alain NasreddineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:58 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 63:49 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:26 |
| 9Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 11Jean-Pierre VigierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23:53 |
| 20Steve RucchinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:05 |
| 39Niko KapanenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:22 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 23:41 |
| 14Jon SimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:19 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:05 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:47 |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:20 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:10 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:04 |
| 3Vitaly VishnevskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:33 |
| 4Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:40 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 24:24 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 26:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | O | 43 | 39 | 4 | .907 | 63:51 |