Philadelphia Flyers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, December 13, 2006 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 8–4 on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Flyers 29–23.
Sergei Gonchar scored twice. Chris Thorburn, Sidney Crosby, Ryan Potulny, Todd Fedoruk, Ryan Malone, Mark Recchi, Kyle Calder, Michel Ouellet, Mike Knuble and Jordan Staal also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 18 saves on 22 shots for the win; Antero Niittymaki stopped 19 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Thorburn (3)Jarkko Ruutu (4)0–104:06 PIT
Sidney Crosby (15)Ryan Malone (3), Rob Scuderi (5)0–205:06 PIT
Ryan Potulny (1)Stefan Ruzicka (2), Alexandre Picard (5)1–205:33 PHI
Todd Fedoruk (2)R.J. Umberger (4), Randy Jones (6)2–209:07 PHI
Sergei Gonchar (4)Mark Recchi (16), Sidney Crosby (28)2–312:50 PIT ·
2nd period
Ryan Malone (1)Sidney Crosby (29), Sergei Gonchar (20)2–405:56 PIT · - Sergei Gonchar (5)Sidney Crosby (30), Ryan Malone (4)2–507:17 PIT
Mark Recchi (8)Sergei Gonchar (21), Sidney Crosby (31)2–609:29 PIT
3rd period
Kyle Calder (1)R.J. Umberger (5)3–602:20 PHI · 
Michel Ouellet (7)Ryan Malone (5), Sidney Crosby (32)3–703:10 PIT · 
Mike Knuble (12)Ryan Potulny (2), Alexandre Picard (6)4–704:41 PHI
Jordan Staal (8)Sergei Gonchar (22)4–819:53 PIT ·
Team stats
PHIPIT
2329
52%48%
0/33/9
208
1322
1313
58
03
Penalties
- 6:54 into the first period
Ryan Malone · hooking2 min - 12:06 into the first period
Todd Fedoruk · holding2 min - 20:00 into the first periodTodd Fedoruk · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodTodd Fedoruk · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodRyan Whitney · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:28 into the second periodTodd Fedoruk · interference2 min
- 12:48 into the second periodJussi Timonen · tripping2 min
- 18:40 into the second periodBen Eager · slashing2 min
- 19:20 into the second periodMike Knuble · holding2 min
- 19:20 into the second periodMike Knuble · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:17 into the third periodJoni Pitkanen · roughing2 min
- 10:03 into the third periodRandy Robitaille · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 13:43 into the third periodRob Scuderi · hooking2 min
- 18:24 into the third periodDominic Moore · hooking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 11Ryan PotulnyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 20R.J. UmbergerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 45Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:09 |
| 9Stefan RuzickaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 13:59 |
| 19Kyle CalderL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:47 |
| 29Todd FedorukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:44 |
| 6Randy JonesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:08 |
| 12Simon GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 22:20 |
| 15Niko DimitrakosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 09:06 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:35 |
| 27Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 36Matt EllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:22 |
| 55Ben EagerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:06 |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:42 |
| 43Lars JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 44Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:36 |
| 46Jussi TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | L | 26 | 7 | .731 |
| 35Martin HouleG | 3 | 1 | .667 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 5 | 6 | +3 | 1 | 18:36 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 4 | 27:03 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:11 |
| 7Michel OuelletR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:40 |
| 22Chris ThorburnR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:56 |
| 37Jarkko RuutuL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:37 |
| 5Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 13:32 |
| 16Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 13:43 |
| 18Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:29 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:10 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:19 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | 15:59 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:10 |
| 32Alain NasreddineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |