Pittsburgh Penguins vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Thursday, December 21, 2006 · Philips Arena

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39–32

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in a shootout on Thursday, December 21, 2006 at Philips Arena. The Penguins outshot the Thrashers 39–32.

Goals came from Niko Kapanen, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jordan Staal, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Ryan Malone and Sidney Crosby.

Kari Lehtonen made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 29 of 32.

Goals
PIT	0	1	2	0	0	3	39
ATL	1	2	0	0	0	4	32

Scoring

1st period

Niko Kapanen (4)Braydon Coburn (1), Ilya Kovalchuk (20)0–101:36 ATL

2nd period

Ilya Kovalchuk (19)Marian Hossa (21), Vyacheslav Kozlov (27)0–206:32 ATL ·
Jordan Staal (10)Unassisted1–216:36 PIT ·
Vyacheslav Kozlov (12)Ilya Kovalchuk (21), Marian Hossa (22)1–318:03 ATL ·

3rd period

Ryan Malone (5)Brooks Orpik (2), Sidney Crosby (38)2–304:08 PIT
Sidney Crosby (17)Erik Christensen (4), Mark Recchi (21)3–319:44 PIT

Team stats

PITATL

3932

38%62%

0/72/7

1616

1812

1110

915

311

Penalties

11:01 into the first periodRonald Petrovicky · high sticking2 min
11:11 into the first periodJason Krog · interference2 min
13:39 into the first periodJason Krog · diving2 min
13:39 into the first periodBrooks Orpik · tripping2 min
14:13 into the first periodMark Recchi · hooking2 min
14:13 into the first periodMark Recchi · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
17:28 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
2:30 into the second periodBraydon Coburn · hooking2 min
5:31 into the second periodJarkko Ruutu · hooking2 min
7:39 into the second periodNiclas Havelid · hooking2 min
14:06 into the second periodRyan Whitney · interference2 min
16:20 into the second periodRob Scuderi · delaying game puck over glass2 min
19:12 into the second periodBobby Holik · elbowing2 min
12:55 into the third periodJean-Pierre Vigier · holding2 min
14:54 into the third periodJim Slater · hooking2 min
16:32 into the third periodJordan Staal · tripping2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

87Sidney CrosbyC	1	1	2	+2	4	1	1	0	32	20:35
8Mark RecchiR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	4	–	19:02
11Jordan StaalC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	20	10:27
12Ryan MaloneL	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	–	25:42
16Erik ChristensenC	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	09:35
44Brooks OrpikD	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	–	10:43
18Dominic MooreC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	69	11:53
20Colby ArmstrongR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	12:47
25Max TalbotC	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	57	12:51
26Ronald PetrovickyR	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	–	05:53
28Nisse EkmanR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	17:01
37Jarkko RuutuL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	08:53
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	22	23:21
2Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	22:21
5Rob ScuderiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	20:16
19Ryan WhitneyD	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	2	–	21:31
32Alain NasreddineD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:28
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	1	0	–	28:24

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG		0	0	0	–	–
41Jocelyn ThibaultG	O	32	29	3	.906	64:14

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

17Ilya KovalchukL	1	2	3	+1	12	1	0	0	100	25:53
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	1	1	2	−1	1	0	1	0	67	26:49
18Marian HossaR	0	2	2	−1	3	1	1	0	50	26:56
39Niko KapanenC	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	42	15:41
4Braydon CoburnD	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	–	11:09
9Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	06:53
10Jason KrogC	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	4	57	15:15
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	2	100	12:52
14Jon SimL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:49
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	2	71	18:02
21Derek MacKenzieC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	03:27
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	67	09:40
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	06:51
3Vitaly VishnevskiD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	19:13
5Steve McCarthyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	15:29
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	1	0	–	23:51
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	3	2	–	26:47
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	25:50

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	W	39	36	3	.923	65:00