Atlanta Thrashers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, December 27, 2006 · Mellon Arena
FSN-P · SPSO
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Thrashers 37–31.
Goals came from Erik Christensen, Vitaly Vishnevski, Niclas Havelid, Ryan Whitney, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Bobby Holik.
Kari Lehtonen made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Erik Christensen (6)Ryan Whitney (17), Mark Recchi (22)0–116:51 PIT ·
2nd period
Vitaly Vishnevski (3)Jim Slater (8), Marian Hossa (26)1–108:18 ATL
Niclas Havelid (1)Marian Hossa (27), Vyacheslav Kozlov (28)2–116:10 ATL ·
3rd period
Ryan Whitney (5)Evgeni Malkin (17)2–200:57 PIT · 
Vyacheslav Kozlov (15)Jon Sim (6), Jason Krog (3)3–207:04 ATL
Bobby Holik (8)Marian Hossa (28)4–219:41 ATL · ·
Team stats
ATLPIT
3137
55%45%
2/62/6
1212
1620
1712
55
33
Penalties
- 2:02 into the first period
Michel Ouellet · slashing2 min - 6:38 into the first periodJosef Melichar · hooking2 min
- 12:31 into the first periodJosef Melichar · hooking2 min
- 15:19 into the first period
Vitaly Vishnevski · tripping2 min - 17:26 into the first periodIlya Kovalchuk · interference2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodBrooks Orpik · hooking2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodJason Krog · hooking2 min
- 14:51 into the second periodColby Armstrong · holding the stick2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodGreg De Vries · hooking2 min
- 7:36 into the third periodIlya Kovalchuk · interference2 min
- 12:20 into the third periodShane Hnidy · interference2 min
- 19:03 into the third periodMark Recchi · hooking2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 19:27 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:55 |
| 10Jason KrogC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:17 |
| 14Jon SimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:12 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 3Vitaly VishnevskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:01 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 28:55 |
| 9Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:11 |
| 11Jean-Pierre VigierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:43 |
| 21Derek MacKenzieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:14 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:40 |
| 39Niko KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 4Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:51 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:24 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:04 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:44 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 25:04 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 18:25 |
| 16Erik ChristensenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | 13:05 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 22:19 |
| 7Michel OuelletR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:34 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:50 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:14 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 |
| 22Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:19 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:40 |
| 28Nisse EkmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:45 |
| 37Jarkko RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:15 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:45 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:50 |
| 5Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 32Alain NasreddineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 28:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | – |