Philadelphia Flyers vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Saturday, February 3, 2007 · Philips Arena
CSN-PH · SPSO
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–2 on Saturday, February 3, 2007 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Flyers 38–24.
Goals came from Dimitri Afanasenkov, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jim Slater, Simon Gagne, Mike York, Jeff Carter and Alexei Zhitnik.
Antero Niittymaki made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Dimitri Afanasenkov (5)Todd Fedoruk (10)1–002:41 PHI
Ilya Kovalchuk (30)Jon Sim (10)1–103:36 ATL
2nd period
Jim Slater (5)Glen Metropolit (15)1–203:37 ATL
3rd period
Simon Gagne (24)Peter Forsberg (24), Mike Knuble (16)2–201:27 PHI
Mike York (8)Derian Hatcher (2), Dimitri Afanasenkov (4)3–202:24 PHI
Jeff Carter (8)Unassisted4–214:03 PHI · 
Alexei Zhitnik (5)Sami Kapanen (7)5–218:56 PHI ·
Team stats
PHIATL
2438
37%63%
0/10/4
82
1115
1513
011
412
Penalties
- 6:59 into the first period
Kyle Calder · hooking2 min - 15:48 into the second period
Shane Hnidy · hooking2 min - 18:45 into the second periodTodd Fedoruk · hooking2 min
- 6:11 into the third periodPeter Forsberg · slashing2 min
- 13:35 into the third periodPeter Forsberg · slashing2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 27Dimitri AfanasenkovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 10:02 |
| 12Simon GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:48 |
| 17Jeff CarterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:38 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:34 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:43 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:05 |
| 29Todd FedorukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:58 |
| 61Mike YorkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:40 |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | 28:40 |
| 77Alexei ZhitnikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:31 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 19Kyle CalderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 20R.J. UmbergerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 55Ben EagerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:44 |
| 23Denis GauthierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 44Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:15 |
| 45Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:31 |
| 65Nate GueninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |
| 42Robert EscheG | 5 | 1 | .800 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 9Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 14Jon SimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:43 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 21:10 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 06:56 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:53 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 13:59 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 23:21 |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 20Steve RucchinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:21 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:19 |
| 38Darren HaydarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:03 |
| 39Niko KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:27 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:11 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:30 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:38 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:05 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |