Atlanta Thrashers vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Thursday, March 15, 2007 · Wachovia Center

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Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 on Thursday, March 15, 2007 at Wachovia Center. The Thrashers outshot the Flyers 39–36.

Goals came from Derian Hatcher, Keith Tkachuk, Stefan Ruzicka, Geoff Sanderson and Eric Belanger.

Martin Biron made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 33 of 36.

Goals
ATL	0	1	1	2	39
PHI	1	1	1	3	36

Scoring

1st period

Derian Hatcher (1)Stefan Ruzicka (7), Braydon Coburn (6)0–119:17 PHI ·

2nd period

Keith Tkachuk (25)Niclas Havelid (16), Ilya Kovalchuk (32)1–101:16 ATL
Stefan Ruzicka (2)Geoff Sanderson (17), Joni Pitkanen (35)1–208:52 PHI

3rd period

Geoff Sanderson (11)Stefan Ruzicka (8), R.J. Umberger (12)1–304:48 PHI
Eric Belanger (15)Keith Tkachuk (25), Niclas Havelid (17)2–314:28 ATL

Team stats

ATLPHI

3936

41%59%

0/31/2

810

1914

1024

139

611

Penalties

5:07 into the first periodLasse Kukkonen · high sticking2 min
5:07 into the first periodLasse Kukkonen · high sticking2 min
16:18 into the first periodAndy Sutton · holding2 min
18:42 into the first periodShane Hnidy · hooking2 min
5:14 into the third periodJon Sim · interference goalkeeper2 min
5:14 into the third periodMike Knuble · roughing2 min
9:18 into the third periodDerian Hatcher · interference2 min
12:43 into the third periodVyacheslav Kozlov · diving2 min
12:43 into the third periodMike Richards · hooking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

8Keith TkachukL	1	1	2	+2	2	0	1	0	33	22:34
28Niclas HavelidD	0	2	2	+2	2	2	4	0	–	26:04
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	22:11
22Eric BelangerC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	47	18:27
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	−1	7	1	1	0	50	16:36
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:42
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	–	20:19
14Jon SimL	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	–	12:16
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	−1	2	4	0	0	57	09:56
18Marian HossaR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	20:45
19Scott MellanbyR	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	11:41
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	50	10:02
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	–	07:17
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	–	18:21
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	21:09
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	1	2	–	13:03
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	2	–	13:56
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	+2	5	0	1	0	–	26:46

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	36	33	3	.917	58:39

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

15Stefan RuzickaR	1	2	3	+2	2	0	0	0	–	10:17
8Geoff SandersonL	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	–	09:50
20R.J. UmbergerC	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	50	16:53
2Derian HatcherD	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	–	23:41
5Braydon CoburnD	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	21:20
44Joni PitkanenD	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	–	21:07
9Scottie UpshallR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	–	09:16
17Jeff CarterC	0	0	0	−1	5	0	3	0	52	24:18
18Mike RichardsC	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	2	68	19:46
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	2	2	–	20:44
24Sami KapanenR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	–	19:24
27Dimitri AfanasenkovL	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	16:41
29Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:19
55Ben EagerL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	06:13
61Mike YorkL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	75	10:04
23Denis GauthierD	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	–	18:58
28Lasse KukkonenD	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	–	18:02
45Alexandre PicardD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	16:19

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
30Antero NiittymakiG		0	0	0	–	–
43Martin BironG	W	39	37	2	.949	60:00