Atlanta Thrashers vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, March 24, 2007 · Mellon Arena

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 2–1 on Saturday, March 24, 2007 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Thrashers 28–26.

Goals came from Michel Ouellet, Scott Mellanby and Jordan Staal.

Jocelyn Thibault made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 26 of 28.

Goals
ATL	0	0	1	1	26
PIT	1	0	1	2	28

Scoring

1st period

Michel Ouellet (17)Gary Roberts (20), Evgeni Malkin (48)0–107:55 PIT

3rd period

Scott Mellanby (12)Greg De Vries (21)1–106:18 ATL
Jordan Staal (29)Ryan Malone (13), Josef Melichar (10)1–210:19 PIT

Team stats

ATLPIT

2628

54%46%

0/30/5

1713

2024

1914

56

13

Penalties

9:05 into the first periodEvgeni Malkin · hooking2 min
14:26 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · roughing2 min
17:10 into the first periodBrooks Orpik · holding2 min
17:40 into the first periodKeith Tkachuk · fighting5 min
17:40 into the first periodMax Talbot · fighting5 min
1:23 into the second periodBobby Holik · hooking2 min
10:30 into the second periodEric Boulton · cross checking2 min
10:30 into the second periodGeorges Laraque · roughing2 min
15:06 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · hooking2 min
20:00 into the second periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
2:54 into the third periodBrooks Orpik · tripping2 min
3:53 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

19Scott MellanbyR	1	0	1	−1	2	3	0	0	–	11:36
7Greg De VriesD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	21:44
8Keith TkachukL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	39	15:59
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100	19:52
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:44
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	18:09
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	−1	3	3	2	2	80	13:52
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	21:14
18Marian HossaR	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	21:02
22Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	12:23
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	100	05:50
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	45	13:44
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	07:05
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	−1	2	4	2	0	–	20:51
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	15:16
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	–	24:05
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	2	0	–	12:57
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	–	24:28

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	28	26	2	.929	59:12

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

7Michel OuelletR	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	–	16:43
10Gary RobertsL	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	0	–	18:24
11Jordan StaalC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	50	14:57
12Ryan MaloneL	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	–	13:11
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	1	1	0	6	1	0	2	33	19:46
2Josef MelicharD	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	–	20:48
8Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	–	16:56
16Erik ChristensenC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:58
20Colby ArmstrongR	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	14:32
25Max TalbotC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	54	10:15
27Georges LaraqueR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	–	07:14
37Jarkko RuutuL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	07:07
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	17:55
5Rob ScuderiD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	16:29
19Ryan WhitneyD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	23:28
32Alain NasreddineD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	11:57
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	+1	0	8	4	4	–	17:48
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	29:35

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG		0	0	0	–	–
41Jocelyn ThibaultG	W	26	25	1	.962	60:00