Philadelphia Flyers vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Tuesday, January 8, 2008 · Philips Arena

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4–1

29–28

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Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4–1 on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at Philips Arena. The Flyers outshot the Thrashers 29–28.

Jeff Carter scored twice. Ilya Kovalchuk, Steve Downie and Scott Hartnell also scored.

Antero Niittymaki made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 25 of 29.

Goals
PHI	0	4	0	4	29
ATL	1	0	0	1	28

Scoring

1st period

Ilya Kovalchuk (35)Todd White (18), Garnet Exelby (3)0–109:08 ATL

2nd period

Steve Downie (2)Scott Hartnell (9)1–100:32 PHI
Jeff Carter (15)Scott Hartnell (10), Stefan Ruzicka (2)2–113:42 PHI ·
Jeff Carter (16)Denis Tolpeko (5), Braydon Coburn (13)3–113:55 PHI
Scott Hartnell (7)Jim Dowd (2)4–119:59 PHI ·

Team stats

PHIATL

2928

42%58%

1/20/4

1511

1512

112

1116

1215

Penalties

17:12 into the first periodMike Knuble · tripping2 min
11:45 into the second periodVyacheslav Kozlov · slashing2 min
18:07 into the second periodSteve Downie · hooking2 min
1:28 into the third periodMarian Hossa · cross checking2 min
1:28 into the third periodBraydon Coburn · cross checking2 min
3:25 into the third periodR.J. Umberger · interference2 min
12:11 into the third periodDenis Tolpeko · interference2 min
15:26 into the third periodChris Thorburn · interference2 min
15:26 into the third periodChris Thorburn · fighting5 min
15:26 into the third periodRiley Cote · fighting5 min

Season series

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

19Scott HartnellL	1	2	3	+2	2	4	0	0	–	15:45
17Jeff CarterC	2	0	2	+1	6	0	1	0	50	16:24
14Stefan RuzickaR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	09:50
27Steve DownieR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	12:03
34Jim DowdC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	11:23
53Denis TolpekoR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2	–	08:32
5Braydon CoburnD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	22:41
11Ryan PotulnyC	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	09:01
18Mike RichardsC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	50	19:20
20R.J. UmbergerC	0	0	0	−1	4	1	0	2	–	20:37
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	2	–	20:56
32Riley CoteL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	–	08:56
48Daniel BrièreC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	47	18:31
2Derian HatcherD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	24:55
6Randy JonesD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:32
26Jim VandermeerD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	–	20:49
28Lasse KukkonenD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	11:36
44Kimmo TimonenD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	22:09

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
30Antero NiittymakiG	W	28	27	1	.964	60:00
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

12Todd WhiteC	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	50	16:59
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	−2	5	0	0	0	–	20:10
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	20:13
8Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	100	18:11
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:59
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	69	19:21
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	2	–	14:15
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	56	15:39
18Marian HossaR	0	0	0	−1	6	0	0	2	–	21:14
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	–	07:31
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:29
45Kevin DoellC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	50	10:14
49Colin StuartL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:12
7Mark PopovicD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	19:17
22Ken KleeD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	17:08
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	16:31
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	21:56
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:51

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	L	29	25	4	.862	59:53
32Kari LehtonenG		0	0	0	–	–