Atlanta Thrashers vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Sunday, March 2, 2008 · Mellon Arena

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SOG 33–34

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 3-2 in a shootout on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Thrashers 34-33.

Goals came from Ryan Malone, Max Talbot, Jim Slater and Vyacheslav Kozlov.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 32 of 34.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
ATL	1	0	1	0	0	2	33
PIT	2	0	0	0	0	3	34

Scoring

1st period

Ryan Malone (23)Sergei Gonchar (43), Evgeni Malkin (51)0–100:50 PIT
Max Talbot (9)Jarkko Ruutu (8), Alex Goligoski (2)0–202:09 PIT
Jim Slater (4)Eric Boulton (5), Joel Kwiatkowski (2)1–214:25 ATL

3rd period

Vyacheslav Kozlov (15)Colby Armstrong (17), Joel Kwiatkowski (3)2–201:11 ATL · PPG

Team stats

ATLPIT

33Shots on goal34

59%Faceoff %41%

1/5Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes10

22Hits17

10Blocked shots12

4Giveaways5

4Takeaways14

Penalties

1st 06:09Alexei Zhitnik · interference2 min
1st 06:45Alex Goligoski · high sticking2 min
1st 11:04Evgeni Malkin · holding2 min
2nd 04:15Ryan Malone · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 08:30Hal Gill · interference2 min
2nd 15:22Bobby Holik · slashing2 min
2nd 19:14Evgeni Malkin · interference2 min
3rd 06:06Toby Enstrom · interference2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

3Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	–	20:10
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	1	0	1	-1	7	1	1	0	–	15:51
19Colby ArmstrongR	0	1	1	-1	5	1	1	0	–	20:24
23Jim SlaterC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	100	09:03
36Eric BoultonL	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	–	06:57
8Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	19:20
9Erik ChristensenC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	47	19:25
10Bryan LittleC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	53	19:24
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	25	19:52
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	2	74	17:36
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	24:42
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	10:24
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	50	08:44
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0	–	21:36
5Steve McCarthyD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	–	20:09
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	05:31
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	-1	4	3	1	2	–	29:27
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	–	25:25

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	O	34	32	2	.941	65:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

12Ryan MaloneL	1	0	1	+1	5	2	0	2	–	23:58
25Max TalbotC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	40	17:34
37Jarkko RuutuL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	06:31
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	1	4	44	25:02
55Sergei GoncharD	0	1	1	+1	4	0	2	0	–	29:56
67Alex GoligoskiD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	2	–	16:09
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	–	20:54
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	38	22:40
17Petr SykoraR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	21:58
27Georges LaraqueR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	10:06
36Connor JamesL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	06:32
38Jeff TaffeL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	09:42
39Chris MinardL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
48Tyler KennedyC	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	–	14:49
2Hal GillD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	–	18:04
5Darryl SydorD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	16:11
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	+1	1	4	2	0	–	24:44
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	0	–	25:13

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	33	31	2	.939	65:00
30Dany SabourinG		0	0	0	–	–