Atlanta Thrashers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Tuesday, March 18, 2008 · Wachovia Center
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Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Atlanta Thrashers 3-2 on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at Wachovia Center. The Flyers outshot the Thrashers 47-19.
Goals came from Chris Thorburn, Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, Vinny Prospal and Ilya Kovalchuk.
Antero Niittymaki made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 44 of 47.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Thorburn (5)Ilya Kovalchuk (33), Joel Kwiatkowski (5)1–000:58 ATL
Mike Richards (25)Joffrey Lupul (23), Patrick Thoresen (4)1–107:00 PHI
2nd period
Jeff Carter (28)Kimmo Timonen (34), Joffrey Lupul (24)1–219:57 PHI · PPG
3rd period
Vinny Prospal (31)Daniel Brière (37), Scott Hartnell (17)1–308:07 PHI
Ilya Kovalchuk (50)Bobby Holik (17), Vyacheslav Kozlov (21)2–319:30 ATL
Team stats
ATLPHI
19Shots on goal47
48%Faceoff %52%
0/2Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes6
17Hits15
11Blocked shots13
9Giveaways12
4Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 08:19
Vyacheslav Kozlov · roughing2 min
- 1st 18:00
Eric Perrin · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:11
Daniel Brière · slashing2 min
- 2nd 15:20
Scott Hartnell · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:01
Mark Recchi · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:20
Garnet Exelby · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:20
Mike Richards · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:27
Steve McCarthy · holding2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 21:02 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:41 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:55 |
| 3Joel KwiatkowskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:01 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:59 |
| 10Bryan LittleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 11Eric PerrinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:45 |
| 19Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:19 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:46 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:29 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:18 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 7Mark PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:59 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:07 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 03:03 | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | L | 47 | 44 | 3 | .936 | 56:20 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 15Joffrey LupulL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15:06 |
| 17Jeff CarterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 19:38 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 20:40 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:16 |
| 25Patrick ThoresenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 40Vinny ProspalL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:46 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:05 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:36 |
| 9Scottie UpshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:43 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:54 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:07 |
| 32Riley CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:38 |
| 34Jim DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:18 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:49 |
| 21Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:21 |
| 26Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 24:46 |
| 28Lasse KukkonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:48 |
| 77Ryan ParentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | W | 19 | 17 | 2 | .895 | 59:59 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |