Pittsburgh Penguins vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 2008 · Philips Arena

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6–3

Final

SOG 20–31

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-3 on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Penguins 31-20.

Evgeni Malkin scored twice. Matt Cooke, Marty Reasoner, Jordan Staal, Miroslav Satan, Bryan Little, Philippe Boucher and Colby Armstrong also scored.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Ondrej Pavelec stopped 8 of 13.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	2	3	1	6	20
ATL	1	1	1	3	31

Scoring

1st period

Matt Cooke (4)Tim Wallace (1), Jordan Staal (9)1–005:32 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (13)Petr Sykora (14)2–009:40 PIT
Marty Reasoner (6)Ilya Kovalchuk (21), Chris Thorburn (3)2–119:21 ATL

2nd period

Jordan Staal (11)Evgeni Malkin (38), Sidney Crosby (32)3–103:30 PIT · PPG
Miroslav Satan (12)Jeff Taffe (2), Ruslan Fedotenko (8)4–105:54 PIT · PPG
Bryan Little (12)Todd White (18), Vyacheslav Kozlov (12)4–207:32 ATL · PPG
Philippe Boucher (2)Evgeni Malkin (39), Petr Sykora (15)5–208:04 PIT

3rd period

Colby Armstrong (7)Unassisted5–314:55 ATL
Evgeni Malkin (14)Sidney Crosby (33), Rob Scuderi (8)6–319:33 PIT · EN

Team stats

PITATL

20Shots on goal31

44%Faceoff %56%

2/3Power play1/5

22Penalty minutes18

23Hits17

15Blocked shots5

5Giveaways5

5Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 15:24Ruslan Fedotenko · boarding2 min
1st 19:21Boris Valabik · roughing2 min
1st 19:21Brooks Orpik · roughing2 min
1st 19:21Sidney Crosby · roughing2 min
2nd 02:59Joey Crabb · holding2 min
2nd 04:27Colby Armstrong · high sticking2 min
2nd 07:19Mark Eaton · hooking2 min
2nd 10:30Matt Cooke · high sticking2 min
2nd 13:28Jim Slater · tripping2 min
3rd 02:52Colby Armstrong · misconduct10 min
3rd 02:52Eric Godard · misconduct10 min
3rd 08:17Evgeni Malkin · roughing2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

71Evgeni MalkinC	2	2	4	+3	3	1	0	2	36	24:23
11Jordan StaalC	1	1	2	+2	2	2	0	0	59	21:15
17Petr SykoraR	0	2	2	+2	4	0	0	0	–	15:35
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	2	2	-1	0	0	1	2	39	20:57
22Jeff TaffeL	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	33	10:03
24Matt CookeL	1	0	1	0	1	4	1	2	–	17:07
26Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2	–	12:58
63Tim WallaceR	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	12:00
81Miroslav SatanR	1	0	1	-2	1	0	0	0	–	16:04
4Rob ScuderiD	0	1	1	+2	0	2	3	0	–	24:00
43Philippe BoucherD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	19:17
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	07:32
28Eric GodardR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	–	05:31
33Ryan StoneC	0	0	0	+1	3	5	1	0	–	10:07
7Mark EatonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	–	16:52
13Alex GoligoskiD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	18:45
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	2	–	21:40
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	17:41

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	31	28	3	.903	60:00
30Dany SabourinG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

10Bryan LittleC	1	0	1	-3	1	0	0	0	–	15:57
12Todd WhiteC	0	1	1	-3	3	1	0	0	29	17:30
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	-3	0	0	0	0	–	15:41
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	–	25:25
19Marty ReasonerC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	53	15:37
20Colby ArmstrongR	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	12	–	11:30
27Chris ThorburnR	0	1	1	+1	3	3	0	0	100	13:25
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	16:37
14Jason WilliamsC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	77	15:34
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	90	13:25
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	09:51
42Joey CrabbR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	15:15
6Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	25:52
7Nathan OystrickD	0	0	0	-1	4	4	1	0	–	20:10
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	22:42
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	23:24
48Boris ValabikD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	–	16:20
51Scott LehmanD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:03

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		6	6	0	1.000	30:47
31Ondrej PavelecG	L	13	8	5	.615	27:57