Atlanta Thrashers vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Tuesday, March 17, 2009 · Mellon Arena

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SOG 20–31

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-2 on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Thrashers 31-20.

Evgeni Malkin scored twice. Bryan Little, Sergei Gonchar, Chris Kunitz, Jordan Staal, Eric Boulton and Mark Eaton also scored.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 25 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	1	1	0	2	20
PIT	2	3	1	6	31

Scoring

1st period

Bryan Little (30)Todd White (44), Vyacheslav Kozlov (42)1–000:34 ATL
Sergei Gonchar (6)Bill Guerin (27), Evgeni Malkin (68)1–109:03 PIT · PPG
Chris Kunitz (22)Sidney Crosby (64), Evgeni Malkin (69)1–219:34 PIT · PPG

2nd period

Jordan Staal (20)Tyler Kennedy (15), Kris Letang (19)1–302:47 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (31)Sergei Gonchar (6), Kris Letang (20)1–412:25 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (32)Sergei Gonchar (7), Sidney Crosby (65)1–513:08 PIT · PPG
Eric Boulton (3)Chris Thorburn (8), Eric Perrin (12)2–513:53 ATL

3rd period

Mark Eaton (3)Sergei Gonchar (8), Evgeni Malkin (70)2–607:47 PIT

Team stats

ATLPIT

20Shots on goal31

50%Faceoff %50%

0/7Power play3/7

41Penalty minutes31

40Hits16

10Blocked shots18

2Giveaways4

4Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 07:02Boris Valabik · tripping2 min
1st 07:45Colin Stuart · tripping2 min
1st 10:02Matt Cooke · interference2 min
1st 13:00Bill Guerin · roughing2 min
1st 15:59Boris Valabik · cross checking2 min
1st 19:13Brett Sterling · tripping2 min
2nd 03:25Tyler Kennedy · holding2 min
2nd 10:31Matt Cooke · tripping2 min
2nd 12:20Rich Peverley · tripping2 min
3rd 05:37Mark Eaton · roughing2 min
3rd 08:30Mark Eaton · hooking2 min
3rd 15:44Eric Boulton · roughing2 min
3rd 15:44Eric Boulton · misconduct10 min
3rd 15:44Chris Thorburn · misconduct10 min
3rd 15:44Boris Valabik · fighting5 min
3rd 15:44Eric Godard · fighting5 min
3rd 15:44Max Talbot · roughing2 min
3rd 15:44Max Talbot · misconduct10 min
3rd 16:03Garnet Exelby · roughing2 min
3rd 16:56Sidney Crosby · roughing2 min
3rd 19:44Rich Peverley · tripping2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

10Bryan LittleC	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	17:26
11Eric PerrinC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	33	11:09
12Todd WhiteC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	45	19:17
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	20:16
27Chris ThorburnR	0	1	1	-1	2	6	0	10	–	07:37
36Eric BoultonL	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	12	–	06:22
19Marty ReasonerC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	42	13:12
20Colby ArmstrongR	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	–	20:53
21Brett SterlingL	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	–	17:41
46Spencer MachacekR	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	–	09:02
47Rich PeverleyC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	71	20:07
49Colin StuartL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	2	–	11:37
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	-2	1	4	1	2	–	17:18
4Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	15:16
7Nathan OystrickD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	19:06
25Anssi SalmelaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	20:39
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	27:58
48Boris ValabikD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	9	–	15:58

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG	L	31	25	6	.806	59:56
32Kari LehtonenG		0	0	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

71Evgeni MalkinC	2	3	5	+1	3	2	0	0	43	20:12
55Sergei GoncharD	1	3	4	+2	5	0	0	0	–	23:36
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	2	2	0	4	0	2	2	57	19:42
58Kris LetangD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	3	0	–	20:15
11Jordan StaalC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	44	17:33
13Bill GuerinR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	2	–	13:08
14Chris KunitzL	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	16:56
48Tyler KennedyC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2	–	12:08
7Mark EatonD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	2	4	–	18:27
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	13:16
17Petr SykoraR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	12:33
24Matt CookeL	0	0	0	+1	3	3	0	4	–	15:16
25Max TalbotC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	12	70	10:34
26Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	09:57
28Eric GodardR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	5	–	05:44
2Hal GillD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	3	0	–	17:30
4Rob ScuderiD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	18:37
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	–	20:36

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	20	18	2	.900	60:00
32Mathieu GaronG		0	0	0	–	–