Atlanta Thrashers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, December 28, 2010 · CONSOL Energy Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-3 on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Thrashers 36-34.
Sidney Crosby scored twice. Evander Kane, Dustin Byfuglien, Craig Adams, Chris Kunitz, Mark Letestu, Matt Cooke and Eric Boulton also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Ondrej Pavelec stopped 30 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evander Kane (1)Bryan Little (1), Alexander Burmistrov (1)1–000:47 ATL
Sidney Crosby (1)Kris Letang (1)1–110:34 PIT · PPG
Dustin Byfuglien (1)Toby Enstrom (1), Bryan Little (2)2–115:18 ATL · PPG- Sidney Crosby (2)Alex Goligoski (1)2–218:34 PIT
2nd period
Craig Adams (1)Matt Cooke (1)2–311:38 PIT · SHG
3rd period
Chris Kunitz (1)Sidney Crosby (1), Pascal Dupuis (1)2–400:09 PIT
Mark Letestu (1)Unassisted2–513:00 PIT
Matt Cooke (1)Sidney Crosby (2), Zbynek Michalek (1)2–616:16 PIT
Eric Boulton (1)Jim Slater (1), Chris Thorburn (1)3–616:51 ATL
Team stats
ATLPIT
34Shots on goal36
54%Faceoff %46%
1/8Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes18
12Hits17
7Blocked shots9
4Giveaways9
2Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 02:02
Freddy Modin · interference2 min - 1st 10:10Toby Enstrom · hooking2 min
- 1st 12:44
Evgeni Malkin · hooking2 min - 1st 14:29Matt Cooke · kneeing2 min
- 1st 16:04Alex Goligoski · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:41Ben Eager · slashing2 min
- 2nd 07:41Arron Asham · slashing2 min
- 2nd 11:01Brooks Orpik · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 15:38Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 01:34Matt Cooke · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:20Kris Letang · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 07:19Matt Cooke · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:57Pascal Dupuis · holding2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 10Bryan LittleR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 21:16 |
| 8Alexander BurmistrovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:55 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:24 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:13 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:01 |
| 33Dustin ByfuglienD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 28:06 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 26:05 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:19 |
| 19Freddy ModinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:36 |
| 21Ben EagerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:35 |
| 22Anthony StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:47 |
| 45Patrice CormierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 47Rich PeverleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:50 |
| 3Brent SopelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:11 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 18:43 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 |
| 29Johnny OduyaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 21:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ondrej PavelecG | L | 36 | 30 | 6 | .833 | 60:00 |
| 50Chris MasonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 4 | 15:43 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:23 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:10 |
| 10Mark LetestuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:27 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 3Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:43 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:15 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:26 |
| 17Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:55 |
| 18Chris ConnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:49 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:56 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:40 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 11:52 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 15:50 |
| 6Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:38 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 59:46 |
| 36John CurryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |