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Colorado Avalanche 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 4 (SO)
Shots: 24 - 27
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:73/79=92 %, Challenges:32/52=60 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/76=82 %, Challenges:67/76=87 %
Attendance: 18129 of 18129 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 551122 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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05:17 0-1 Antti Miettinen [3] (Frans Nielsen, Jesse Schultz)
19:31 0-2 Andrei Kostitsyn [10] (Zach Parisé)
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29:42 0-3 Chris Campoli [3] (Niclas Hävelid, Henrik Sedin)
36:18 1-3 Jeff O'Neill [4] (Matt Greene, Chris Phillips)
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45:46 2-3 Joe Thornton [21] (Travis Zajac, Jeff O'Neill)
58:58 3-3 Chuck Kobasew [6] (Andrew Brunette, Petr Vrana) WG
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Penalty summary:
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50:59 Frans Nielsen (2 min for holding the stick)
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Shootout
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Atlanta Thrashers win 1-0
Colorado Avalanche - Wojtek Wolski, miss; Joe Thornton, miss; Travis Zajac, miss; Jarret Stoll, miss; Tyler Arnason, miss; Glen Murray, miss;
Atlanta Thrashers - Zach Paris, miss; Darren Haydar, miss; Henrik Sedin, miss; Vyacheslav Kozlov, miss; Andrei Kostitsyn, miss; Erik Cole, goal;

Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jeff O'Neill 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 7
R Chuck Kobasew 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 18.00 7
R Justin Williams 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 19.50 6
C Travis Zajac 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 20.00 8
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 7.20 5
C Petr Vrana 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -1 18.30 7
C Jarret Stoll 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 19.50 7
C Joe Thornton 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 19.10 8
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.10 5
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 16.50 8
L Glen Murray 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 17.30 6
L Wojtek Wolski 0 0 4 5 3 0 0 0 22.00 7
D Johnny Boychuk 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 18.20 6
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 19.20 6
D Sergei Zubov 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 28.30 6
D Chris Phillips 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 0 19.20 8
D Matt Greene 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 18.20 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 27.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 3 0 24 0 0 64.40 7
G Dwayne Roloson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jesse Schultz 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 8.20 7
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 16.00 6
R Darren Haydar 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 -3 19.50 4
C Zach Parisé 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 2 19.30 7
C Frans Nielsen 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 8.20 6
C Bobby Holik 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 16.00 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -3 21.10 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 19.30 9
R Antti Miettinen 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.20 6
C Jim Slater 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 16.00 6
L Erik Cole 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 -3 21.20 5
R Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 18.50 10
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 17.30 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -3 21.20 5
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 27.30 7
D Mark Popovic 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 18.10 8
D Mark Fraser 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 19.50 6
D Chris Campoli 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 21 0 0 65.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jeff O'Neill
2nd star: Andrei Kostitsyn
3rd star: Chuck Kobasew

Notes for Colorado Avalanche:

Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Andrei Kostitsyn scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Frans Nielsen finally ended his 21 game point drought.
-Antti Miettinen finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Chris Campoli ended his 8 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 22) , Chicago Wolves 4( 20)
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0-1 Karel Pilar (Milan Bartovic, Alexandre Giroux)
0-2 Brett Sterling (Scott Lehman, Kevin Doell)
1-2 Eric Healey (Ryan Gibbons, Duvie Westcott)
1-3 Chad Painchaud (Colin Stuart, Scott Lehman)
2-3 Ryan Gibbons (Cody McCormick)
2-4 Scott Lehman (Mike Forney, Kevin Doell)

Goalies: Vitaly Kolesnik - Yutaka Fukufuji

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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Tampa Bay Lightning 1
Shots: 27 - 19
PP: 1 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:64/82=78 %, Challenges:24/39=60 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:67/86=77 %, Challenges:16/53=29 %
Attendance: 16958 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 474824 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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05:11 1-0 Evgeny Malkin [10])PP
19:09 2-0 Brendan Shanahan [3] (Ryan Whitney, Richard Matvichuk)
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34:26 3-0 Chris Higgins [5] (Aleksey Morozov, Milan Michalek)
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46:25 3-1 Vincent Lecavalier [14] (Jason Blake, Anthony Stewart)
48:02 4-1 Evgeny Malkin [11] (Milan Michalek, Brendan Shanahan)
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Penalty summary:
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01:06 Anthony Stewart (5 min for high-sticking)
02:44 Nolan Pratt (2 min for roughing)
02:44 Aleksey Morozov (2 min for roughing)
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25:49 Chris Chelios (2 min for tripping)
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49:47 Georges Laraque (2 min for cross-checking)
53:05 Jason Williams (2 min for hooking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 6.20 6
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 2 1 2 4 0 0 13.50 7
R Aleksey Morozov 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 3 14.30 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 21.20 7
C Robert Lang 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 6.20 7
C Chris Higgins 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 15.30 8
C Evgeny Malkin 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 16.50 9
C Brad Richards 0 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 21.20 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 6.50 6
L David Legwand 0 0 1 4 2 6 0 0 15.10 8
R Milan Michalek 0 2 2 3 1 3 0 2 19.10 8
L Brendan Shanahan 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 18.50 7
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 18.50 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 13.30 7
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 27.40 7
D Richard Matvichuk 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 14.30 7
D Chris Chelios 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15.10 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 2 8 1 7 0 1 30.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Niklas Sundström 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 7.10 4
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16.20 5
R Marek Svatos 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -2 18.10 5
R Anthony Stewart 0 1 2 2 3 0 5 0 16.20 6
C Chris Gratton 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 5
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 12.50 7
C Dustin Boyd 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 -2 19.30 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 16.10 7
R Jason Williams 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 11.00 5
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 18.20 5
L Maxime Boisclair 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 14.20 5
R Jason Blake 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 16.20 6
D Nolan Pratt 0 0 0 3 2 3 2 0 14.30 6
D Vladimir Mihalik 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -2 19.00 6
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 26.50 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.30 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 -2 22.30 6
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 24.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 5
G Johan Holmqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Evgeny Malkin
2nd star: Milan Michalek
3rd star: Brendan Shanahan

Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Evgeny Malkin scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Milan Michalek notched his 10th assist of the season.

Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 19) , Detroit Vipers 0( 10)
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1-0 WIL Stephen Dixon (Milan Kraft, Mark Eaton)
2-0 WIL Lauri Tukonen (Jim Vandermeer)

Goalies: Ty Conklin - Jonathan Boutin