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4/3/2009
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , Atlanta Thrashers 5
Shots: 33 - 29
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:80/91=87 %, Challenges:45/58=76 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:66/81=81 %, Challenges:27/42=62 %
Attendance: 17537 of 17537 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 491036 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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14:44 0-1
Erik Cole [15])
18:43 0-2
Niclas Hävelid [5] (Alexei Zhitnik, Steve Rucchin)
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28:28 1-2
Georges Laraque [6] (Philippe Boucher, Ryan Whitney)
29:21 2-2
Brendan Shanahan [11] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Philippe Boucher)
32:07 3-2
Philippe Boucher [7] (Chris Kunitz, David Legwand)
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42:18 3-3
Darren Haydar [19] (Steve Rucchin, Henrik Sedin)
44:32 3-4
Antti Miettinen [7] (Jim Slater, Bobby Holik)
50:46 4-4
Milan Michalek [21] (Aleksey Morozov, Karlis Skrastins)
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62:46 4-5
Chris Campoli [6] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Antti Miettinen)
Penalty summary:
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10:27
Chris Chelios (2 min for tripping)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 10.00 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 12.00 7
R Aleksey Morozov 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 17.50 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -2 20.50 7
C Robert Lang 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 10.00 5
C Chris Higgins 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -2 14.50 6
C Evgeny Malkin 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
C Brad Richards 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 10.00 5
L David Legwand 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 -1 13.00 4
R Milan Michalek 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 8
L Brendan Shanahan 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 -2 20.50 7
D Marc Staal 0 0 1 5 1 5 0 -1 15.30 8
D Karlis Skrastins 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 20.40 8
D Philippe Boucher 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 26.40 8
D Richard Matvichuk 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 12.20 6
D Chris Chelios 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 -1 20.40 5
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 2 7 0 4 0 0 29.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 5 0 24 0 0 62.50 5
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Niclas Lucenius 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 6.40 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 18.40 5
R Darren Haydar 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 17.20 6
C Zach Parisé 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 6
C Jim Slater 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.40 5
C Bobby Holik 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 18.40 6
C Steve Rucchin 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
C Henrik Sedin 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 -1 19.50 7
R Antti Miettinen 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 6.40 5
R Mike Forney 0 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 18.40 6
L Erik Cole 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 17.50 8
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 -1 19.40 7
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 5
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
D Mark Fraser 0 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 24.50 8
D Mark Popovic 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 19.30 6
D Niclas Hävelid 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 2 20.20 7
D Chris Campoli 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 23.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 29 0 0 62.50 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Philippe Boucher
2nd star: Darren Haydar
3rd star: Steve Rucchin
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Philippe Boucher scored the 300th point of his career.
-Evgeny Malkin had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Milan Michalek finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Brendan Shanahan finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Erik Cole scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Antti Miettinen notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Erik Cole ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Niclas Hävelid ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Niclas Hävelid ended his 6 game point drought.
-Chris Campoli finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 5( 27) , Chicago Wolves 0( 6)
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1-0
Ryan Stone (Pavel Vorobiev)
2-0
Tim Brent (Daniel Fernholm)
3-0
Johannes Salmonsson (Ryan Stone)
4-0
Milan Kraft (Lauri Tukonen, Mark Eaton)
5-0
Jim Vandermeer (Lauri Tukonen)
Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Yutaka Fukufuji