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Pittsburgh 6, Atlanta 3

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
PIT(45-28-9)	2	3	1	6
ATL(35-41-6)	1	1	1	3

Final

7:00 PM ET, December 18, 2008

Philips Arena

Atlanta, Georgia

THREE STARS

E. Malkin
Penguins (C )

Goals: 2
Assists: 2

M. Fleury
Penguins (G )

Saves: 28
Save Pct.: .903

J. Staal
Penguins (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

Game Information
Arena: Philips Arena Location: Atlanta, Georgia	Referees: Chris Rooney Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 15,124 (81.6% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Pittsburgh

Atlanta

Total Shots
	20
	31

PIM
	22
	18

Hits
	23
	17

Giveaways
	5
	5

Takeaways
	5
	7

Faceoffs Won
	27
	34

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
5:32		Matt Cooke (4) Assists: Tim Wallace, Jordan Staal	Pittsburgh 1-0
9:40		Evgeni Malkin (13) Assists: Petr Sykora	Pittsburgh 2-0
19:21		Marty Reasoner (6) Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Chris Thorburn	Pittsburgh 2-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
15:24		Ruslan Fedotenko: 2 Minutes for Boarding Tobias Enstrom
19:21		Boris Valabik: 2 Minutes for Roughing Brooks Orpik
19:21		Brooks Orpik: 2 Minutes for Roughing Boris Valabik
19:21		Sidney Crosby: 2 Minutes for Roughing Chris Thorburn

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
3:30		Jordan Staal (11) (Power Play) Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby	Pittsburgh 3-1
5:54		Miroslav Satan (12) (Power Play) Assists: Jeff Taffe, Ruslan Fedotenko	Pittsburgh 4-1
7:32		Bryan Little (12) (Power Play) Assists: Todd White, Slava Kozlov	Pittsburgh 4-2
8:04		Philippe Boucher (2) Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Petr Sykora	Pittsburgh 5-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:59		Joey Crabb: 2 Minutes for Holding Eric Godard
4:27		Colby Armstrong: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Evgeni Malkin
7:19		Mark Eaton: 2 Minutes for Hooking Chris Thorburn
10:30		Matt Cooke: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Niclas Havelid
13:28		Jim Slater: 2 Minutes for Tripping Evgeni Malkin

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
14:55		Colby Armstrong (7) Unassisted	Pittsburgh 5-3
19:33		Evgeni Malkin (15) (Empty net) Assists: Sidney Crosby, Rob Scuderi	Pittsburgh 6-3
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:52		Colby Armstrong: 10 Minutes for Misconduct
2:52		Eric Godard: 10 Minutes for Misconduct
8:17		Evgeni Malkin: 2 Minutes for Roughing Chris Thorburn

Player Summary

Pittsburgh Penguins												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
P. Boucher D	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	22	19:17	0:57	2:47	15:33	0	0	00.0
M. Cooke LW	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	25	17:07	0:00	2:39	14:28	0	1	00.0
S. Crosby C	0	2	-1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	26	20:57	2:26	2:27	16:04	7	11	38.9
P. Dupuis LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	7:32	0:00	2:02	5:30	0	0	00.0
M. Eaton D	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	22	16:52	0:00	4:58	11:54	0	0	00.0
R. Fedotenko LW	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	20	12:58	2:01	0:00	10:57	0	0	00.0
E. Godard RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	11	5:31	0:00	0:00	5:31	0	0	00.0
A. Goligoski D	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	18:45	2:20	0:00	16:25	0	0	00.0
K. Letang D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	24	17:41	1:38	1:07	14:56	0	0	00.0
E. Malkin C	2	2	3	3	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	27	24:23	3:01	2:25	18:57	5	9	35.7
B. Orpik D	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	24	21:40	0:00	2:47	18:53	0	0	00.0
M. Satan RW	1	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	20	16:04	1:50	0:00	14:14	0	0	00.0
R. Scuderi D	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	24	24:00	0:00	5:54	18:06	0	0	00.0
J. Staal C	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	31	21:15	1:57	5:46	13:32	13	9	59.1
R. Stone C	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	16	10:07	0:00	0:00	10:07	0	0	00.0
P. Sykora RW	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:35	2:08	0:00	13:27	0	0	00.0
J. Taffe C	0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	10:03	1:32	0:00	8:31	2	4	33.3
T. Wallace RW	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	18	12:00	0:00	0:00	12:00	0	0	00.0
Pittsburgh Penguins Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M Zigomanis									Shoulder
M Talbot									Foot Injury

Atlanta Thrashers												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
C. Armstrong RW	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	12	0	1	0	13	11:30	1:38	0:00	9:52	0	0	00.0
E. Boulton LW	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	15	9:51	0:19	0:30	9:02	0	0	00.0
J. Crabb RW	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	20	15:15	1:22	1:57	11:56	0	2	00.0
T. Enstrom D	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	32	23:24	1:37	1:55	19:52	0	0	00.0
R. Hainsey D	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	33	25:52	6:08	1:33	18:11	0	0	00.0
N. Havelid D	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	29	22:42	0:00	2:25	20:17	0	0	00.0
I. Kovalchuk LW	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	25:25	8:13	0:00	17:12	0	0	00.0
S. Kozlov LW	0	1	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	15:41	5:03	0:01	10:37	0	0	00.0
S. Lehman D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3:03	0:00	0:00	3:03	0	0	00.0
B. Little C	1	0	-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15:57	5:13	0:00	10:44	0	2	00.0
N. Oystrick D	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	24	20:10	0:28	0:17	19:25	0	0	00.0
E. Perrin C	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	16:37	2:51	1:30	12:16	0	0	00.0
M. Reasoner C	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:37	0:00	2:08	13:29	10	9	52.6
J. Slater C	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	17	13:25	0:19	1:04	12:02	9	1	90.0
C. Thorburn RW	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	18	13:25	0:00	0:00	13:25	1	0	100.0
B. Valabik D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	24	16:20	0:00	1:46	14:34	0	0	00.0
T. White C	0	1	-3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	17:30	5:01	0:46	11:43	4	10	28.6
J. Williams RW	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	18	15:34	2:53	0:00	12:41	10	3	76.9
Atlanta Thrashers Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M Schneider									Shoulder
G Exelby									Healthy
E Christensen									Shoulder

Goaltending Summary

Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Fleury	31	3	28	.903	60:00	0

Atlanta Thrashers Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
J. Hedberg	6	0	6	1	30:47	0
O. Pavelec	13	5	8	.615	27:57	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Pittsburgh	6	9	5	20
Atlanta	9	10	12	31

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Pittsburgh	2 of 0
Atlanta	1 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Thursday, December 18th

Toronto	5	Final
Boston	8

Florida	1	Final
Carolina	2	OT

Philadelphia	2	Final
Montreal	5

St. Louis	2	Final
Washington	4

Pittsburgh	6	Final
Atlanta	3

San Jose	0	Final
Detroit	6

Colorado	2	Final
Tampa Bay	1	SO

Columbus	5	Final
Dallas	6	SO

Nashville	1	Final
Phoenix	2

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Pittsburgh 6, Atlanta 3

Final

NHL Scores

Thursday, December 18th