🐦 Away Thrashers 19-18-6
4–3
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 11-20-9
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐦 ATL 1214
🐧 PIT 1203

Thrashers at Penguins

Thrashers beat Penguins 4–3 at PPG Paints Arena on January 7, 2006.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 3–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Marc Savard
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 21:33 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Michel Ouellet
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 18:43 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
2 G
8 shots · 23:46 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Go-ahead 1st · 04:34
Assists: Marc Savard, Scott Mellanby · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0
🐧 Michel Ouellet PP Tying 1st · 15:50
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Ziggy Palffy · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–1
2nd period
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk PP Go-ahead 2nd · 04:27
Assists: Marc Savard, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–1
🐧 Ryan Malone Tying 2nd · 12:55
Assists: Michel Ouellet · beat Kari Lehtonen
2–2
🐦 Jim Slater Go-ahead 2nd · 16:54
Assists: Jean-Pierre Vigier, Serge Aubin · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–2
🐧 Michel Ouellet PP Tying 2nd · 19:50
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Tomas Surovy · beat Kari Lehtonen
3–3
3rd period
🐦 Marc Savard PP Go-ahead 3rd · 16:35
Assists: Marian Hossa, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
4–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Savard · Hossa 23:46
L2 Kozlov · Stefan · Mellanby 18:03
L3 Aubin · Slater · Vigier 11:37
L4 Abid · Boulton · Stewart 4:00
D1 Havelid · Modry 21:16
D2 Sutton · De Vries 20:24
D3 Exelby · Hnidy 13:07
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Recchi · Ouellet 19:15
L2 Surovy · Endicott · Palffy 15:51
L3 Malone · Talbot · Armstrong 13:43
L4 LeClair · Murley · Roy 6:34
D1 Gonchar · Whitney 24:06
D2 Scuderi · Jackman 18:20
D3 Melichar · Tarnstrom 17:02

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL PIT🐧
32 Shots on goal 31
2/8 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8
12 Hits 16
7 Blocked shots 12
0 Takeaways 3
2 Giveaways 9
28 Penalty minutes 28
ATL shooting 12.5% (4/32) PIT shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
28/32
.875 SV% · 4 GA · 58:27 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 5-7-3 (33% win rate, 15 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 3-6-4 (23% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 3–3
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 5-3-4 (42% win rate, 12 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 3-2-1 (50% win rate, 6 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Thrashers lead the season series 3–1
Jan 62006 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 4–6 Nov 92005 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 0–5 Oct 272005 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 5–7 Apr 22004 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 3–2 Dec 202003 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 7–4
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❓ ATL vs PIT, answered

Who won Thrashers vs Penguins on January 7, 2006?

Thrashers won 4–3. The final score was Thrashers 4, Penguins 3.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Ilya Kovalchuk (2), Jim Slater, Marc Savard.

Who scored for Penguins?

Michel Ouellet (2), Ryan Malone.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves on 32 shots (.875 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Thrashers vs Penguins season series?

Thrashers lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeJan 6 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 4–6 AfterJan 11 🐯NSH @ 🐦ATL 3–4
🐧 Penguins
BeforeJan 6 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 4–6 AfterJan 10 🛢️EDM @ 🐧PIT 3–1
Also on January 7
🐆FLA 0–4 🗽NYR 🏛️OTT 1–4 🇨🇦MTL 🧥CBJ 2–3 🏔️COL ⚡TBL 3–6 🐻BOS 🍁TOR 3–2 🛢️EDM 🌪️CAR 3–0 🏝️NYI 😈NJD 3–2 ⚔️BUF 🦆ANA 1–4 🌲MIN
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