Flyers 4–2 Thrashers — Final Score & Stats (Mar 18, 2006)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🔔 PHI

Joni Pitkanen

3 A

19:20 TOI

2nd star 🔔 PHI

Mike Knuble

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 15:35 TOI

3rd star 🔔 PHI

Eric Desjardins

2 A

1 shots · 26:59 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🔔 Mike Knuble PP Go-ahead 1st · 10:27

Assists: Joni Pitkanen, Eric Desjardins · beat Kari Lehtonen

1–0

🐦 Bobby Holik Tying 1st · 12:13

Assists: Niclas Havelid, Andy Sutton · beat Antero Niittymaki

1–1

2nd period

🔔 Jeff Carter Go-ahead 2nd · 05:19

Assists: Eric Desjardins · beat Kari Lehtonen

2–1

🔔 R.J. Umberger 2nd · 15:34

Assists: Mike Knuble, Joni Pitkanen · beat Kari Lehtonen

3–1

🐦 Marian Hossa PP 2nd · 18:21

Assists: Bobby Holik · beat Antero Niittymaki

3–2

3rd period

🔔 Niko Dimitrakos 3rd · 05:48

Assists: Joni Pitkanen, Freddy Meyer · beat Kari Lehtonen

4–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🔔Flyers

L1 Gagne · Nedved · Kapanen 21:27

L2 Savage · Richards · Knuble 16:36

L3 Umberger · Carter · Dimitrakos 10:49

L4 Brashear · Radivojevic · Stevenson 5:29

D1 Desjardins · Hatcher 25:49

D2 Pitkanen · Meyer 17:51

D3 Rathje · Gauthier 15:22

🐦Thrashers

L1 Kovalchuk · Savard · Hossa 28:27

L2 Kozlov · Holik · Bondra 22:24

L3 Larsen · Slater · Petrovicky 12:55

L4 Boulton · Aubin 2:44

D1 Modry · De Vries 21:58

D2 Havelid · Sutton 16:54

D3 Exelby · Hnidy 9:34

D4 McCarthy 6:21

Team stats

Away left · home right

🔔PHI ATL🐦

27 Shots on goal 27

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/9

15 Hits 22

18 Blocked shots 8

4 Takeaways 7

4 Giveaways 17

18 Penalty minutes 8

PHI shooting 14.8% (4/27) ATL shooting 7.4% (2/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🔔Flyers

Antero Niittymaki

25/27

.926 SV% · 2 GA · 59:56 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Kari Lehtonen

23/27

.852 SV% · 4 GA · 58:25 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Flyers

Flyers — tied after 1st: 9-6-4 (47% win rate, 19 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — tied after 1st: 10-10-3 (43% win rate, 23 games)

After 2nd — 3–2

Flyers

Flyers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 12-3-3 (67% win rate, 18 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-8-1 (25% win rate, 12 games)

Last meetings

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Flyers lead the season series 3–1

Dec 282005 🔔PHI @ 🐦ATL 4–3 OT Nov 182005 🐦ATL @ 🔔PHI 6–5 OT Nov 52005 🐦ATL @ 🔔PHI 3–4 Feb 212004 🐦ATL @ 🔔PHI 4–5 Feb 52004 🔔PHI @ 🐦ATL 5–1

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Who won Flyers vs Thrashers on March 18, 2006?

Flyers won 4–2. The final score was Flyers 4, Thrashers 2.

Who scored for Flyers?

Jeff Carter, Mike Knuble, Niko Dimitrakos, R.J. Umberger.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Bobby Holik, Marian Hossa.

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Antero Niittymaki made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 23 saves on 27 shots (.852 save percentage).

What is the Flyers vs Thrashers season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🔔 Flyers

BeforeMar 17 🔔PHI @ ⚡TBL 3–6 AfterMar 21 😈NJD @ 🔔PHI 1–2

🐦 Thrashers

BeforeMar 16 🏝️NYI @ 🐦ATL 2–4 AfterMar 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 0–5

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