🐆 Away Panthers 8-15-5
3–2
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 11-10-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐆 FLA 1113
🐧 PIT 1012

Panthers at Penguins

Panthers beat Penguins 3–2 at PPG Paints Arena on December 5, 2006.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2006-07 🔁 Panthers lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐆 FLA
Gary Roberts
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:36 TOI
2nd star 🐆 FLA
Olli Jokinen
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 21:35 TOI
3rd star 🐆 FLA
Nathan Horton
2 A
2 shots · 22:05 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Erik Christensen PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:43
Assists: Colby Armstrong, Sidney Crosby · beat Alex Auld
0–1
🐆 Gary Roberts Tying 1st · 14:35
Assists: Nathan Horton, Olli Jokinen · beat Jocelyn Thibault
1–1
2nd period
🐆 Jozef Stumpel PP Go-ahead 2nd · 13:20
Assists: Gary Roberts, Ruslan Salei · beat Jocelyn Thibault
2–1
3rd period
🐧 Sidney Crosby PP Tying 3rd · 10:58
Assists: Sergei Gonchar · beat Alex Auld
2–2
🐆 Olli Jokinen PP Go-ahead 3rd · 14:53
Assists: Ruslan Salei, Nathan Horton · beat Jocelyn Thibault
3–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐆Panthers
L1 Jokinen · Weiss · Horton 21:35
L2 Stumpel · Peltonen · Roberts 15:49
L3 Olesz · Campbell · Gratton 13:50
L4 Gelinas · Larman · Globke 4:06
D1 Bouwmeester · Salei 25:47
D2 Van Ryn · Allen 22:00
D3 Mezei · Jackman 11:56
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Armstrong · Recchi 20:38
L2 Malone · Crosby · Ekman 17:04
L3 Christensen · Moore · Talbot 13:50
L4 Ruutu · Petrovicky · Thorburn 7:36
D1 Gonchar · Whitney 25:54
D2 Melichar · Scuderi 17:30
D3 Orpik · Nasreddine 13:46

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA PIT🐧
30 Shots on goal 27
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8
21 Hits 13
14 Blocked shots 14
0 Takeaways 3
4 Giveaways 12
16 Penalty minutes 12
FLA shooting 10.0% (3/30) PIT shooting 7.4% (2/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
Alex Auld
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Jocelyn Thibault
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 58:47 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 2-4-1 (29% win rate, 7 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 4-3-1 (50% win rate, 8 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Panthers
Panthers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-5 (29% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Panthers lead the season series 1–0
Apr 72006 🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA 5–1 Mar 292006 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 5–3 Nov 252005 🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA 3–6 Oct 252005 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 4–3 OT Feb 202004 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 2–0
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Who won Panthers vs Penguins on December 5, 2006?

Panthers won 3–2. The final score was Panthers 3, Penguins 2.

Who scored for Panthers?

Gary Roberts, Jozef Stumpel, Olli Jokinen.

Who scored for Penguins?

Erik Christensen, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Alex Auld made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

Where is Panthers vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Panthers vs Penguins season series?

Panthers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐆 Panthers
BeforeDec 2 🐦ATL @ 🐆FLA 3–1 AfterDec 7 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 1–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 2 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 5–3 AfterDec 7 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 2–3
Also on December 5
🐦ATL 5–2 🍁TOR 🏛️OTT 4–2 🏝️NYI ⚔️BUF 4–1 ⚡TBL 🐙DET 5–1 🎵STL 🪶CHI 2–3 🌲MIN 🧥CBJ 3–0 🏔️COL 🌪️CAR 0–3 🔥CGY
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