🐧 Away Penguins 11-11-5
4–3
Final / OT
🐦 Home Thrashers 18-8-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🐧 PIT 11114
🐦 ATL 10203

Penguins at Thrashers

Penguins beat Thrashers 4–3 in overtime on December 9, 2006.

🗓 🏒 2006-07 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
1 G, 2 A
5 shots · 20:18 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · 19:46 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Sergei Gonchar
2 A
3 shots · 29:34 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Sidney Crosby PP Go-ahead 1st · 14:21
Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Micki Dupont · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–0
🐦 Shane Hnidy SH Tying 1st · 18:36
Assists: Jean-Pierre Vigier, Steve Rucchin · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–1
2nd period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP Go-ahead 2nd · 08:50
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar · beat Kari Lehtonen
2–1
3rd period
🐦 Marian Hossa PP Tying 3rd · 00:16
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–2
🐧 Ryan Whitney Go-ahead 3rd · 07:22
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Erik Christensen · beat Kari Lehtonen
3–2
🐦 Niko Kapanen Tying 3rd · 15:02
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Glen Metropolit · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–3
Overtime
🐧 Colby Armstrong Go-ahead OT · 03:51
Assists: Evgeni Malkin · beat Kari Lehtonen
4–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malone · Malkin · Armstrong 22:00
L2 Crosby · Christensen · Recchi 15:57
L3 Staal · Moore · Ouellet 14:28
L4 Ruutu · Talbot · Petrovicky 5:19
D1 Gonchar · Whitney 25:49
D2 Melichar · Nasreddine 20:45
D3 Dupont · Orpik 16:14
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Kozlov · Hossa 23:47
L2 Rucchin · Holik · Mellanby 18:05
L3 Larsen · Metropolit · Vigier 13:39
L4 Sim · Kapanen · Slater 9:19
D1 Havelid · De Vries 25:16
D2 Hnidy · Vishnevski 22:07
D3 McCarthy · Coburn 11:48

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT ATL🐦
43 Shots on goal 23
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
9 Hits 18
9 Blocked shots 18
5 Takeaways 2
1 Giveaways 6
22 Penalty minutes 8
PIT shooting 9.3% (4/43) ATL shooting 13.0% (3/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
20/23
.870 SV% · 3 GA · 63:49 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
39/43
.907 SV% · 4 GA · 63:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 4-4-1 (44% win rate, 9 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-0-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Jan 72006 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 4–3 Jan 62006 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 4–6 Nov 92005 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 0–5 Oct 272005 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 5–7 Apr 22004 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 3–2
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❓ PIT vs ATL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Thrashers on December 9, 2006?

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

Who scored for Penguins?

Colby Armstrong, Evgeni Malkin, Ryan Whitney, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Marian Hossa, Niko Kapanen, Shane Hnidy.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 20 saves on 23 shots (.870 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 39 saves on 43 shots (.907 save percentage).

What is the Penguins vs Thrashers season series?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 7 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 2–3 AfterDec 11 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 5–4
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeDec 7 🐦ATL @ ⚡TBL 0–8 AfterDec 13 🦆ANA @ 🐦ATL 2–1
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