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2006-07 regular season

Penguins at Thrashers

🗓 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Thrashers beat Penguins 4–3 in a shootout on December 21, 2006.

PIT – ATL
39–32
Shots on goal
0/7–2/7
Power play
18–12
Hits
11–10
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

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 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
1 G, 2 A
12 shots · 25:53 TOI
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Vyacheslav Kozlov
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 26:49 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Kari Lehtonen
36 saves
0.923 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Niko Kapanen Go-ahead 1st · 01:36
Assists: Braydon Coburn, Ilya Kovalchuk · beat Jocelyn Thibault
0–1
2nd period
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk PP 2nd · 06:32
Assists: Marian Hossa, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Jocelyn Thibault
0–2
🐧 Jordan Staal SH 2nd · 16:36
Unassisted · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–2
🐦 Vyacheslav Kozlov PP 2nd · 18:03
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Marian Hossa · beat Jocelyn Thibault
1–3
3rd period
🐧 Ryan Malone 3rd · 04:08
Assists: Brooks Orpik, Sidney Crosby · beat Kari Lehtonen
2–3
🐧 Sidney Crosby Tying 3rd · 19:44
Assists: Erik Christensen, Mark Recchi · beat Kari Lehtonen
3–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malone · Malkin · Crosby 23:21
L2 Talbot · Recchi · Ekman 17:01
L3 Moore · Staal · Armstrong 11:53
L4 Ruutu · Christensen · Petrovicky 8:53
D1 Gonchar · Melichar 25:22
D2 Whitney · Scuderi 20:54
D3 Nasreddine · Orpik 14:06
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kozlov · Kovalchuk · Hossa 26:49
L2 Holik · Kapanen · Krog 15:41
L3 Sim · Slater · Vigier 12:49
L4 Boulton · Metropolit · MacKenzie 6:51
D1 Havelid · Hnidy 26:18
D2 De Vries · Vishnevski 21:32
D3 McCarthy · Coburn 13:19

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT ATL🐦
39 Shots on goal 32
0/7 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
18 Hits 12
11 Blocked shots 10
3 Takeaways 11
9 Giveaways 15
16 Penalty minutes 16
PIT shooting 7.7% (3/39) ATL shooting 12.5% (4/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Jocelyn Thibault
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 64:14 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
36/39
.923 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-4-1 (0% win rate, 5 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-0-1 (86% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-4-1 (0% win rate, 5 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Dec 92006 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 4–3 OT Jan 72006 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 4–3 Jan 62006 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 4–6 Nov 92005 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 0–5 Oct 272005 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 5–7
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Who won Penguins vs Thrashers on December 21, 2006?

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

Who scored for Penguins?

Jordan Staal, Ryan Malone, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Ilya Kovalchuk, Niko Kapanen, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 36 saves on 39 shots (.923 save percentage).

What is the Penguins vs Thrashers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 19 🎵STL @ 🐧PIT 4–1 AfterDec 26 🐧PIT @ 😈NJD 0–3
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeDec 19 🐦ATL @ 😈NJD 4–3 AfterDec 23 😈NJD @ 🐦ATL 2–5
Also on December 21
🐋VAN 0–2 🐻BOS 🔔PHI 2–4 🇨🇦MTL ⚡TBL 4–2 🏛️OTT 🗽NYR 2–3 🐆FLA 👑LAK 2–5 🎵STL ⚔️BUF 7–2 🐯NSH 🛢️EDM 3–2 🌵PHX ⭐DAL 3–0 🦈SJS
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