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2006-07 regular season

Devils at Thrashers

🗓 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 2–0

Thrashers beat Devils 5–2 on December 23, 2006.

NJD – ATL
38–27
Shots on goal
1/4–0/3
Power play
17–21
Hits
11–9
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, 1 A
4 shots · 21:40 TOI
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Marian Hossa
2 A
2 shots · 20:09 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Kari Lehtonen
36 saves
0.947 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
😈 Zach Parise Go-ahead 1st · 02:19
Assists: Paul Martin · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–0
🐦 Steve McCarthy Tying 1st · 06:05
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Glen Metropolit · beat Martin Brodeur
1–1
😈 Zach Parise PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:20
Assists: Mike Rupp, Paul Martin · beat Kari Lehtonen
2–1
🐦 Bobby Holik Tying 1st · 19:27
Assists: Jean-Pierre Vigier, Niclas Havelid · beat Martin Brodeur
2–2
2nd period
🐦 Shane Hnidy Go-ahead 2nd · 06:42
Assists: Glen Metropolit, Niclas Havelid · beat Martin Brodeur
2–3
3rd period
🐦 Vyacheslav Kozlov 3rd · 08:12
Assists: Marian Hossa, Jason Krog · beat Martin Brodeur
2–4
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Empty net 3rd · 19:33
Assists: Marian Hossa
2–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
😈Devils
L1 Brylin · Gomez · Gionta 21:05
L2 Parise · Zajac · Langenbrunner 19:34
L3 Pandolfo · Madden · Rasmussen 16:06
L4 Rupp · Dowd · Janssen 5:35
D1 Martin · Rafalski 26:12
D2 Lukowich · White 19:52
D3 Oduya · Hale 12:19
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Holik · Hossa 20:55
L2 Kozlov · Boulton · Vigier 17:59
L3 Sim · Kapanen · Krog 13:08
L4 Metropolit · Slater · MacKenzie 7:55
D1 Hnidy · Havelid 25:54
D2 De Vries · Vishnevski 22:16
D3 McCarthy · Coburn 10:56

Team stats

Away left · home right
😈NJD ATL🐦
38 Shots on goal 27
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
17 Hits 21
11 Blocked shots 9
0 Takeaways 9
3 Giveaways 12
6 Penalty minutes 8
NJD shooting 5.3% (2/38) ATL shooting 18.5% (5/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
😈Devils
Martin Brodeur
22/26
.846 SV% · 4 GA · 59:21 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
36/38
.947 SV% · 2 GA · 59:37 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–2
Devils
Devils — tied after 1st: 8-6-1 (53% win rate, 15 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 4-1-2 (57% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Devils
Devils — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 8-0-2 (80% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

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Thrashers lead the season series 2–0
Dec 192006 🐦ATL @ 😈NJD 4–3 SO Mar 232006 😈NJD @ 🐦ATL 5–6 OT Dec 232005 🐦ATL @ 😈NJD 1–0 Dec 152005 🐦ATL @ 😈NJD 3–2 OT Oct 222005 😈NJD @ 🐦ATL 3–4
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Who won Devils vs Thrashers on December 23, 2006?

Thrashers won 5–2. The final score was Devils 2, Thrashers 5.

Who scored for Devils?

Zach Parise (2).

Who scored for Thrashers?

Bobby Holik, Ilya Kovalchuk, Shane Hnidy, Steve McCarthy, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

How did the Devils goalie play?

Martin Brodeur made 22 saves on 26 shots (.846 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 36 saves on 38 shots (.947 save percentage).

What is the Devils vs Thrashers season series?

Thrashers lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
😈 Devils
BeforeDec 22 😈NJD @ 🦅WSH 4–1 AfterDec 26 🐧PIT @ 😈NJD 0–3
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeDec 21 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 3–4 AfterDec 26 ⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL 1–2
Also on December 23
🏛️OTT 6–3 🔔PHI 🇨🇦MTL 2–4 🐻BOS 🦅WSH 3–2 🍁TOR 🧥CBJ 0–4 🏝️NYI 🗽NYR 3–4 ⚡TBL 🌪️CAR 3–2 🐆FLA ⚔️BUF 2–3 🎵STL 👑LAK 0–7 🐯NSH
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