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2007-08 regular season

Thrashers at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Season series tied 2–2

Penguins beat Thrashers 3–2 in a shootout at PPG Paints Arena on March 2, 2008.

ATL – PIT
33–34
Shots on goal
1/5–0/3
Power play
22–17
Hits
10–12
Blocked shots
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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
Joel Kwiatkowski
2 A
2 shots · 20:10 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Ryan Malone
1 G
5 shots · 23:58 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
31 saves
0.939 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Ryan Malone Go-ahead 1st · 00:50
Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin · beat Kari Lehtonen
0–1
🐧 Max Talbot 1st · 02:09
Assists: Jarkko Ruutu, Alex Goligoski · beat Kari Lehtonen
0–2
🐦 Jim Slater 1st · 14:25
Assists: Eric Boulton, Joel Kwiatkowski · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–2
3rd period
🐦 Vyacheslav Kozlov PP Tying 3rd · 01:11
Assists: Colby Armstrong, Joel Kwiatkowski · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Perrin · Armstrong 20:24
L2 Christensen · Little · Recchi 19:24
L3 Kozlov · Holik · Thorburn 15:51
L4 Larsen · Boulton · Slater 8:44
D1 Enstrom · Zhitnik 27:26
D2 Exelby · Kwiatkowski 20:53
D3 McCarthy · Havelid 12:50
🐧Penguins
L1 Malone · Malkin · Staal 23:58
L2 Talbot · Sykora · Dupuis 20:54
L3 Taffe · Kennedy · Laraque 10:06
L4 James · Ruutu 6:32
D1 Gonchar · Letang 27:34
D2 Orpik · Gill 21:24
D3 Sydor · Goligoski 16:10

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL PIT🐧
33 Shots on goal 34
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
22 Hits 17
10 Blocked shots 12
4 Takeaways 14
4 Giveaways 5
6 Penalty minutes 10
ATL shooting 6.1% (2/33) PIT shooting 8.8% (3/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
32/34
.941 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-10 (38% win rate, 16 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-2-1 (67% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-5-1 (45% win rate, 11 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 17-1-3 (81% win rate, 21 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2
Jan 302008 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 1–4 Jan 122008 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 2–3 SO Nov 242007 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 0–5 Mar 242007 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 1–2 Dec 272006 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 4–2
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Who won Thrashers vs Penguins on March 2, 2008?

Penguins won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Thrashers 2, Penguins 3.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Jim Slater, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

Who scored for Penguins?

Max Talbot, Ryan Malone.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Thrashers vs Penguins season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeMar 1 🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS 2–3 AfterMar 5 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 6–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 1 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 4–5 AfterMar 4 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 2–0
Also on March 2
🔔PHI 4–5 🗽NYR 🐋VAN 1–4 🪶CHI 🐆FLA 1–0 🏝️NYI 🐙DET 4–2 ⚔️BUF 👑LAK 1–2 🌲MIN 🧥CBJ 3–4 🛢️EDM
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