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2008-09 regular season

Penguins at Thrashers

🗓 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0

Penguins beat Thrashers 6–3 on December 18, 2008.

PIT – ATL
20–31
Shots on goal
2/3–1/5
Power play
23–17
Hits
15–5
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
2 G, 2 A
3 shots · 24:23 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Jordan Staal
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 21:15 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Petr Sykora
2 A
4 shots · 15:35 TOI

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Matt Cooke Go-ahead 1st · 05:32
Assists: Tim Wallace, Jordan Staal · beat Ondrej Pavelec
1–0
🐧 Evgeni Malkin 1st · 09:40
Assists: Petr Sykora · beat Ondrej Pavelec
2–0
🐦 Marty Reasoner 1st · 19:21
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Chris Thorburn · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–1
2nd period
🐧 Jordan Staal PP 2nd · 03:30
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · beat Ondrej Pavelec
3–1
🐧 Miroslav Satan PP 2nd · 05:54
Assists: Jeff Taffe, Ruslan Fedotenko · beat Ondrej Pavelec
4–1
🐦 Bryan Little PP 2nd · 07:32
Assists: Todd White, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
4–2
🐧 Philippe Boucher 2nd · 08:04
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Petr Sykora · beat Ondrej Pavelec
5–2
3rd period
🐦 Colby Armstrong 3rd · 14:55
Unassisted · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
5–3
🐧 Evgeni Malkin Empty net 3rd · 19:33
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Rob Scuderi
6–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Staal · Crosby 21:15
L2 Cooke · Satan · Sykora 16:04
L3 Fedotenko · Stone · Wallace 12:00
L4 Taffe · Dupuis · Godard 7:32
D1 Scuderi · Orpik 22:50
D2 Boucher · Goligoski 19:01
D3 Letang · Eaton 17:16
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · White · Perrin 17:30
L2 Kozlov · Little · Reasoner 15:41
L3 Williams · Slater · Crabb 15:15
L4 Boulton · Thorburn · Armstrong 11:30
D1 Hainsey · Enstrom 24:38
D2 Havelid · Oystrick 21:26
D3 Valabik · Lehman 9:42

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT ATL🐦
20 Shots on goal 31
2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
23 Hits 17
15 Blocked shots 5
5 Takeaways 7
5 Giveaways 5
22 Penalty minutes 18
PIT shooting 30.0% (6/20) ATL shooting 9.7% (3/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Ondrej Pavelec
8/13
.615 SV% · 5 GA · 27:57 TOI
Johan Hedberg Shutout
6/6
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 30:47 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-1-3 (43% win rate, 7 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-7-1 (11% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 5–2
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 2–0
Nov 202008 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 3–2 Mar 22008 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 2–3 SO Jan 302008 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 1–4 Jan 122008 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 2–3 SO Nov 242007 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 0–5
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PIT vs ATL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Thrashers on December 18, 2008?

Penguins won 6–3. The final score was Penguins 6, Thrashers 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin (2), Jordan Staal, Matt Cooke, Miroslav Satan, Philippe Boucher.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Bryan Little, Colby Armstrong, Marty Reasoner.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Ondrej Pavelec made 8 saves on 13 shots (.615 save percentage).

What is the Penguins vs Thrashers season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 13 🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI 3–6 AfterDec 20 🍁TOR @ 🐧PIT 7–3
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeDec 16 🐦ATL @ 🏛️OTT 4–1 AfterDec 20 ⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL 3–4
Also on December 18
🍁TOR 5–8 🐻BOS 🎵STL 2–4 🦅WSH 🐆FLA 1–2 🌪️CAR 🔔PHI 2–5 🇨🇦MTL 🏔️COL 2–1 ⚡TBL 🦈SJS 0–6 🐙DET 🧥CBJ 5–6 ⭐DAL 🐯NSH 1–2 🌵PHX
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