🐦 Away Thrashers 29-35-6
2–6
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 37-26-8
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐦 ATL 1102
🐧 PIT 2316

Thrashers at Penguins

Penguins beat Thrashers 6–2 at PPG Paints Arena on March 17, 2009.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 4–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
2 G, 3 A
3 shots · 20:12 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sergei Gonchar
1 G, 3 A
5 shots · 23:36 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
2 A
4 shots · 19:42 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Bryan Little Go-ahead 1st · 00:34
Assists: Todd White, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0
🐧 Sergei Gonchar PP Tying 1st · 09:03
Assists: Bill Guerin, Evgeni Malkin · beat Johan Hedberg
1–1
🐧 Chris Kunitz PP Go-ahead 1st · 19:34
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin · beat Johan Hedberg
1–2
2nd period
🐧 Jordan Staal 2nd · 02:47
Assists: Tyler Kennedy, Kris Letang · beat Johan Hedberg
1–3
🐧 Evgeni Malkin 2nd · 12:25
Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Kris Letang · beat Johan Hedberg
1–4
🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP 2nd · 13:08
Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Sidney Crosby · beat Johan Hedberg
1–5
🐦 Eric Boulton 2nd · 13:53
Assists: Chris Thorburn, Eric Perrin · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–5
3rd period
🐧 Mark Eaton 3rd · 07:47
Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin · beat Johan Hedberg
2–6

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kozlov · Peverley · Armstrong 20:16
L2 Sterling · White · Little 17:41
L3 Stuart · Reasoner · Perrin 11:37
L4 Boulton · Machacek · Thorburn 7:37
D1 Enstrom · Salmela 24:18
D2 Oystrick · Exelby 18:12
D3 Valabik · Bogosian 15:37
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Staal 19:42
L2 Kunitz · Cooke · Dupuis 15:16
L3 Kennedy · Guerin · Sykora 12:33
L4 Fedotenko · Talbot · Godard 9:57
D1 Gonchar · Orpik 22:06
D2 Letang · Scuderi 19:26
D3 Eaton · Gill 17:58

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL PIT🐧
20 Shots on goal 31
0/7 Power play (goals / chances) 3/7
40 Hits 16
10 Blocked shots 18
4 Takeaways 8
2 Giveaways 4
41 Penalty minutes 31
ATL shooting 10.0% (2/20) PIT shooting 19.4% (6/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Johan Hedberg
25/31
.806 SV% · 6 GA · 59:56 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
18/20
.900 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-13-1 (7% win rate, 15 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-4-4 (56% win rate, 18 games)
After 2nd — 2–5
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-8 (0% win rate, 8 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 4–0
Jan 62009 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 1–3 Dec 182008 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 6–3 Nov 202008 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 3–2 Mar 22008 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 2–3 SO Jan 302008 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 1–4
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Who won Thrashers vs Penguins on March 17, 2009?

Penguins won 6–2. The final score was Thrashers 2, Penguins 6.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Bryan Little, Eric Boulton.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin (2), Chris Kunitz, Jordan Staal, Mark Eaton, Sergei Gonchar.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 25 saves on 31 shots (.806 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 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?

Penguins lead the season series 4–0 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeMar 16 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 1–5 AfterMar 20 🐙DET @ 🐦ATL 6–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 15 🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT 4–6 AfterMar 20 👑LAK @ 🐧PIT 1–4
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