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12/9/2007
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Atlanta Thrashers 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 34 - 30
PP: 2 of 8 (18 shots), Passing:70/78=89 %, Challenges:41/48=83 %
PP: 0 of 4 (17 shots), Passing:68/91=74 %, Challenges:36/37=94 %
Attendance: 9258 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 414758 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:11 0-1
Rick Nash [1] (Sergei Fedorov)
12:41 1-1
Niclas Hävelid [1] (Éric Bélanger, Marian Hossa)PP
15:01 1-2
David Vyborny [1] (Alexander Svitov, Rostislav Klesla)
17:06 2-2
Scott Mellanby [2] (Keith Tkachuk, Alexei Zhitnik)
18:44 3-2
Bobby Holik [1] (Keith Tkachuk, Scott Mellanby)PP
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29:38 4-2
Scott Mellanby [3] (Keith Tkachuk, Ilya Kovalchuk)
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44:31 4-3
David Vyborny [2] (Rick Nash, Jason Chimera)
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Penalty summary:
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02:16
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for tripping)
04:21
Steven Goertzen (2 min for holding the stick)
09:07
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for hooking)
10:52
Duvie Westcott (2 min for roughing)
17:46
Duvie Westcott (2 min for high-sticking)
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21:18
Jean-Pierre Vigier (2 min for holding the stick)
23:49
Jason Chimera (2 min for tripping)
29:45
Scott Mellanby (2 min for hooking)
31:48
Garnet Exelby (2 min for tripping)
38:41
Andy Sutton (5 min for fighting)
38:41
Steven Goertzen (5 min for fighting)
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41:32
Jason Chimera (2 min for roughing)
49:59
Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
49:59
Niclas Hävelid (2 min for roughing)
50:51
Bryan Berard (2 min for high-sticking)
54:01
Keith Tkachuk (2 min for roughing)
54:01
Manny Malhotra (2 min for roughing)
57:54
Duvie Westcott (2 min for slashing)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 5.10 5
R Jean-Pierre Vigier 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 8.50 7
R Scott Mellanby 2 1 6 2 0 1 2 2 18.50 10
R Marian Hossa 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 -1 22.20 7
C Jim Slater 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 7.50 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 21.30 7
C Bobby Holik 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 16.40 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.20 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 5.10 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 7
L Keith Tkachuk 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 2 14.00 9
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 -1 21.10 7
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 13.30 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 17.50 7
D Niclas Hävelid 1 0 6 5 0 0 2 -1 27.30 10
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14.50 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 25.00 7
D Greg de Vries 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -3 21.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Petr Pohl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
R Steven Goertzen 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 5.50 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 14.30 7
R David Vyborny 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 17.30 8
C Ben Simon 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.20 6
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 9.10 6
C Alexander Svitov 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 22.00 7
L Jason Chimera 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 0 6.10 8
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 20.20 7
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
L Rick Nash 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 17.30 8
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 20.40 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 14.50 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 29.00 8
D Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 5
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 4 2 0 0 6 -1 18.40 7
D Bryan Berard 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 2 26.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 30 0 0 60.00 7
G Brian Boucher 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Scott Mellanby
2nd star: Keith Tkachuk
3rd star: David Vyborny
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
Other notes:
-Andy Sutton beat Steven Goertzen in a fight.