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30/12/2006
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Philadelphia Flyers 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 35 - 27
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:63/82=76 %, Challenges:33/39=82 %
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:66/77=85 %, Challenges:33/42=76 %
Attendance: 19519 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 608993 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:05 1-0
Scottie Upshall [13] (Mike Knuble, Jeff Carter)
12:44 2-0
R.J. Umberger [7] (Scott Hartnell, Mike Rathje)
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29:57 2-1
Darren Haydar [4] (Jean-Pierre Vigier, Steve Rucchin)
30:51 3-1
Mike Knuble [16] (Jeff Carter)
33:22 3-2
Vyacheslav Kozlov [9] (Alexei Zhitnik, Steve McCarthy)PP
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44:33 4-2
Jeff Carter [15] (Lasse Kukkonen, Denis Gauthier)
45:05 5-2
Jeff Carter [16] (Scottie Upshall, Mike Knuble)
47:04 5-3
Bobby Holik [7] (Niclas Hävelid)
49:51 6-3
Mike Richards [8] (Jeff Carter, Mike Knuble)
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Penalty summary:
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24:12
Scott Hartnell (2 min for hooking)
25:18
Braydon Coburn (2 min for cross-checking)
31:32
Lasse Kukkonen (2 min for hooking)
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53:16
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for tripping)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 6
R Dmitry Afanasenkov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.00 7
R Scottie Upshall 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 17.40 9
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 18.10 7
C R.J. Umberger 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.10 6
C Mike Richards 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 19.20 7
C Jeff Carter 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 4 19.20 10
C Daniel Brière 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 18.10 6
L Scott Hartnell 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 1 5.20 7
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 13.00 7
L Mike Knuble 1 3 6 0 1 0 0 4 19.30 10
L Simon Gagné 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 18.10 7
D Ryan Parent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 6
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 4 19.40 8
D Denis Gauthier 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 -1 23.10 8
D Mike Rathje 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 15.00 8
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 3 4 1 1 2 4 22.30 8
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -2 24.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
R Jean-Pierre Vigier 0 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 12.00 5
R Scott Mellanby 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 5
R Marian Hossa 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -4 18.10 7
C Éric Perrin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 14.00 5
C Bobby Holik 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 6
C Todd White 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -4 18.10 4
L Brad Larsen 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 9.30 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.00 6
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 16.10 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 -3 20.20 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 5
D Steve McCarthy 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 21.50 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 1 5 2 2 2 -4 28.40 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 17.50 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 16.10 5
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 22.40 4
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Johan Hedberg 6 0 29 0 0 60.00 4
G Kari Lehtonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jeff Carter
2nd star: Mike Knuble
3rd star: Scottie Upshall
Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Mike Rathje notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jeff Carter scored his 15th goal of the season.
-R.J. Umberger finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Niclas Hävelid notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Darren Haydar finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
-Steve Rucchin finally ended his 14 game point drought.
-Bobby Holik ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Vyacheslav Kozlov ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Alexei Zhitnik ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 3( 15) , Chicago Wolves 2( 21)
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1-0 PHL Jonathan Hedström (Ryan Potulny)
1-1 CHW Adam Smyth (Jason Krog)
2-1 PHL Ben Eager (Jonathan Hedström, Ryan Potulny)
2-2 CHW Jason Krog (Jordan LaVallee, Joey Crabb)
3-2 PHL Ryan Potulny (Alex Picard)
Goalies: Robert Esche - Michael Garnett