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6/3/2007
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Atlanta Thrashers 9 , Columbus Blue Jackets 0
Shots: 24 - 21
PP: 2 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:70/84=83 %, Challenges:32/43=72 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:61/75=81 %, Challenges:37/42=86 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 501811 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:01 1-0
Vaclav Prospal [23] (Darren Haydar, Marian Hossa)
07:43 2-0
Steve McCarthy [3] (Alexei Zhitnik, Todd White)PP
10:31 3-0
Todd White [18] (Niclas Hävelid, Dick Tärnström)
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20:45 4-0
Vaclav Prospal [24] (Scott Mellanby, Niclas Hävelid)PP
29:02 5-0
Scott Mellanby [16] (Marian Hossa, Kari Lehtonen)SH
37:05 6-0
Steve Rucchin [14] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Filip Kuba)
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42:38 7-0
Ilya Kovalchuk [31] (Steve Rucchin)
49:14 8-0
Darren Haydar [13] (Todd White, Niclas Hävelid)
52:24 9-0
Steve Rucchin [15] (Andrei Nikolishin, Kari Lehtonen)
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Penalty summary:
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04:45
Duvie Westcott (2 min for roughing)
04:45
Marian Hossa (2 min for roughing)
06:14
Vaclav Varada (2 min for hooking)
18:51
Vaclav Varada (2 min for boarding)
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22:31
Scott Mellanby (2 min for cross-checking)
25:28
Rob Niedermayer (2 min for tripping)
27:52
Andy Sutton (2 min for hooking)
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56:16
Ryan Malone (2 min for high-sticking)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Mellanby 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 13.30 8
R Jean-Pierre Vigier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 6
R Darren Haydar 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 3 11.30 7
R Marian Hossa 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 4 19.50 8
C Andrei Nikolishin 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
C Bobby Holik 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 18.40 6
C Todd White 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 16.20 7
C Steve Rucchin 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 16.30 9
L Brad Larsen 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 8.50 4
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 15.00 7
L Vaclav Prospal 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 13.10 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 18.40 9
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 14.30 8
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 17.10 7
D Filip Kuba 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 4 27.00 9
D Steve McCarthy 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 22.40 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 16.40 7
D Dick Tärnström 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 22.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 0 2 21 0 0 60.00 10
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 Alex Korolyuk 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 8.50 5
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 -1 13.10 9
R David Vyborny 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 12.20 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 18.20 7
C Rob Niedermayer 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 -1 10.20 5
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 17.00 6
C Frederic Litalien 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 10.50 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -3 18.20 6
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 2 3 0 2 4 0 12.50 7
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.10 4
L Ryan Malone 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -3 16.20 6
L Patrik Elias 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -3 21.10 8
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 -1 20.20 6
D Darryl Sydor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 13.00 5
D Bryan Berard 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3 25.10 6
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -2 14.00 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 18.00 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -2 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 4 0 7 0 0 20.40 4
G Pascal Leclaire 5 0 8 0 0 39.00 4
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Kari Lehtonen
2nd star: Steve Rucchin
3rd star: Todd White
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Todd White has marked a new career high in assists with 36 assists.
-Ilya Kovalchuk notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Steve Rucchin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Andrei Nikolishin finally ended his 12 game point drought.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Patrik Elias had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 4( 20) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 16)
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0-1 SYR Joakim Lindström (Erik Christensen, Filip Novak)
0-2 SYR Filip Novak (Erik Christensen, Steven Goertzen)
1-2 CHW Brett Sterling (Colin Stuart)
2-2 CHW Jason Krog (Boris Valabik)
3-2 CHW Eric Boulton (Shaun Landolt, Derek MacKenzie)
3-3 SYR Erik Christensen (Joakim Lindström)
4-3 CHW Jordan LaVallee (Martin Kariya)
Goalies: Michael Garnett - Tomas Popperle