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9/12/2008
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Atlanta Thrashers 5 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 20 - 35
ATL PP: 2 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:58/74=78 %, Challenges:23/36=62 %
PP: 1 of 10 (21 shots), Passing:65/82=79 %, Challenges:41/43=93 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 859189 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:27 1-0 ATL Niclas Hävelid [3] (Slava Kozlov, Kari Lehtonen)
19:08 1-1
Éric Bélanger [8] (Tyler Arnason, Mark Parrish)
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25:12 1-2
Colton Gillies [3] (Antti Miettinen, Jordan Leopold)
27:02 2-2 ATL Niclas Hävelid [4] (Slava Kozlov, Jeff Carter)PP
29:49 3-2 ATL Éric Perrin [4] (Darren Haydar, Ron Hainsey)PP
32:04 3-3
Mark Parrish [12] (Éric Bélanger, Kim Johnsson)PP
36:32 4-3 ATL Jim Slater [6] (Niclas Hävelid, Tobias Enström)
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47:35 5-3 ATL Erik Christensen [8] (Colby Armstrong, Todd White)
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Penalty summary:
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02:13 ATL Colby Armstrong (2 min for tripping)
07:52 ATL Erik Christensen (2 min for holding the stick)
11:54
Jordan Leopold (2 min for tripping)
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26:16
Marian Gaborik (2 min for tripping)
28:06
Antti Miettinen (2 min for slashing)
31:08 ATL Garnet Exelby (2 min for cross-checking)
33:55 ATL Niclas Hävelid (2 min for tripping)
36:54 ATL Steve Rucchin (2 min for tripping)
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41:29 ATL Jeff Carter (2 min for high-sticking)
50:07 ATL Angelo Esposito (2 min for tripping)
51:12 ATL Garnet Exelby (2 min for roughing)
56:05 ATL Ron Hainsey (2 min for tripping)
58:16 ATL Garnet Exelby (2 min for elbowing)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jim Slater 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 18.40 9
R Darren Haydar 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.30 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 15.40 8
R Jeff Carter 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 21.10 8
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 8.50 6
C Jason Krog 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 5
C Todd White 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 9.20 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 20.20 6
L James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8.50 5
L Éric Perrin 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 14.30 6
L Erik Christensen 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 5.20 7
L Slava Kozlov 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 7
D Tobias Enström 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 21.10 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 19.10 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 29.30 7
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 15.20 5
D Boris Valabik 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
D Niclas Hävelid 2 1 5 1 2 0 2 1 28.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 1 32 0 0 60.00 9
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Alexei Cherepanov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 7
R Lars Eller 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 17.40 5
R Mark Parrish 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 7
R Marek Svatos 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 20.30 8
R Owen Nolan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 6
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 8 3 0 3 0 0 22.50 8
L Éric Bélanger 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 20.50 6
C Colton Gillies 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.00 7
L Antti Miettinen 0 1 0 3 0 4 2 0 15.50 8
C Tyler Arnason 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 7
L Marian Gaborik 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 -2 20.30 7
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.40 6
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7.20 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 24.30 7
D Jordan Leopold 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 16.10 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.20 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 25.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 11 0 0 36.30 4
G Josh Harding 1 0 4 0 0 23.10 5
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Niclas Hävelid
2nd star: Jim Slater
3rd star: Colby Armstrong
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Éric Perrin finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Mark Parrish notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Éric Bélanger notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Marek Svatos had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Éric Bélanger ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Colton Gillies ended his 8 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 1( 25) , Houston Aeros 2(
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0-1 HOU Corey Locke (Jesse Schultz, Paul Albers)
1-1
Brian Sipotz (Jordan LaVallee)
1-2 HOU Jesse Schultz (Roman Voloshenko, Alexander Edler)
Goalies: Ondrej Pavelec - Anton Khudobin