Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 29 - 22
PP: 1 of 1 (6 shots), Passing:70/87=80 %, Challenges:53/66=79 %
ATL PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:67/74=90 %, Challenges:19/43=43 %
Attendance: 13155 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 606445 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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12:03 1-0
Thomas Vanek [4] (Evgeny Malkin, Fedor Tyutin)
18:34 2-0
Joffrey Lupul [3] (Thomas Vanek)PP
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27:03 3-0
Evgeny Malkin [4] (Rick Nash, Thomas Vanek)
29:15 3-1 ATL Karel Pilar [1] (Garnet Exelby, Jason Williams)
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50:19 4-1
Rick Nash [5] (Evgeny Malkin, Thomas Vanek)
57:17 4-2 ATL Pavol Demitra [4] (Travis Zajac, Steve Bernier)
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Penalty summary:
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06:54 ATL Jason Williams (2 min for roughing)
06:54
Evgeny Malkin (2 min for roughing)
08:12
Joffrey Lupul (2 min for boarding)
18:06 ATL Garnet Exelby (5 min for spearing)
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33:14 ATL Kris Newbury (5 min for fighting)
33:14
Alexander Svitov (5 min for fighting)
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45:56
Mike Commodore (5 min for fighting)
45:56 ATL Chris Thorburn (5 min for fighting)
59:15
Joffrey Lupul (2 min for high-sticking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jake Hansen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 6.20 6
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.10 6
R Raffi Torres 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -1 19.00 7
R Thomas Vanek 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 21.00 10
C Yanic Perreault 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 10.00 6
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 1 1 3 5 0 9.40 6
C Joffrey Lupul 1 0 3 3 2 0 4 -1 18.10 7
C Evgeny Malkin 1 2 3 3 0 2 2 3 20.50 10
L Stefan Legein 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 6.20 5
L Michael Blunden 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 12.10 6
L Martin Erat 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 20.00 7
L Rick Nash 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 3 20.30 9
D Marc-André Bourdon 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.10 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 0 20.00 7
D Mike Commodore 0 0 2 4 2 4 5 1 25.50 7
D Marc Methot 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 14.30 7
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
D Fedor Tyutin 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jim Slater 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 4.30 4
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 -1 18.00 4
R Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 19.20 5
R Travis Zajac 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 18.50 7
C Kris Newbury 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 -1 4.00 6
C Todd White 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -1 13.10 6
C Jason Williams 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 19.30 4
C Pavol Demitra 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 17.10 7
L Chris Thorburn 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -1 4.10 4
L Éric Perrin 0 0 1 3 3 4 0 -1 15.30 6
L Henrik Sedin 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 20.40 6
L Steve Bernier 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 19.00 7
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 6
D Karel Pilar 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 20.20 7
D Paul Martin 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 26.00 7
D Staffan Kronwall 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -1 13.10 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 0 2 0 1 5 -1 21.20 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Evgeny Malkin
3rd star: Rick Nash
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Michael Blunden had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Fedor Tyutin ended his 7 game point drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
Other notes:
-Kris Newbury beat Alexander Svitov in a fight.
-Chris Thorburn beat Mike Commodore in a fight.