January 6, 2009 – Atlanta Thrashers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

January 6, 2009 – 7:38 PM EST
Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
==Background==
===Atlanta Thrashers===
===Pittsburgh Penguins===
Game No.	Record 	PTS	PlaceDivision	PlaceConference
41 	20–17–4	44 	4th, Atlantic	9th, Eastern
==Broadcasting==
===Local TV===
Network 	Play-by-play 	Color commentator	Ice level reporter	Studio host(s)	Studio commentator
SportSouth(Atlanta) 	 	 	 	 	
FSN Pittsburgh(Pittsburgh)	Paul Steigerwald	Bob Errey 	 	 	
===Local Radio===
Flagship station 	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Studio host
WCNN–AM 680(Atlanta) 	 	 	
WXDX–FM 105.9(Pittsburgh)	Mike Lange 	Phil Bourque 	
==Rosters==
 	Atlanta Thrashers	Pittsburgh Penguins
Coach: 	 	Michel Therrien
Assistant Coaches:	 	
Starters: 	 	
 29 - G Marc-Andre Fleury
 43 - D Philippe Boucher
 7 - D Mark Eaton
 24 - LW Matt Cooke
 11 - C Jordan Staal
 25 - C Maxime Talbot
Reserves: 	 	
 4 - D Rob Scuderi
 9 - LW Pascal Dupuis
 17 - RW Petr Sykora (A)
 19 - D Ryan Whitney (A)
 26 - LW Ruslan Fedotenko
 28 - RW Eric Godard
 42 - C Dustin Jeffrey
 44 - D Brooks Orpik
 48 - C Tyler Kennedy
 58 - D Kris Letang
 71 - C Evgeni Malkin
 81 - RW Miroslav Satan
 87 - C Sidney Crosby (C)
Scratches: 	 	
 2 - D Hal Gill
 13 - D Alex Goligoski
 63 - RW Tim Wallace
* Referees: #25 Marc Joannette and #33 Kevin Pollock
* Linesmen: #75 Derek Amell and #89 Steve Miller
==Box Score==
 Final Score 
 Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final
 ATL 0 0 1 0 0/0 1
 PIT 1 2 0 0 0/0 3
===Scoring summary===
Period	Time 	Team	Scoring Information 	Score	Score
Period	Time 	Team	Scoring Information 	ATL 	PIT
1 	17:10	PIT 	Sykora (14) (PPG) Assisted by Whitney (2) and Malkin (46)	0 	1
2 	12:43	PIT 	Sykora (15) Assisted by Malkin (47) 	0 	2
2 	15:41	PIT 	Crosby (16) (PPG) Assisted by Malkin (48) and Whitney (3)	0 	3
===Penalty summary===
Period	Time 	Team	Penalty Information 	PIM	PIM
Period	Time 	Team	Penalty Information 	ATL	PIT
1 	1:27 	PIT 	Fedotenko (Fighting - maj) 	 	5
1 	4:43 	PIT 	Crosby (Hi-sticking - double minor)	 	4
3 	12:28	PIT 	Whitney (Slashing) 	 	2
3 	15:59	PIT 	Letang (Hooking) 	 	2
===Goaltender summary===
Goalie	EV 	PP 	SH 	SAVE–SHOTS	SV% 	PIM	TOI
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Fleury	23–23	4–5	0–0	27–28 	.964	0 	60:00
=== Team Stats ===
Team 	SOG	FO%	PP 	PIM	HITS	BLKS	GVA
Thrashers	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Penguins 	29 	- 	2/6	13 	23 	19 	9
* Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 16,975
Three Stars of the Game
* Petr Sykora, PIT, RW
* Evgeni Malkin, PIT , C
* Marc-Andre Fleury, P, G
==See also==
2008-09 NHL season
Category:2009 in hockey
Category:2008–09 NHL season
Category:Atlanta Thrashers regular season
Category:Pittsburgh Penguins regular season
Category:January 6
Pittsburgh
Category:2009 games