March 17, 2009 – Atlanta Thrashers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

March 17, 2009 – 7:38 PM EDT
Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
==Background==
===Atlanta Thrashers===
===Pittsburgh Penguins===
Game No.	Record 	PTS	PlaceDivision	PlaceConference
72 	38–26–8	84 	2nd, Atlantic	4th, 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: 	 	Dan Bylsma
Assistant Coaches:	 	
Starters: 	 	
 29 - G Marc-Andre Fleury
 2 - D Hal Gill
 4 - D Rob Scuderi
 26 - LW Ruslan Fedotenko
 17 - RW Petr Sykora
 71 - C Evgeni Malkin (A)
Reserves: 	 	
 7 - D Mark Eaton
 9 - LW Pascal Dupuis
 11 - C Jordan Staal
 13 - RW Bill Guerin
 14 - LW Chris Kunitz
 24 - LW Matt Cooke
 25 - C Maxime Talbot
 28 - RW Eric Godard
 44 - D Brooks Orpik
 48 - C Tyler Kennedy
 55 - D Sergei Gonchar (A)
 58 - D Kris Letang
 87 - C Sidney Crosby (C)
 32 - G Mathieu Garon
Scratches: 	 	
 32 - RW Craig Adams
* Referees: #42 Dan O'Rourke and #45 Justin StPierre
* Linesmen: #67 Pierre Champoux and #66 Darren Gibbs
==Box Score==
 Final Score 
 Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final
 ATL 1 1 0 0 0/0 2
 PIT 2 3 1 0 0/0 6
===Scoring summary===
Period	Time 	Team	Scoring Information 	Score	Score
Period	Time 	Team	Scoring Information 	ATL 	PIT
1 	9:03 	PIT 	Gonchar (6) (PPG) Assisted by Guerin (27) and Malkin (68)	1 	1
1 	19:34	PIT 	Kunitz (22) (PPG) Assisted by Crosby (64) and Malkin (69)	1 	2
2 	2:47 	PIT 	Staal (20) Assisted by Kennedy (15) and Letang (19) 	1 	3
2 	12:25	PIT 	Malkin (31) Assisted by Gonchar (6) and Letang (20) 	1 	4
2 	13:08	PIT 	Malkin (32) (PPG) Assisted by Gonchar (7) and Crosby (65)	1 	5
3 	7:47 	PIT 	Eaton (3) Assisted by Gonchar (8) and Malkin (70) 	2 	6
===Penalty summary===
Period	Time 	Team	Penalty Information 	PIM	PIM
Period	Time 	Team	Penalty Information 	ATL	PIT
1 	10:02	PIT 	Cooke (Interference) 	 	2
1 	13:00	PIT 	Guerin (Roughing) 	 	2
2 	3:25 	PIT 	Kennedy (Holding) 	 	2
2 	10:31	PIT 	Cooke (Tripping) 	 	2
3 	5:37 	PIT 	Eaton (Roughing) 	 	2
3 	8:30 	PIT 	Eaton (Hooking) 	 	2
3 	15:44	PIT 	Godard (Fighting - maj)	 	5
3 	15:44	PIT 	Talbot (Roughing) 	 	2
3 	15:44	PIT 	Talbot (Misconduct) 	 	10
3 	16:56	PIT 	Crosby (Roughing) 	 	2
===Goaltender summary===
Goalie	EV 	PP 	SH 	SAVE–SHOTS	SV% 	PIM	TOI
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Fleury	12–14	4–4	2–2	18–20 	.900	0 	60:00
=== Team Stats ===
Team 	SOG	FO%	PP 	PIM	HITS	BLKS	GVA
Thrashers	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Penguins 	31 	- 	3/7	31 	16 	18 	4
* Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 17,088
Three Stars of the Game
* Evgeni Malkin, PIT, C
* Sergei Gonchar, PIT, D
* Sidney Crosby, PIT, C
==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:March 17
Pittsburgh
Category:2009 games