December 18, 2008 – Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Atlanta Thrashers

December 18, 2008 – 7:08 PM EST
Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
==Background==
===Pittsburgh Penguins===
Game No.	Record 	PTS	PlaceDivision	PlaceConference
31 	17–10–4	38 	3rd, Atlantic	6th, Eastern
===Atlanta Thrashers===
==Broadcasting==
===Local TV===
Network 	Play-by-play 	Color commentator	Ice level reporter	Studio host(s)	Studio commentator
FSN Pittsburgh(Pittsburgh)	Paul Steigerwald	Bob Errey 	 	 	
SportSouth(Atlanta) 	 	 	 	 	
===Local Radio===
Flagship station 	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Studio host
WXDX–FM 105.9(Pittsburgh)	Mike Lange 	Phil Bourque 	
WCNN–AM 680(Atlanta) 	 	 	
==Rosters==
 	Pittsburgh Penguins	Atlanta Thrashers
Coach: 	Michel Therrien 	
Assistant Coaches:	 	
Starters: 	
 29 - G Marc-Andre Fleury
 43 - D Philippe Boucher
 13 - D Alex Goligoski
 24 - LW Matt Cooke (A)
 63 - RW Tim Wallace
 11 - C Jordan Staal (A)	
Reserves: 	
 4 - D Rob Scuderi
 7 - D Mark Eaton
 9 - LW Pascal Dupuis
 17 - RW Petr Sykora
 22 - LW Jeff Taffe
 26 - LW Ruslan Fedotenko
 28 - RW Eric Godard
 33 - C Ryan Stone
 44 - D Brooks Orpik
 58 - D Kris Letang
 71 - C Evgeni Malkin
 81 - RW Miroslav Satan
 87 - C Sidney Crosby (C)
 30 - G Dany Sabourin	
Scratches: 	
 15 - C Michael Zigomanis
 25 - C Maxime Talbot	
* Referees: #5 Chris Rooney and #21 Don VanMassenhoven
* Linesmen: #93 Brian Murphy and #70 Derek Nansen
==Box Score==
 Final Score 
 Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final
 PIT 2 3 1 0 0/0 6
 ATL 1 1 1 0 0/0 3
===Scoring summary===
Period	Time 	Team	Scoring Information 	Score	Score
Period	Time 	Team	Scoring Information 	PIT 	ATL
1 	5:32 	PIT 	Cooke (4) Assisted by Wallace (1) and Staal (9) 	1 	0
1 	9:40 	PIT 	Malkin (13) Assisted by Sykora (14) 	2 	0
2 	3:30 	PIT 	Staal (11) (PPG) Assisted by Malkin (38) and Crosby (32)	3 	1
2 	5:54 	PIT 	Satan (12) (PPG) Assisted by Taffe (2) and Fedotenko (8)	4 	1
2 	8:04 	PIT 	Boucher (2) Assisted by Malkin (39) and Sykora (15) 	5 	2
3 	19:33	PIT 	Malkin (14) Assisted by Crosby (33) and Scuderi (8) 	6 	3
===Penalty summary===
Period	Time 	Team	Penalty Information 	PIM	PIM
Period	Time 	Team	Penalty Information 	PIT	ATL
1 	15:24	PIT 	Fedotenko (Boarding)	2 	
1 	19:21	PIT 	Orpik (Roughing) 	2 	
1 	19:21	PIT 	Crosby (Roughing) 	2 	
2 	7:19 	PIT 	Eaton (Hooking) 	2 	
2 	10:30	PIT 	Cooke (Hi-sticking) 	2 	
3 	2:52 	PIT 	Godard (Misconduct) 	10 	
3 	8:17 	PIT 	Malkin (Roughing) 	2 	
===Goaltender summary===
Goalie	EV 	PP 	SH 	SAVE–SHOTS	SV% 	PIM	TOI
Fleury	25–27	2–3	1–1	28–31 	.903	0 	60:00
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
=== Team Stats ===
Team 	SOG	FO%	PP 	PIM	HITS	BLKS	GVA
Penguins 	20 	- 	2/3	22 	23 	15 	5
Thrashers	 	 	 	 	 	 	
* Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 15,124
Three Stars of the Game
* Evgeni Malkin, PIT, C
* Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT, G
* Jordan Staal, PIT, C
==See also==
2008-09 NHL season
Category:2008 in hockey
Category:2008–09 NHL season
Category:Pittsburgh Penguins regular season
Category:Atlanta Thrashers regular season
Category:December 18
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Category:2008 games