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1/1/2009
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Florida Panthers 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 36 - 26
PP: 2 of 5 (5 shots), Passing:69/77=89 %, Challenges:45/51=86 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:60/77=77 %, Challenges:37/42=86 %
Attendance: 19252 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 964526 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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13:59 1-0
Ville Peltonen [10] (Chad Kilger, Rostislav Olesz)
14:23 1-1
Garnet Exelby [1] (Jim Slater, Tobias Enström)
19:13 2-1
Cory Stillman [7] (Jay Bouwmeester, Nick Boynton)
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30:18 2-2
Colby Armstrong [16] (Nikita Alexeev, Ilya Kovalchuk)
31:37 3-2
Stephen Weiss [11] (Cory Stillman, Nathan Horton)
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49:09 4-2
Cory Stillman [8] (Nathan Horton, Jay Bouwmeester)PP
50:41 4-3
Chris Thorburn [8] (Brett Sterling, Jim Slater)
59:42 5-3
Cory Stillman [9] (Stephen Weiss)PP EN
59:55 6-3
Ville Peltonen [11] (Anthony Stewart) EN
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Penalty summary:
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09:37
Keith Ballard (5 min for fighting)
09:37
Chris Thorburn (5 min for fighting)
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21:49
Garnet Exelby (2 min for roughing)
25:41
Brett Sterling (2 min for tripping)
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44:17
Colby Armstrong (2 min for slashing)
47:24
Tyler McGregor (2 min for elbowing)
50:19
Bryan Allen (5 min for fighting)
50:19
Garnet Exelby (5 min for fighting)
58:59
Slava Kozlov (2 min for slashing)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brett McLean 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 10.00 6
R Richard Zednik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.50 7
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
R Nathan Horton 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 25.40 8
C Kamil Kreps 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 10.00 7
C Anthony Stewart 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.40 7
C Rostislav Olesz 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 7
C Stephen Weiss 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 25.40 9
L David Booth 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 10.00 7
L Ville Peltonen 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.50 9
L Chad Kilger 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 6
L Cory Stillman 3 1 5 0 2 0 0 1 27.40 8
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 12.10 6
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 18.20 6
D Nick Boynton 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 2 28.40 8
D Keith Ballard 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 14.30 6
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 6
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 2 6 5 0 5 0 2 31.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Junior Lessard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 10.10 5
R Chris Thorburn 1 0 5 3 1 3 5 1 25.10 8
R Colby Armstrong 1 0 6 2 1 0 2 -1 24.20 8
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.30 6
C Éric Perrin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.10 6
C Jim Slater 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 22.30 8
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
C Todd White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3.00 5
L Tyler McGregor 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 10.10 5
L Brett Sterling 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 20.20 7
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 -1 18.00 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -1 3.00 6
D Garnet Exelby 1 0 1 2 0 0 7 1 22.10 9
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 21.30 5
D Janne Niinimaa 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 14.10 6
D Tobias Enström 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 24.40 8
D Dan McGillis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 21.10 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -2 16.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 0 0 5 0 0 11.30 7
G Ondrej Pavelec 6 0 25 0 0 47.20 4
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Cory Stillman
2nd star: Ville Peltonen
3rd star: Stephen Weiss
Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Ville Peltonen scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Chad Kilger notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nathan Horton notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Chad Kilger had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Cory Stillman finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Chris Thorburn ended his 8 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Keith Ballard beat Chris Thorburn in a fight.
-Bryan Allen beat Garnet Exelby in a fight.
Farm game result:
Louisville Panthers 5( 20) , Chicago Wolves 2( 14)
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1-0 LOU Noah Welch (Gregory Campbell, Michael Frolík)
2-0 LOU Kenndal McArdle (Jordan Henry)
3-0 LOU Shawn Matthias (Noah Welch, Wade Belak)
3-1 CHW Erik Christensen (Andrew Kozek)
3-2 CHW Bryan Little (Erik Christensen, Andrew Kozek)
4-2 LOU Peter Tsimikalis (Franklin MacDonald)
5-2 LOU Noah Welch (Michael Frolík)
Goalies: Chris Beckford-Tseu - Danny Turple