Final
Kovalchuk, Thrashers go for fifth straight road win
Nov 24, 2007 - 3:34 PM Atlanta (11-11-0) at Pittsburgh (9-11-2) 7:30 pm ESTPITTSBURGH (Ticker) - The Atlanta Thrashers have not had any road worries lately.
Ilya Kovalchuk will try to help the Thrashers win their fifth consecutive contest away from the Phillips Arena when they visit the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.
Atlanta, which had a four-game winning streak snapped Friday against the New Jersey Devils, have not lost on the road since November 1.
Kovalchuk has a league-leading 19 goals and has helped set up 14 more on the season. He has scored 13 goals in 13 road games.
Despite the production from their young superstars, the Penguins have not gotten off the start they have wanted. The club has gone 3-7-1 during November and has fallen to the cellar of the Atlantic Division.
Twenty-year-old captain Sidney Crosby leads Pittsburgh with 11 goals and 31 points, while Evgeni Malkin is on a 15-game point streak. Malkin has 20 assists and 29 points this season.
- CORRECTION
NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
ATLANTA 0 0 0 0
PITTSBURGH 3 1 1 5 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: PIT - JORDAN STAAL 2 (GARY ROBERTS, TYLER KENNEDY) 3:38
PIT - (PP) RYAN MALONE 7 (SERGEI GONCHAR, KRISTOPHER LETANG)
11:53
PIT - COLBY ARMSTRONG 2 (SIDNEY CROSBY, SERGEI GONCHAR)
15:09
2ND PRD: PIT - (PP
Nov 24 9:55 PM - NHL
ATLANTA 0
PITTSBURGH 5
3RD PRD: PIT - RYAN WHITNEY 4 (GARY ROBERTS, TYLER KENNEDY) 5:01
Thrashers vs. PenguinsNov 24 9:30 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
ATLANTA 0 0 0
PITTSBURGH 3 1 4 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: PIT - JORDAN STAAL 2 (GARY ROBERTS, TYLER KENNEDY) 3:38
PIT - (PP) RYAN MALONE 7 (SERGEI GONCHAR, KRISTOPHER LETANG)
11:53
PIT - COLBY ARMSTRONG 2 (SIDNEY CROSBY, SERGEI GONCHAR)
15:09
2ND PRD: PIT - (PP
Nov 24 9:05 PM - NHL
ATLANTA 0
PITTSBURGH 4
2ND PRD: PIT - (PP) SIDNEY CROSBY 12 (SERGEI GONCHAR, ERIK
CHRISTENSEN) 8:59
Thrashers vs. PenguinsNov 24 8:48 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
ATLANTA 0 0
PITTSBURGH 3 3 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: PIT - JORDAN STAAL 2 (GARY ROBERTS, TYLER KENNEDY) 3:38
PIT - (PP) RYAN MALONE 7 (SIDNEY CROSBY, SERGEI GONCHAR)
11:53
PIT - COLBY ARMSTRONG 2 (SIDNEY CROSBY) 15:09
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD T
Nov 24 8:13 PM - NHL
ATLANTA 0
PITTSBURGH 3
1ST PRD: PIT - COLBY ARMSTRONG 2 (SIDNEY CROSBY) 15:09
Thrashers vs. PenguinsNov 24 8:05 PM - NHL
ATLANTA 0
PITTSBURGH 2
1ST PRD: PIT - (PP) RYAN MALONE 7 (SIDNEY CROSBY, SERGEI GONCHAR)
11:53
Thrashers vs. PenguinsNov 24 8:00 PM - NHL
ATLANTA 0
PITTSBURGH 1
1ST PRD: PIT - JORDAN STAAL 2 (GARY ROBERTS, TYLER KENNEDY) 3:38
Thrashers vs. PenguinsNov 24 7:45 PM
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