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Struggling Penguins to face lowly Thrashers
Jan 30, 2008 - 2:53 PM Pittsburgh (28-18-4) at Atlanta (23-25-4) 7:00 pm ESTATLANTA (Ticker) - Despite being without their captain, the Pittsburgh Penguins have yet to suffer much of a scoring slump.
The Penguins will look to win two in a row when they visit the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday.
Sidney Crosby has missed Pittsburgh's past four games after sustaining a high ankle sprain, and the team has gone 2-1-1 with 14 goals in his absence. A win on Wednesday would vault the club into first place in the Atlantic Division.
The Penguins got a pair of goals from Ryan Malone in a 4-2 victory on Tuesday over the New Jersey Devils, which pushed them into second place in the division, one point shy of the Flyers (28-16-5).
Crosby is expected to miss at least the next six weeks, and All-Star Evgeni Malkin and second-year center Jordan Staal will have to combine with Malone to make up for the loss of the reigning Art Ross Trophy winner.
The Thrashers are trying to snap a five-game slide which has seen them get outscored 23-6. The worst defensive team in the NHL, Atlanta has yielded a league-high 175 tallies.
Top scorer Ilya Kovalchuk, who sat out Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Rangers while serving a one-game suspension, has gone five games without scoring a goal and four games without putting a point on the board.
The teams have split two meetings this season, with the Penguins claiming a 5-0 victory on November 24 and the Thrashers scraping by, 3-2, in a shootout on January 12.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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PITTSBURGH 0 0 1 1
ATLANTA 2 0 2 4 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: ATL - BOBBY HOLIK 9 (CHRIS THORBURN, ERIC BOULTON) 7:08
ATL - (PP) ILYA KOVALCHUK 38 (STEVE MCCARTHY, MARIAN HOSSA)
16:42
2ND PRD: NONE
3RD PRD: ATL - (SH) ERIC PERRIN 9 (UNASSISTED) 1:32
ATL - JIM SLATER 1 (MARK REC
Jan 30 9:37 PM - NHL
PITTSBURGH 1
ATLANTA 4
3RD PRD: PIT - RYAN WHITNEY 9 (ERIK CHRISTENSEN, MAXIME TALBOT) 8:42
Penguins vs. ThrashersJan 30 9:20 PM - NHL
PITTSBURGH 0
ATLANTA 4
3RD PRD: ATL - JIM SLATER 1 (MARK RECCHI) 3:46
Penguins vs. ThrashersJan 30 9:09 PM - NHL
PITTSBURGH 0
ATLANTA 3
3RD PRD: ATL - (SH) ERIC PERRIN 9 (TOBIAS ENSTROM) 1:32
Penguins vs. ThrashersJan 30 9:06 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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PITTSBURGH 0 0 0
ATLANTA 2 0 2 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: ATL - BOBBY HOLIK 9 (CHRIS THORBURN, ERIC BOULTON) 7:08
ATL - (PP) ILYA KOVALCHUK 38 (STEVE MCCARTHY, MARIAN HOSSA)
16:42
2ND PRD: NONE
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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PIT
Jan 30 8:45 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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PITTSBURGH 0 0
ATLANTA 2 2 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: ATL - BOBBY HOLIK 9 (CHRIS THORBURN, ERIC BOULTON) 7:08
ATL - (PP) ILYA KOVALCHUK 38 (STEVE MCCARTHY, MARIAN HOSSA)
16:42
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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PIT 9
Jan 30 7:43 PM - NHL
PITTSBURGH 0
ATLANTA 2
1ST PRD: ATL - (PP) ILYA KOVALCHUK 38 (STEVE MCCARTHY, MARIAN HOSSA)
16:42
Penguins vs. ThrashersJan 30 7:38 PM - NHL
PITTSBURGH 0
ATLANTA 1
1ST PRD: ATL - BOBBY HOLIK 9 (CHRIS THORBURN, ERIC BOULTON) 7:08
Penguins vs. ThrashersJan 30 7:19 PM
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