Columbus Blue Jackets 4 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 28 - 21
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:59/73=80 %, Challenges:35/47=72 %
PP: 0 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:69/87=79 %, Challenges:33/39=82 %
Attendance: 18136 of 18136 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 614810 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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09:48 1-0
Éric Chouinard [2] (Kim Johnsson, Mike Mottau)
12:03 1-1
Kyle Calder [16] (Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Merlin Allen)
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31:44 2-1
Martin Erat [13] (Mike Knuble, Jamal Mayers)
38:37 3-1
Martin St. Louis [21] (Mikko Koivu, Andrew Alberts)
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45:24 3-2
Derek Roy [9] (Corey Perry, Andrew Cogliano)
49:47 4-2
Mike Knuble [10] (Martin Erat, Nick Boynton)
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Penalty summary:
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12:41
Yann Sauve (2 min for slashing)
15:38
Saku Koivu (2 min for boarding)
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25:05
Andy Sutton (2 min for hooking)
27:51
Maxim Kondratiev (2 min for diving)
33:26
Andy Sutton (2 min for tripping)
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41:04
Andrew Cogliano (2 min for hooking)
51:03
Andy Sutton (5 min for fighting)
51:03
Stefan Ruzicka (5 min for fighting)
59:56
Pavel Vorobiev (2 min for tripping)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamal Mayers 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 14.30 7
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 10.50 6
R Mikko Koivu 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 19.20 8
R Mike Knuble 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
C Jakub Klepis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 6
C Mike York 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.30 5
C Saku Koivu 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 16.20 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.50 7
L Éric Chouinard 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10.20 6
L Marcus Nilson 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
L Martin St. Louis 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 14.30 9
L Martin Erat 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 18.10 8
D Maxim Kondratiev 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11.50 5
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 1 13.20 7
D Nick Boynton 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 1 24.10 8
D Mike Mottau 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.30 6
D Andrew Alberts 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 27.40 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 27.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Carey Price 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G David Aebischer 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -1 4.40 4
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.00 6
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 20.30 6
R Corey Perry 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 -1 19.40 9
C Jared Aulin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.10 5
C T.J. Hensick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 5
C Logan MacMillan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 6
C Derek Roy 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.10 5
L Steve Ott 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 8.00 5
L Carl Söderberg 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15.30 6
L Kyle Calder 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 20.40 8
L Andrew Cogliano 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 -2 18.00 7
D Yann Sauve 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13.40 5
D Merlin Allen 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 17.50 6
D Jack Johnson 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 19.50 7
D Scott Hannan 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 17.20 5
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 25.50 6
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 -1 25.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Hannu Toivonen 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Marek Schwarz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Knuble
2nd star: Martin St. Louis
3rd star: Martin Erat
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Kim Johnsson notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Andrew Alberts notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mike Knuble scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jamal Mayers ended his 9 game point drought.
-Saku Koivu had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Éric Chouinard finally ended his 37 game goal drought.
-Éric Chouinard finally ended his 21 game point drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Derek Roy ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Merlin Allen ended his 9 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Andy Sutton beat Stefan Ruzicka in a fight.
Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 6( 42) , Chicago Wolves 0( 7)
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1-0 SYR Konstantin Pushkarev (Shane O'Brien, Ben Ondrus)
2-0 SYR Ben Ondrus (Konstantin Pushkarev)
3-0 SYR Simon Lacroix (Konstantin Pushkarev, Patrik Berglund)
4-0 SYR Tuomas Pihlman (Nick Tarnasky)
5-0 SYR Shane O'Brien (Marek Zagrapan)
6-0 SYR Tim Brent (Tuomas Pihlman)