Game 23 Preview: Penguins Visit Thrashers

Matt Bodenschatz | Pittsburgh Penguins

Nov 21, 12:37 PM | Hype this story!

Pittsburgh Penguins
Series – 0 GP
W L OTL Pts.
0 0 0 0
 
Atlanta Thrashers
Series – 0 GP
Pts. W L OTL
0 0 0 0

2008-09 Record vs. Atlanta: 4-0-0

7:00 at Philips Arena
TV: FSN Pittsburgh (HD)
Radio: WXDX Radio, FM 105.9
Probable Goalies: Fleury (Pit), Hedberg (Atl)

 
Projected Lineups
Penguins:   Thrashers:
  • Fedotenko – Crosby – Malkin
  • Dupuis – Staal – Guerin
  • Cooke – Adams – Talbot
  • Bourque – Rupp – Godard
     
  • Gonchar – Orpik
  • Skoula – Lovejoy
  • Eaton – Engelland
     
  • Fleury
  • Johnson
 
  • Kovalchuk – Antropov – Afinogenov
  • Kozlov – White – Little
  • Kane – Peverley – Armstrong
  • Boulton – Reasoner – Thorburn
     
  • Hainsey – Bogosian
  • Enstrom – Kubina
  • Schubert – Popovic
     
  • Hedberg
    Pavelec
 
Standings
  GP W L OTL Pts Division Conference League
Penguins 22 14 8 0 28 2, Atlantic 4, Eastern 6, NHL
Thrashers 18 10 6 2 22 3, Southeast 11, Eastern 22, NHL
 
Team Statistics
  GF GA PP% PK% Home Away L 10 Streak
Penguins 68 64 13.7 81.6 7-4-0 7-4-0 4-6-0 1 loss
Thrashers 66 54 25.3 83.6 4-4-1 6-2-1 6-3-1 1 loss
 
Team Leaders
Penguins Stat Leader Thrashers Stat Leader
Goals 10 Crosby Goals 13 Kovalchuk
Assists 13 Malkin Assists 15 Peverly
Points 21 Crosby Points 23 Peverly
+/- +11 Goligoski +/- +9 Antropov, Kubina
PIMs 42 McKee PIMs 35 Boulton
 
Goalies
Penguins Fleury Johnson Thrashers Hedberg Pavelec
Games 18 6 Games 7 14
Record 11-7-0 3-1-0 Record 4-1-0 6-5-2
GAA 2.67 3.01 GAA 2.63 2.89
Sv% .899 .897 Sv% .923 .918
SO 0 0 SO 0 1
 
Injuries/Suspensions (full Pens injury report here)
Penguins Injury Status
Goligoski, IR Groin Out until at least early December
Kennedy, IR Groin Out until at least late November
Kunitz, IR Lower Body Out until at least late November
Letang, IR Shoulder Contusion Out until late November
McKee, IR Finger infection Out until at least early December
Orpik, DTD Lower body Probable
Thrashers Injury Status
Lehtonen, IR Back Out until at least late December
     
Note: Info up-to-date as of 11:22 am, Saturday, November 21, 2009.

Comments

  1. Moq

    Nov 21, 12:37 PM

    They’d better be ready tonight or it could get ugly. Atlanta isn’t the same pushover as last year; they are a lot more than just Kovalchuk up front with good defensive pairings and decent goaltending.

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