Game 44 Preview: Penguins At Thrashers

Matt Bodenschatz | Pittsburgh Penguins

Jan 12, 02:58 PM | Hype this story!

7:00 @ Philips Arena
FSN Pittsburgh, None (Atlanta)
Season Score: First matchup
 
Inside The Game
Jordan Staal had his best offensive game of the year Thursday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning and Ty Conklin simply did more of the same.  Now, tonight, the Pittsburgh Penguins will look to make it nine in a row and continue to get key performances from unexpected sources.

The Atlanta Thrashers haven’t exactly been the model team this year, despite having some world-class players in Illya Kovalchuk and Marian Hossa.  Like the Lightning, though, they have the ability to win any game they play simply because of their offensive dynamite.

As was the case Thursday night, tonight’s game should be a relatively-close game for the most part.  With that being said, I have no interest in predicting the final outcome as the team has done quite well since I eliminated that portion of the game day notes (upon nudging from Mike Adams).

Don’t expect a game recap tonight, though I may put some stats up in the morning…
 
Standings
  GP W L OT Pts Division Conference League
Penguins 43 25 16 2 52 2, Atlantic 4, Eastern 6, NHL
Thrashers 45 21 22 2 44 2, Southeast 10, Eastern 22, NHL
                 
Team Stats
  GF GA PP% PK% Home Away L 10 Streak
Penguins 127 116 18.9 80.9 12-8-2 13-8-0 9-1-0 8 wins
Thrashers 127 149 17.0 78.0 11-11-1 10-11-1 4-5-1 2 losses
                 
Team Leaders
Stat # Penguins Stat # Thrashers
Goals 20 Malkin Goals 36 Kovalchuk
Assists 41 Crosby Assists 25 Kovalchuk
Points 59 Crosby Points 61 Kovalchuk
PIMs 68 Malone PIMs 57 Throburn
Wins 9 Conklin/Fleury Wins 11 Hedberg
 
Injuries
Penguins Injury Thrashers Injury
Christensen, DTD
Kennedy, DTD
Roberts, IR
Eaton, IR
Fleury, IR
Talbot, IR		 Flu
Flu
Broken Fibula
Torn ACL
High Ankle Sprain
High Ankle Sprain		 McCarthy, DTD
Rucchin, IR



 		 Strained Oblique
Post-concussion



 
       
Note: Info up-to-date as of 2:00 pm, Saturday, January 12, 2008.

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