• Goaltender: Johan Hedberg
• Captain: Mario Lemieux
• Alternate captains: Alexei Kovalev, Martin Straka.
• 1st Period Scoring: Scoring: Pit, Hrdina (power play) (M Lemieux, A Morozov), 14:20.
• 1st Period Penalties: Pit, McKenna, (Interference) 11:50; Atl, McEachern, (Tripping) 13:40.
• Shots after one period were 10-9 in favor of Atlanta.
• 2nd Period Scoring: Atl, Kovalchuk (S Kozlov, Y Tremblay), 13:15.
• 2nd Period Penalties: Pit, LaCouture, (Fighting) 4:30; Atl, Sutton, (Fighting) 4:30; Pit, Manderville, (Holding) 6:13; Atl, Cowan, (Interference) 10:03; Pit, Tarnstrom, (Hooking) 10:29; Atl, Tamer, (Cross-checking) 18:15.
• Shots after two were 24-16 in favor of Atlanta.
• 3rd Period Scoring: Pit, Kovalev (power play) (D Tarnstrom, M Lemieux), 14:09. Pit, Primeau (D Tarnstrom), 19:10.
• 3rd Period Penalties: Atl, Sutton, (Boarding) 13:35.
• Three Stars of the Game:
  1. Johan Hedberg (36 saves)
  2. Pascal Rheaume, Atl
  3. Mike Weaver, Atl
• Shots on goal: Pittsburgh - 23, Atlanta - 37.
• Power plays: Pittsburgh 2 of 4, Atlanta 0 of 3.
• Goalies: Pittsburgh, Johan Hedberg (37 shots, 36 saves; record: 7-5-3).
  Atlanta, Pasi Nurminen (22 shots, 20 saves; record: 5-4-1).
• Attendance: 17,375 at Philips Arena.
• Scratches: Andrew Ference (IR - hernia), Josef Melichar (shoulder), Michal Rozsival (shoulder) and Randy Robitaille.
• ESPN boxscore: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=221122028

Scoring         1  2  3  T 
Penguins        1  0  2  3 
Thrashers	0  1  0  1

Shots on goal   1  2  3  T 
Penguins        9  7  7 23
Thrashers      10 14 13 37