Malkin leads Pens past Thrashers

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12/18/2008 - Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Evgeni Malkin finished with two goals and two assists, as the Pittsburgh Penguins doubled up the Atlanta Thrashers, 6-3, at Philips Arena.

Jordan Staal, Matt Cooke, Philippe Boucher and Miroslav Satan each scored once for the Penguins, who won for just the second time in the past six games.

Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury returned to the ice for his first game since suffering an injury November 15 against Buffalo. He made 28 saves in the win.

Bryan Little, Marty Reasoner and Colby Armstrong tallied a goal apiece for the Thrashers, who have lost four of five and 12 of their past 15 overall.

Ondrej Pavelec allowed five goals on 13 shots before being pulled in favor of Johan Hedberg, who stopped all six shots he faced.

Cooke got Pittsburgh on the scoreboard just 5:32 into the contest, and a little more than four minutes later Malkin took a rebound off the end boards, then tucked a backhander in the net by the left post for a 2-0 Penguins advantage.

But Atlanta got within a goal with 38.8 ticks left, when Reasoner tipped in a blast from the right side.

Pittsburgh went back up by two shortly into the second period, when, on the power play, Staal redirected Malkin's point shot at 3:30. Satan added a power- play tally just 2:24 later to make it a 4-1 game.

Little's goal on the man advantage at 7:32 got Atlanta within two goals, but just 32 ticks later, Boucher beat Pavelec, ending the Thrashers goaltender's night.

Hedberg came in and stopped the only two shots he saw for the remainder of the middle period, and with 5:05 left in the game, Armstrong scored off a turnover in the Penguins' defensive zone to get Atlanta within 5-3. But the deficit was too much for the Thrashers to overcome, as with 26.2 ticks left Malkin added an empty-netter to seal the Pittsburgh win.

Game Notes

Pittsburgh snapped a three-game road losing streak...The Penguins are 2-0 this year against Atlanta. They went 2-1-1 against the Thrashers last season...Petr Sykora picked up two assists, as did Sidney Crosby, for Pittsburgh...Malkin recorded his 13th and 14th goals of the season, surpassing Crosby (13) for the team lead for the time being...Atlanta started a three-game homestand, and hosts Tampa Bay on Saturday.

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