Atlanta Thrashers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Wednesday, January 2, 2008 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5–4 in overtime on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Thrashers 36–14.
Goals came from Vyacheslav Kozlov, Ray Whitney, Ilya Kovalchuk, Mark Recchi, Eric Staal, Andrew Ladd, Bobby Holik, Erik Cole and Marian Hossa.
Johan Hedberg made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 9 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Vyacheslav Kozlov (12)Brad Larsen (3), Niclas Havelid (11)1–003:06 ATL
Ray Whitney (19)Tim Gleason (8), Erik Cole (18)1–103:45 CAR
Ilya Kovalchuk (33)Unassisted2–112:26 ATL ·
2nd period
Mark Recchi (8)Ilya Kovalchuk (22), Todd White (15)3–114:17 ATL
3rd period
Eric Staal (21)Ray Whitney (22), Frantisek Kaberle (9)3–208:10 CAR · 
Andrew Ladd (4)Scott Walker (8), Rod Brind'Amour (21)3–309:29 CAR
Bobby Holik (6)Ilya Kovalchuk (23), Mark Recchi (12)4–314:01 ATL
Erik Cole (9)Frantisek Kaberle (10), Eric Staal (16)4–415:29 CAR ·
Overtime
Marian Hossa (14)Ilya Kovalchuk (24), Toby Enstrom (21)5–404:28 ATL ·
Team stats
ATLCAR
1436
36%64%
2/22/7
1414
2427
257
23
510
Penalties
- 5:59 into the first period
Eric Boulton · hooking2 min - 10:36 into the first period
Frantisek Kaberle · hooking2 min - 16:20 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min
- 3:47 into the second periodIlya Kovalchuk · hooking2 min
- 9:25 into the second periodNiclas Havelid · hooking2 min
- 1:55 into the third periodEric Perrin · holding2 min
- 8:00 into the third periodKen Klee · slashing2 min
- 14:39 into the third periodBobby Holik · slashing2 min
- 3:55 into overtimeGlen Wesley · hooking2 min
- 4:28 into overtimeGlen Wesley · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21:53 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:59 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:19 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:09 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 07:02 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:47 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 26:51 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 11Eric PerrinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 06:46 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:52 |
| 49Colin StuartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:16 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:58 |
| 22Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:26 |
| 77Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | W | 36 | 4 | .889 |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 24:16 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 6 | 20:58 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 22:28 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:20 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:12 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 20:20 |
| 42Tim GleasonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:16 |
| 19Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:34 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:07 |
| 51Jeff HamiltonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:46 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:29 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:47 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:18 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:46 |
| 28Wade BrookbankD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:02 |
| 53Casey BorerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | O | 14 | 5 | .643 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |