New York Islanders vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Thursday, February 28, 2008 · Philips Arena

NY IslandersIslandersAway

5–4

Final/OT

SOG 37–23

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Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-4 in overtime on Thursday, February 28, 2008 at Philips Arena. The Islanders outshot the Thrashers 37-23.

Mike Comrie scored twice. Josef Vasicek, Andy Hilbert, Eric Perrin, Ken Klee, Alexei Zhitnik, Bobby Holik and Trent Hunter also scored.

Rick DiPietro made 19 saves on 23 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 32 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
NYI	2	1	1	1	5	37
ATL	0	3	1	0	4	23

Scoring

1st period

Mike Comrie (19)Rob Davison (1), Radek Martinek (12)1–009:15 NYI
Josef Vasicek (14)Trent Hunter (27)2–011:26 NYI

2nd period

Andy Hilbert (8)Bryan Berard (9), Bill Guerin (17)3–001:02 NYI
Eric Perrin (12)Unassisted3–103:53 ATL · SHG
Ken Klee (1)Colby Armstrong (16), Eric Perrin (26)3–213:46 ATL
Alexei Zhitnik (3)Bobby Holik (13), Bryan Little (7)3–315:00 ATL

3rd period

Mike Comrie (20)Bryan Berard (10)4–303:17 NYI
Bobby Holik (11)Mark Recchi (26), Ken Klee (7)4–418:38 ATL

OT period

Trent Hunter (9)Josef Vasicek (17)5–401:09 NYI

Team stats

NYIATL

37Shots on goal23

46%Faceoff %54%

0/5Power play0/3

10Penalty minutes10

13Hits15

8Blocked shots11

9Giveaways15

9Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 04:18Ken Klee · hooking2 min
1st 04:58Sean Bergenheim · holding2 min
1st 05:46Joel Kwiatkowski · holding2 min
2nd 03:39Niclas Havelid · holding2 min
2nd 04:28Ruslan Fedotenko · hooking2 min
2nd 17:12Mark Recchi · hooking2 min
2nd 18:33Bryan Berard · holding2 min
2nd 19:03Alexei Zhitnik · interference2 min
3rd 07:16Rob Davison · roughing2 min
3rd 12:39Josef Vasicek · interference2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

7Trent HunterR	1	1	2	+1	2	3	1	0	–	18:06
63Josef VasicekC	1	1	2	+1	5	0	0	2	43	20:04
89Mike ComrieC	2	0	2	+2	7	0	1	0	38	22:26
4Bryan BerardD	0	2	2	+2	1	2	1	2	–	17:21
11Andy HilbertL	1	0	1	+3	1	0	0	0	100	14:03
13Bill GuerinR	0	1	1	+2	5	0	0	0	–	17:51
3Rob DavisonD	0	1	1	-1	1	2	1	2	–	19:44
24Radek MartinekD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	–	24:28
10Richard ParkR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	64	16:23
15Jeff TambelliniL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	07:34
20Sean BergenheimL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	–	13:02
26Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	18:30
51Frans NielsenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	04:14
57Blake ComeauL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	07:50
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	–	17:57
2Aaron JohnsonD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	–	12:08
8Bruno GervaisD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	21:01
44Freddy MeyerD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	–	22:18

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Wade DubielewiczG		0	0	0	–	–
39Rick DiPietroG	W	23	19	4	.826	60:45

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

11Eric PerrinC	1	1	2	-2	2	1	0	0	63	18:59
16Bobby HolikC	1	1	2	+3	2	1	1	0	69	15:35
22Ken KleeD	1	1	2	+2	2	0	2	2	–	20:24
8Mark RecchiR	0	1	1	+1	5	1	0	2	33	19:44
10Bryan LittleC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	100	13:49
19Colby ArmstrongR	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	0	–	17:05
77Alexei ZhitnikD	1	0	1	+2	1	2	0	2	–	21:41
9Erik ChristensenC	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	59	18:01
12Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	15:50
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	14:23
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	+1	3	5	0	0	100	23:31
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	08:33
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	06:33
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	05:02
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	15:31
3Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2	–	16:25
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	-3	0	0	3	2	–	19:18
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	24:27

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	O	37	32	5	.865	60:54