Carolina Hurricanes vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Wednesday, March 5, 2008 · Philips Arena

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6–3

Final

SOG 37–24

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-3 on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at Philips Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Thrashers 37-24.

Eric Staal scored twice. Chris Thorburn, Scott Walker, Ryan Bayda, Joe Corvo, Erik Cole, Erik Christensen and Ilya Kovalchuk also scored.

Cam Ward made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 18 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CAR	2	2	2	6	37
ATL	1	1	1	3	24

Scoring

1st period

Chris Thorburn (3)Bobby Holik (14), Ilya Kovalchuk (30)0–104:21 ATL
Scott Walker (8)Frantisek Kaberle (16), Keith Aucoin (6)1–108:12 CAR
Ryan Bayda (3)Scott Walker (16)2–119:06 CAR

2nd period

Joe Corvo (9)Sergei Samsonov (15), Matt Cullen (34)3–100:27 CAR · PPG
Erik Cole (18)Eric Staal (31), Frantisek Kaberle (17)4–110:39 CAR
Erik Christensen (10)Unassisted4–217:09 ATL

3rd period

Eric Staal (32)Erik Cole (25), Trevor Letowski (6)5–203:41 CAR
Ilya Kovalchuk (43)Ken Klee (8), Alexei Zhitnik (5)5–312:17 ATL
Eric Staal (33)Frantisek Kaberle (18)6–318:41 CAR

Team stats

CARATL

37Shots on goal24

44%Faceoff %56%

1/7Power play0/2

6Penalty minutes16

11Hits15

6Blocked shots10

5Giveaways14

10Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 00:57Alexei Zhitnik · hooking2 min
1st 10:12Chris Thorburn · tripping2 min
1st 16:20Tuomo Ruutu · hooking2 min
1st 16:40Mark Recchi · holding2 min
1st 20:00Vyacheslav Kozlov · high sticking2 min
2nd 13:50Joel Kwiatkowski · interference2 min
3rd 00:10Niclas Havelid · interference2 min
3rd 07:37Frantisek Kaberle · hooking2 min
3rd 14:15Eric Perrin · roughing2 min
3rd 14:15Keith Aucoin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 19:13Erik Christensen · high sticking2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

12Eric StaalC	2	1	3	+1	6	0	0	0	42	21:39
5Frantisek KaberleD	0	3	3	+3	0	1	0	2	–	17:05
24Scott WalkerR	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	0	–	17:00
26Erik ColeL	1	1	2	-1	5	1	0	0	–	21:28
8Matt CullenC	0	1	1	-1	1	1	1	0	57	20:30
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	–	16:44
18Ryan BaydaL	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	0	–	14:59
19Trevor LetowskiR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	62	12:16
37Keith AucoinC	0	1	1	+2	6	1	0	2	33	16:37
77Joe CorvoD	1	0	1	+3	2	0	0	0	–	18:37
15Tuomo RuutuL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	–	16:15
44Patrick EavesR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	0	–	12:28
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	16:17
6Bret HedicanD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	–	20:16
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	15:49
28Wade BrookbankD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:14
38Tim ConboyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:25
42Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	21:21

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cam WardG	W	24	21	3	.875	60:00
47John GrahameG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

17Ilya KovalchukL	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	100	23:09
9Erik ChristensenC	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	2	71	12:47
16Bobby HolikC	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	74	12:28
27Chris ThorburnR	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	–	09:19
22Ken KleeD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	–	19:42
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	–	15:50
8Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	2	–	18:51
10Bryan LittleC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	35	18:00
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	100	15:27
12Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	25	12:48
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	100	10:23
19Colby ArmstrongR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	17:49
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	–	11:54
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:55
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	0	–	21:33
3Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	0	0	-1	5	1	1	2	–	15:40
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	–	21:41
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	23:37

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		15	13	2	.867	26:14
32Kari LehtonenG	L	22	18	4	.818	33:39