Atlanta Thrashers vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Saturday, March 8, 2008 · BankAtlantic Center
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Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at BankAtlantic Center. The Panthers outshot the Thrashers 43–27.
Brett McLean scored twice. Bryan Little, Ilya Kovalchuk and Nathan Horton also scored.
Tomas Vokoun made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 40 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Little (4)Mark Recchi (27), Erik Christensen (12)1–002:12 ATL ·
Ilya Kovalchuk (45)Mark Recchi (28), Toby Enstrom (33)2–016:53 ATL ·
Brett McLean (12)Jay Bouwmeester (17), Rostislav Olesz (11)2–118:32 FLA ·
2nd period
Brett McLean (13)Jay Bouwmeester (18), Olli Jokinen (35)2–208:40 FLA ·
Overtime
Nathan Horton (23)Rostislav Olesz (12), Olli Jokinen (36)2–304:37 FLA ·
Team stats
ATLFLA
2743
55%45%
2/73/4
1319
2029
157
410
510
Penalties
- 1:34 into the first period
Stephen Weiss · tripping2 min
- 2:16 into the first period
Chris Thorburn · fighting5 min
- 2:16 into the first period
Steve Montador · fighting5 min
- 12:37 into the first period
Steve Montador · roughing2 min
- 16:42 into the first period
Nathan Horton · holding the stick2 min
- 17:07 into the first period
Niclas Havelid · hooking2 min
- 2:03 into the second period
Olli Jokinen · holding the stick2 min
- 7:58 into the second period
Joel Kwiatkowski · hooking2 min
- 15:25 into the second period
Garnet Exelby · interference2 min
- 6:21 into the third period
Cory Murphy · interference2 min
- 9:55 into the third period
Rostislav Olesz · hooking2 min
- 11:53 into the third period
Ville Peltonen · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3:18 into overtime
Ilya Kovalchuk · hooking2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:03 |
| 9Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:57 |
| 10Bryan LittleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:46 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26:03 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30:40 |
| 11Eric PerrinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:38 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 19Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:21 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:59 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:53 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:24 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:11 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:32 |
| 3Joel KwiatkowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:32 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:29 |
| 22Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:14 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | O | 43 | 3 | .930 |
Florida Panthers
| 12Olli JokinenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21:52 |
| 53Brett McLeanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:49 |
| 85Rostislav OleszL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 21:33 |
| 4Jay BouwmeesterD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28:06 |
| 16Nathan HortonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:11 |
| 9Stephen WeissC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:43 |
| 10David BoothL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18:25 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:15 |
| 14Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 18Ville PeltonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:47 |
| 33Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:37 |
| 54Kamil KrepsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:35 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:13 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:27 |
| 6Magnus JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 7Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:01 |
| 21Cory MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 22Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 31Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | – |