Carolina Hurricanes vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Wednesday, March 19, 2008 · Philips Arena

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5–3

33–34

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–3 on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Hurricanes 34–33.

Goals came from Trevor Letowski, Sergei Samsonov, Eric Staal, Bryan Little, Joe Jensen, Steve McCarthy, Erik Cole and Vyacheslav Kozlov.

Cam Ward made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 28 of 33.

Goals
CAR	3	1	1	5	33
ATL	0	2	1	3	34

Scoring

1st period

Trevor Letowski (6)Patrick Eaves (10), Tuomo Ruutu (20)1–004:04 CAR
Sergei Samsonov (13)Unassisted2–006:55 CAR
Eric Staal (35)Jeff Hamilton (14)3–013:33 CAR

2nd period

Bryan Little (5)Vyacheslav Kozlov (22), Mark Recchi (31)3–101:56 ATL
Joe Jensen (1)Jeff Hamilton (15), Tim Conboy (5)4–103:35 CAR
Steve McCarthy (1)Chris Thorburn (9), Bobby Holik (18)4–204:56 ATL

3rd period

Erik Cole (21)Eric Staal (40), Sergei Samsonov (20)5–214:51 CAR ·
Vyacheslav Kozlov (17)Bryan Little (9), Mark Recchi (32)5–319:21 ATL

Team stats

CARATL

3334

38%62%

1/30/1

26

913

712

814

710

Penalties

8:55 into the second periodGlen Wesley · hooking2 min
11:54 into the second periodEric Boulton · holding2 min
13:23 into the third periodSteve McCarthy · elbowing2 min
16:31 into the third periodBoris Valabik · hooking2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

12Eric StaalC	1	1	2	+2	6	0	1	0	36	22:10
14Sergei SamsonovL	1	1	2	+1	1	0	3	0	–	19:34
51Jeff HamiltonC	0	2	2	+1	5	1	0	0	50	10:39
15Tuomo RuutuL	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	14:15
19Trevor LetowskiR	1	0	1	−1	2	0	0	0	55	14:30
26Erik ColeL	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	–	18:48
34Joe JensenC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	25	08:53
44Patrick EavesR	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	15:07
38Tim ConboyD	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	–	09:34
18Ryan BaydaL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:14
24Scott WalkerR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:31
37Keith AucoinC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	16:10
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	2	–	15:12
5Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	20:58
6Bret HedicanD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	20:47
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:42
42Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	22:58
77Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	–	22:14

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
30Cam WardG	W	34	31	3	.912	59:44
47John GrahameG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

8Mark RecchiR	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	–	16:24
10Bryan LittleC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	0	54	15:04
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	0	–	15:16
16Bobby HolikC	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	65	15:55
27Chris ThorburnR	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	–	13:41
5Steve McCarthyD	1	0	1	0	2	3	2	2	–	20:25
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	100	17:37
12Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	50	14:05
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	0	–	17:23
19Colby ArmstrongR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	16:52
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	2	0	58	15:31
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	100	09:31
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	–	09:31
3Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	15:57
7Mark PopovicD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	21:43
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	20:39
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	21:34
48Boris ValabikD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	2	2	–	17:55

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	L	33	28	5	.849	59:29
32Kari LehtonenG		0	0	0	–	–