Atlanta Thrashers vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 2008 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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4–2

Final

SOG 27–25

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the New York Islanders 4-2 on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Thrashers outshot the Islanders 27-25.

Bryan Little scored twice. Mathieu Schneider, Andy Hilbert, Sean Bergenheim and Colby Armstrong also scored.

Johan Hedberg made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Joey MacDonald stopped 23 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	1	1	2	4	27
NYI	0	1	1	2	25

Scoring

1st period

Mathieu Schneider (3)Boris Valabik (5), Eric Boulton (4)1–008:54 ATL

2nd period

Bryan Little (13)Todd White (19), Vyacheslav Kozlov (14)2–006:38 ATL
Andy Hilbert (8)Richard Park (9), Mark Streit (19)2–116:48 NYI

3rd period

Sean Bergenheim (5)Unassisted2–200:23 NYI · SHG
Bryan Little (14)Ilya Kovalchuk (23), Vyacheslav Kozlov (15)3–207:42 ATL · PPG
Colby Armstrong (9)Ilya Kovalchuk (24), Jason Williams (10)4–219:20 ATL · EN

Team stats

ATLNYI

27Shots on goal25

61%Faceoff %39%

1/3Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes6

25Hits19

25Blocked shots12

11Giveaways11

15Takeaways18

Penalties

1st 12:30Mathieu Schneider · hooking2 min
2nd 00:55Trent Hunter · holding2 min
2nd 19:18Mark Streit · high sticking2 min
3rd 05:24Mathieu Schneider · hooking2 min
3rd 06:39Mike Comrie · slashing2 min
3rd 10:35Eric Boulton · hooking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

10Bryan LittleC	2	0	2	0	4	3	1	0	100	14:00
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	–	15:18
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	2	2	-1	4	0	3	0	–	19:39
12Todd WhiteC	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	75	16:18
14Jason WilliamsC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	46	15:54
20Colby ArmstrongR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	15:19
36Eric BoultonL	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	–	10:26
18Mathieu SchneiderD	1	0	1	+2	1	1	4	4	–	21:11
48Boris ValabikD	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	0	–	13:28
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	14:06
19Marty ReasonerC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	43	16:10
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	+1	1	4	1	0	78	11:55
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	–	13:29
42Joey CrabbR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	100	14:10
6Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	22:56
7Nathan OystrickD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	14:44
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	23:23
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	–	21:34

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG	W	25	23	2	.920	60:00
32Kari LehtonenG		0	0	0	–	–

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

10Richard ParkR	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	52	20:47
11Andy HilbertL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	14:12
20Sean BergenheimL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	11:33
2Mark StreitD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	2	–	25:41
7Trent HunterR	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	–	16:06
12Josh BaileyR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	17	15:25
13Bill GuerinR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	16:28
15Jeff TambelliniL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	–	13:30
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	-1	4	3	0	0	–	16:59
28Tim JackmanR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100	09:45
29Ben WalterC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	57	09:16
57Blake ComeauL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	13:17
89Mike ComrieC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2	22	18:39
14Chris CampoliD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	18:03
17Thomas PockD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	13:22
26Joe CallahanD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	3	0	–	18:06
32Brendan WittD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	21:05
44Freddy MeyerD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	23:50

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Yann DanisG		0	0	0	–	–
35Joey MacDonaldG	L	26	23	3	.885	58:59