Florida Panthers vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Tuesday, March 3, 2009 · Philips Arena
XM 206 · FS-F · SPSO
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4–3 on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at Philips Arena. The Panthers outshot the Thrashers 34–30.
Michael Frolik scored twice. Colby Armstrong, Jim Slater, Cory Stillman, Richard Zednik and Ilya Kovalchuk also scored.
Tomas Vokoun made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Colby Armstrong (16)Erik Christensen (13), Colin Stuart (2)0–102:19 ATL
Michael Frolik (16)Cory Stillman (24), Stephen Weiss (35)1–103:59 FLA
Jim Slater (6)Chris Thorburn (7), Eric Boulton (8)1–206:38 ATL
2nd period
- Michael Frolik (17)Jay Bouwmeester (21), Stephen Weiss (36)2–202:41 FLA
Cory Stillman (13)Karlis Skrastins (9), Stephen Weiss (37)3–214:51 FLA
Richard Zednik (14)Bryan McCabe (20), Gregory Campbell (16)4–219:10 FLA
3rd period
Ilya Kovalchuk (35)Erik Christensen (14), Toby Enstrom (14)4–317:01 ATL
Team stats
FLAATL
3430
34%66%
0/30/2
46
139
1212
59
93
Penalties
- 19:52 into the first period
Kari Lehtonen · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min - 13:08 into the second periodJim Slater · tripping2 min
- 13:54 into the second period
Nathan Horton · hooking2 min - 5:20 into the third periodKarlis Skrastins · hooking2 min
- 17:36 into the third periodRich Peverley · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 9Stephen WeissC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 16:06 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 16:03 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 15:19 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:18 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 17:19 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 23:59 |
| 4Jay BouwmeesterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26:47 |
| 24Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:19 |
| 13Anthony StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:58 |
| 14Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 16Nathan HortonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 18Ville PeltonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 28Kamil KrepsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:01 |
| 53Brett McLeanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:58 |
| 74Nick TarnaskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:55 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:45 |
| 7Noah WelchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:16 |
| 22Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 31Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 9Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12:30 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 19:54 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:47 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:41 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:44 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 08:45 |
| 49Colin StuartL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:40 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 24:00 |
| 10Bryan LittleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:56 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 16:24 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:37 |
| 19Marty ReasonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:16 |
| 47Rich PeverleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:20 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:43 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:25 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:13 |
| 38Grant LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 48Boris ValabikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |