🐦 Away Thrashers 18-17-6
3–4
Final
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 24-10-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐦 ATL 1203
🌪️ CAR 1214

Thrashers at Hurricanes

Hurricanes beat Thrashers 4–3 at PNC Arena on January 4, 2006.

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Season series tied 2–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Cory Stillman
2 G, 2 A
3 shots · 18:32 TOI
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
2 G
5 shots · 26:23 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Marian Hossa
2 A
2 shots · 24:44 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Erik Cole Go-ahead 1st · 09:08
Assists: Cory Stillman, Frantisek Kaberle · beat Kari Lehtonen
0–1
🐦 Jim Slater Tying 1st · 16:23
Assists: Niclas Havelid, Jean-Pierre Vigier · beat Martin Gerber
1–1
2nd period
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk PP Go-ahead 2nd · 00:21
Assists: Marc Savard, Marian Hossa · beat Martin Gerber
2–1
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk PP 2nd · 03:52
Assists: Marian Hossa · beat Martin Gerber
3–1
🌪️ Andrew Hutchinson PP 2nd · 11:19
Assists: Oleg Tverdovsky, Cory Stillman · beat Kari Lehtonen
3–2
🌪️ Cory Stillman Tying 2nd · 12:51
Assists: Eric Staal · beat Kari Lehtonen
3–3
3rd period
🌪️ Cory Stillman PP Go-ahead 3rd · 07:38
Assists: Matt Cullen, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Kari Lehtonen
3–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Savard · Hossa 25:18
L2 Kozlov · Stefan · Mellanby 16:37
L3 Aubin · Slater · Vigier 10:57
L4 Stewart · Boulton · Petrovicky 6:03
D1 Havelid · Sutton 22:07
D2 Modry · De Vries 20:32
D3 Exelby · Hnidy 11:08
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Brind'Amour · Staal · Williams 25:02
L2 Stillman · Cole · Adams 18:08
L3 Whitney · Cullen · Adams 11:49
L4 Nordgren · LaRose 4:50
D1 Ward · Hedican 25:06
D2 Wallin · Commodore 16:12
D3 Kaberle · Tverdovsky 14:07
D4 Hutchinson 6:47

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL CAR🌪️
26 Shots on goal 22
2/8 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
8 Hits 8
11 Blocked shots 11
9 Takeaways 5
3 Giveaways 14
21 Penalty minutes 33
ATL shooting 11.5% (3/26) CAR shooting 18.2% (4/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
18/22
.818 SV% · 4 GA · 58:50 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Martin Gerber
23/26
.885 SV% · 3 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 5-6-3 (36% win rate, 14 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 10-2-2 (71% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 3–3
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 5-2-4 (45% win rate, 11 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 8-2-1 (73% win rate, 11 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 2–2
Nov 292005 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 4–3 OT Nov 272005 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 5–2 Nov 122005 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 9–0 Mar 152004 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 0–1 OT Mar 122004 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 2–4
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❓ ATL vs CAR, answered

Who won Thrashers vs Hurricanes on January 4, 2006?

Hurricanes won 4–3. The final score was Thrashers 3, Hurricanes 4.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Ilya Kovalchuk (2), Jim Slater.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Cory Stillman (2), Andrew Hutchinson, Erik Cole.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 18 saves on 22 shots (.818 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Martin Gerber made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Thrashers vs Hurricanes season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeJan 2 🏛️OTT @ 🐦ATL 3–8 AfterJan 6 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 4–6
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 31 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 3–5 AfterJan 6 🏝️NYI @ 🌪️CAR 1–4
Also on January 4
🐆FLA 3–4 🏝️NYI 🏛️OTT 3–1 🦅WSH 🐯NSH 4–3 🎵STL 🐋VAN 1–3 ⭐DAL
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