🌪️ Away Hurricanes 34-11-4
5–1
Final
🐦 Home Thrashers 23-21-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌪️ CAR 0235
🐦 ATL 0101

Hurricanes at Thrashers

Hurricanes beat Thrashers 5–1 on January 26, 2006.

🗓 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 3–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Bret Hedican
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 21:39 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Niclas Wallin
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 21:58 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Cam Ward
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
2nd period
🌪️ Bret Hedican PP Go-ahead 2nd · 00:50
Assists: Niclas Wallin, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–0
🌪️ Matt Cullen PP 2nd · 13:28
Assists: Oleg Tverdovsky, Eric Staal · beat Kari Lehtonen
2–0
🐦 Patrik Stefan 2nd · 19:01
Assists: Garnet Exelby, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Cam Ward
2–1
3rd period
🌪️ Niclas Wallin 3rd · 00:16
Assists: Bret Hedican, Justin Williams · beat Kari Lehtonen
3–1
🌪️ Craig Adams 3rd · 11:14
Assists: Erik Cole · beat Kari Lehtonen
4–1
🌪️ Ray Whitney PP 3rd · 19:41
Assists: Rod Brind'Amour, Justin Williams · beat Kari Lehtonen
5–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Whitney · Brind'Amour · Williams 22:09
L2 Cole · Staal · Cullen 18:32
L3 Adams · Adams · LaRose 13:37
L4 Ladd · Zigomanis 7:06
D1 Wallin · Hedican 21:48
D2 Kaberle · Tverdovsky 19:39
D3 Wesley · Babchuk 11:14
D4 Hutchinson 5:08
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Savard · Hossa 18:54
L2 Kozlov · Stefan · Vigier 16:19
L3 Larsen · Bondra · Mellanby 11:52
L4 Boulton · Aubin · Slater 9:09
D1 De Vries · Havelid 22:42
D2 Sutton · Modry 20:14
D3 Exelby · Hnidy 14:48

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR ATL🐦
33 Shots on goal 31
3/8 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
13 Hits 27
13 Blocked shots 22
7 Takeaways 17
9 Giveaways 26
13 Penalty minutes 33
CAR shooting 15.2% (5/33) ATL shooting 3.2% (1/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
28/33
.848 SV% · 5 GA · 59:50 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 14-2-2 (78% win rate, 18 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 6-7-3 (38% win rate, 16 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-5-1 (25% win rate, 8 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Hurricanes lead the season series 3–2
Jan 42006 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 3–4 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
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Who won Hurricanes vs Thrashers on January 26, 2006?

Hurricanes won 5–1. The final score was Hurricanes 5, Thrashers 1.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Bret Hedican, Craig Adams, Matt Cullen, Niclas Wallin, Ray Whitney.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Patrik Stefan.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 28 saves on 33 shots (.848 save percentage).

What is the Hurricanes vs Thrashers season series?

Hurricanes lead the season series 3–2 after 5 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeJan 25 🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA 4–3 AfterJan 28 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 1–4
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeJan 24 🐻BOS @ 🐦ATL 3–2 AfterJan 28 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 1–4
Also on January 26
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