🐦 Away Thrashers 19-20-1
5–4
Final / OT
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 20-18-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🐦 ATL 21115
🌪️ CAR 10304

Thrashers at Hurricanes

Thrashers beat Hurricanes 5–4 in overtime at PNC Arena on January 2, 2008.

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 2007-08 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
1 G, 3 A
1 shots · 21:53 TOI
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Mark Recchi
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 19:25 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Johan Hedberg
32 saves
0.889 SV% · 4 GA

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Vyacheslav Kozlov Go-ahead 1st · 03:06
Assists: Brad Larsen, Niclas Havelid · beat Cam Ward
1–0
🌪️ Ray Whitney Tying 1st · 03:45
Assists: Tim Gleason, Erik Cole · beat Johan Hedberg
1–1
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:26
Unassisted · beat Cam Ward
2–1
2nd period
🐦 Mark Recchi 2nd · 14:17
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Todd White · beat Cam Ward
3–1
3rd period
🌪️ Eric Staal PP 3rd · 08:10
Assists: Ray Whitney, Frantisek Kaberle · beat Johan Hedberg
3–2
🌪️ Andrew Ladd Tying 3rd · 09:29
Assists: Scott Walker, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Johan Hedberg
3–3
🐦 Bobby Holik Go-ahead 3rd · 14:01
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Mark Recchi · beat Cam Ward
4–3
🌪️ Erik Cole PP Tying 3rd · 15:29
Assists: Frantisek Kaberle, Eric Staal · beat Johan Hedberg
4–4
Overtime
🐦 Marian Hossa PP Go-ahead OT · 04:28
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Toby Enstrom · beat Cam Ward
5–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · White · Hossa 21:53
L2 Perrin · Holik · Recchi 19:25
L3 Kozlov · Stuart · Dupuis 14:58
L4 Larsen · Boulton · Thorburn 6:46
D1 Enstrom · Klee 26:38
D2 Havelid · Zhitnik 21:53
D3 Exelby · McCarthy 14:56
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Cole · Staal · Brind'Amour 23:12
L2 Stillman · Whitney · Walker 20:58
L3 Ladd · Hamilton · LaRose 15:29
L4 Letowski · Adams 9:20
D1 Gleason · Commodore 23:01
D2 Seidenberg · Kaberle 20:27
D3 Borer · Wesley 16:12
D4 Brookbank 1:02

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL CAR🌪️
14 Shots on goal 36
2/2 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
24 Hits 27
25 Blocked shots 7
5 Takeaways 10
2 Giveaways 3
14 Penalty minutes 14
ATL shooting 35.7% (5/14) CAR shooting 11.1% (4/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Johan Hedberg
32/36
.889 SV% · 4 GA · 64:28 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
9/14
.643 SV% · 5 GA · 64:18 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-4 (33% win rate, 6 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Thrashers lead the season series 2–1
Nov 162007 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 3–0 Nov 102007 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 5–3 Apr 62007 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 4–1 Mar 42007 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 1–3 Feb 242007 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 4–1
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❓ ATL vs CAR, answered

Who won Thrashers vs Hurricanes on January 2, 2008?

Thrashers won 5–4 in overtime. The final score was Thrashers 5, Hurricanes 4.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Bobby Holik, Ilya Kovalchuk, Marian Hossa, Mark Recchi, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Andrew Ladd, Eric Staal, Erik Cole, Ray Whitney.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 32 saves on 36 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 9 saves on 14 shots (.643 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?

Thrashers lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeDec 31 🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS 2–5 AfterJan 4 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 4–3
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 31 🏝️NYI @ 🌪️CAR 4–1 AfterJan 4 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 4–3
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