🐦 Away Thrashers 32-38-8
1–7
Final
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 41-30-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐦 ATL 0101
🌪️ CAR 2237

Thrashers at Hurricanes

Hurricanes beat Thrashers 7–1 at PNC Arena on March 28, 2008.

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 2007-08 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 6–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Eric Staal
1 G, 2 A
12 shots · 19:47 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Jeff Hamilton
2 G
2 shots · 12:31 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Tuomo Ruutu
2 G
2 shots · 17:14 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Eric Staal Go-ahead 1st · 00:42
Assists: Erik Cole, Sergei Samsonov · beat Johan Hedberg
0–1
🌪️ Jeff Hamilton PP 1st · 06:14
Assists: Joe Corvo, Eric Staal · beat Johan Hedberg
0–2
2nd period
🌪️ Joe Corvo PP 2nd · 05:29
Assists: Erik Cole, Eric Staal · beat Johan Hedberg
0–3
🌪️ Tuomo Ruutu PP 2nd · 07:50
Assists: Trevor Letowski, Keith Aucoin · beat Johan Hedberg
0–4
🐦 Jim Slater SH 2nd · 16:53
Assists: Colby Armstrong · beat Cam Ward
1–4
3rd period
🌪️ Tuomo Ruutu PP 3rd · 10:09
Assists: Scott Walker, Frantisek Kaberle · beat Johan Hedberg
1–5
🌪️ Trevor Letowski SH 3rd · 13:33
Assists: Chad LaRose, Tim Gleason · beat Johan Hedberg
1–6
🌪️ Jeff Hamilton PP 3rd · 17:51
Assists: Frantisek Kaberle, Tim Gleason · beat Johan Hedberg
1–7

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Perrin · Recchi 19:08
L2 Kozlov · Little · Armstrong 15:50
L3 Holik · Slater · White 13:58
L4 Larsen · Boulton · Thorburn 8:44
D1 Enstrom · McCarthy 19:36
D2 Exelby · Valabik 18:04
D3 Kwiatkowski · Havelid 16:16
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Cole · Staal · Walker 19:06
L2 Ruutu · Samsonov · Letowski 17:14
L3 Bayda · Aucoin · Hamilton 13:26
L4 Jensen · LaRose 9:04
D1 Gleason · Wallin 23:24
D2 Corvo · Kaberle 20:51
D3 Wesley · Brookbank 12:52
D4 Hedican 2:51

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL CAR🌪️
26 Shots on goal 35
0/8 Power play (goals / chances) 5/11
19 Hits 16
19 Blocked shots 10
8 Takeaways 5
1 Giveaways 6
72 Penalty minutes 43
ATL shooting 3.8% (1/26) CAR shooting 20.0% (7/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Johan Hedberg
28/35
.800 SV% · 7 GA · 59:39 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
25/26
.962 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-7-1 (11% win rate, 9 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 6-2 (75% win rate, 8 games)
After 2nd — 1–4
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Hurricanes lead the season series 6–2
Mar 192008 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 5–3 Mar 52008 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 6–3 Feb 212008 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 3–5 Jan 42008 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 4–3 Jan 22008 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 5–4 OT
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Who won Thrashers vs Hurricanes on March 28, 2008?

Hurricanes won 7–1. The final score was Thrashers 1, Hurricanes 7.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Jim Slater.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Jeff Hamilton (2), Tuomo Ruutu (2), Eric Staal, Joe Corvo, Trevor Letowski.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 28 saves on 35 shots (.800 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 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?

Hurricanes lead the season series 6–2 after 8 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeMar 27 🐦ATL @ 🐆FLA 3–2 AfterMar 31 🐦ATL @ ⚡TBL 2–0
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeMar 25 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–2 AfterMar 29 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 1–2
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