🐦 Away Thrashers 2-2-2
3–5
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 4-1-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐦 ATL 1023
🐙 DET 2215

Thrashers at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Thrashers 5–3 at Little Caesars Arena on October 24, 2008.

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Marian Hossa
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · 17:16 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Henrik Zetterberg
2 G
5 shots · 19:00 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Chris Osgood
30 saves
0.909 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Henrik Zetterberg PP Go-ahead 1st · 02:12
Assists: Jiri Hudler, Mikael Samuelsson · beat Kari Lehtonen
0–1
🐦 Jim Slater Tying 1st · 14:35
Assists: Jason Williams · beat Chris Osgood
1–1
🐙 Marian Hossa Go-ahead 1st · 15:42
Assists: Tomas Holmstrom · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–2
2nd period
🐙 Marian Hossa 2nd · 05:29
Assists: Niklas Kronwall, Pavel Datsyuk · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–3
🐙 Henrik Zetterberg 2nd · 06:41
Assists: Johan Franzen, Brian Rafalski · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–4
3rd period
🐦 Ron Hainsey PP 3rd · 04:48
Assists: Bryan Little, Todd White · beat Chris Osgood
2–4
🐦 Brett Sterling 3rd · 16:11
Assists: Erik Christensen, Colby Armstrong · beat Chris Osgood
3–4
🐙 Daniel Cleary Empty net 3rd · 19:24
Assists: Brian Rafalski, Marian Hossa
3–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · White · Little 20:11
L2 Kozlov · Christensen · Armstrong 18:12
L3 Sterling · Williams · Perrin 11:25
L4 Slater · Reasoner · Thorburn 9:15
D1 Hainsey · Havelid 23:19
D2 Enstrom · Schneider 19:18
D3 Exelby · Bogosian 14:51
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Datsyuk · Franzen 18:37
L2 Hossa · Samuelsson · Cleary 15:45
L3 Holmstrom · Filppula · Hudler 12:47
L4 Maltby · Draper · Kopecky 9:03
D1 Rafalski · Lidstrom 24:00
D2 Kronwall · Stuart 19:36
D3 Meech · Lebda 15:24

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL DET🐙
33 Shots on goal 46
1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
18 Hits 6
10 Blocked shots 5
9 Takeaways 10
4 Giveaways 6
8 Penalty minutes 14
ATL shooting 9.1% (3/33) DET shooting 10.9% (5/46)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
41/45
.911 SV% · 4 GA · 59:30 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-1-1 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Red Wings lead the season series 1–0
Jan 152008 🐦ATL @ 🐙DET 5–1 Dec 132005 🐙DET @ 🐦ATL 6–7 Dec 312003 🐦ATL @ 🐙DET 5–6 OT Feb 152003 🐙DET @ 🐦ATL 6–2 Mar 302002 🐦ATL @ 🐙DET 1–4
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Who won Thrashers vs Red Wings on October 24, 2008?

Red Wings won 5–3. The final score was Thrashers 3, Red Wings 5.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Brett Sterling, Jim Slater, Ron Hainsey.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Henrik Zetterberg (2), Marian Hossa (2), Daniel Cleary.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 41 saves on 45 shots (.911 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Thrashers vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeOct 21 🐦ATL @ ⚡TBL 2–3 AfterOct 25 🐦ATL @ 🐻BOS 4–5
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeOct 22 🐙DET @ 🎵STL 4–3 AfterOct 25 🐙DET @ 🪶CHI 6–5
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