🌪️ Away Hurricanes 16-14-5
5–4
Final
🐦 Home Thrashers 12-18-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌪️ CAR 1135
🐦 ATL 1214

Hurricanes at Thrashers

Hurricanes beat Thrashers 5–4 on December 26, 2008.

🗓 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Vyacheslav Kozlov
4 A
4 shots · 18:31 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Eric Staal
3 G
5 shots · 19:21 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Ray Whitney
3 A
2 shots · 18:15 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Todd White PP Go-ahead 1st · 10:58
Assists: Ron Hainsey, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Cam Ward
0–1
🌪️ Chad LaRose Tying 1st · 18:56
Assists: Frantisek Kaberle, Ray Whitney · beat Johan Hedberg
1–1
2nd period
🌪️ Patrick Eaves Go-ahead 2nd · 05:58
Assists: Ray Whitney, Brandon Sutter · beat Johan Hedberg
2–1
🐦 Bryan Little PP Tying 2nd · 18:14
Assists: Ron Hainsey, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Cam Ward
2–2
🐦 Bryan Little PP Go-ahead 2nd · 19:57
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Todd White · beat Cam Ward
2–3
3rd period
🌪️ Eric Staal PP Tying 3rd · 07:27
Assists: Ray Whitney, Joe Corvo · beat Johan Hedberg
3–3
🐦 Bryan Little Go-ahead 3rd · 09:52
Assists: Niclas Havelid, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Cam Ward
3–4
🌪️ Eric Staal Tying 3rd · 10:42
Unassisted · beat Johan Hedberg
4–4
🌪️ Eric Staal Go-ahead 3rd · 11:58
Assists: Joni Pitkanen · beat Johan Hedberg
5–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Ruutu · Samsonov · Brind'Amour 20:03
L2 Whitney · Staal · LaRose 18:15
L3 Cullen · Williams · Walker 16:02
L4 Bayda · Sutter · Eaves 4:49
D1 Corvo · Gleason 26:54
D2 Pitkanen · Babchuk 23:14
D3 Kaberle · Brookbank 8:57
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Kozlov · Little 18:31
L2 White · Reasoner · Perrin 16:34
L3 Williams · Slater · Thorburn 13:26
L4 Boulton · Armstrong · Crabb 11:09
D1 Hainsey · Enstrom 22:03
D2 Havelid · Schneider 19:42
D3 Oystrick · Valabik 17:26

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR ATL🐦
39 Shots on goal 31
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 3/3
10 Hits 10
13 Blocked shots 10
7 Takeaways 23
2 Giveaways 7
6 Penalty minutes 8
CAR shooting 12.8% (5/39) ATL shooting 12.9% (4/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
27/31
.871 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Johan Hedberg
34/39
.872 SV% · 5 GA · 58:47 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 4-2 (67% win rate, 6 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 3-3-3 (33% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-4-2 (25% win rate, 8 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Thrashers lead the season series 2–1
Nov 142008 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 2–3 Nov 92008 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 5–2 Mar 282008 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 1–7 Mar 192008 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 5–3 Mar 52008 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 6–3
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Who won Hurricanes vs Thrashers on December 26, 2008?

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

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Eric Staal (3), Chad LaRose, Patrick Eaves.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Bryan Little (3), Todd White.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 27 saves on 31 shots (.871 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 34 saves on 39 shots (.872 save percentage).

What is the Hurricanes vs Thrashers 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
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 23 🌪️CAR @ 🌲MIN 2–3 AfterDec 27 🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR 4–2
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeDec 23 🐦ATL @ 🏝️NYI 4–2 AfterDec 28 🐻BOS @ 🐦ATL 2–1
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