🐦 🌪️
2008-09 regular season

Thrashers at Hurricanes

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🔁 Season series tied 2–2

Hurricanes beat Thrashers 3–1 at PNC Arena on December 31, 2008.

ATL – CAR
21–28
Shots on goal
1/4–1/4
Power play
35–9
Hits
19–16
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
Head-to-head →

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Sergei Samsonov
2 G, 1 A
2 shots · 19:01 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Joe Corvo
1 G
1 shots · 25:19 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Tuomo Ruutu
1 A
5 shots · 18:19 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk PP Go-ahead 1st · 10:23
Assists: Bryan Little, Todd White · beat Cam Ward
1–0
🌪️ Sergei Samsonov Tying 1st · 19:35
Assists: Eric Staal, Anton Babchuk · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–1
2nd period
🌪️ Sergei Samsonov Go-ahead 2nd · 16:49
Assists: Tuomo Ruutu · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–2
3rd period
🌪️ Joe Corvo PP 3rd · 07:14
Assists: Sergei Samsonov · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Kozlov · Reasoner 16:45
L2 Williams · White · Armstrong 15:38
L3 Perrin · Christensen · Crabb 14:34
L4 Boulton · Little · Thorburn 9:59
D1 Enstrom · Hainsey 22:50
D2 Havelid · Schneider 21:12
D3 Valabik · Bogosian 14:31
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Samsonov · Ruutu · Staal 19:01
L2 Brind'Amour · LaRose · Williams 16:32
L3 Whitney · Cullen · Walker 13:51
L4 Bayda · Sutter · Eaves 8:53
D1 Corvo · Pitkanen 24:50
D2 Gleason · Seidenberg 20:55
D3 Babchuk · Kaberle 14:38

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL CAR🌪️
21 Shots on goal 28
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
35 Hits 9
19 Blocked shots 16
3 Takeaways 14
4 Giveaways 7
8 Penalty minutes 8
ATL shooting 4.8% (1/21) CAR shooting 10.7% (3/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 59:21 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
20/21
.952 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 3-4-3 (30% win rate, 10 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 5-2 (71% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-2-1 (25% win rate, 4 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 9-2-1 (75% win rate, 12 games)

Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 2–2
Dec 262008 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 5–4 Nov 142008 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 2–3 Nov 92008 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 5–2 Mar 282008 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 1–7 Mar 192008 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 5–3
🔮 Ask Puckey

Got a question about Thrashers vs Hurricanes?

Records, streaks, splits and player numbers, answered in seconds from real game results.

Try one

Questions and what's next

Quick answers, and the games either side of this one
Full schedule →

ATL vs CAR, answered

Who won Thrashers vs Hurricanes on December 31, 2008?

Hurricanes won 3–1. The final score was Thrashers 1, Hurricanes 3.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Ilya Kovalchuk.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Sergei Samsonov (2), Joe Corvo.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 20 saves on 21 shots (.952 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?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from real box scores.

Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeDec 30 🐦ATL @ 🍁TOR 3–4 AfterJan 2 🐋VAN @ 🐦ATL 3–4
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 27 🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR 4–2 AfterJan 2 🎵STL @ 🌪️CAR 1–2
Also on December 31
🐆FLA 2–4 🏝️NYI 🦈SJS 2–3 🌲MIN 🏔️COL 1–3 🌵PHX 😈NJD 2–4 ⭐DAL 🧥CBJ 2–0 🦆ANA 🛢️EDM 4–6 🔥CGY
Thrashers season page Hurricanes season page Full NHL schedule