Hurricanes 3–5 Thrashers — Final Score & Stats (Feb 28, 2009)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🌪️ CAR	2	0	1	3
🐦 ATL	0	1	4	5

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐦 ATL

Ilya Kovalchuk

2 G, 3 A

6 shots · 21:48 TOI

2nd star 🐦 ATL

Rich Peverley

2 G

5 shots · 17:07 TOI

3rd star 🐦 ATL

Kari Lehtonen

32 saves

0.914 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🌪️ Tuomo Ruutu Go-ahead 1st · 13:54

Assists: Eric Staal · beat Kari Lehtonen

1–0

🌪️ Sergei Samsonov 1st · 15:35

Assists: Jussi Jokinen, Patrick Eaves · beat Kari Lehtonen

2–0

2nd period

🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk 2nd · 19:26

Assists: Todd White · beat Cam Ward

2–1

3rd period

🌪️ Anton Babchuk PP 3rd · 01:41

Assists: Tuomo Ruutu, Eric Staal · beat Kari Lehtonen

3–1

🐦 Rich Peverley 3rd · 10:25

Assists: Marty Reasoner, Ilya Kovalchuk · beat Cam Ward

3–2

🐦 Todd White Tying 3rd · 13:57

Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Bryan Little · beat Cam Ward

3–3

🐦 Rich Peverley PP Go-ahead 3rd · 18:32

Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Cam Ward

3–4

🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Empty net 3rd · 19:57

Assists: Ron Hainsey

3–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Ruutu · Cullen · Staal 20:08

L2 Whitney · Samsonov · LaRose 17:30

L3 Jokinen · Ryan · Eaves 14:00

L4 Bayda · Brind'Amour 7:59

D1 Pitkanen · Corvo 26:07

D2 Seidenberg · Gleason 18:36

D3 Babchuk · Kaberle 15:51

D4 Conboy 4:15

🐦Thrashers

L1 Kovalchuk · White · Little 19:30

L2 Kozlov · Peverley · Reasoner 16:36

L3 Stuart · Perrin · Armstrong 12:49

L4 Boulton · Christensen · Thorburn 10:01

D1 Enstrom · Havelid 25:20

D2 Hainsey · Bogosian 16:44

D3 Valabik · Exelby 15:10

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌪️CAR ATL🐦

35 Shots on goal 32

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

9 Hits 13

16 Blocked shots 14

2 Takeaways 9

3 Giveaways 5

6 Penalty minutes 8

CAR shooting 8.6% (3/35) ATL shooting 15.6% (5/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌪️Hurricanes

Cam Ward

27/31

.871 SV% · 4 GA · 58:44 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Kari Lehtonen

32/35

.914 SV% · 3 GA · 59:56 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-7 (0% win rate, 7 games)

After 2nd — 2–1

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 16-2-1 (84% win rate, 19 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-6-2 (20% win rate, 10 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Season series tied 3–3

Jan 312009 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 0–2 Dec 312008 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 1–3 Dec 262008 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 5–4 Nov 142008 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 2–3 Nov 92008 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 5–2

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❓ CAR vs ATL, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Thrashers on February 28, 2009?

Thrashers won 5–3. The final score was Hurricanes 3, Thrashers 5.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Anton Babchuk, Sergei Samsonov, Tuomo Ruutu.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Ilya Kovalchuk (2), Rich Peverley (2), 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?

Kari Lehtonen made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 save percentage).

What is the Hurricanes vs Thrashers season series?

Season series tied 3–3 after 6 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🌪️ Hurricanes

BeforeFeb 26 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 AfterMar 3 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 5–2

🐦 Thrashers

BeforeFeb 26 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 3–4 AfterMar 3 🐆FLA @ 🐦ATL 4–3

Also on February 28

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