The Atlanta Thrashers came up just a bit short against the Carolina Hurricanes, 5 to 4, on December 26, 2008.

Final

Hurricanes

17-14-5

5

Thrashers

12-19-4

4

Team

CAR

ATL

1

2

1

2

3

1

Total

5

4

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CAR

ATL

Todd White (PP) assisted by Ron Hainsey and Vyacheslav Kozlov

0

1

Chad LaRose (EV) assisted by Frantisek Kaberle and Ray Whitney

1

2nd period

CAR

ATL

Patrick Eaves (EV) assisted by Ray Whitney and Brandon Sutter

2

1

Bryan Little (PP) assisted by Ron Hainsey and Vyacheslav Kozlov

2

Bryan Little (PP) assisted by Vyacheslav Kozlov and Todd White

2

3

3rd period

CAR

ATL

Eric Staal (PP) assisted by Ray Whitney and Joe Corvo

3

Bryan Little (EV) assisted by Niclas Havelid and Vyacheslav Kozlov

3

4

Eric Staal (EV) unassisted

4

Eric Staal (EV) assisted by Joni Pitkanen

5

4

Hurricanes

Thrashers

Goals

5

4

Shots

39

31

Penalty Minutes

6

8

Power-Play Goals

1

3

Power-Play Opportunities

4

3

Faceoff Wins

37

23

Hits

10

Giveaways

2

7

Takeaways

7

23

Hurricanes

Thrashers

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Cam Ward (W)	1	31	4	27	.871	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Anton Babchuk	0	0	+1	0	0	20:25	0	1	0	0
Ryan Bayda	0	0	-1	0	0	5:52	0	0	0	0
Rod Brind'Amour	0	0	0	0	2	21:22	2	0	0	0
Wade Brookbank	0	0	0	0	0	2:03	0	2	0	0
Joe Corvo	0	1	+1	0	3	26:57	0	2	1	1
Matt Cullen	0	0	0	0	4	16:25	0	0	0	0
Patrick Eaves	1	0	+1	0	1	4:37	1	0	1	0
Tim Gleason	0	0	+1	2	3	26:51	4	1	0	0
Frantisek Kaberle	0	1	+1	0	1	15:51	0	0	0	2
Chad LaRose	1	0	+1	0	6	17:21	0	3	0	2
Joni Pitkanen	0	1	+2	2	1	26:02	0	1	0	0
Tuomo Ruutu	0	0	+2	0	2	20:03	0	1	0	1
Sergei Samsonov	0	0	+2	0	3	19:33	1	0	0	0
Eric Staal	3	0	+2	0	5	19:21	0	0	0	0
Brandon Sutter	0	1	+1	0	0	4:49	1	0	0	0
Scott Walker	0	0	-1	2	4	15:29	1	2	0	0
Ray Whitney	0	3	+2	0	2	18:15	0	0	0	1
Justin Williams	0	0	0	0	2	16:02	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Johan Hedberg (L)	1	39	5	34	.872	58:47

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Colby Armstrong	0	0	-2	0	1	12:50	0	0	0	0
Eric Boulton	0	0	-1	0	0	8:00	0	0	0	0
Joey Crabb	0	0	-1	0	1	11:09	0	0	1	3
Toby Enstrom	0	0	0	0	0	21:53	2	2	0	0
Ron Hainsey	0	2	-1	2	0	22:13	0	2	1	1
Niclas Havelid	0	1	0	0	0	20:25	0	2	1	0
Ilya Kovalchuk	0	0	0	0	4	19:04	1	0	1	1
Vyacheslav Kozlov	0	4	+1	0	4	18:31	0	0	0	0
Bryan Little	3	0	+1	2	6	18:17	0	0	0	2
Nathan Oystrick	0	0	-2	0	1	18:31	0	1	0	3
Eric Perrin	0	0	-3	0	1	14:01	1	0	1	2
Marty Reasoner	0	0	0	0	3	16:34	0	0	0	3
Mathieu Schneider	0	0	-2	2	1	18:58	3	0	0	1
Jim Slater	0	0	-1	0	2	13:06	2	0	0	0
Chris Thorburn	0	0	-1	2	2	13:26	1	1	0	1
Boris Valabik	0	0	-1	0	0	16:20	0	1	1	3
Todd White	1	1	+1	0	4	18:01	0	0	0	2
Jason Williams	0	0	-3	0	1	13:46	0	1	0	1