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Friday, December 26, 2008 · Philips Arena

Hurricanes 5 at Thrashers 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 82OVR Vyacheslav Kozlov Thrashers First Star 4A · 4 SOG C 97OVR Eric Staal Hurricanes Second Star 3G · 5 SOG C 83OVR Bryan Little Thrashers Third Star 3G · 6 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 10:58 Todd White (12) PPG Ron Hainsey (14), Vyacheslav Kozlov (16) · Backhand CAR 0 – 1 ATL
  2. 18:56 Chad LaRose (8) Frantisek Kaberle (4), Ray Whitney (18) · Wrist CAR 1 – 1 ATL

2nd Period

  1. 5:58 Patrick Eaves (1) Ray Whitney (19), Brandon Sutter (4) · Wrist CAR 2 – 1 ATL
  2. 18:14 Bryan Little (15) PPG Ron Hainsey (15), Vyacheslav Kozlov (17) · Tip-in CAR 2 – 2 ATL
  3. 19:57 Bryan Little (16) PPG Vyacheslav Kozlov (18), Todd White (20) · Backhand CAR 2 – 3 ATL

3rd Period

  1. 7:27 Eric Staal (15) PPG Ray Whitney (20), Joe Corvo (11) · Backhand CAR 3 – 3 ATL
  2. 9:52 Bryan Little (17) Niclas Havelid (8), Vyacheslav Kozlov (19) · Tip-in CAR 3 – 4 ATL
  3. 10:42 Eric Staal (16) Unassisted · Wrist CAR 4 – 4 ATL
  4. 11:58 Eric Staal (17) Joni Pitkanen (14) · Snap CAR 5 – 4 ATL

Carolina Hurricanes

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Eric Staal C 3 0 5 0 0 +2 19:21 2.93
Ray Whitney L 0 3 2 0 0 +2 18:15 2.38
Chad LaRose R 1 0 6 0 3 +1 17:21 1.60
Joe Corvo D 0 1 3 0 2 +1 26:57 1.10
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 15:51 0.95
Patrick Eaves R 1 0 1 1 0 +1 4:37 0.93
Joni Pitkanen D 0 1 1 0 1 +2 26:02 0.90
Brandon Sutter C 0 1 0 1 0 +1 4:49 0.78
Tuomo Ruutu L 0 0 2 0 1 +2 20:03 0.55
Sergei Samsonov L 0 0 3 1 0 +2 19:33 0.52
Matt Cullen C 0 0 4 0 0 0 16:25 0.30
Tim Gleason D 0 0 3 4 1 +1 26:51 0.28
Anton Babchuk D 0 0 0 0 1 +1 20:25 0.20
Justin Williams R 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:02 0.15
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 0 2 2 0 0 21:22 0.15
Scott Walker R 0 0 4 1 2 -1 15:29 0.10
Wade Brookbank D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2:03 0.10
Ryan Bayda L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5:52 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Cam Ward W 31 27 4 .871 60:00 -0.30

Atlanta Thrashers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Vyacheslav Kozlov L 0 4 4 0 0 +1 18:31 2.95
Bryan Little C 3 0 6 0 0 +1 18:17 2.80
Todd White C 1 1 4 0 0 +1 18:01 1.93
Ron Hainsey D 0 2 0 0 2 -1 22:13 1.05
Niclas Havelid D 0 1 0 0 2 0 20:25 0.68
Marty Reasoner C 0 0 3 0 0 0 16:34 0.38
Ilya Kovalchuk L 0 0 4 1 0 0 19:04 0.30
Toby Enstrom D 0 0 0 2 2 0 21:53 0.10
Joey Crabb R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 11:09 0.03
Jim Slater C 0 0 2 2 0 -1 13:06 0.00
Boris Valabik D 0 0 0 0 1 -1 16:20 0.00
Nathan Oystrick D 0 0 1 0 1 -2 18:31 -0.02
Chris Thorburn R 0 0 2 1 1 -1 13:26 -0.05
Eric Boulton L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8:00 -0.15
Colby Armstrong R 0 0 1 0 0 -2 12:50 -0.22
Jason Williams C 0 0 1 0 1 -3 13:46 -0.27
Eric Perrin C 0 0 1 1 0 -3 14:01 -0.32
Mathieu Schneider D 0 0 1 3 0 -2 18:58 -0.32
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Johan Hedberg L 39 34 5 .872 58:47 -0.35