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27/2/2009
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Atlanta Thrashers 2 , Carolina Hurricanes 5
Shots: 23 - 25
PP: 2 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:64/71=90 %, Challenges:35/45=76 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:73/84=86 %, Challenges:46/56=80 %
Attendance: 18750 of 18750 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 945000 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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19:56 0-1
R.J. Umberger [27] (Ray Whitney)
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26:17 1-1
Anssi Salmela [3] (Clay Wilson, Éric Perrin)PP
27:15 2-1
Ilya Kovalchuk [27] (Todd White, Colby Armstrong)PP
34:38 2-2
Scott Walker [27] (Ray Whitney, Joe Corvo)
39:53 2-3
Antoine Vermette [25] (Tim Gleason, Jordan Leopold)
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43:54 2-4
Ray Whitney [26] (Frantisek Kaberle)
49:22 2-5
Joni Pitkänen [14] (Matt Cullen, Raffi Torres)
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Penalty summary:
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21:07
Raffi Torres (2 min for tripping)
25:26
Patrick Eaves (5 min for attempt to injury)
27:22
Tim Gleason (2 min for roughing)
27:22
Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for roughing)
29:17
Colby Armstrong (2 min for roughing)
29:17
R.J. Umberger (2 min for roughing)
35:52
Aaron Rome (5 min for fighting)
35:52
Patrick Eaves (5 min for fighting)
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41:58
Patrick Eaves (5 min for fighting)
41:58
Clay Wilson (5 min for fighting)
43:03
Chris Thorburn (5 min for fighting)
43:03
Scott Walker (5 min for fighting)
50:25
Garnet Exelby (2 min for roughing)
50:25
Erik Cole (2 min for roughing)
54:07
Chris Thorburn (2 min for roughing)
54:07
Scott Walker (2 min for roughing)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Boulton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.00 4
R Chris Thorburn 0 0 2 3 1 3 7 0 13.30 7
R Bryan Little 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 16.40 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 5 3 1 1 2 -3 20.20 7
C Éric Perrin 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 10.30 5
C Jim Slater 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 14.10 6
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -3 14.30 5
C Todd White 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 5
L Spencer Machacek 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 8.50 4
L Brett Sterling 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 6
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.50 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 6 0 0 0 2 -3 20.10 7
D Anssi Salmela 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 18.30 6
D Aaron Rome 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 -3 19.10 4
D Tobias Enström 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 29.50 5
D Clay Wilson 0 1 0 2 2 1 5 0 16.10 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 -4 24.10 5
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -1 11.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 1 2 1 2 15 1 6.00 6
R Jussi Jokinen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 6
R Scott Walker 1 0 3 6 0 2 7 2 15.50 9
R Erik Cole 0 0 3 4 3 0 2 1 20.30 8
C Matt Cullen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 5
C Antoine Vermette 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 14.50 8
C R.J. Umberger 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 3 19.30 9
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 6
L Raffi Torres 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 6.40 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 14.50 6
L Ray Whitney 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 17.30 8
L Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
D Jordan Leopold 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 15.00 8
D Joe Corvo 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 21.20 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 26.50 8
D Tim Gleason 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 18.50 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 14.50 7
D Joni Pitkänen 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 23.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ray Whitney
2nd star: Scott Walker
3rd star: Antoine Vermette
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Anssi Salmela ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Ray Whitney notched the 500th assist of his career.
-Joe Corvo has marked a new career high in points with 49 points.
-Antoine Vermette has marked a new career high in goals with 25 tallies.
-Antoine Vermette scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Tim Gleason notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Joni Pitkänen has marked a new career high in goals with 14 tallies.
-Scott Walker ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Matt Cullen finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Antoine Vermette ended his 6 game goal drought.
-R.J. Umberger ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Tim Gleason ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Aaron Rome beat Patrick Eaves in a fight.
-Patrick Eaves fought Clay Wilson in a fight.
-Chris Thorburn beat Scott Walker in a fight.
Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 2( 28) , Albany River Rats 1( 17)
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0-1 ALB Brandon Sutter
1-1 CHW Brian Sipotz (Grant Stevenson, Ondrej Pavelec)
2-1 CHW Pavel Mrna (Grant Stevenson)