Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers

Saturday, April 8, 2006, 7:00 PM ET Philips Arena, Atlanta Regular Season Final

Final score

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5–2 on Saturday, April 8, 2006 at home.

Final score, Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	Goals	2005-2006 record
Carolina Hurricanes	2	52-22-8
at Atlanta Thrashers	5	41-33-8

Goals by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	0	1	1	2
Atlanta Thrashers	3	1	1	5

Shots on goal by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	3	12	10	25
Atlanta Thrashers	18	10	6	34

Scoring summary

Every goal, Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	03:19	Atlanta Thrashers	Marc Savard (28)	Marian Hossa (49), Greg De Vries (26)	Even strength	CAR 0, ATL 1
1st	15:21	Atlanta Thrashers	Serge Aubin (7)	Brad Larsen (8), Derek MacKenzie (1)	Even strength	CAR 0, ATL 2
1st	18:02	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (51)	Marian Hossa (50), Steve McCarthy (7)	Power play	CAR 0, ATL 3
2nd	04:36	Carolina Hurricanes	Justin Williams (29)	Rod Brind'Amour (37)	Power play	CAR 1, ATL 3
2nd	05:41	Atlanta Thrashers	Peter Bondra (19)	Garnet Exelby (8), Greg De Vries (27)	Even strength	CAR 1, ATL 4
3rd	02:58	Atlanta Thrashers	Scott Mellanby (11)	Bobby Holik (17), Niclas Havelid (26)	Even strength	CAR 1, ATL 5
3rd	09:37	Carolina Hurricanes	Justin Williams (30)	Eric Staal (52)	Power play	CAR 2, ATL 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 M. Cullen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	75%	12:52
Number 11 J. Williams	R	2	0	2	-1	0	3	0	1	2		20:23
Number 12 E. Staal	C	0	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	20%	18:47
Number 14 K. Adams	C	0	0	0	-1	10	3	0	1	0	33.3%	11:36
Number 16 A. Ladd	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		16:07
Number 17 R. Brind'Amour	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	1	0	47.8%	20:21
Number 18 M. Recchi	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	1	0		18:37
Number 27 C. Adams	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0		11:21
Number 39 D. Weight	C	0	0	0	-3	2	2	0	0	0	37.5%	19:22
Number 59 C. LaRose	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	0		18:51
Number 63 J. Vasicek	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		13:08
Number 2 G. Wesley	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	4	0		14:14
Number 4 A. Ward	D	0	0	0	-2	4	0	1	1	0		15:28
Number 6 B. Hedican	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0		22:45
Number 7 N. Wallin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	1	0		18:03
Number 22 M. Commodore	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0		21:09
Number 48 A. Babchuk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		08:23
Number 70 O. Tverdovsky	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		12:01

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 29 M. Gerber	34	29	5	.853	60:00	Loss

Atlanta Thrashers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 M. Savard	C	1	0	1	+2	2	5	0	0	0	70%	17:06
Number 10 S. Aubin	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1	0	33.3%	10:58
Number 12 P. Bondra	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	0		17:15
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	1	0	80%	19:33
Number 16 B. Holik	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0	43.8%	15:11
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	0	1		18:57
Number 18 M. Hossa	R	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	1	0		19:39
Number 19 S. Mellanby	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	2	0	100%	12:39
Number 21 D. MacKenzie	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	5	0	0	60%	08:41
Number 23 J. Slater	C	0	0	0	+1	10	2	0	0	0		09:14
Number 27 P. Stefan	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	64.3%	14:52
Number 29 B. Larsen	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0		12:42
Number 2 G. Exelby	D	0	1	1	+2	2	2	1	1	0		15:53
Number 5 S. McCarthy	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0		16:28
Number 7 G. De Vries	D	0	2	2	+3	0	1	2	2	0		19:49
Number 25 A. Sutton	D	0	0	0	+2	4	1	4	3	0		17:52
Number 28 N. Havelid	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0		21:04
Number 44 J. Modry	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		19:46

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 M. Dunham	25	23	2	.920	60:00	Win

Penalties, Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	12:41	Carolina Hurricanes	Eric Staal	Slashing	2
1st	17:35	Carolina Hurricanes	Eric Staal	Cross checking	2
1st	19:03	Atlanta Thrashers	Andy Sutton	Interference	2
2nd	01:19	Carolina Hurricanes	Doug Weight	High sticking	2
2nd	04:29	Atlanta Thrashers	Derek MacKenzie	Hooking	2
2nd	09:53	Atlanta Thrashers	Garnet Exelby	Roughing	2
2nd	18:01	Atlanta Thrashers	Jaroslav Modry	High sticking	2
3rd	09:00	Atlanta Thrashers	Andy Sutton	Hooking	2
3rd	09:00	Atlanta Thrashers	Jim Slater	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	09:00	Carolina Hurricanes	Kevyn Adams	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	17:44	Atlanta Thrashers	Marc Savard	Hooking	2
3rd	17:44	Carolina Hurricanes	Aaron Ward	Diving	2
3rd	17:44	Carolina Hurricanes	Aaron Ward	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2

Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Peter Laviolette
Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Bob Hartley
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Craig Spada
Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Tim Nowak
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Ray Whitney, Cory Stillman, Erik Cole, Andrew Hutchinson, Frantisek Kaberle, David Gove, Keith Aucoin, Kevin Nastiuk
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Steve Shields, Shane Hnidy, Eric Boulton, Ronald Petrovicky, Scott Barney, Francis Lessard, Ramzi Abid, Tomas Kloucek, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Mark Popovic, Michael Garnett, Karl Stewart, Kari Lehtonen, Braydon Coburn

Every Carolina Hurricanes and Atlanta Thrashers game in the 2005-2006 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Atlanta Thrashers 9 at Carolina Hurricanes 0	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Carolina Hurricanes, Sat, Nov 12, 2005
Atlanta Thrashers 5 at Carolina Hurricanes 2	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Carolina Hurricanes, Sun, Nov 27, 2005
Carolina Hurricanes 4 at Atlanta Thrashers 3	Final/OT	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers, Tue, Nov 29, 2005
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 4	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Carolina Hurricanes, Wed, Jan 4, 2006
Carolina Hurricanes 5 at Atlanta Thrashers 1	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers, Thu, Jan 26, 2006
Atlanta Thrashers 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 4	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Carolina Hurricanes, Sat, Jan 28, 2006
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Atlanta Thrashers 5	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers, Sat, Apr 1, 2006
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Atlanta Thrashers 5	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Atlanta Thrashers, Sat, Apr 8, 2006

Other NHL games on Saturday, April 8, 2006
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Rangers 4 at Boston Bruins 3	Final/OT	Game page: New York Rangers at Boston Bruins, Sat, Apr 8, 2006
St. Louis Blues 2 at Colorado Avalanche 4	Final	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Colorado Avalanche, Sat, Apr 8, 2006
Anaheim Ducks 4 at Los Angeles Kings 2	Final	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Los Angeles Kings, Sat, Apr 8, 2006
New Jersey Devils 3 at Montreal Canadiens 2	Final	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Apr 8, 2006
Washington Capitals 0 at New York Islanders 5	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at New York Islanders, Sat, Apr 8, 2006
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Philadelphia Flyers 2	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Apr 8, 2006
Detroit Red Wings 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Columbus Blue Jackets, Sat, Apr 8, 2006
Buffalo Sabres 6 at Ottawa Senators 2	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators, Sat, Apr 8, 2006
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat, Apr 8, 2006
Chicago Blackhawks 1 at Nashville Predators 2	Final/SO	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Nashville Predators, Sat, Apr 8, 2006
Calgary Flames 2 at Vancouver Canucks 3	Final/OT	Game page: Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks, Sat, Apr 8, 2006
Dallas Stars 3 at Phoenix Coyotes 2	Final/SO	Game page: Dallas Stars at Phoenix Coyotes, Sat, Apr 8, 2006