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2008–09 Atlanta Thrashers
Division	4th Southeast
Conference	12th Eastern
2008–09 record	5-7-2
Home record	4-3-0
Road record	1-4-2
Goals for	40
Goals against	53
Team information
General Manager	Don Waddell
Coach	John Anderson
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Colby Armstrong Niclas Havelid Ilya Kovalchuk Vyacheslav Kozlov Mathieu Schneider
Arena	Philips Arena
Average attendance	Average: 13,384 Capacity: 72.2% Total: 93,685
Team leaders
Goals	Vyacheslav 'Slava' Kozlov (8) Bryan Little (8)
Assists	Todd White (11)
Points	Todd White (15)
Penalties in minutes	Eric Boulton (37)
Plus/Minus	Bryan Little (+7)
Wins	Kari Lehtonen (2) Ondrej Pavelec (2)
Goals against average	Ondrej Pavelec (2.57)

The 2008–09 Atlanta Thrashers season is the 9th season of the franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Thrashers will attempt to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2006–07 season.

Contents:	Regular season — Playoffs — Player stats — Awards and records — Transactions Roster — Draft picks — Farm teams — See also — References

Regular season

Divisional standings

Southeast Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Washington Capitals	26	14	9	3	85	82	31
Carolina Hurricanes	26	12	12	2	65	75	26
Florida Panthers	25	11	11	3	63	69	25
Tampa Bay Lightning	25	6	11	8	57	79	20
Atlanta Thrashers	25	8	14	3	72	92	19

Conference standings

Eastern Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins *	25	17	4	4	85	56	38
New York Rangers *	29	18	9	2	77	73	38
Washington Capitals *	26	14	9	3	85	82	31
Montreal Canadiens	25	15	6	4	78	67	34
Pittsburgh Penguins	25	15	6	4	82	68	34
Philadelphia Flyers	25	12	7	6	82	77	30
New Jersey Devils	23	13	8	2	68	62	28
Carolina Hurricanes	26	12	12	2	67	80	26

Florida Panthers	25	11	11	3	63	69	25
Buffalo Sabres	24	11	10	3	65	71	25
Toronto Maple Leafs	26	9	11	6	79	94	24
Ottawa Senators	23	9	10	4	57	57	22
New York Islanders	25	10	13	2	67	85	22
Tampa Bay Lightning	25	6	11	8	57	79	20
Atlanta Thrashers	25	8	14	3	72	92	19

* – division leader

Game log

Green background indicates win (2 points).
Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

2008–09 Game Log

Preseason: 1–5–0 (Home: 0–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance
September 25	Atlanta	4 - 2	Nashville		Pavelec	10,558
September 26	Atlanta	4 - 9	St. Louis		Hedberg	12,526
September 28	Atlanta	0 - 4	Detroit		Lehtonen	17,714
October 1	Detroit	4 - 1	Atlanta		Lehtonen	10,817
October 3	Nashville	6 - 4	Atlanta		Hedberg	6,753
October 4	St. Louis	4 - 1	Atlanta		Lehtonen	7,648

October: 2–6–2 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 10	Washington	4 - 7	Atlanta		Lehtonen	18,545	1-0-0	2
2	October 11	Atlanta	2 - 3	Florida	OT	Lehtonen	17,085	1-0-1	3
3	October 14	Minnesota	4 - 2	Atlanta		Lehtonen	11,843	1-1-1	3
4	October 16	New Jersey	1 - 0	Atlanta		Lehtonen	11,293	1-2-1	3
5	October 18	Buffalo	2 - 3	Atlanta	SO	Lehtonen	14,091	2-2-1	5
6	October 21	Atlanta	2 - 3	Tampa Bay	OT	Lehtonen	13,922	2-2-2	6
7	October 24	Atlanta	3 - 5	Detroit		Lehtonen	20,066	2-3-2	6
8	October 25	Atlanta	4 - 5	Boston		Hedberg	16,044	2-4-2	6
9	October 28	Philadelphia	7 - 0	Atlanta		Lehtonen	13,207	3-5-2	6
10	October 30	Atlanta	2 - 3	NY Rangers		Lehtonen	18,200	2-6-2	6

November: 6–5–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
11	November 1	Atlanta	1 - 5	New Jersey		Hedberg	14,958	2-7-2	6
12	November 2	Florida	3 - 5	Atlanta		Pavelec	10,584	3-7-2	8
13	November 6	NY Islanders	3 - 4	Atlanta		Pavelec	14,122	4-7-2	10
14	November 7	Atlanta	5 - 4	Buffalo	OT	Hedberg	18,466	5-7-2	12
15	November 9	Atlanta	5 - 2	Carolina		Hedberg	12,398	6-7-2	14
16	November 14	Carolina	3 - 2	Atlanta		Hedberg	16,128	7-7-2	16
17	November 16	Atlanta	4 - 3	Philadelphia		Hedberg	19,437	7-8-2	16
18	November 20	Pittsburgh	3 - 2	Atlanta		Pavelec	13,391	7-9-2	16
19	November 22	Columbus	2 - 0	Atlanta		Pavelec	15,561	7-10-2	16
20	November 25	Atlanta	6 - 3	Toronto		Hedberg	19,297	8-10-2	18
21	November 26	Atlanta	3 - 5	Washington		Pavelec	18,277	8-11-2	18
22	November 28	Nashville	4 - 3	Atlanta	OT	Hedberg	15,022	8-11-3	19
23	November 30	St. Louis		Atlanta

December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
24	December 2	Atlanta		Canadiens
25	December 3	Atlanta		Ottawa
26	December 6	Atlanta		NY Islanders
27	December 10	NY Rangers		Atlanta
28	December 12	Boston		Atlanta
29	December 13	Atlanta		Boston
30	December 16	Atlanta		Ottawa
31	December 18	Pittsburgh		Atlanta
32	December 20	Tampa Bay		Atlanta
33	December 22	Toronto		Atlanta
34	December 23	Atlanta		NY Islanders
35	December 26	Carolina		Atlanta
36	December 28	Boston		Atlanta
37	December 30	Atlanta		Toronto
38	December 31	Atlanta		Carolina

January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
39	January 2	Vancouver		Atlanta
40	January 4	Tampa Bay		Atlanta
41	January 6	Atlanta		Pittsburgh
42	January 8	Atlanta		New Jersey
43	January 10	Atlanta		Florida
44	January 14	Ottawa		Atlanta
45	January 16	Toronto		Atlanta
46	January 17	Atlanta		Nashville
47	January 20	Montreal		Atlanta
48	January 21	Atlanta		Philadelphia
49	January 27	Atlanta		Dallas
50	January 29	NY Islanders		Atlanta
51	January 31	Atlanta		Carolina

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
52	February 3	Atlanta		NY Rangers
53	February 6	New Jersey		Atlanta
54	February 8	Philadelphia		Atlanta
55	February 10	Atlanta		Tampa Bay
56	February 11	Chicago		Atlanta
57	February 15	Atlanta		Anaheim
58	February 16	Atlanta		Los Angeles
59	February 19	Atlanta		Phoenix
60	February 21	Atlanta		San Jose
61	February 24	Colorado		Atlanta
62	February 26	Atlanta		Washington
63	February 28	Carolina		Atlanta

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
64	March 3	Florida		Atlanta
65	March 6	Montreal		Atlanta
66	March 8	Calgary		Atlanta
67	March 10	Atlanta		Colorado
68	March 12	Atlanta		Edmonton
69	March 14	Atlanta		Buffalo
70	March 16	Washington		Atlanta
71	March 17	Atlanta		Pittsburgh
72	March 20	Detroit		Atlanta
73	March 21	Atlanta		Tampa Bay
74	March 24	Atlanta		Montreal
75	March 26	NY Rangers		Atlanta
76	March 28	Ottawa		Atlanta

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
77	April 1	Buffalo		Atlanta
78	April 3	Atlanta		Florida
79	April 5	Atlanta		Washington
80	April 7	Washington		Atlanta
81	April 9	Florida		Atlanta
82	April 11	Tampa Bay		Atlanta

Playoffs

Player stats

Skaters

		Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Ilya Kovalchuk	17	22	8	13	21	-2	17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vyacheslav Kozlov	13	22	12	8	20	-1	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Todd White	12	22	7	13	20	+2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryan Little	10	22	10	10	20	+7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Hainsey	6	22	3	9	12	-6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	14	22	6	6	12	-5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colby Armstrong	20	22	3	5	8	-1	24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Erik Christensen	9	20	1	7	8	-7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mathieu Schneider	18	17	2	5	7	-7	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marty Reasoner	19	22	4	3	7	+2	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tobias Enstrom	39	22	1	6	7	-2	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Perrin	11	22	1	5	6	-3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Niclas Havelid	28	22	0	5	5	+5	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Slater	23	22	2	3	5	-3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nathan Oystrick	7	14	2	2	4	0	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Boulton	36	20	0	2	2	-3	42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garnet Exelby	2	22	0	2	2	-4	45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Thorburn	27	22	1	1	2	-4	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brett Sterling	21	3	1	0	1	-2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Bogosian	4	8	0	0	0	-2	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joseph Crabb	42	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boris Valabik	48	5	0	0	0	+1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Thrashers. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Goaltenders

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#	GP	MIN	W	L	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Kari Lehtonen	32	9	541	2	5	2	31	0	.903	3.44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Johan Hedberg	1	9	464	4	3	1	30	0	.880	3.88	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ondrej Pavelec	33	6	317	2	3	0	15	0	.899	2.84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Zach Bogosian	1st NHL Game	October 10, 2008
Colby Armstrong	200th NHL Game	October 10, 2008
Garnet Exelby	300th NHL Game	October 11, 2008
Nathan Oystrick	1st NHL Game	October 14, 2008
Mathieu Schneider	1,200th NHL Game	October 14, 2008
Jason Williams	300th NHL Game	October 16, 2008
Todd White	500th NHL Game	November 2, 2008

Transactions

Trades

Free Agents

Player	Former team	Contract Terms

Player	New team
Bobby Holik	New Jersey Devils
Mark Recchi¹	Tampa Bay Lightning
Jason Krog	Vancouver Canucks

Claimed from Waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

Atlanta's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa • Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	3	Zach Bogosian	(D)	United States	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
1	29 (from Pittsburgh)	Daultan Leveille	(C)	Canada	St. Catharines Falcons (GOJHL)
3	64	Danick Hudon-Paquette	(RW)	Canada	Lewiston MAINEiacs (QMJHL)
4	94	Vinny Saponari	(RW)	United States	US National Team Development Program U-18
5	124	Nicklas Lasu	(LW)	Sweden	Frölunda HC (Sweden Jr.)
6	154	Christopher Carrozzi	(G)	Canada	Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
7	184	Zach Redmond (D)	United States	Atlanta Thrashers	Ferris State University (CCHA)

Roster

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Updated November 11, 2008.[1]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
20	Canada	Armstrong, ColbyColby Armstrong (A)	7.0 RW	R	26	2008	Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
4	United States	Bogosian, ZachZach Bogosian	2.0 D	R	18	2008	Massena, New York
36	Canada	Boulton, EricEric Boulton	6.0 LW	L	32	2005	Halifax, Nova Scotia
9	Canada	Christensen, ErikErik Christensen	4.0 C	L	24	2008	Edmonton, Alberta
39	Sweden	Enstrom, TobiasTobias Enstrom	2.0 D	L	24	2003	Nordingra, Sweden
2	Canada	Exelby, GarnetGarnet Exelby	2.0 D	L	27	1999	Ste. Anne, Manitoba
6	United States	Hainsey, RonRon Hainsey	2.0 D	L	27	2008	Bolton, Connecticut
28	Sweden	Havelid, NiclasNiclas Havelid (A)	2.0 D	L	35	2004	Stockholm, Sweden
1	Sweden	Hedberg, JohanJohan Hedberg	1.0 G	L	35	2006	Leksand, Sweden
17	Russia	Kovalchuk, IlyaIlya Kovalchuk (A)	6.0 LW	R	25	2001	Tver, U.S.S.R.
13	Russia	Kozlov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Kozlov (A)	6.0 LW	L	36	2002	Voskresensk, U.S.S.R.
32	Finland	Lehtonen, KariKari Lehtonen	1.0 G	L	25	2002	Helsinki, Finland
10	Canada	Little, BryanBryan Little	4.0 C	R	21	2006	Edmonton, Alberta
7	Canada	Oystrick, NathanNathan Oystrick	2.0 D	L	25	2002	Regina, Saskatchewan
11	Canada	Perrin, EricEric Perrin	5.0 W	L	33	2007	Laval, Quebec
19	United States	Reasoner, MartyMarty Reasoner	4.0 C	L	31	2008	Honeoye Falls, New York
18	United States	Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider (A)	2.0 D	L	39	2008	New York, New York
23	United States	Slater, JimJim Slater	4.0 C	L	25	2002	Petoskey, Michigan
27	Canada	Thorburn, ChrisChris Thorburn	5.0 W	R	25	2007	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
12	Canada	White, ToddTodd White	4.0 C	L	33	2007	Kanata, Ontario
14	Canada	Williams, JasonJason Williams	7.0 RW	R	28	2008	London, Ontario

References

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2008–09 NHL season by team

Atlantic	New Jersey Devils • New York Islanders • New York Rangers • Philadelphia Flyers • Pittsburgh Penguins

Northeast	Boston Bruins • Buffalo Sabres • Montreal Canadiens • Ottawa Senators • Toronto Maple Leafs

Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers • Carolina Hurricanes • Florida Panthers • Tampa Bay Lightning • Washington Capitals

Central	Chicago Blackhawks • Columbus Blue Jackets • Detroit Red Wings • Nashville Predators • St. Louis Blues

Northwest	Calgary Flames • Colorado Avalanche • Edmonton Oilers • Minnesota Wild • Vancouver Canucks

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks • Dallas Stars • Los Angeles Kings • Phoenix Coyotes • San Jose Sharks