2008–09 Atlanta Thrashers season

2008–09 Atlanta Thrashers
Division 4th Southeast
Conference 13th Eastern
2008–09 record 35–41–6
Home record 18–21–2
Road record 17–20–4
Goals for 257
Goals against 280
Team information
General Manager Don Waddell
Coach John Anderson
Captain Vacant (Oct-Jan)
Ilya Kovalchuk (Jan-Apr)
Alternate captains Colby Armstrong
Niclas Havelid (Oct-Mar)
Ilya Kovalchuk (Oct-Jan)
Vyacheslav Kozlov
Mathieu Schneider (Oct-Feb)
Arena Philips Arena
Average attendance Average: 14,535
Capacity: 78.4%
Total: 276,166
Team leaders
Goals Ilya Kovalchuk (43)
Assists Todd White (49)
Points Ilya Kovalchuk (91)
Penalties in minutes Eric Boulton (163)
Plus/minus Rich Peverley (+14)
Wins Kari Lehtonen (18)
Goals against average Kari Lehtonen (3.09)

The 2008–09 Atlanta Thrashers season was the tenth season of the franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Thrashers attempted to make the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 2006–07 season, but failed.

Regular season

Divisional standings

Southeast Division
GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 y – Washington Capitals 82 50 24 8 272 245 108
2 Carolina Hurricanes 82 45 30 7 239 226 97
3 Florida Panthers 82 41 30 11 234 231 93
4 Atlanta Thrashers 82 35 41 6 257 280 76
5 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 24 40 18 210 279 66

Conference standings

Eastern Conference
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 z – Boston Bruins NE 82 53 19 10 274 196 116
2 y – Washington Capitals SE 82 50 24 8 272 245 108
3 y – New Jersey Devils AT 82 51 27 4 244 209 106
4 Pittsburgh Penguins AT 82 45 28 9 264 239 99
5 Philadelphia Flyers AT 82 44 27 11 264 238 99
6 Carolina Hurricanes SE 82 45 30 7 239 226 97
7 New York Rangers AT 82 43 30 9 210 218 95
8 Montreal Canadiens NE 82 41 30 11 249 247 93
8.5
9 Florida Panthers SE 82 41 30 11 234 231 93
10 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 41 32 9 250 234 91
11 Ottawa Senators NE 82 36 35 11 217 237 83
12 Toronto Maple Leafs NE 82 34 35 13 250 293 81
13 Atlanta Thrashers SE 82 35 41 6 257 280 76
14 Tampa Bay Lightning SE 82 24 40 18 210 279 66
15 New York Islanders AT 82 26 47 9 201 279 61

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, z – placed first in conference (and division)

AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

Schedule and results

2008–09 Game Log

Record vs. Opponents

Team Points Record
New Jersey* 106 130
NY Islanders 61 310
NY Rangers 95 211
Philadelphia 99 040
Pittsburgh 99 040
Boston* 116 040
Buffalo 91 400
Montreal 93 220
Ottawa 83 220
Toronto 81 211
Carolina 97 330
Florida 93 231
Tampa Bay 66 411
Washington* 108 240
Chicago 104 010
Columbus 92 010
Detroit* 112 020
Nashville 88 101
St. Louis 92 010
Calgary 98 100
Colorado 69 200
Edmonton 85 100
Minnesota 89 010
Vancouver* 100 100
Anaheim 91 100
Dallas 83 010
Los Angeles 79 100
Phoenix 79 001
San Jose* 117 010

Notes: * denotes division winner; teams in bold are in the Southeast Division; teams in italics qualified for the playoffs; points refer to the points achieved by the team whom the Thrashers played against

     = Member of the Atlantic Division
     = Member of the Northeast Division
     = Member of the Southeast Division
     = Member of the Central Division
     = Member of the Northeast Division
     = Member of the Pacific Division

Playoffs

The Atlanta Thrashers failed to qualify for the 2009 NHL Playoffs.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Kovalchuk, IlyaIlya Kovalchuk 79 43 48 91 -12 50
Kozlov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Kozlov 82 26 50 76 -14 44
White, ToddTodd White 82 22 51 73 -9 24
Little, BryanBryan Little 79 31 20 51 -5 24
Armstrong, ColbyColby Armstrong 82 22 18 40 +5 75
Hainsey, RonRon Hainsey 81 6 33 39 -16 32
Peverley, RichRich Peverley 39 13 22 35 +16 18
Enstrom, TobiasTobias Enstrom 82 5 27 32 +14 52
Reasoner, MartyMarty Reasoner 79 14 16 30 +11 36
Perrin, EricEric Perrin 78 7 16 23 -2 36
Christensen, ErikErik Christensen 47 5 14 19 -7 14
Bogosian, ZachZach Bogosian 47 9 10 19 +11 47
Williams, JasonJason Williams 41 7 11 18 -9 8
Slater, JimJim Slater 60 8 10 18 0 52
Havelid, NiclasNiclas Havelid 63 2 13 15 +4 42
Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider 44 4 11 15 -10 50
Thorburn, ChrisChris Thorburn 82 7 8 15 -10 104
Boulton, EricEric Boulton 76 3 10 13 -3 176
Oystrick, NathanNathan Oystrick 53 4 8 12 -2 50
Crabb, JoeyJoey Crabb 29 4 5 9 -2 28
Stuart, ColinColin Stuart 33 5 3 8 +3 18
Exelby, GarnetGarnet Exelby 59 0 7 7 -2 120
Valabik, BorisBoris Valabik 50 0 5 5 -14 132
Salmela, AnssiAnssi Salmela 9 1 2 3 0 2
Motzko, JoeJoe Motzko 6 1 0 1 +1 0
Sterling, BrettBrett Sterling 6 1 0 1 -3 2
Lehman, ScottScott Lehman 1 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson, ClayClay Wilson 2 0 0 0 -1 0
LaVallee, JordanJordan LaVallee 2 0 0 0 -1 0
Lewis, GrantGrant Lewis 1 0 0 0 0 0
Machacek, SpencerSpencer Machacek 2 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO
Lehtonen, KariKari Lehtonen 46 2624 19 22 3 134 3.06 1498 1364 .911 3
Hedberg, JohanJohan Hedberg 33 1716 13 12 3 100 3.49 875 775 .886 0
Pavelec, OndrejOndrej Pavelec 12 599 3 7 0 36 3.60 301 265 .880 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Thrashers. Stats reflect season totals.
Traded mid-season
underline/italics denotes franchise record

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and 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
Bryan Little 1st NHL Hat Trick December 26, 2008
Kari Lehtonen 200th NHL Game March 16, 2009
Eric Perrin 100 NHL Point March 24, 2009

Transactions

Trades

Date
Details
September 26, 2008 To Anaheim Ducks
Ken Klee
Brad Larsen
Chad Painchaud
To Atlanta Thrashers
Mathieu Schneider
January 13, 2008 To New York Islanders
Junior Lessard
To Atlanta Thrashers
Brett Skinner
January 14, 2008 To Columbus Blue Jackets
Jason Williams
To Atlanta Thrashers
Clay Wilson
2009 6th round draft pick
February 16, 2008 To Montreal Canadiens
Mathieu Schneider
2009 conditional draft pick
To Atlanta Thrashers
2009 2nd round draft pick
2010 3rd round draft pick
March 2, 2008 To New Jersey Devils
Niclas Havelid
Myles Stoesz
To Atlanta Thrashers
Anssi Salmela

Free agents

Player Former team Contract Terms
Player New team
Bobby Holik New Jersey Devils
Mark Recchi[1] Tampa Bay Lightning
Jason Krog Vancouver Canucks

Claimed from waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers
Rich Peverley Nashville Predators January 10, 2009

Roster

Updated April 1, 2009.[2]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
20 Canada Armstrong, ColbyColby Armstrong (A) RW R 34 2008 Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
4 United States Bogosian, ZachZach Bogosian D R 27 2008 Massena, New York
36 Canada Boulton, EricEric Boulton LW L 40 2005 Halifax, Nova Scotia
39 Sweden Enstrom, TobiasTobias Enstrom D L 32 2003 Nordingrå, Sweden
2 Canada Exelby, GarnetGarnet Exelby D L 35 1999 Ste. Anne, Manitoba
6 United States Hainsey, RonRon Hainsey D L 36 2008 Bolton, Connecticut
1 Sweden Hedberg, JohanJohan Hedberg G L 44 2006 Leksand, Sweden
17 Russia Kovalchuk, IlyaIlya Kovalchuk (C) LW R 34 2001 Tver, U.S.S.R.
13 Russia Kozlov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Kozlov (A) LW L 45 2002 Voskresensk, U.S.S.R.
32 Finland Lehtonen, KariKari Lehtonen G L 33 2002 Helsinki, Finland
38 United States Lewis, GrantGrant Lewis D R 32 2004 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
10 Canada Little, BryanBryan Little C R 29 2006 Edmonton, Alberta
7 Canada Oystrick, NathanNathan Oystrick D L 34 2002 Regina, Saskatchewan
11 Canada Perrin, EricEric Perrin C L 41 2007 Laval, Quebec
47 Canada Peverley, RichRich Peverley C R 35 2008 Guelph, Ontario
19 United States Reasoner, MartyMarty Reasoner C L 40 2008 Honeoye Falls, New York
23 United States Slater, JimJim Slater  C L 34 2002 Petoskey, Michigan
49 United States Stuart, ColinColin Stuart LW L 35 2001 Rochester, Minnesota
30 Canada Turple, DanDan Turple G L 32 2004 Oakville, Ontario
27 Canada Thorburn, ChrisChris Thorburn C R 34 2007 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
48 Slovakia Valabik, BorisBoris Valabik D L 31 2004 Nitra, Czechoslovakia
12 Canada White, ToddTodd White C L 42 2007 Kanata, Ontario

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 (NAHL)
5 124 Nicklas Lasu (LW)  Sweden Frolunda HC (Sweden Jr.)
6 154 Christopher Carrozzi (G)  Canada Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
7 184 Zach Redmond (D)  United States Ferris State University (CCHA)

See also

References

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