2008-09 Atlanta Thrashers season

2008–09 Atlanta Thrashers	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 	Team information
General Manager 	Don Waddell
Coach 	John Anderson
Captain 	Vacant (Oct-Jan)Ilya Kovalchuk (Jan- )
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 	Team leaders
Goals 	Ilya Kovalchuk (41)
Assists 	Todd White (49)
Points 	Ilya Kovalchuk (89)
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 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.
== Regular season==
=== Divisional standings===
Southeast Division
No.	CR	 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	Pts
1 	2 	Washington Capitals	82	50	24	8 	272	245	108
2 	6 	Carolina Hurricanes	82	45	30	7 	239	226	97
3 	9 	Florida Panthers 	82	41	30	11 	234	231	93
4 	13	Atlanta Thrashers 	82	35	41	6 	257	280	76
5 	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	24	40	18 	210	279	66
=== Conference standings===
Eastern Conference 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	Pts
y-Boston Bruins 	82	53	19	10 	274	196	116
y-Washington Capitals	82	50	24	8 	272	245	108
y-New Jersey Devils 	82	51	27	4 	244	209	106
Pittsburgh Penguins 	82	45	28	9 	264	239	99
Philadelphia Flyers 	82	44	27	11 	264	238	99
Carolina Hurricanes 	82	45	30	7 	239	226	97
New York Rangers 	82	43	30	9 	210	218	95
Montreal Canadiens 	82	41	30	11 	249	247	93
Florida Panthers 	82	41	30	11 	234	231	93
Buffalo Sabres 	82	41	32	9 	250	234	91
Ottawa Senators 	82	36	35	11 	217	237	83
Toronto Maple Leafs 	82	34	35	13 	250	293	81
Atlanta Thrashers 	82	35	41	6 	257	280	76
Tampa Bay Lightning 	82	24	40	18 	210	279	66
New York Islanders 	82	26	47	9 	201	279	61
bold - qualified for playoffs, y - division winner
=== Game log===
*Green background indicates win (2 points).
*Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
*White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).
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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 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
=== Record vs. Opponents===
Team 	Points	Record
New Jersey* 	106 	1–3–0
NY Islanders	61 	3–1–0
NY Rangers 	95 	2–1–1
Philadelphia	99 	0–4–0
Pittsburgh 	99 	0–4–0
Boston* 	116 	0–4–0
Buffalo 	91 	4–0–0
Montreal 	93 	2–2–0
Ottawa 	83 	2–2–0
Toronto 	81 	2–1–1
Carolina 	97 	3–3–0
Florida 	93 	2–3–1
Tampa Bay 	66 	4–1–1
Washington* 	108 	2–4–0
Chicago 	104 	0–1–0
Columbus 	92 	0–1–0
Detroit* 	112 	0–2–0
Nashville 	88 	1–0–1
St. Louis 	92 	0–1–0
Calgary 	98 	1–0–0
Colorado 	69 	2–0–0
Edmonton 	85 	1–0–0
Minnesota 	89 	0–1–0
Vancouver* 	100 	1–0–0
Anaheim 	91 	1–0–0
Dallas 	83 	0–1–0
Los Angeles 	79 	1–0–0
Phoenix 	79 	0–0–1
San Jose* 	117 	0–1–0
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
== Playoffs==
The Atlanta Thrashers failed to qualify for the 2009 NHL Playoffs.
== Player stats==
=== Skaters===
{| class="wikitable" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170);"	Regular season	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
Ilya Kovalchuk 	79 	43	48	91 	-12	50
Vyacheslav Kozlov 	82 	26	50	76 	-14	44
Todd White 	82 	22	51	73 	-9 	24
Bryan Little 	79 	31	20	51 	-5 	24
Colby Armstrong 	82 	22	18	40 	+5 	75
Ron Hainsey 	81 	6 	33	39 	-16	32
Rich Peverley† 	39 	13	22	35 	+16	18
Tobias Enstrom 	82 	5 	27	32 	+14	52
Marty Reasoner 	79 	14	16	30 	+11	36
Eric Perrin 	78 	7 	16	23 	-2 	36
Erik Christensen‡ 	47 	5 	14	19 	-7 	14
Zach Bogosian 	47 	9 	10	19 	+11	47
Jason Williams‡ 	41 	7 	11	18 	-9 	8
Jim Slater 	60 	8 	10	18 	0 	52
Niclas Havelid‡ 	63 	2 	13	15 	+4 	42
Mathieu Schneider‡	44 	4 	11	15 	-10	50
Chris Thorburn 	82 	7 	8 	15 	-10	104
Eric Boulton 	76 	3 	10	13 	-3 	176
Nathan Oystrick 	53 	4 	8 	12 	-2 	50
Joseph Crabb 	29 	4 	5 	9 	-2 	28
Colin Stuart 	33 	5 	3 	8 	+3 	18
Garnet Exelby 	59 	0 	7 	7 	-2 	120
Boris Valabik 	50 	0 	5 	5 	-14	132
Anssi Salmela† 	9 	1 	2 	3 	0 	2
Joe Motzko 	6 	1 	0 	1 	+1 	0
Brett Sterling 	6 	1 	0 	1 	-3 	2
Scott Lehman 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Clay Wilson† 	2 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0
Jordan LaVallee 	2 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0
Grant Lewis 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Spencer Machacek 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
=== Goaltenders===
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" id="sortable_table_id_4" width="100%"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	GP	Min 	W 	L 	OT	GA 	GAA 	SA 	SV 	Sv% 	SO
Kari Lehtonen 	46	2624	19	22	3 	134	3.06	1498	1364	.911	3
Johan Hedberg 	33	1716	13	12	3 	100	3.49	875 	775 	.886	0
Ondrej 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; GP = 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==
=== Records===
=== Milestones===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	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	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===
{| class="wikitable"	 	
Player	Former team	Contract Terms
=== Claimed from waivers===
{| class="wikitable"	 	
Player 	Former team 	Date claimed off waivers
Rich Peverley	Nashville Predators	January 10, 2009
== Roster==
# 	Nat 	Player 	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
20	Canada 	Colby Armstrong (A) 	RW 	R 	27 	2008 	Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
4 	United States	Zach Bogosian 	D 	R 	20 	2008 	Massena, New York
36	Canada 	Eric Boulton 	LW 	L 	34 	2005 	Halifax, Nova Scotia
39	Sweden 	Tobias Enstrom 	D 	L 	25 	2003 	Nordingrå, Sweden
2 	Canada 	Garnet Exelby 	D 	L 	29 	1999 	Ste. Anne, Manitoba
6 	United States	Ron Hainsey 	D 	L 	29 	2008 	Bolton, Connecticut
1 	Sweden 	Johan Hedberg 	G 	L 	37 	2006 	Leksand, Sweden
17	Russia 	Ilya Kovalchuk (C) 	LW 	R 	27 	2001 	Tver, U.S.S.R.
13	Russia 	Vyacheslav Kozlov (A)	LW 	L 	38 	2002 	Voskresensk, U.S.S.R.
32	Finland 	Kari Lehtonen 	G 	L 	26 	2002 	Helsinki, Finland
38	United States	Grant Lewis 	D 	R 	25 	2004 	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
10	USA 	Brian Little 	C 	R 	22 	2006 	Edmonton, Alberta
7 	Canada 	Nathan Oystrick 	D 	L 	27 	2002 	Regina, Saskatchewan
11	Canada 	Eric Perrin 	C 	L 	34 	2007 	Laval, Quebec
47	Canada 	Rich Peverley 	C 	R 	28 	2008 	Guelph, Ontario
19	United States	Marty Reasoner 	C 	L 	33 	2008 	Honeoye Falls, New York
23	United States	Jim Slater 	C 	L 	27 	2002 	Petoskey, Michigan
49	United States	Colin Stuart 	LW 	L 	28 	2001 	Rochester, Minnesota
30	Canada 	Dan Turple 	G 	L 	25 	2004 	Oakville, Ontario
27	Canada 	Chris Thorburn 	C 	R 	27 	2007 	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
49	Slovakia 	Boris Valabik 	D 	L 	24 	2004 	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
12	Canada 	Todd White 	C 	L 	35 	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 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	Ferris State University (CCHA)
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