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2007–08 Atlanta Thrashers season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2007–08
year	2007
Team	Atlanta Thrashers
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	14th
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	4th
Record	34–40–8
HomeRecord	19–18–3
RoadRecord	15–22–5
GoalsFor	157
GoalsAgainst	191
GeneralManager	Don Waddell
Coach	Bob Hartley (Oct.)
Don Waddell (Oct.–Apr.) interim
Captain	Bobby Holik
AltCaptain	Niclas Havelid
Marian Hossa (Oct.–Feb.)
Ilya Kovalchuk
Vyacheslav Kozlov
Mark Recchi (Feb.–Apr.)
Arena	Philips Arena
Attendance	15,831 (85.4%)
GoalsLeader	Ilya Kovalchuk (52)
AssistsLeader	Ilya Kovalchuk (35)
PointsLeader	Ilya Kovalchuk (87)
PlusMinusLeader	Colby Armstrong (+4)
Darren Haydar (+4)
PIMLeader	Eric Boulton (91)
WinsLeader	Johan Hedberg (13)
Kari Lehtonen (13)
GAALeader	Ondrej Pavelec (3.11)

Don Waddell (Oct.–Apr.) interim Marian Hossa (Oct.–Feb.) Ilya Kovalchuk Vyacheslav Kozlov Mark Recchi (Feb.–Apr.) Darren Haydar (+4) Kari Lehtonen (13)

The 2007–08 Atlanta Thrashers season began on October 5, 2007. It was the Atlanta Thrashers' ninth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). A year after winning the Southeast Division, the Thrashers failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NHL entry draft took place in Columbus, Ohio, on June 22–23.
The free agency period began on July 1.

Regular season

Starting off 0–6–0, the Thrashers fired head coach Bob Hartley on October 17, 2007, replacing him on an interim basis with general manager Don Waddell.

On December 23, 2007, Marian Hossa scored just 19 seconds into overtime to give Atlanta a 3–2 road win over the St. Louis Blues. Hossa tied Martin Erat, who also scored 15 seconds into the overtime period of the Predators' November 15, 2007, 5–4 home win over the Chicago Blackhawks, for the fastest overtime goal of the 2007–08 regular season.

Excluding six shootout goals, the Thrashers allowed 266 goals, tied with the Tampa Bay Lightning for the most in the NHL.

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

|- | 1 || October 5 || Washington || 3 – 1 || Atlanta || || Lehtonen || 18,707 || 0–1–0 || 0 || |- | 2 || October 6 || Atlanta || 2 – 5|| Tampa Bay || || Hedberg || 19,220 || 0–2–0 || 0 || |- | 3 || October 10 || Ottawa || 3 – 1 || Atlanta || || Lehtonen || 12,751 || 0–3–0 || 0 || |- | 4 || October 11 || Atlanta || 0 – 6 || Buffalo || || Lehtonen || 18,690 || 0–4–0 || 0 || |- | 5 || October 13 || New Jersey || 6 – 4 || Atlanta || || Lehtonen || 15,606 || 0–5–0 || 0 || |- | 6 || October 16 || Atlanta || 0 – 4 || Philadelphia || || Hedberg || 18,933 || 0–6–0 || 0 || |- | 7 || October 18 || NY Rangers || 3 – 5 || Atlanta || || Hedberg || 14,076 || 1–6–0 || 2 || |- | 8 || October 20 || Atlanta || 2 – 6 || Tampa Bay || || Hedberg || 19,420 || 1–7–0 || 2 || |- | 9 || October 23 || Atlanta || 5 – 4 || Toronto || SO || Hedberg || 19,210 || 2–7–0 || 4 || |- | 10 || October 25 || Atlanta || 0 – 3 || Nashville || || Hedberg || 13,383 || 2–8–0 || 4 || |- | 11 || October 27 || Atlanta || 3 – 2 || Chicago || || Hedberg || 15,789 || 3–8–0 || 6 || |- | 12 || October 30 || Atlanta || 3 – 2 || Montreal || SO || Hedberg || 21,273 || 4–8–0 || 8 ||

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Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

		Regular season		Player	GP
Ilya Kovalchuk	79	52	35	87	52
Marian Hossa	60	26	22	48	30
Eric Perrin	81	12	33	45	26
Vyacheslav Kozlov	82	17	24	41	26
Mark Recchi	53	12	28	40	20
Tobias Enstrom	82	5	33	38	42
Todd White	74	14	23	37	36
Bobby Holik	82	15	19	34	90
Chris Thorburn	73	5	13	18	92
Bryan Little	48	6	10	16	18
Pascal Dupuis	62	10	5	15	24
Niclas Havelid	81	1	10	11	42
Jim Slater	69	8	5	13	41
Colby Armstrong	18	4	7	11	6
Ken Klee	72	1	9	10	60
Eric Boulton	74	4	5	9	127
Alexei Zhitnik	65	3	5	8	58
Darren Haydar	16	1	7	8	2
Garnet Exelby	79	2	5	7	85
Steve McCarthy	55	1	6	7	48
Joel Kwiatkowski	18	0	5	5	20
Colin Stuart	18	3	2	5	6
Brad Larsen	62	1	3	4	12
Erik Christensen	10	2	2	4	2
Brett Sterling	13	1	2	3	14
Mark Popovic	33	0	2	2	10
Jordan Smotherman	2	1	1	2	0
Kevin Doell	8	0	1	1	4
Boris Valabik	7	0	0	0	42

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

		Regular season		Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT
Kari Lehtonen	48	2707	17	22	5	131	4	.916	2.90
Johan Hedberg	36	1927	14	15	3	111	1	.892	3.46
Ondrej Pavelec	7	347	3	3	0	18	0	.905	3.11

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Todd White	100th NHL goal	November 6, 2007

Transactions

The Thrashers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

February 26, 2008
To Pittsburgh Penguins Marian Hossa
Pascal Dupuis	To Atlanta Thrashers Colby Armstrong
Erik Christensen
Angelo Esposito
[2008](2008-nhl-entry-draft) 1st round pick (Daultan Leveille)

Free agents

Alexandre Giroux	Washington Capitals	2 years, $925,000

Andy Sutton	New York Islanders

Draft picks

Atlanta's picks at the 2007 NHL entry draft in Columbus, Ohio.

Round	#	Player	Position	College/junior/club team (league)
3	67	Spencer Machacek	Right wing	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
4	115	Niclas Lucenius	Center	Tappara (Finland)
6	175	John Albert	Center	U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL)
7	205	Paul Postma	Defense	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)

Atlanta will pick third in the 2008 NHL entry draft, behind the Tampa Bay Lightning and Los Angeles Kings, after failing to move up in the draft lottery. The Thrashers will also have the first round pick from the Pittsburgh Penguins, received in the trade for Marian Hossa.

Farm teams

American Hockey League

The Chicago Wolves are the Thrashers American Hockey League affiliate for the 2007–08 AHL season

ECHL

The Gwinnett Gladiators are the Thrashers ECHL affiliate.

References

"Atlanta Thrashers at St. Louis Blues Box Score — December 23, 2007".
"2007-08 NHL Schedule and Results".
"Chicago Blackhawks at Nashville Predators Box Score — November 15, 2007".
http://ww.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2008_games.html{{dead link. (October 2017)
"2007-08 NHL Summary".
"2007-08 NHL Schedule and Results".
"2007-08 Atlanta Thrashers Schedule".
2007 NHL Entry Draft Results [http://www.nhl.com/futures/2007draft/ nhl.com] {{dead link. (January 2017)
link. (2008-04-03)

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