Thrashers score 5 third-period goals, beat Hurricanes 6-4

Thrashers rally to beat Hurricanes

RALEIGH, N.C. — Rich Peverly scored the fourth of Atlanta’s five third-period goals with 6:03 remaining to help the Thrashers rally for a 6-4 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.

Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and an assist, Evander Kane, Slava Kozlov, Marty Reasoner and Maxim Afinogenov also scored, and Tobias Enstrom had three assists for the Thrashers, 6-1-3 in their last 10 games. Ondrej Pavelec made 32 saves.

Erik Cole had a goal and an assist, and Sergei Samsonov, Matt Cullen and Stephane Yelle also scored for the Hurricanes. Carolina had won three in a row at home before blowing a 4-1 third-period lead against the Thrashers.