Raleigh, NC -- (Sports Network) - Rich Peverley registered the go-ahead goal, as the Atlanta Thrashers scored five times in the third period to come back and down the Carolina Hurricanes, 6-4, at RBC Center.

Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and an assist, while Evander Kane, Slava Kozlov, Maxim Afinogenov and Marty Reasoner also tallied for Atlanta, which claimed a 2-0 win at Detroit on Wednesday. Ondrej Pavelec allowed four goals on 36 shots for the win.

"I put him with Todd White and Bryan Little for a little bit," Thrashers head coach John Anderson said about changing lines with Kovalchuk. "Then I put him back with Afinogenov and (Nik) Antropov and they were pretty spectacular with their passing and they played really well together."

Erik Cole ended with a goal and a helper, while Stephane Yelle, Sergei Samsonov and Matt Cullen also scored for the Hurricanes, who have dropped three straight. Manny Legace made 28 saves in defeat.

"We certainly had enough chances to make it 5,6,7,8 or whatever, but we didn't and there guy (Pavelec) made some huge saves on us," Hurricanes head coach Paul Maurice said.

With the Hurricanes seemingly up by a comfortable 4-1 margin in the third period, Atlanta struck three times a little over 2 1/2 minutes apart.

First, it was Kozlov lighting the lamp at 6:21, then Kovalchuk ripped a wrist shot home from the low left circle at 7:09 to make it a 4-3 contest.

Then Afinogenov took a pass from Kovalchuk, skated to the middle slot and put a backhander home to tie the game.

The Thrashers weren't finished. Little skated the puck into the Atlanta offensive zone and feathered a backhand pass to Peverley, who beat Pavelec over the shoulder from the left circle for a 5-4 lead with 6:03 remaining. Reasoner added an empty-net tally with 1:03 left.

Carolina drew first blood when Cole's backhander got by Legace 8:11 into the opening period.

The Hurricanes then took a 2-0 lead 2:18 into the second on a giveaway by Pavelec. As the goaltender went behind the net in an attempt to play the puck, he fanned and Yelle was there to stuff it into the empty net.

Atlanta got on the board at 10:31 of the middle stanza. After a Carolina failed clearing attempt, Tobias Enstrom gathered the puck and spotted Kane, who redirected it past Legace.

Samsonov put the 'Canes ahead by two just over three minutes later when he took a perfect backhand pass from Cole and put it into a wide-open net.

Carolina then took advantage of a Thrashers' turnover while skating shorthanded and broke out two-on-one. Tom Kostopoulos set up Cullen for an easy tap-in to make it a 4-1 game with 1:35 left in the second.

Game Notes

Carolina had won eight of the last 11 overall matchups between the teams coming into the contest...Enstrom finished with three assists, while Little had a pair of helpers...Tim Gleason added two assists for Carolina.