Carolina Hurricanes 4 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 34 - 19
PP: 2 of 7 (13 shots), Passing:63/71=88 %, Challenges:40/51=76 %
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:65/85=76 %, Challenges:34/50=66 %
Attendance: 13724 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 646400 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:43 0-1
Todd White [2] (Darren Haydar, Niclas Hävelid)PP
12:35 1-1
Joe Corvo [2] (David Tanabe, Eric Staal)PP
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30:07 2-1
Eric Staal [9] (Justin Williams, Sergei Samsonov)PP
36:47 3-1
Rod Brind'Amour [7] (Ray Whitney, Bret Hedican)
39:07 3-2
Angelo Esposito [3] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Colby Armstrong)
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40:57 4-2
Tuomo Ruutu [7] (Ray Whitney, Rod Brind'Amour)
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Penalty summary:
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10:41
Justin Williams (2 min for holding the stick)
12:14
Jim Slater (2 min for holding the stick)
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20:31
Jordan LaVallee (2 min for hooking)
29:04
Garnet Exelby (2 min for elbowing)
34:45
Joel Kwiatkowski (2 min for hooking)
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42:19
Colby Armstrong (2 min for high-sticking)
52:19
Garnet Exelby (2 min for tripping)
55:42
Garnet Exelby (2 min for tripping)
57:58
Sergei Samsonov (2 min for elbowing)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bobby Hughes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
L Sergei Samsonov 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 19.50 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 19.30 8
R Justin Williams 0 1 3 0 2 0 2 -1 20.20 6
C Jeff Hamilton 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 8.50 7
C Matt Cullen 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 11.20 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 19.30 9
C Eric Staal 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 20.20 8
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 8.50 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 2 1 2 4 0 0 11.20 6
L Ray Whitney 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 15.00 8
L Erik Cole 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 13.20 7
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 15.50 7
D David Tanabe 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 21.50 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 20.50 7
D Bret Hedican 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 17.20 8
D Joe Corvo 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 -1 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 7
R Jim Slater 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 -1 15.20 6
R Colby Armstrong 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 -1 14.50 7
R Bryan Little 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17.50 5
C Todd White 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
C Éric Perrin 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11.00 6
C Bobby Holik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 5
C Angelo Esposito 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
L Erik Christensen 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5.10 4
L Jordan LaVallee 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10.50 6
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 11.50 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Joel Kwiatkowski 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 11.00 4
D Karel Pilar 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 18.50 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 30.10 7
D Ken Klee 0 0 1 3 1 5 0 -1 15.10 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 25.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 30 0 0 60.00 7
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rod Brind'Amour
2nd star: Eric Staal
3rd star: Tuomo Ruutu