Carolina Hurricanes 1 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 33 - 31
PP: 0 of 3 (10 shots), Passing:55/66=83 %, Challenges:27/45=58 %
PP: 3 of 5 (16 shots), Passing:72/93=77 %, Challenges:26/44=57 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:48 0-1
Ivan Majesky [1] (Evgeny Malkin, Alexei Zhitnik)PP
13:48 1-1
Anson Carter [3] (Frantisek Kaberle, Ray Whitney)
19:44 1-2
Evgeny Malkin [4] (Darren Haydar, Scott Mellanby)PP
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39:08 1-3
Darren Haydar [3] (Keith Tkachuk, Éric Bélanger)PP
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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00:39
Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for hooking)
09:18
Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for tripping)
17:48
David Gove (2 min for roughing)
18:46
Rod Brind'Amour (2 min for hooking)
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25:03
Garnet Exelby (5 min for fighting)
25:03
Tim Gleason (5 min for fighting)
26:26
Keith Tkachuk (2 min for cross-checking)
32:05
Oleg Kvasha (2 min for high-sticking)
34:34
Frantisek Kaberle (2 min for hooking)
38:46
Erik Cole (5 min for attempt to injury)
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44:52
Erik Cole (5 min for fighting)
44:52
Garnet Exelby (5 min for fighting)
52:23
Erik Cole (5 min for fighting)
52:23
Andy Sutton (5 min for fighting)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 9.40 4
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 14.20 6
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 12.30 7
R Anson Carter 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 16.00 8
C David Gove 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 9.40 6
C Keith Aucoin 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.50 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 20.00 7
C Eric Staal 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 20.50 7
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 9.40 5
L Justin Williams 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 15.00 6
L Erik Cole 0 0 4 1 0 1 15 0 11.50 8
L Ray Whitney 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 17.30 8
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 9.10 5
D David Tanabe 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18.10 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 29.40 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 3 4 1 6 0 0 16.20 8
D Glen Wesley 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22.30 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 22.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
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 1 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 11.10 8
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 10.30 7
R Aleksey Morozov 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 12.20 5
R Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 20.40 6
C Erik Christensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 4
C Éric Bélanger 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.20 6
C Andrei Nikolishin 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 -1 16.10 7
C Evgeny Malkin 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 20.50 8
L Georges Laraque 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 12.20 7
L Scott Mellanby 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 15.00 7
L Oleg Kvasha 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 11.30 6
L Keith Tkachuk 0 1 6 3 2 2 2 0 21.10 8
D Ivan Majesky 1 0 5 4 0 4 0 0 26.00 8
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9.10 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 29.50 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 0 11.10 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 14.00 6
D Greg de Vries 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 -1 29.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 1 0 32 0 0 60.00 10
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Darren Haydar
2nd star: Evgeny Malkin
3rd star: Kari Lehtonen
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Anson Carter finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Darren Haydar ended his 9 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Garnet Exelby fought Tim Gleason in a fight.
-Garnet Exelby beat Erik Cole in a fight.
-Andy Sutton beat Erik Cole in a fight.
Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 6( 21) , Chicago Wolves 1( 16)
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1-0 LOW Shane Willis (Brad Isbister, Andrew Hutchinson)
2-0 LOW Trevor Letowski (Ryan Bayda, Brad Zancanaro)
3-0 LOW Vince Bellissimo (Anton Babchuk)
4-0 LOW Shane Willis (Joe Barnes)
5-0 LOW Jesse Boulerice (Scott Kelman)
5-1 CHW Eric Boulton (Derek MacKenzie)
6-1 LOW Tim Conboy (Brad Zancanaro)
Goalies: Kevin Nastiuk - Fred Brathwaite