GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: WASHINGTON (5-8) at CAROLINA (8-6)

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
CAROLINA 3 11:52 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
CAROLINA 3 8:12 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
CAROLINA 3 6:42 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
CAROLINA 4
2ND PRD: CAR - (PP) ERIC STAAL 10 (MATT CULLEN, JUSTIN WILLIAMS) 16:07</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
CAROLINA 4 1:32 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 0 0 0
CAROLINA 3 1 4 END OF THE 2ND

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: CAR - (PP) CORY STILLMAN 6 (ROD BRIND'AMOUR, RAY WHITNEY)
4:23
CAR - (PP) CORY STILLMAN 7 (RAY WHITNEY, MATT CULLEN) 7:14
CAR - CORY STILLMAN 8 (ERIK COLE, ERIC STAAL) 11:28
2ND PRD: CAR - (PP) ERIC STAAL 10 (MATT CULLEN, JUSTIN WILLIAMS)
16:07

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
WAS 19 5 24
CAR 10 11 21

GOALIES: WAS - OLAF KOLZIG
CAR - CAM WARD</div>

 

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Washington 0 0 --0
Carolina 3 1 --4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Carolina, Cory Stillman 6 (power play) (Rod
Brind'Amour, Ray Whitney), 4:23. 2, Carolina, Cory Stillman 7 (power
play) (Ray Whitney, Matt Cullen), 7:14. 3, Carolina, Cory Stillman 8
(Erik Cole, Eric Staal), 11:28. Penalties: C Stillman, Car (hooking),
1:34; M Jurcina, Was (holding), 4:19; A Ovechkin, Was (boarding),
6:56; C Larose, Car (slashing), 9:00; T Gleason, Car (major fighting),
11:05; M Bradley, Was (major fighting), 11:05.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Carolina, Eric Staal 10 (power play) (Matt
Cullen, Justin Williams), 16:07. Penalties: M Nylander, Was
(hooking), 5:32; D Tanabe, Car (holding), 11:09; D Brashear, Was
(major boarding, misconduct), 13:18; O Kolzig, Was (tripping served by
B Laich), 18:04; E Cole, Car (holding), 19:34.

Shots on goal:
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Washington 19 5 --24
Carolina 10 11 --21
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Goalies : Washington, Olaf Kolzig (21 shots, 17 saves). Carolina, Cam
Ward (24 shots, 24 saves). Referees: Dan Marouelli, Dan O'Rourke.
Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Jay Sharrers.</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
CAROLINA 4 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
CAROLINA 5
3RD PRD: CAR - ERIC STAAL 11 (CORY STILLMAN, TIM GLEASON) 2:01</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NHL AT CAROLINA
WAS GOALIE CHANGE
BRENT JOHNSON, 42:01 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
CAROLINA 5 15:51 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
CAROLINA 5 11:15 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
CAROLINA 5 9:04 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
CAROLINA 5 4:25 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0
CAROLINA 3 1 1 5 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: CAR - (PP) CORY STILLMAN 6 (ROD BRIND'AMOUR, RAY WHITNEY)
4:23
CAR - (PP) CORY STILLMAN 7 (RAY WHITNEY, MATT CULLEN) 7:14
CAR - CORY STILLMAN 8 (ERIK COLE, ERIC STAAL) 11:28
2ND PRD: CAR - (PP) ERIC STAAL 10 (MATT CULLEN, JUSTIN WILLIAMS)
16:07
3RD PRD: CAR - ERIC STAAL 11 (CORY STILLMAN, TIM GLEASON) 2:01

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: WAS - 0 OF 4, CAR - 3 OF 7.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
WAS 19 5 11 35
CAR 10 11 12 33

GOALIES: WAS - OLAF KOLZIG, BRENT JOHNSON
(42:01, 3RD)
CAR - CAM WARD

OFFICIALS: REF - DAN MAROUELLI, DAN O'ROURKE
LIN - DAN SCHACHTE, JAY SHARRERS

ATT: 12,171</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

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Washington 0 0 0 --0
Carolina 3 1 1 --5
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Carolina, Cory Stillman 6 (power play) (Rod
Brind'Amour, Ray Whitney), 4:23. 2, Carolina, Cory Stillman 7 (power
play) (Ray Whitney, Matt Cullen), 7:14. 3, Carolina, Cory Stillman 8
(Erik Cole, Eric Staal), 11:28. Penalties: C Stillman, Car (hooking),
1:34; M Jurcina, Was (holding), 4:19; A Ovechkin, Was (boarding),
6:56; C Larose, Car (slashing), 9:00; T Gleason, Car (major fighting),
11:05; M Bradley, Was (major fighting), 11:05.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Carolina, Eric Staal 10 (power play) (Matt
Cullen, Justin Williams), 16:07. Penalties: M Nylander, Was
(hooking), 5:32; D Tanabe, Car (holding), 11:09; D Brashear, Was
(major boarding, misconduct), 13:18; O Kolzig, Was (tripping served by
B Laich), 18:04; E Cole, Car (holding), 19:34.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Carolina, Eric Staal 11 (Cory Stillman, Tim
Gleason), 2:01. Penalties: M Jurcina, Was (tripping), 10:56.

Shots on goal:
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Washington 19 5 11 --35
Carolina 10 11 12 --33
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Power-play Conversions: Washington - 0 of 4, Carolina - 3 of 7.
Goalies : Washington, Olaf Kolzig (24 shots, 19 saves; record: 4-6-0),
Brent Johnson (42:01 of 3rd period, 9, 9). Carolina, Cam Ward (35
shots, 35 saves; record: 7-2-2). A: 12,171. Referees: Dan Marouelli,
Dan O'Rourke. Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Jay Sharrers.</div>

 

NHL: WASHINGTON at CAROLINA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
WASHINGTON 0
CAROLINA 5</div>

 

By Joe Johnson
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


RALEIGH, North Carolina (Ticker) - The Carolina Hurricanes'power play has been lethal lately, and the Washington Capitalswere the most recent victims.


Cory Stillman scored a natural hat trick in the first 12 minutesand Eric Staal added a pair to lead Carolina to a 5-0 victoryMonday night.


Goaltender Cam Ward recorded his third career regular-seasonshutout - all against the Capitals - and fifth overall for theHurricanes.


Stillman became the second player in franchise history to recorda first-period hat trick. Ron Francis had the other in 1985,when the team was in Hartford, Connecticut and the Whalers beatMontreal, 11-6, in Patrick Roy's second game in goal for theCanadiens.


Stillman's first two goals came on the power play en route tohis fourth career hat trick. His last occurred on January 5,2002, against Dallas when he was with St. Louis.


The first goal came when Rod Brind'Amour won a faceoff and sentthe puck to Ray Whitney along the left boards, who fired it backto Brind'Amour and over to Stillman on the right side of thegoal. Stillman slapped a one-timer past Olaf Kolzig for a 1-0advantage 4:23 into the contest.


Less than three minutes later, Stillman, who owns an eight-gamescoring streak, worked a give-and-go with Whitney and beatKolzig up the middle.


Stillman's last tally was perhaps the most impressive. On a2-on-1 break, Erik Cole faked a slap shot from the point andpassed to Stillman, who slipped the puck past Kolzig'soutstretched right leg as he was flying past the net.

Carolina, with the second-best power play in the NHL, has gottenmultiple goals with the man advantage in three of their lastfour games, each of which have ended in wins.


Washington actually outshot the Hurricanes, 19-10, in the firstperiod. But Carolina's defense clamped down on the Capitals,holding Washington to 16 shots the rest of the way.

Staal became the first Carolina player to reach double digits ingoals, deflecting Matt Cullen's blast with less than fourminutes left in the second period. It also was on the powerplay after Washington's Donald Brashear picked up a majorboarding penalty and a game misconduct.


Staal's second goal came two minutes into the third period andit chased Kolzig, who faced 24 shots and made 19 saves. Kolziglost his third straight to fall to 4-6.


Kolzig did not get much help from his defense, however. TheCapitals are without blue-liners Steve Eminger, who has missedthe last 14 games, and Tom Poti, who was out with a groininjury.


Washington had shut out Carolina, 2-0, in their first meeting ofthe season on October 6.


Washington's Alex Ovechkin almost took out another teammate whenhe popped Matt Pettinger in the head with a rising wrist shotmidway through the second period.

 

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Washington 0 0 0 --0
Carolina 3 1 1 --5
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Carolina, Cory Stillman 6 (power play) (Rod
Brind'Amour, Ray Whitney), 4:23. 2, Carolina, Cory Stillman 7 (power
play) (Ray Whitney, Matt Cullen), 7:14. 3, Carolina, Cory Stillman 8
(Erik Cole, Eric Staal), 11:28. Penalties: C Stillman, Car (hooking),
1:34; M Jurcina, Was (holding), 4:19; A Ovechkin, Was (boarding),
6:56; C Larose, Car (slashing), 9:00; T Gleason, Car (major fighting),
11:05; M Bradley, Was (major fighting), 11:05.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Carolina, Eric Staal 10 (power play) (Matt
Cullen, Justin Williams), 16:07. Penalties: M Nylander, Was
(hooking), 5:32; D Tanabe, Car (holding stick), 11:09; D Brashear, Was
(major boarding, misconduct), 13:18; O Kolzig, Was (tripping served by
B Laich), 18:04; E Cole, Car (holding), 19:34.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Carolina, Eric Staal 11 (Cory Stillman, Tim
Gleason), 2:01. Penalties: M Jurcina, Was (tripping), 10:56.

Shots on goal:
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Washington 19 5 11 --35
Carolina 10 11 12 --33
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Power-play Conversions: Washington - 0 of 4, Carolina - 3 of 7.
Goalies : Washington, Olaf Kolzig (24 shots, 19 saves; record: 4-6-0),
Brent Johnson (42:01 of 3rd period, 9, 9). Carolina, Cam Ward (35
shots, 35 saves; record: 7-2-2). A: 12,171. Referees: Dan Marouelli,
Dan O'Rourke. Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Jay Sharrers.</div>

 

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WASHINGTON 0 0 0 --0
CAROLINA 3 1 1 --5
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Carolina, Cory Stillman 6 (power play) (Rod
Brind'Amour, Ray Whitney), 4:23. 2, Carolina, Cory Stillman 7 (power
play) (Ray Whitney, Matt Cullen), 7:14. 3, Carolina, Cory Stillman 8
(Erik Cole, Eric Staal), 11:28. Penalties: C Stillman, Car (hooking),
1:34; M Jurcina, Was (holding), 4:19; A Ovechkin, Was (boarding),
6:56; C Larose, Car (slashing), 9:00; T Gleason, Car (major fighting),
11:05; M Bradley, Was (major fighting), 11:05.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Carolina, Eric Staal 10 (power play) (Matt
Cullen, Justin Williams), 16:07. Penalties: M Nylander, Was
(hooking), 5:32; D Tanabe, Car (holding stick), 11:09; D Brashear, Was
(major boarding, misconduct), 13:18; O Kolzig, Was (tripping served by
B Laich), 18:04; E Cole, Car (holding), 19:34.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Carolina, Eric Staal 11 (Cory Stillman, Tim
Gleason), 2:01. Penalties: M Jurcina, Was (tripping), 10:56.

Shots on goal:
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WASHINGTON 19 5 11 --35
CAROLINA 10 11 12 --33
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Power-play Conversions: WAS - 0 of 4, CAR - 3 of 7. Goalies :
Washington, Olaf Kolzig (24 shots, 19 saves; record: 4-6-0), Brent
Johnson (42:01 of 3rd period, 9, 9). Carolina, Cam Ward (35 shots, 35
saves; record: 7-2-2). A: 12,171. Referees: Dan Marouelli, Dan
O'Rourke. Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Jay Sharrers.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

WASHINGTON CAROLINA
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
M Bradley 0 0 even 2 J Williams 0 1 even 2
B Gordon 0 0 even 2 E Staal 2 1 +2 5
B Sutherby 0 0 -2 0 R Whitney 0 2 even 4
M Pettinger 0 0 -1 2 R Brind'Amour 0 1 even 4
N Backstrom 0 0 -1 0 T Letowski 0 0 even 0
B Pothier 0 0 even 3 G Wesley 0 0 +1 0
B Laich 0 0 -1 2 M Commodore 0 0 even 1
M Jurcina 0 0 even 2 E Cole 0 1 +2 1
V Kozlov 0 0 even 4 C Adams 0 0 even 0
S Morrisonn 0 0 -2 1 D Seidenberg 0 0 +1 2
D Steckel 0 0 even 1 T Gleason 0 1 +1 2
J Erskine 0 0 -1 0 D Tanabe 0 0 even 0
T Fleischmann 0 0 even 2 F Kaberle 0 0 +1 2
M Green 0 0 -1 5 J Hamilton 0 0 even 1
J Schultz 0 0 even 1 C LaRose 0 0 even 2
A Ovechkin 0 0 even 5 B Hedican 0 0 even 1
D Brashear 0 0 even 1 C Stillman 3 1 +2 3
M Nylander 0 0 -1 2 M Cullen 0 2 even 3
N Wallin SHOULDER
K Aucoin HEALTHY</div>