GAME THREAD: NHL: CAROLINA (1-2) at TORONTO (1-2)

NHL: CAROLINA at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL CAROLINA 6
TORONTO 1
3RD PRD: CAR - (PP) JEFF HAMILTON 2 (JUSTIN WILLIAMS, ERIC STAAL) 5:07</div>

 

NHL: CAROLINA at TORONTO

<div class="pre">CORRECTION

NHL CAROLINA 6
TORONTO 1
3RD PRD: CAR - (PP) JEFF HAMILTON 2 (JUSTIN WILLIAMS, ERIC STAAL) 4:07</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CAROLINA 6
TORONTO 1 12:39 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CAROLINA 6
TORONTO 1 10:46 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CAROLINA 6
TORONTO 1 7:50 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CAROLINA 6
TORONTO 1 7:27 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CAROLINA 7
TORONTO 1
3RD PRD: CAR - ERIC STAAL 4 (DENNIS SEIDENBERG, CORY STILLMAN) 14:07</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CAROLINA 7
TORONTO 1 2:51 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
CAROLINA 2 2 3 7
TORONTO 1 0 0 1 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: TOR - (PP) BRYAN MCCABE 1 (MATS SUNDIN, TOMAS KABERLE) 4:21
CAR - JUSTIN WILLIAMS 1 (ROD BRIND'AMOUR) 6:46
CAR - (PP) CORY STILLMAN 1 (RAY WHITNEY, MATT CULLEN) 19:36
2ND PRD: CAR - (PP) MATT CULLEN 1 (CORY STILLMAN, ROD BRIND'AMOUR)
11:41
CAR - RAY WHITNEY 1 (MATT CULLEN, SCOTT WALKER) 17:23
3RD PRD: CAR - (PP) SCOTT WALKER 1 (ERIK COLE) 1:35
CAR - (PP) JEFF HAMILTON 2 (JUSTIN WILLIAMS, ERIC STAAL)
4:07
CAR - ERIC STAAL 4 (DENNIS SEIDENBERG, CORY STILLMAN) 14:07

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: CAR - 4 OF 8, TOR - 1 OF 5.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
CAR 12 13 14 39
TOR 10 6 12 28

GOALIES: CAR - CAM WARD
TOR - VESA TOSKALA

OFFICIALS: REF - DAN MAROUELLI, MICK MCGEOUGH
LIN - SCOTT DRISCOLL, THOR NELSON

ATT: 19,224</div>

 

NHL: CAROLINA at TORONTO

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Carolina 2 2 3 --7
Toronto 1 0 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Bryan Mccabe 1 (power play) (Mats
Sundin, Tomas Kaberle), 4:21. 2, Carolina, Justin Williams 1 (Rod
Brind'Amour), 6:46. 3, Carolina, Cory Stillman 1 (power play) (Ray
Whitney, Matt Cullen), 19:36. Penalties: B Mccabe, Tor (slashing),
1:45; J Williams, Car (interference), 2:18; - Bench, Car (too many men
served by J Hamilton), 3:44; A Wozniewski, Tor (slashing), 12:53; N
Antropov, Tor (high sticking), 18:25.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Carolina, Matt Cullen 1 (power play) (Cory
Stillman, Rod Brind'Amour), 11:41. 5, Carolina, Ray Whitney 1 (Matt
Cullen, Scott Walker), 17:23. Penalties: H Gill, Tor (tripping),
2:54; D Tucker, Tor (interference), 10:48; M Cullen, Car (hooking),
14:11; D Tucker, Tor (roughing), 20:00.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Carolina, Scott Walker 1 (power play) (Erik
Cole), 1:35. 7, Carolina, Jeff Hamilton 2 (power play) (Justin
Williams, Eric Staal), 4:07. 8, Carolina, Eric Staal 4 (Dennis
Seidenberg, Cory Stillman), 14:07. Penalties: A Wozniewski, Tor
(slashing), 3:26; D Seidenberg, Car (interference), 8:01; G Wesley,
Car (hooking), 15:30; A Wozniewski, Tor (interference), 17:54.

Shots on goal:
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Carolina 12 13 14 --39
Toronto 10 6 12 --28
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Power-play Conversions: Carolina - 4 of 8, Toronto - 1 of 5. Goalies :
Carolina, Cam Ward (28 shots, 27 saves; record: 2-0-1). Toronto, Vesa
Toskala (39 shots, 32 saves; record: 1-2-0). A: 19,224. Referees: Dan
Marouelli, Mick Mcgeough. Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Thor Nelson.</div>

 

TORONTO (Ticker) -- The Carolina Hurricanes more than doubledtheir scoring and tripled their power-play output in one game.

Seven different players scored as Carolina benefited from fourpower-play goals to throttle the Toronto Maple Leafs, 7-1, onTuesday.


The Hurricanes entered the game with six tallies - with only twoon the man-advantage.


Matt Cullen, Justin Williams and Cory Stillman all had onepower-play goal and two assists, while Ray Whitney, ScottWalker, Jeff Hamilton and Eric Staal also scored for Carolina.

The Hurricanes' seven-goal outburst is the most by any team thusfar in the season.


Toronto, ironically, started the scoring 4:21 into the firstperiod.


With the Maple Leafs on a 5-on-3 power play, Mats Sundinpatiently assessed his options before firing a crisp pass toBryan McCabe, who blasted a one-timer past Carolina goaltenderCam Ward.


Sundin's assist tied him with Hall of Famer Darryl Sittler forthe franchise record in points (916).


The 36-year-old team captain has a point in all four conteststhis season, accumulating a goal and six assists.


From there, it was all Carolina.


Williams responded just over two minutes later, painting theshort-side, top corner to beat Toronto goaltender Vesa Toskalato tie the game at 1-1.


Stillman, who missed two games with a torso injury, gave theHurricanes a 2-1 advantage with just 24 seconds remaining in thefirst period. For Stillman, it was his 211th career goal.

After Cullen's power-play goal midway through the second periodgave the Hurricanes a 3-1 lead, Whitney put the game out ofreach with a back-breaking goal.


Whitney capitalized on a poor line change by skating in freelyfrom the Maple Leafs' blueline and wristing the puck betweenToskala's legs with under three minutes remaining in the period.It was Whitney's 255th career goal.


Three third-period goals were more than enough for Ward, whostopped 27 of 28 shots.


Toskala stopped 32 of 39 shots for Toronto.


Jason Blake did not register a point in his first game sincedisclosing on Monday that he has been diagnosed with chronicmyelogenous leukemia. He played over 17 minutes and took threeshots in the loss.

 

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Carolina 2 2 3 --7
Toronto 1 0 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Bryan Mccabe 1 (power play) (Mats
Sundin, Tomas Kaberle), 4:21. 2, Carolina, Justin Williams 1 (Rod
Brind'Amour), 6:46. 3, Carolina, Cory Stillman 1 (power play) (Ray
Whitney, Matt Cullen), 19:36. Penalties: B Mccabe, Tor (slashing),
1:45; J Williams, Car (interference), 2:18; - Bench, Car (too many men
served by J Hamilton), 3:44; A Wozniewski, Tor (slashing), 12:53; N
Antropov, Tor (high sticking), 18:35.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Carolina, Matt Cullen 1 (power play) (Cory
Stillman, Rod Brind'Amour), 11:41. 5, Carolina, Ray Whitney 1 (Matt
Cullen, Scott Walker), 17:23. Penalties: H Gill, Tor (tripping),
2:54; D Tucker, Tor (interference), 10:48; M Cullen, Car (hooking),
14:11; D Tucker, Tor (roughing), 20:00.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Carolina, Scott Walker 1 (power play) (Erik
Cole, Justin Williams), 1:35. 7, Carolina, Jeff Hamilton 2 (power
play) (Justin Williams, Eric Staal), 5:07. 8, Carolina, Eric Staal 4
(Dennis Seidenberg, Cory Stillman), 14:07. Penalties: A Wozniewski,
Tor (slashing), 3:26; D Seidenberg, Car (interference), 8:01; G
Wesley, Car (hooking), 15:30; M Sundin, Tor (interference), 17:54.

Shots on goal:
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Carolina 12 13 14 --39
Toronto 10 6 12 --28
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Power-play Conversions: Carolina - 4 of 8, Toronto - 1 of 5. Goalies :
Carolina, Cam Ward (28 shots, 27 saves; record: 2-0-1). Toronto, Vesa
Toskala (39 shots, 32 saves; record: 1-2-0). A: 19,224. Referees: Dan
Marouelli, Mick Mcgeough. Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Thor Nelson.</div>

 

NHL: CAROLINA at TORONTO

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CAROLINA 2 2 3 --7
TORONTO 1 0 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Bryan Mccabe 1 (power play) (Mats
Sundin, Tomas Kaberle), 4:21. 2, Carolina, Justin Williams 1 (Rod
Brind'Amour), 6:46. 3, Carolina, Cory Stillman 1 (power play) (Ray
Whitney, Matt Cullen), 19:36. Penalties: B Mccabe, Tor (slashing),
1:45; J Williams, Car (interference), 2:18; - Bench, Car (too many men
served by J Hamilton), 3:44; A Wozniewski, Tor (slashing), 12:53; N
Antropov, Tor (high sticking), 18:35.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Carolina, Matt Cullen 1 (power play) (Cory
Stillman, Rod Brind'Amour), 11:41. 5, Carolina, Ray Whitney 1 (Matt
Cullen, Scott Walker), 17:23. Penalties: H Gill, Tor (tripping),
2:54; D Tucker, Tor (interference), 10:48; M Cullen, Car (hooking),
14:11; D Tucker, Tor (roughing), 20:00.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Carolina, Scott Walker 1 (power play) (Erik
Cole, Justin Williams), 1:35. 7, Carolina, Jeff Hamilton 2 (power
play) (Justin Williams, Eric Staal), 5:07. 8, Carolina, Eric Staal 4
(Dennis Seidenberg, Cory Stillman), 14:07. Penalties: A Wozniewski,
Tor (slashing), 3:26; D Seidenberg, Car (interference), 8:01; G
Wesley, Car (hooking), 15:30; M Sundin, Tor (interference), 17:54.

Shots on goal:
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CAROLINA 12 13 14 --39
TORONTO 10 6 12 --28
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Power-play Conversions: CAR - 4 of 8, TOR - 1 of 5. Goalies :
Carolina, Cam Ward (28 shots, 27 saves; record: 2-0-1). Toronto, Vesa
Toskala (39 shots, 32 saves; record: 1-2-0). A: 19,224. Referees: Dan
Marouelli, Mick Mcgeough. Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Thor Nelson.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

CAROLINA TORONTO
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
J Williams 1 2 +1 1 A Steen 0 0 even 1
E Staal 1 1 +1 4 M Sundin 0 1 even 2
R Whitney 1 1 +1 4 M Stajan 0 0 even 3
R Brind'Amour 0 2 +1 1 T Kaberle 0 1 -1 1
T Letowski 0 0 even 0 D Tucker 0 0 -2 4
G Wesley 0 0 even 3 C Kilger 0 0 -2 3
S Walker 1 1 +1 3 J Pohl 0 0 -1 0
E Cole 0 1 +1 5 B Devereaux 0 0 -2 0
C Adams 0 0 even 2 A Ponikarovsky 0 0 even 0
D Seidenberg 0 1 +2 1 B McCabe 1 0 -1 1
T Gleason 0 0 +1 1 H Gill 0 0 -1 1
F Kaberle 0 0 +1 0 P Kubina 0 0 -1 3
J Hamilton 1 0 even 3 B Battaglia 0 0 -1 0
C LaRose 0 0 +1 4 K Newbury 0 0 -1 0
B Hedican 0 0 +2 0 J Blake 0 0 even 3
C Stillman 1 2 +1 2 A Wozniewski 0 0 -1 3
N Wallin 0 0 even 1 I White 0 0 -1 2
M Cullen 1 2 +1 4 N Antropov 0 0 even 1
D Tanabe HEALTHY W Belak HEALTHY
M Commodore HEALTHY
A Ladd HEALTHY</div>

 

TORONTO (Ticker) -- The Carolina Hurricanes more than doubledtheir scoring and tripled their power-play output in one game.

Seven different players scored as Carolina benefited from fourpower-play goals to throttle the Toronto Maple Leafs, 7-1, onTuesday.


The Hurricanes entered the game with six tallies - with only twoon the man-advantage.


Matt Cullen, Justin Williams and Cory Stillman all had onepower-play goal and two assists, while Ray Whitney, ScottWalker, Jeff Hamilton and Eric Staal also scored for Carolina.

"From the beginning of the game, we had an attitude on the powerplay that we were going to get it to the net and createtraffic," Cullen said. "I thought we moved the puck aroundreally well to get good shots - not just shots from anywhere."

The Hurricanes' seven-goal outburst is the most by any team thusfar in the season.


Toronto, ironically, started the scoring 4:21 into the firstperiod.


With the Maple Leafs on a 5-on-3 power play, Mats Sundinpatiently assessed his options before firing a crisp pass toBryan McCabe, who blasted a one-timer past Carolina goaltenderCam Ward.


"To be successful at this level, you've got to be able to takeaway those good angles," Ward said. "Mats Sundin is a veryhighly skilled player, I try to take away as much net aspossible, but he's got a great shot."


Sundin's assist tied him with Hall of Famer Darryl Sittler forthe franchise record in points (916).


The 36-year-old team captain has a point in all four conteststhis season, accumulating a goal and six assists.


From there, it was all Carolina.


Williams responded just over two minutes later, painting theshort-side, top corner to beat Toronto goaltender Vesa Toskalato tie the game at 1-1.


"We did a great job tonight," Williams said. "We had four linesmoving and rolling."


Stillman, who missed two games with a torso injury, gave theHurricanes a 2-1 advantage with just 24 seconds remaining in thefirst period. For Stillman, it was his 211th career goal.

"They're going to go with it this year," Stillman said ofCarolina's penchant for using five forwards on the power play."Often you see it maybe late in the game, you're down by a goaland you have to score. When you look at five forwards out there(on the power play) you better make sure you get back."

After Cullen's power-play goal midway through the second periodgave the Hurricanes a 3-1 lead, Whitney put the game out ofreach with a back-breaking goal.


Whitney capitalized on a poor line change by skating in freelyfrom the Maple Leafs' blueline and wristing the puck betweenToskala's legs with under three minutes remaining in the period.It was Whitney's 255th career goal.


Three third-period goals were more than enough for Ward, whostopped 27 of 28 shots.


Toskala stopped 32 of 39 shots for Toronto.


"It takes six guys to win and I don't think (Toskala) playedpoorly, I don't think any of us played exceptional," Torontodefenseman Hal Gill said. "We need to have guys going out therehard every night and be consistent - we weren't that tonight."

"We were just very very poor in most areas of this game,"Toronto coach Paul Maurice said.


Jason Blake did not register a point in his first game sincedisclosing on Monday that he has been diagnosed with chronicmyelogenous leukemia. He played over 17 minutes and took threeshots in the loss.


Blake played with intensity right from the start, slamming TimGleason against the boards in the opening minute.