It took Cam Ward six years before he played his first game in San Jose. He made the most of it. Eric Staal scored a short-handed goal and Ward made 41 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes get their first win on American soil, beating the San Jose Sharks 5-2 Tuesday night. "Yeah, my first game in this building and I was excited for the opportunity," Ward said. "The guys really had it going from the drop. Our penalty-kill was great. Any time you can kill off three penalties in the first 10 minutes and add a goal to boot, you're doing pretty good." Erik Cole, Patrick Dwyer, Chad LaRose and Joni Pitkanen also scored for the Hurricanes, who ended a two-game slide and won for the first time since sweeping the Minnesota Wild in Helsinki, Finland. Read more: http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/recap?gameId=301019018
