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15/12/2009
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Carolina Hurricanes 6 , Nashville Predators 2
Shots: 27 - 23
PP: 0 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:69/86=80 %, Challenges:35/47=72 %
PP: 0 of 5 (13 shots), Passing:65/79=82 %, Challenges:26/40=63 %
Attendance: 6487 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 323053 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:09 1-0
Eric Staal [13] (Ray Whitney)
18:55 1-1
Robert Lang [2] (Shea Weber, Alex Pietrangelo)
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33:23 1-2
Jamie Benn [4] (Fabian Brunnström, Antti Pihlstrom)
33:45 2-2
Ray Whitney [10] (Tim Gleason, Joni Pitkänen)
35:15 3-2
Michael Ryan [2] (Alex Picard, Brian Pothier)
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46:32 4-2
Ray Whitney [11] (Eric Staal, Joni Pitkänen)
51:14 5-2
Tuomo Ruutu [11] (Brian Pothier, Joni Pitkänen)
57:39 6-2
Rod Brind'Amour [4] (Sergei Samsonov, Anton Babchuk)
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Penalty summary:
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00:47
Erik Cole (2 min for tripping)
02:21
Rod Brind'Amour (2 min for roughing)
11:53
Fabian Brunnström (2 min for boarding)
13:41
Antti Pihlstrom (2 min for hooking)
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25:31
Eric Staal (2 min for slashing)
30:12
Erik Cole (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:02
Steve Sullivan (2 min for tripping)
52:07
Bryan Rodney (2 min for cross-checking)
58:38
Patric Hörnqvist (2 min for slashing)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steven Goertzen 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 13.40 8
R Chad LaRose 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.40 5
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 16.40 9
R Erik Cole 0 0 4 1 2 0 4 2 20.00 7
C Jiri Tlusty 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 11.40 6
C Michael Ryan 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 10.50 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 2 15.20 7
C Eric Staal 1 1 4 2 3 0 2 1 19.30 8
L Oskar Osala 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 5
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10.50 5
L Sergei Samsonov 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 14.30 6
L Ray Whitney 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 9
D Bryan Rodney 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 14.30 6
D Anton Babchuk 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 19.00 7
D Tim Gleason 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 26.00 7
D Alex Picard 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.00 7
D Brian Pothier 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 17.40 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 28.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Manny Legace 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jamie Benn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.50 7
R Patric Hörnqvist 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 19.00 6
R Fabian Brunnström 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 13.20 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 19.20 6
C Robert Lang 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6.40 6
C Viktor Kozlov 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 -1 13.20 6
C David Legwand 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -3 20.30 6
C Jason Arnott 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -2 19.30 6
L Gabriel Bourque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.50 5
L Antti Pihlstrom 0 1 0 3 1 3 2 -1 18.50 7
L Martin Erat 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -4 16.00 6
L Steve Sullivan 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 19.20 6
D Ryan Ellis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 17.10 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -3 14.50 6
D Ryan Suter 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 28.00 7
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 13.20 4
D Cody Franson 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 19.40 5
D Shea Weber 0 1 6 4 0 4 0 0 27.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 6 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ray Whitney
2nd star: Eric Staal
3rd star: Joni Pitkänen
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Ray Whitney scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Michael Ryan finally ended his 26 game goal drought.
-Michael Ryan finally ended his 23 game point drought.
-Rod Brind'Amour finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Fabian Brunnström notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jamie Benn finally ended his 23 game goal drought.
-Robert Lang finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
-Jason Arnott had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Antti Pihlstrom finally ended his 17 game point drought.
-Steve Sullivan had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Steve Sullivan had his 7 game point streak snapped.
-Alex Pietrangelo ended his 6 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 1( 16) , Milwaukee Admirals 1( 17)
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1-0 LOW Nicolas Blanchard (Zack Fitzgerald)
1-1 MIL Denis Grebeshkov
Goalies: Justin Pogge - Mark Dekanich