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10/11/2008
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Carolina Hurricanes 4 , Toronto Maple Leafs 5
Shots: 40 - 23
PP: 3 of 11 (24 shots), Passing:65/69=94 %, Challenges:55/66=82 %
PP: 2 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:64/82=78 %, Challenges:30/37=79 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:21 1-0
Joni Pitkänen [1])PP
08:53 2-0
Eric Staal [9] (Tuomo Ruutu, Ray Whitney)PP
17:58 3-0
Erik Cole [5] (Brandon Sutter, Brian Dumoulin)PP
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21:51 3-1
Jason Blake [9] (Tomas Kaberle)
25:14 3-2
Jason Blake [10] (Nazem Kadri, Alexei Ponikarovsky)PP
28:05 3-3
Nazem Kadri [6] (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Jason Blake)PP
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42:41 3-4
Jason Blake [11] (Alexei Ponikarovsky, Nazem Kadri)
43:26 4-4
Tuomo Ruutu [5] (Ray Whitney, Eric Staal)
59:11 4-5
Matt Stajan [10] (Mike Komisarek, Tomas Kaberle)
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Penalty summary:
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00:16
Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for tripping)
05:15
Nikolai Kulemin (2 min for hooking)
06:03
Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for roughing)
06:03
Anton Babchuk (2 min for roughing)
08:24
Tomas Kaberle (2 min for hooking)
11:22
Tomas Kaberle (2 min for high-sticking)
16:13
Mark Bell (2 min for high-sticking)
19:17
Mark Bell (2 min for holding the stick)
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24:49
Brandon Sutter (2 min for hooking)
26:24
dmitri orlov (2 min for holding the stick)
32:12
Kenny Ryan (2 min for hooking)
34:58
Jussi Jokinen (2 min for tripping)
37:24
Lee Stempniak (2 min for holding the stick)
37:44
Tomas Kaberle (2 min for hooking)
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49:08
Nikolai Kulemin (2 min for tripping)
54:58
Jirí Tlustý (2 min for slashing)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 4
R Chad LaRose 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13.20 7
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 19.40 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 21.00 8
C Matt Cullen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
C Zach Boychuk 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.50 4
C Brandon Sutter 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 -2 20.40 8
C Eric Staal 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 21.30 7
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6.00 4
L Jussi Jokinen 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 9.50 5
L Erik Cole 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 20.50 7
L Ray Whitney 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 8
D Jamie McBain 0 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 21.00 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 19.20 7
D Joni Pitkänen 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 -2 28.30 9
D Dennis Seidenberg 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 10.00 7
D Brian Dumoulin 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 22.50 7
D dmitri orlov 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 -1 18.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 5 0 18 0 0 60.00 4
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colton Orr 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
R Kenny Ryan 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 9.10 7
L Nikolai Kulemin 0 0 2 3 0 0 4 1 9.00 8
R Jason Blake 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 20.00 9
L Niklas Hagman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 9.10 6
C Matt Stajan 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 7
C Nazem Kadri 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 8
L Mark Bell 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 7.20 6
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 11.10 6
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 11.00 7
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 3 2 7 1 0 4 1 20.10 10
D Anton Strålman 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.40 7
D François Beauchemin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 18.30 7
D Luke Schenn 0 0 1 6 0 3 0 1 28.30 9
D Jesse Blacker 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 13.40 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 23.30 8
D Tomas Kaberle 0 2 0 1 1 0 6 1 25.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 4 0 36 0 0 60.00 9
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Blake
2nd star: Nazem Kadri
3rd star: Alexei Ponikarovsky
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Tuomo Ruutu notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Joni Pitkänen finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Jason Blake scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Alexei Ponikarovsky notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nazem Kadri notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Matt Stajan scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Nazem Kadri ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 1( 29) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 1( 12)
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0-1 SJM Johnny Pohl (Jeremy Williams)
1-1 LOW Ryan Bayda (Drayson Bowman)
Goalies: Michael Leighton - Martin Gerber