Carolina Hurricanes vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, December 8, 2005 · STAPLES Center
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Los Angeles Kings 3–2 on Thursday, December 8, 2005 at STAPLES Center. The Kings outshot the Hurricanes 37–22.
Erik Cole scored twice. Justin Williams, Jeff Cowan and Eric Belanger also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Erik Cole (7)Chad LaRose (1), Eric Staal (21)1–010:27 CAR · 
Justin Williams (12)Mike Commodore (5), Cory Stillman (17)2–013:59 CAR
2nd period
- Erik Cole (8)Oleg Tverdovsky (8)3–006:52 CAR
3rd period
Jeff Cowan (5)Craig Conroy (17), Alex Frolov (20)3–102:30 LAK
Eric Belanger (10)Sean Avery (10), Tim Gleason (13)3–206:00 LAK
Team stats
CARLAK
2237
52%48%
1/30/6
126
1619
199
713
33
Penalties
- 9:11 into the first period
Jeff Tambellini · tripping2 min - 11:54 into the first periodDerek Armstrong · tripping2 min
- 16:13 into the first period
Glen Wesley · slashing2 min - 18:48 into the first periodChad LaRose · tripping2 min
- 12:13 into the second periodMike Commodore · slashing2 min
- 19:44 into the second periodMatt Cullen · tripping2 min
- 9:51 into the third periodOleg Tverdovsky · slashing2 min
- 11:14 into the third periodAaron Ward · roughing2 min
- 16:44 into the third periodAlex Frolov · hooking2 min
The box score appears once the game starts.