Carolina Hurricanes vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Thursday, January 26, 2006 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–1 on Thursday, January 26, 2006 at Philips Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Thrashers 33–31.
Goals came from Bret Hedican, Matt Cullen, Patrik Stefan, Niclas Wallin, Craig Adams and Ray Whitney.
Cam Ward made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
2nd period
Bret Hedican (5)Niclas Wallin (2), Rod Brind'Amour (21)1–000:50 CAR · 
Matt Cullen (20)Oleg Tverdovsky (17), Eric Staal (35)2–013:28 CAR · 
Patrik Stefan (8)Garnet Exelby (4), Vyacheslav Kozlov (31)2–119:01 ATL
3rd period
Niclas Wallin (2)Bret Hedican (11), Justin Williams (30)3–100:16 CAR
Craig Adams (6)Erik Cole (26)4–111:14 CAR
Ray Whitney (9)Rod Brind'Amour (22), Justin Williams (31)5–119:41 CAR ·
Team stats
CARATL
3331
47%53%
3/80/3
1333
1327
1322
926
717
Penalties
- 10:19 into the first period
Garnet Exelby · holding2 min - 15:00 into the first period
Craig Adams · interference goalkeeper2 min - 19:00 into the first periodNiclas Havelid · interference2 min
- 5:44 into the second periodKari Lehtonen · delaying game smothering puck2 min
- 11:07 into the second periodCraig Adams · interference2 min
- 12:35 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:41 into the second periodAndy Sutton · roughing2 min
- 19:41 into the second periodKevyn Adams · roughing2 min
- 2:27 into the third periodKevyn Adams · holding2 min
- 3:38 into the third periodIlya Kovalchuk · hooking2 min
- 17:13 into the third periodMarian Hossa · cross checking2 min
- 17:13 into the third periodMarian Hossa · roughing2 min
- 17:13 into the third periodMarian Hossa · fighting5 min
- 17:13 into the third periodAndy Sutton · roughing2 min
- 17:13 into the third periodAndy Sutton · misconduct10 min
- 17:13 into the third periodOleg Tverdovsky · fighting5 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 22:09 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 25:32 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:39 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 21:58 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 16:55 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:32 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 21:57 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:59 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:52 |
| 70Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:20 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:37 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:25 |
| 18Mike ZigomanisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:47 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:50 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:11 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:58 |
| 24Andrew HutchinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:08 |
| 48Anton BabchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Martin GerberG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Cam WardG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:54 |
| 27Patrik StefanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:19 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 9Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:54 |
| 10Serge AubinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:22 |
| 11Jean-Pierre VigierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18:21 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:42 |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:31 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:09 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:52 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:41 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:40 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:38 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:43 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 44Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |