Pittsburgh Penguins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, November 11, 2006 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 on Saturday, November 11, 2006 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Penguins 30–20.
Goals came from Justin Williams, Ray Whitney, Rod Brind'Amour, John LeClair, Mark Recchi, Eric Belanger, Kevyn Adams and Chad LaRose.
Cam Ward made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Justin Williams (6)Rod Brind'Amour (17), Erik Cole (10)0–112:51 CAR · 
Ray Whitney (6)Erik Cole (11), Mike Commodore (6)0–217:41 CAR
2nd period
Rod Brind'Amour (6)Eric Staal (10), Scott Walker (7)0–301:29 CAR · 
John LeClair (1)Jarkko Ruutu (2)1–303:18 PIT
Mark Recchi (2)Nisse Ekman (6), Dominic Moore (3)2–316:42 PIT
3rd period
Eric Belanger (4)Glen Wesley (2)2–408:00 CAR
Kevyn Adams (2)Mike Commodore (7)2–517:37 CAR · · 
Chad LaRose (1)Trevor Letowski (1), Anton Babchuk (3)2–618:28 CAR ·
Team stats
PITCAR
2030
40%60%
0/72/13
3121
2332
1412
68
67
Penalties
- 6:52 into the first period
Mike Commodore · fighting5 min - 6:52 into the first period
Chris Thorburn · fighting5 min - 6:52 into the first periodMax Talbot · roughing2 min
- 7:59 into the first periodBret Hedican · high sticking2 min
- 7:59 into the first periodBret Hedican · high sticking2 min
- 10:38 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 10:59 into the first periodSidney Crosby · hooking2 min
- 12:07 into the first periodMax Talbot · hooking2 min
- 18:15 into the first periodTrevor Letowski · high sticking2 min
- 0:24 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · roughing2 min
- 8:54 into the second periodChris Thorburn · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 10:20 into the second periodDominic Moore · hooking2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodAndrew Hutchinson · hooking2 min
- 14:41 into the second periodDavid Tanabe · holding2 min
- 1:53 into the third periodAndrew Hutchinson · hooking2 min
- 4:21 into the third periodJarkko Ruutu · tripping2 min
- 9:55 into the third periodSergei Gonchar · holding2 min
- 10:21 into the third periodErik Cole · hooking2 min
- 11:52 into the third periodRyan Whitney · holding2 min
- 13:17 into the third periodColby Armstrong · diving2 min
- 14:53 into the third periodSidney Crosby · hooking2 min
- 16:42 into the third periodEric Staal · interference2 min
- 19:00 into the third periodJarkko Ruutu · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 07:35 |
| 18Dominic MooreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:12 |
| 28Nisse EkmanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 37Jarkko RuutuL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 07:10 |
| 7Michel OuelletR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:41 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 22Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 06:01 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 15:58 |
| 2Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 4Noah WelchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:23 |
| 5Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:46 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 26:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25:08 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:06 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 20:07 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:41 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:36 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 21:06 |
| 14Kevyn AdamsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 05:58 |
| 19Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 07:55 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:54 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 10:06 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:35 |
| 48Anton BabchukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:50 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:39 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:06 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:18 |
| 28Andrew HutchinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:58 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 09:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |