Carolina Hurricanes vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 2006 · BankAtlantic Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, December 23, 2006 at BankAtlantic Center. The Panthers outshot the Hurricanes 36–17.
Goals came from Olli Jokinen, Gary Roberts, Ray Whitney, Justin Williams and Erik Cole.
John Grahame made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Ed Belfour stopped 14 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Olli Jokinen (15)Nathan Horton (17), Jay Bouwmeester (11)0–100:24 FLA
Gary Roberts (12)Olli Jokinen (24), Nathan Horton (18)0–205:36 FLA
Ray Whitney (13)Rod Brind'Amour (29), Mike Commodore (12)1–210:19 CAR
2nd period
Justin Williams (17)Ray Whitney (25)2–216:13 CAR
Overtime
Erik Cole (15)Scott Walker (14), Cory Stillman (7)3–201:59 CAR ·
Team stats
CARFLA
1736
46%54%
1/40/6
128
1729
1814
36
412
Penalties
- 16:51 into the first period
Bret Hedican · slashing2 min - 0:47 into the second period
Gary Roberts · interference goalkeeper2 min - 3:34 into the second periodMike Commodore · hooking2 min
- 11:48 into the second periodNathan Horton · hooking2 min
- 18:52 into the second periodRay Whitney · high sticking2 min
- 18:52 into the second periodRay Whitney · high sticking2 min
- 2:31 into the third periodOlli Jokinen · interference2 min
- 6:18 into the third periodAndrew Hutchinson · holding2 min
- 9:52 into the third periodAnton Babchuk · hooking2 min
- 0:30 into overtimeJay Bouwmeester · tripping2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:56 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:02 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:02 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:59 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:46 |
| 19Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:17 |
| 37Keith AucoinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:13 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:01 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:39 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:30 |
| 8Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:22 |
| 28Andrew HutchinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 48Anton BabchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 47John GrahameG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |
Florida Panthers
| 12Olli JokinenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 22:32 |
| 16Nathan HortonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 19:35 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:23 |
| 4Jay BouwmeesterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 27:49 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:14 |
| 13Juraj KolnikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:33 |
| 15Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:56 |
| 18Ville PeltonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:05 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:42 |
| 38Janis SpruktsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 08:33 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 85Rostislav OleszL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:25 |
| 2Branislav MezeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:29 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:04 |
| 7Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 8Joel KwiatkowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:10 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 26:55 |
| 26Mike Van RynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Ed BelfourG | O | 17 | 3 | .824 |
| 35Alex AuldG | 0 | 0 | – |