Atlanta Thrashers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, January 13, 2007 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 in a shootout on Saturday, January 13, 2007 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Thrashers 27–26.
Goals came from Scott Mellanby, Justin Williams, Glen Metropolit, Ray Whitney, Dennis Seidenberg and Bobby Holik.
Kari Lehtonen made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Mellanby (9)Garnet Exelby (3), Jon Sim (8)1–002:54 ATL
Justin Williams (22)Anton Babchuk (10), Eric Staal (19)1–105:38 CAR
Glen Metropolit (9)Greg De Vries (11), Steve Rucchin (10)2–118:58 ATL ·
2nd period
Ray Whitney (18)Erik Cole (22), David Tanabe (7)2–209:29 CAR
3rd period
Dennis Seidenberg (2)Erik Cole (23), Eric Staal (20)2–300:27 CAR
Bobby Holik (9)Garnet Exelby (4)3–310:27 ATL
Team stats
ATLCAR
2627
51%49%
1/70/5
1024
3335
2410
1018
86
Penalties
- 3:31 into the first period
Ilya Kovalchuk · interference2 min - 14:22 into the first period
Erik Cole · holding2 min - 17:03 into the first periodErik Cole · holding2 min
- 1:12 into the second periodVitaly Vishnevski · holding2 min
- 5:19 into the second periodJon Sim · interference2 min
- 18:28 into the second periodGreg De Vries · holding2 min
- 19:14 into the second periodCory Stillman · holding2 min
- 7:32 into the third periodMike Commodore · tripping2 min
- 13:28 into the third periodRay Whitney · hooking2 min
- 14:14 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:37 into the third periodVyacheslav Kozlov · tripping2 min
- 4:35 into overtimeErik Cole · misconduct10 min
- 4:35 into overtimeNiclas Wallin · hooking2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:33 |
| 9Glen MetropolitC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:45 |
| 14Jon SimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:00 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:52 |
| 20Steve RucchinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:53 |
| 11Jean-Pierre VigierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:17 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:47 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 24:19 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:33 |
| 29Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:50 |
| 39Niko KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:37 |
| 3Vitaly VishnevskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 24:00 |
| 6Mark PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:28 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 30:35 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 20:54 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 20:52 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:00 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:55 |
| 45David TanabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:33 |
| 48Anton BabchukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 04:25 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 26:14 |
| 19Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:10 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:48 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:17 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:54 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:57 |
| 28Andrew HutchinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | O | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |