Carolina Hurricanes vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Saturday, December 29, 2007 · Nationwide Arena
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Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Saturday, December 29, 2007 at Nationwide Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Blue Jackets 24-23.
Nikolay Zherdev scored twice. Rostislav Klesla, Eric Staal and Kris Beech also scored.
Pascal Leclaire made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 17 of 20.
Scoring
2nd period
Nikolay Zherdev (14)Unassisted0–102:06 CBJ
Rostislav Klesla (4)Ron Hainsey (17), Nikolay Zherdev (15)0–206:45 CBJ · PPG- Nikolay Zherdev (15)Rick Nash (14), Adam Foote (5)0–314:02 CBJ
3rd period
Eric Staal (20)Ray Whitney (21)1–302:50 CAR · PPG
Kris Beech (5)Nikolay Zherdev (16), Adam Foote (6)1–419:50 CBJ · EN
Team stats
CARCBJ
24Shots on goal23
48%Faceoff %52%
1/4Power play1/6
17Penalty minutes13
19Hits18
15Blocked shots11
1Giveaways2
0Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 05:20
Tim Gleason · fighting5 min - 1st 05:20
Jared Boll · fighting5 min - 1st 07:59Glen Wesley · tripping2 min
- 1st 10:16Mike Commodore · holding2 min
- 1st 14:14Rick Nash · tripping2 min
- 2nd 05:33Mike Commodore · interference2 min
- 2nd 07:25Dan Fritsche · holding2 min
- 2nd 10:19Craig Adams · throwing equipment2 min
- 2nd 17:16Ray Whitney · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:15Andrew Murray · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:01Jan Hejda · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 12:51Ray Whitney · tripping2 min
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 19:57 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 16:42 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:41 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 19Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:27 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:40 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 51Jeff HamiltonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:09 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:41 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:35 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:42 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 28Wade BrookbankD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:07 |
| 42Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | 40:00 |
| 47John GrahameG | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 18:59 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 4 | 19:14 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 24:31 |
| 24Kris BeechC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:56 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:26 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:07 |
| 97Rostislav KleslaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:14 |
| 9David VybornyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:29 |
| 11Curtis GlencrossL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:35 |
| 12Jiri NovotnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:34 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:23 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:14 |
| 49Dan FritscheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:15 |
| 51Andrew MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:35 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 2Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:14 |
| 10Duvie WestcottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Fredrik NorrenaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 31Pascal LeclaireG | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 60:00 |