Carolina Hurricanes vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, February 16, 2011 · Prudential Center
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at Prudential Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Devils 27–22.
Goals came from Ilya Kovalchuk, Brian Rolston, Patrik Elias, Sergei Samsonov and Tuomo Ruutu.
Johan Hedberg made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 19 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Nick Palmieri (1), Travis Zajac (1)0–105:41 NJD
3rd period
Brian Rolston (1)Patrik Elias (1), Anssi Salmela (1)0–200:34 NJD
Patrik Elias (1)Brian Rolston (1), Mark Fayne (1)0–301:59 NJD
Sergei Samsonov (1)Jiri Tlusty (1)1–308:17 CAR
Tuomo Ruutu (1)Eric Staal (1), Jamie McBain (1)2–319:55 CAR
Team stats
CARNJD
2722
47%53%
0/20/1
911
88
913
37
27
Penalties
- 1:47 into the first period
Troy Bodie · fighting5 min
- 1:47 into the first period
Mark Fraser · fighting5 min
- 19:58 into the second period
Colin White · hooking2 min
- 19:58 into the second period
Jussi Jokinen · diving2 min
- 8:42 into the third period
Colin White · interference2 min
- 11:02 into the third period
Mark Fraser · cross checking2 min
- 11:42 into the third period
Jeff Skinner · hooking2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 25:22 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:00 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 |
| 4Jamie McBainD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:02 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 20Troy BodieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:49 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 21:01 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:30 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:13 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:25 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 71Jerome SamsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:02 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:16 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 26:22 |
| 27Brett CarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:57 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | 24:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 60Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 12Brian RolstonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 26Patrik EliasL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:53 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:59 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 32Nick PalmieriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 29Anssi SalmelaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:10 |
| 34Mark FayneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:32 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:12 |
| 10Rod PelleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 |
| 14Tim SestitoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 18Vladimir ZharkovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:03 |
| 21Mattias TedenbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:14 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:53 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 2Mark FraserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:13 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:15 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:13 |
| 7Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 26:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 40Mike McKennaG | 0 | 0 | – |