Toronto Maple Leafs vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, December 29, 2011 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Maple Leafs 34-24.
Eric Staal scored twice. Brandon Sutter, Nazem Kadri, Nikolay Kulemin, Joffrey Lupul and Zac Dalpe also scored.
Cam Ward made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 30 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brandon Sutter (1)Drayson Bowman (1)0–104:15 CAR
2nd period
Nazem Kadri (1)Clarke MacArthur (1)1–101:43 TOR
3rd period
Nikolay Kulemin (1)Darryl Boyce (1), Mikhail Grabovski (1)2–106:36 TOR
Joffrey Lupul (1)Phil Kessel (1), Tyler Bozak (1)3–109:08 TOR
Eric Staal (1)Zac Dalpe (1), Jiri Tlusty (1)3–209:48 CAR
Zac Dalpe (1)Jiri Tlusty (2), Eric Staal (1)3–311:50 CAR
OT period
- Eric Staal (2)Justin Faulk (1), Jamie McBain (1)3–403:09 CAR · PPG
Team stats
TORCAR
24Shots on goal34
44%Faceoff %56%
0/7Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes14
17Hits14
11Blocked shots18
6Giveaways7
7Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 09:36
Matt Frattin · interference2 min - 1st 12:18
Jiri Tlusty · hooking2 min - 1st 14:58Tim Gleason · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 05:08Zac Dalpe · interference2 min
- 2nd 11:17Keith Aulie · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 17:45Jiri Tlusty · high sticking double minor4 min
- 2nd 18:49Clarke MacArthur · interference2 min
- 3rd 07:02Bryan Allen · slashing2 min
- 3rd 16:55Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- OT 02:31Tim Connolly · tripping2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 16Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 19Joffrey LupulR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 20:03 |
| 41Nikolay KuleminL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 42Tyler BozakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 21:21 |
| 43Nazem KadriC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:57 |
| 47Darryl BoyceC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:56 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 20:17 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 12Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 20David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:50 |
| 39Matt FrattinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:36 |
| 46Joey CrabbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:42 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:14 |
| 3Dion PhaneufD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 27:38 |
| 4Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 36Carl GunnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 26:23 |
| 51Jake GardinerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:47 |
| 59Keith AulieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34James ReimerG | O | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 62:57 |
| 50Jonas GustavssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 24:20 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:34 |
| 22Zac DalpeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 11:39 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:35 |
| 21Drayson BowmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:09 |
| 4Jamie McBainD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:09 |
| 28Justin FaulkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 23:03 |
| 13Anthony StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:09 |
| 14Andreas NodlR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:20 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:47 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 37Tim BrentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:24 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:10 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:47 |
| 8Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:29 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 63:09 |
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |