Florida Panthers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Wednesday, March 21, 2012 · PNC Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Panthers 39-31.
Eric Staal scored twice. Joni Pitkanen and Tomas Fleischmann also scored.
Cam Ward made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 36 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Eric Staal (1)Unassisted0–100:46 CAR
2nd period
Joni Pitkanen (1)Tuomo Ruutu (1), Jeff Skinner (1)0–210:55 CAR
Tomas Fleischmann (1)Ed Jovanovski (1), Stephen Weiss (1)1–212:33 FLA
3rd period
- Eric Staal (2)Joni Pitkanen (1), Jiri Tlusty (1)1–308:14 CAR · PPG
Team stats
FLACAR
31Shots on goal39
47%Faceoff %53%
0/5Power play1/4
14Penalty minutes16
11Hits18
11Blocked shots18
11Giveaways9
8Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 05:00
Jeff Skinner · high sticking2 min - 1st 12:55
Mikael Samuelsson · slashing2 min - 1st 12:55Jeff Skinner · slashing2 min
- 1st 13:27Dmitry Kulikov · high sticking2 min
- 1st 16:44Drayson Bowman · boarding2 min
- 2nd 08:32Tim Gleason · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:51Mike Weaver · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 02:56Jiri Tlusty · hooking2 min
- 3rd 07:31Jerred Smithson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:34Joni Pitkanen · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 12:43Jason Garrison · slashing2 min
- 3rd 16:43Scottie Upshall · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:43Jeff Skinner · roughing2 min
- 3rd 20:00Kris Versteeg · slashing2 min
- 3rd 20:00Tim Gleason · slashing2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 9Stephen WeissC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:05 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:29 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:12 |
| 10John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:40 |
| 13Mike SantorelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:18 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:31 |
| 19Scottie UpshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:12 |
| 20Sean BergenheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:54 |
| 25Jerred SmithsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:13 |
| 26Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:58 |
| 32Kris VersteegR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:00 |
| 57Marcel GocC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:26 |
| 82Tomas KopeckyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:18 |
| 7Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:48 |
| 43Mike WeaverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:46 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:30 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:46 |
| 52Jason GarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Scott ClemmensenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 39 | 36 | 3 | .923 | 58:45 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 23:20 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18:49 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:29 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:16 |
| 13Anthony StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:22 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:05 |
| 21Drayson BowmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:32 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:25 |
| 37Tim BrentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:50 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:51 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 4Jamie McBainD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 18:08 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:26 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:37 |
| 27Derek JoslinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:04 |
| 28Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:04 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 60:00 |
| 33Brian BoucherG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |