National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 3,
Minnesota 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 6, 2008
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Mark Pare
Attendance: 16297
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Mark Pare
Attendance: 16297
Final Scoring Summary
Scoring/Penalty Summary
| 1st Period |
| Scoring |
|
12:30 -
Hurricanes Matt Cullen
(EV) Assists:
Joe Corvo
, Sergei Samsonov 14:09 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (EV) Assists: Eric Staal , Keith Aucoin 18:02 - Wild Pavol Demitra (EV) Assists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard , Brian Rolston |
| Penalties |
|
11:45 -
Hurricanes Eric Staal
(2)
Hooking 11:59 - Wild Pavol Demitra (2) Hooking 15:19 - Hurricanes Tim Conboy (5) Fighting 15:19 - Wild Sean Hill (2) Interference 15:19 - Wild Todd Fedoruk (5) Fighting |
| 2nd Period |
| Scoring |
|
0:19 -
Wild Mikko Koivu
(EV) Assists:
Aaron Voros
, Marian Gaborik
9:41 - Hurricanes Erik Cole (PP) Assists: Matt Cullen , Joe Corvo |
| Penalties |
|
3:03 -
Hurricanes Matt Cullen
(2)
Hooking 9:11 - Wild Keith Carney (2) Slashing 12:29 - Hurricanes Tim Conboy (2) Hooking 16:33 - Hurricanes Tim Gleason (2) Roughing |
| 3rd Period |
| Scoring |
| No Scoring. |
| Penalties |
|
3:17 -
Hurricanes Tim Gleason
(2)
Slashing 5:59 - Hurricanes Erik Cole (5) Fighting 5:59 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (10) Game misconduct 5:59 - Hurricanes Erik Cole (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct 5:59 - Hurricanes Erik Cole (2) Instigating 5:59 - Hurricanes Erik Cole (10) Misconduct 5:59 - Wild Aaron Voros (5) Boarding 5:59 - Wild Aaron Voros (5) Fighting 5:59 - Wild Keith Carney (10) Game misconduct 7:47 - Wild Eric Belanger (2) Holding 16:48 - Hurricanes Joe Corvo (2) Holding 19:06 - Wild Aaron Voros (2) Hooking 19:56 - Hurricanes Sergei Samsonov (2) Cross checking 19:56 - Wild Nick Schultz (2) Roughing |
Minnesota Wild
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Josh Harding | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:44 | 42:52 | 10:14 | 6:38 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Niklas Backstrom | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Keith Carney | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 9:38 | 9:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kim Johnsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 26:46 | 18:26 | 4:32 | 3:48 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sean Hill | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10:23 | 10:13 | 0:00 | 0:10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brent Burns | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 24:51 | 16:23 | 5:44 | 2:44 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mikko Koivu | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 21:34 | 13:01 | 5:20 | 3:13 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 10 | 44 |
| Marian Gaborik | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19:00 | 14:19 | 3:50 | 0:51 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brian Rolston | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 20:20 | 14:07 | 5:13 | 1:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Sheppard | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11:53 | 10:02 | 1:47 | 0:04 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 4 | 67 |
| Todd Fedoruk | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7:18 | 5:43 | 1:35 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stephane Veilleux | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10:17 | 7:43 | 0:56 | 1:38 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Parrish | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9:48 | 4:48 | 4:48 | 0:12 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eric Belanger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13:59 | 10:49 | 1:59 | 1:11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 33 |
| Aaron Voros | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 10:18 | 7:49 | 2:28 | 0:01 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pavol Demitra | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | E | 2 | 4 | 25 | 20:11 | 13:55 | 5:26 | 0:50 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 8 | 38 |
| Martin Skoula | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 20:19 | 16:14 | 0:51 | 3:14 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nick Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 1 | 29 | 18:15 | 14:55 | 0:00 | 3:20 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Branko Radivojevic | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13:08 | 9:45 | 1:10 | 2:13 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19:55 | 14:20 | 5:31 | 0:04 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 100 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Cam Ward | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 43:08 | 6:38 | 10:14 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| John Grahame | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Glen Wesley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 3 | 26 | 20:03 | 15:15 | 0:02 | 4:46 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dennis Seidenberg | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 3 | 27 | 20:38 | 14:29 | 1:17 | 4:52 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Frantisek Kaberle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15:59 | 11:36 | 2:27 | 1:56 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Niclas Wallin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 30 | 20:35 | 15:19 | 0:10 | 5:06 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Joe Corvo | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 19:30 | 14:04 | 5:04 | 0:22 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matt Cullen | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | E | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20:38 | 14:32 | 4:37 | 1:29 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 75 |
| Eric Staal | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 25:16 | 14:38 | 5:43 | 4:55 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 10 | 41 |
| Sergei Samsonov | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 2 | 0 | 22 | 16:36 | 13:08 | 3:17 | 0:11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tuomo Ruutu | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 22:17 | 14:57 | 2:50 | 4:30 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Bayda | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11:46 | 11:15 | 0:31 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trevor Letowski | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12:18 | 6:40 | 1:00 | 4:38 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 3 | 70 |
| Scott Walker | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 12:28 | 10:57 | 0:41 | 0:50 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erik Cole | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | E | 19 | 3 | 21 | 16:57 | 10:59 | 2:03 | 3:55 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wade Brookbank | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2:46 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Keith Aucoin | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12:17 | 11:40 | 0:37 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 29 |
| Tim Conboy | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2:44 | 2:39 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tim Gleason | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 19:24 | 15:53 | 0:05 | 3:26 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patrick Eaves | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11:48 | 11:07 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
Goaltending
| Minnesota | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Josh Harding L (11-15-2) | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 0 | 59:44 |
| Carolina | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Cam Ward W (37-25-5) | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 0 | 60:00 |