Caroline at Atlanta

Shots
123OTT
Caroline 16 14 9 0 39
Atlanta 6 5 14 0 25
Goals
123OTT
Caroline 1 3 2 0 6
Atlanta 1 0 3 0 4


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. CAROLINE, GIONTA 8 (GRATTON), 03:51
2. ATLANTA, BOYES 5 (THORNTON, HILL) (PP), 05:36

PENALTIES: C. GRATTON Car (BOARDING, Major) 04:03, B. SOPEL Atl (BOARDING, Minor) 06:19, C. CAMPOLI Atl (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 06:43, J. THORNTON Atl (CHARGING, Major) 15:56

Period 2
3. CAROLINE, STURM 5 (CHEECHOO, ZHITNIK) (PP), 14:17
4. CAROLINE, GRATTON 7 (UNASSISTED), 15:23
5. CAROLINE, ANDREYCHUK 3 (ZHITNIK) (PP), 18:19

PENALTIES: A. ZHITNIK Car (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 01:28, Z. MICHALEK Car (CHARGING, Minor) 02:53, A. VERMETTE Car (ELBOWING, Minor) 03:11, D. MORRIS Atl (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 03:11, J. VIGIER Car (CHARGING, Minor) 12:00, J. THORNTON Atl (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:44, D. HINOTE Atl (BOARDING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 16:55 (Served by Fredrik Sjostrom), D. MORRIS Atl (ELBOWING, Minor, Misconduct) 18:49

Period 3
6. ATLANTA, THORNTON 5 (SOPEL, VISNOVSKY) (PP), 04:14
7. CAROLINE, CULLEN 1 (MCGILLIS, ZHITNIK), 09:09
8. CAROLINE, CHEECHOO 8 (ZHITNIK, CULLEN), 13:26
9. ATLANTA, PRIMEAU 6 (ZHERDEV, HOLMSTROM), 13:38
10. ATLANTA, HILL 4 (SOPEL, PRIMEAU) (PP), 16:16

PENALTIES: A. ZHITNIK Car (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 02:26, J. SMITH Car (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 02:37, S. STAIOS Atl (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 05:15, C. GRATTON Car (HOOKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 09:39 (Served by Jason Smith), J. SLEGR Car (BOARDING, Minor) 13:49, S. HILL Atl (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 13:49, J. SMITH Car (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 15:35

Goalie Statistics

Ed Belfour (Car), 21 saves out of 25 shots, W, 10-7-1
Dan Cloutier (Atl), 31 saves out of 36 shots, L, 0-10-2
Andrew Raycroft (Atl), 2 saves out of 3 shots

Power Play Conversions

Caroline 2 for 8
Atlanta 3 for 8

Game Stars

1 - Alexei Zhitnik (Car)
2 - Chris Gratton (Car)
3 - Brian Gionta (Car)

Player Statistics

Caroline

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Dan Mcgillis          0  1  1    +1   0  1   2 15
Matt Cullen           0  1  1  Even   0  6   3 25
Antoine Vermette      0  0  0    +2   2  1   2 17
Chris Gratton         1  1  2    +2  17  3   3 14
Bret Hedican          0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 20
Marco Sturm           1  0  1  Even   0  3   0 14
Brad May              0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  9
Rob Dimaio            0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 11
Tom Kostopoulos       0  0  0  Even   0  2   0  6
Brian Gionta          1  0  1    +2   0  5   0 25
Jonathan Cheechoo     1  1  2  Even   0  4   9 27
Alexei Zhitnik        0  4  4    +1   9  2   1 23
Jason Smith           0  0  0    +2   6  2   1 14
Zbynek Michalek       0  0  0  Even   2  0   0 10
Mark Cullen           1  0  1    +1   0  2   0 14
Jiri Slegr            0  0  0    +2   2  0   1 13
J-P Vigier            0  0  0    +1   2  3   3 10
Dave Andreychuk       1  0  1    +1   0  1   2 13
   
Atlanta

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Brad Boyes            1  0  1    -2   0  1   1 16
Joe Thornton          1  1  2    -2   7  1   3 19
Christopher Higgins   0  0  0  Even   0  3   1  9
Keith Primeau         1  1  2    -1   0  4   3 25
Nikolai Zherdev       0  1  1  Even   0  1   3 16
Tomas Holmstrom       0  1  1  Even   0  1   0  8
Henrik Zetterberg     0  0  0    -3   0  2   3 19
Lubomir Visnovsky     0  1  1    -3   0  4   3 24
Jay Pandolfo          0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 18
Brent Sopel           0  2  2  Even   2  1   2 22
Sean Hill             1  1  2    -1   2  2   2 21
Steve Staios          0  0  0  Even   2  1   2 22
Derek Morris          0  0  0  Even  16  1   0 18
Matthew Lombardi      0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  8
Dan Hinote            0  0  0  Even  12  1   1  8
Fredrik Sjostrom      0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  8
Stanislav Chistov     0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  2
Chris Campoli         0  0  0    -2   4  0   1 14
   

Financial

Attendance: 10361
Net Profit: $559 494,00

Game Notes

Marco Sturm injured at 16:55 of the 2nd Period
Dan Hinote ejected at 16:55 of the 2nd Period
Andrew Raycroft enters game at 09:09 of 3rd period
Chris Gratton ejected at 09:39 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Caroline       2
Atlanta        6
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Boyd Kane 2 (Adam Mair, Zdenek Blatny)
Eric Perrin 5 (Anton Babchuk, Jeremy Reich)

Tommi Santala 3 (Guillaume Lefebvre, Thomas Pock)
Andrei Kostitsyn 2 (Niklas Nordgren, Scott Nichol)
Andrei Kostitsyn 3 (Kevin Bieksa, Jeff Jillson)
Zenon Konopka 11 (Cam Severson, Jim Fahey)
Robert Reichel 4 (Scott Barney, Michal Sivek)
Alexandre Picardf 1 (Alexander Semin, Ivan Novoseltsev)

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Goalies
Caroline: Maxime Ouellet
Atlanta: Vitaliy Kolesnik
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