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Carolina 1, Columbus 4

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
CAR(43-33-6)	0	0	1	1
CLS(34-36-12)	0	3	1	4

Final

7:00 PM ET, December 29, 2007

Nationwide Arena

Columbus, Ohio

THREE STARS

N. Zherdev
Blue Jackets (RW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 2

P. Leclaire
Blue Jackets (G )

Saves: 23
Save Pct.: .958

R. Klesla
Blue Jackets (D )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: Nationwide Arena Location: Columbus, Ohio	Referees: DanO'Rourke, IanWalsh Linesmen: RyanGalloway, DerekNansen
Attendance: 17,453 (96.2% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Carolina

Columbus

Total Shots
	24
	23

PIM
	17
	13

Hits
	19
	18

Giveaways
	1
	2

Takeaways
	0
	3

Faceoffs Won
	29
	32

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:20		Tim Gleason: 5 Minutes for Fighting Jared Boll
5:20		Jared Boll: 5 Minutes for Fighting Tim Gleason
7:59		Glen Wesley: 2 Minutes for Tripping Rick Nash
10:16		Mike Commodore: 2 Minutes for Holding Rick Nash
14:14		Rick Nash: 2 Minutes for Tripping Scott Walker

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:06		Nikolai Zherdev (14) Unassisted	Columbus 1-0
6:45		Rostislav Klesla (4) (Power Play) Assists: Ron Hainsey, Nikolai Zherdev	Columbus 2-0
14:02		Nikolai Zherdev (15) Assists: Rick Nash	Columbus 3-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:33		Mike Commodore: 2 Minutes for Interference of Kris Beech
7:25		Dan Fritsche: 2 Minutes for Holding Erik Cole
10:19		Craig Adams: 2 Minutes for Throwing the Stick
17:16		Ray Whitney: 2 Minutes for Hooking Nikolai Zherdev

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:50		Eric Staal (20) (Power Play) Assists: Ray Whitney	Columbus 3-1
19:50		Kris Beech (6) (Empty net) Assists: Nikolai Zherdev, Adam Foote	Columbus 4-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:15		Andrew Murray: 2 Minutes for Hooking Niclas Wallin
8:01		Jan Hejda: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Erik Cole
12:51		Ray Whitney: 2 Minutes for Tripping Jiri Novotny

Player Summary

Carolina Hurricanes												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
C. Adams RW	0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	20	11:10	0:00	1:28	9:42	0	0	00.0
R. Brind'Amour C	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	27	21:32	3:44	3:24	14:24	13	11	54.2
W. Brookbank LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2:07	0:00	0:00	2:07	0	0	00.0
E. Cole LW	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	26	18:18	2:57	2:15	13:06	0	1	00.0
M. Commodore D	0	0	-1	2	1	2	2	4	2	0	0	29	18:23	0:00	3:03	15:20	0	0	00.0
T. Gleason D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	0	0	26	17:34	0:00	5:14	12:20	0	0	00.0
J. Hamilton C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	12:09	3:24	0:00	8:45	3	3	50.0
F. Kaberle D	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:08	3:04	1:45	12:19	0	0	00.0
A. Ladd LW	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	17	13:41	3:11	0:00	10:30	0	0	00.0
C. LaRose RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	14:41	0:16	5:27	8:58	0	1	00.0
T. Letowski RW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	8:27	0:00	2:49	5:38	3	5	37.5
D. Seidenberg D	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	24	19:35	3:31	2:23	13:41	0	0	00.0
E. Staal C	1	0	-2	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	28	19:57	3:28	2:10	14:19	9	10	47.4
C. Stillman LW	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	20:41	3:22	2:46	14:33	0	0	00.0
S. Walker RW	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	26	19:40	3:24	2:09	14:07	1	1	50.0
N. Wallin D	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	30	20:42	0:06	5:38	14:58	0	0	00.0
G. Wesley D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	28	17:22	0:00	5:33	11:49	0	0	00.0
R. Whitney LW	0	1	-2	3	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	25	16:42	3:11	0:00	13:31	0	0	00.0
Carolina Hurricanes Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
D Tanabe									Concussion
B Hedican									Scratched

Columbus Blue Jackets												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
K. Beech C	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	28	17:56	3:18	0:09	14:29	9	9	50.0
J. Boll RW	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	11	5:23	0:00	0:00	5:23	0	0	00.0
J. Chimera LW	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	19:35	2:31	2:32	14:32	0	0	00.0
S. Fedorov C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	17:56	5:12	2:10	10:34	6	11	35.3
A. Foote D	0	2	3	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	28	24:31	1:36	6:05	16:50	0	0	00.0
D. Fritsche RW	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	22	17:15	2:51	0:27	13:57	1	2	33.3
C. Glencross LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	11:35	3:47	0:00	7:48	1	0	100.0
R. Hainsey D	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	27	21:07	5:30	1:50	13:47	0	0	00.0
J. Hejda D	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	25	18:14	0:02	2:37	15:35	0	0	00.0
R. Klesla D	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	27	23:14	4:14	3:08	15:52	0	0	00.0
A. Murray C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	8	4:35	0:00	0:00	4:35	1	1	50.0
R. Nash LW	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	30	19:26	4:45	0:49	13:52	0	0	00.0
J. Novotny C	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	20:34	3:27	3:37	13:30	13	6	68.4
K. Russell D	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	19	16:15	5:49	0:00	10:26	0	0	00.0
J. Shelley LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	4:14	0:00	0:00	4:14	0	0	00.0
D. Vyborny RW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	15:29	4:39	3:26	7:24	1	0	100.0
D. Westcott D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	19	16:52	6:12	0:00	10:40	0	0	00.0
N. Zherdev RW	2	2	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	24	19:14	3:51	0:00	15:23	0	0	00.0
Columbus Blue Jackets Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
O Tollefsen									Scratched
J Lindstrom									Scratched
G Brule									Scratched

Goaltending Summary

Carolina Hurricanes Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
J. Grahame	2	0	2	1	18:59	0
C. Ward	20	3	17	.85	40:00	0

Columbus Blue Jackets Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
P. Leclaire	24	1	23	.958	60:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Carolina	7	6	11	24
Columbus	9	11	3	23

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Carolina	1 of 0
Columbus	1 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Saturday, December 29th

Philadelphia	4	Final
Tampa Bay	2

Los Angeles	3	Final
Colorado	1

New Jersey	2	Final
NY Islanders	5

Washington	8	Final
Ottawa	6

NY Rangers	6	Final
Toronto	1

Boston	0	Final
Atlanta	5

Carolina	1	Final
Columbus	4

Buffalo	0	Final
Pittsburgh	2

San Jose	5	Final
Nashville	2

Edmonton	4	Final
Minnesota	5	OT

St. Louis	4	Final
Dallas	5	SO

Detroit	4	Final
Phoenix	2

Anaheim	3	Final
Calgary	5

ESPN NHL

Carolina 1, Columbus 4

Final

NHL Scores

Saturday, December 29th