Found October 09, 2009 on
Lord Stanley's Blog:
PLAYERS:
Matt Cullen,
Jay Harrison,
Ray Whitney,
Tom Kostopoulos,
Tuomo Ruutu,
Jussi Jokinen,
Tim Gleason,
Bryan McCabe,
Tomas Vokoun,
Sergei Samsonov,
Rostislav Olesz,
Joe Corvo,
Shawn Matthias,
Cam Ward,
Scott Walker
TEAMS: Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers
TEAMS: Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers
The Hurricanes rolled to a 7-2 victory over the Panthers at the RBC Center.
Matt Cullen's goal early in the third period pushed the Canes ahead 5-1. But Carolina wasn't through, adding goals by Rod Brind'Amour and Jay Harrison — the first career goal for Harrison.
Ray Whitney got his first goal of the season as the Canes led 4-1 after the second. Tom Kostopoulos' first goal as a Cane gave Carolina a 1-0 lead and Tuomo Ruutu and Jussi Jokinen have scored for a 3-0 cushion after the first period.
With the Canes on the penalty kill after an interference call against Tim Gleason, Kostopoulos swiped the puck from defenseman Bryan McCabe in the slot in the Florida zone and quickly popped the puck past Tomas Vokoun.
The short-handed goal came seven minutes into the first. It was his sixth career "shortie" — Kostopoulos had three for Montreal in the 2007-08 season.
Ruutu scored his first of the season on a breakaway at 10:20. Taking a perfect pass fro...
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