wednesday's nhl summaries

WEDNESDAY'S NHL SUMMARIES

Hurricanes 5, Thrashers 4

Atlanta1210--4

Carolina3011--5

First Period--1, Atlanta, Boulton 1 (Larsen, Vigier), 3:14. 2, Carolina, Staal 5 (Walker, Commodore), 4:53. 3, Carolina, Walker 5 (Hutchinson, Staal), 16:40 (pp). 4, Carolina, Hutchinson 3 (Brind'Amour), 19:23. Penalties--Hnidy, Atl, minor-major (roughing, fighting), 2:06; Adams, Car, minor-major (roughing, fighting), 2:06; Havelid, Atl, major (fighting), 2:06; Larsen, Atl (interference), 6:13; Havelid, Atl (delay of game), 10:05; Holik, Atl (interference), 15:19.

Second Period--5, Atlanta, Sim 6 (Kovalchuk), 11:31. 6, Atlanta, Mellanby 5 (de Vries, Slater), 17:21. Penalties--Brind'Amour, Car (tripping), 2:51; Carolina bench, served by Bayda (too many men), 4:24; Rucchin, Atl (goalie interference), 5:39; Ladd, Car (hooking), 7:46.

Third Period--7, Carolina, Bayda 1 (Belanger, Ladd), 4:23. 8, Atlanta, Kovalchuk 6 (Vishnevski), 8:21. Penalties--Williams, Car (tripping), :48; Kozlov, Atl (holding), 9:13; Hossa, Atl (hooking), 17:58.

Overtime--9, Carolina, Babchuk 1 (Williams), 1:11. Penalties--None.

Shots on goal--Atlanta 6-22-8-0--36. Carolina 15-11-11-1--38.

Power-play Opportunities--Atlanta 0 of 4; Carolina 1 of 6.

Goalies--Atlanta, Lehtonen 7-1-2 (38 shots-33 saves). Carolina, Ward 4-3-1 (36-32).

Red Wings 2, Sharks 1

San Jose100--1

Detroit002--2

First Period--1, San Jose, Bernier 3 (Michalek, McLaren), 17:10 (pp). Penalty--Franzen, Det (interference), 15:21.

Second Period--None. Penalties--Holmstrom, Det (holding), 15:40; Michalek, SJ (interference), 17:00; Michalek, SJ (tripping), 19:22.

Third Period--2, Detroit, Schneider 4 (Lidstrom, Datsyuk), :38 (pp). 3, Detroit, Lang 3 (Schneider, Lebda), 11:02. Penalties--Kopecky, Det (boarding), 3:41; Draper, Det (hooking), 8:04.

Shots on goal--San Jose 4-10-9--23. Detroit 14-13-12--39.

Power-play Opportunities--San Jose 1 of 4; Detroit 1 of 2.

Goalies--San Jose, Nabokov 2-3-0 (39 shots-37 saves). Detroit, Hasek 3-3-1 (23-22).

NHL Scoring Leaders

Through Oct. 24

GPGAPTS

Hossa, Atl910515

Drury, Buf910414

Afinogenov, Buf95914

Havlat, Chi77613

Gionta, NJ97613

Sykora, Edm86713

Vanek, Buf96713

Nylander, NYR831013

Jagr, NYR821113

Kovalchuk, Atl95712

Crosby, Pit83912

Kozlov, Atl93912

Briere, Buf921012

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