Good stuff team-wide as the Cats, clinging to a 6-3 lead (and followers of this club know the drill) closed the door in a home game to climb above .500, taking the Hurricanes by a final of 6-3.
Radek Dvorak (+5!) and Rostislav Olesz finished with three points each, followed by Dominic Moore’s two-pointer. Tomas Vokoun – rattled in the third frame but keeping focus to the end – ended the night with 32 saves on 35 shots. Ten Panthers skaters gained at least one point. Behold the sweet stuff…
Solid work team-wide as the Cats, clinging to a 6-3 lead (and followers of this club know the drill) closed the door in a home game to climb above .500, taking the Hurricanes by a final of 6-3.
Radek Dvorak (+5!) and Rostislav Olesz finished with three points each, followed by Dominic Moore’s two-pointer. Tomas Vokoun – rattled in the third frame but keeping focus to the end – ended the night with 32 saves on 35 shots. Ten Panthers skaters gained at least one point.
Carolina went the Paul Maurice route – in the third – but found far too much mountain to climb. Any Cats fan who wasn’t a little nervous when the Canes scored their second goal wled (by far) as either without cellphone service or lying to you. Scott Walker and Eric Staal tamed a ridiculous lead, scaring the tar out of Panthers fans late, but never quite mustering the killer offense needed to overcome the deficit.
Staal and defenseman Joni Pitkanen each had six shots on goal. Staal, Sergei Samsonov, and Tuomo Ruutu were each a minus-3. Manny Legace – in relief of Cam Ward – stopped 1 of 2 shots. Stephen Weiss and Nathan Horton both collected an assist to continue their hot streaks. Ex-Hurricane Dennis Seidenberg led (by far) both clubs with 27:42 TOI. Bryan McCabe (2g, 2a) has a 4-game point streak.
This was so much fun, let’s do it again Saturday. Live Blog hits at 6pm.