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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