Hurricanes win Southeast Division battle over Thrashers
Posted January 04, 2008 10:00 pm
The Carolina Hurricanes stopped Ilya Kovalchuk for a change.
Two days after Kovalchuk had 4 points in an overtime win at Carolina, the Atlanta star was held without a goal as the Hurricanes padded their Southeast Division lead by beating the Thrashers 4-3 on Friday night.
Cory Stillman's goal with a two-man advantage gave Carolina its first lead with 3:23 left. The decisive score came with 9 seconds remaining on the two-man advantage.
The Thrashers fell to 4-13 when Kovalchuk, the NHL leader with 33 goals, is held without a goal. Atlanta (20-21-1) hoped to pull within a point of first-place Carolina but instead fell below .500.
Eric Staal, Ray Whitney and Casey Borer also scored for Carolina, which ended a three-game losing streak.
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