Box Score

When Kevyn Adams scored his second goal of the night, I said to myself "Wouldn't it be cool if he got a hot trick?"

Well sometimes dreams come true, and I had to explain to my mom why everyone was throwing their hats on the ice - she's learning!  Adams had a great night, and just had the scoring touch tonight.  Not only was it his first hat trick ever, but it was his first multi-goal game since 2001.  He stepped up the pace in Rod Brind'Amour's absence, to say the least.

Eric Staal picked up another goal for his 30th point of the season, and Martin Gerber had a great night in the net again, making some incredible saves.

One interesting note - the game went nearly 14 minutes before the first penalty was called.  Carolina only took 4 penalties the whole game, while New York got called for 8 - including 3 straight in the 3rd period (after starting the period with a minute and a half left on a second period penalty!)

Both teams head back to New York for the second game in the home-and-home at 1pm on Saturday.  I'll be watching the Michigan-Ohio State game but flipping back to check on the Canes game.

GO BLUE!  GO CANES!