Thursday, March 15, 2012

Stillman Leads Canes Past Thrashers 4-3

The Carolina Hurricanes stopped Ilya Kovalchuk for a change. Two days after Kovalchuk had four 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.

Carolina's late power play came after a 4-minute high-sticking penalty on Ken Klee and a 2-minute delay of game penalty on Thrashers captain Bobby Holik.

The Thrashers fell to 4-13 when Kovalchuk, the NHL leader with …

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