Williams leads 'Canes past Thrashers

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02/25/2007 - Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Justin Williams scored two goals and John Grahame made 28 save to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 4-1 win over the Atlanta Thrashers in a Southeast Division battle at Philips Arena.

Ray Whitney had a goal and an assist and Mike Commodore added a goal for the Hurricanes, who have won three of four.

Carolina now has 71 points and sits in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, one point ahead of the Islanders and Montreal and is just two points behind Tampa Bay for first place in the Southeast Division.

Garnet Exelby scored the lone goal and Kari Lehtonen stopped 24-of-27 shots for the slumping Thrashers, who have dropped six of their last seven games.

Atlanta has 72 points and currently holds the sixth spot in the Eastern Conference and is one point behind Tampa Bay.

The Hurricanes got on the board late in the first period when Williams wristed in a loose puck from the left circle for a 1-0 lead with 4:53 left in the opening frame.

Less than three minutes later, Rod Brind'Amour sent a backhand pass from the left side that went through the legs of an Atlanta defender to the right side where Commodore wristed it in for a 2-0 lead.

Grahame stopped nine shots thrown at him in the first period to keep Atlanta off the scoreboard.

The teams combined for 13 shots in the second period, seven by Atlanta, but neither side was able to get the puck past the goaltenders.

Atlanta almost got on the scoreboard 1:30 into the third period when Greg De Vries blasted a shot from the slot, but Grahame swallowed the puck with the glove.

The Thrashers finally broke through Grahame when, while shorthanded, Exelby blasted a shot from the high slot that beat Grahame on the glove side to make it a 2-1 game 8:06 into the third.

Carolina, though, regained its two-goal advantage when Frantisek Kaberle grabbed the puck as he skated out of the penalty box and got it to Williams, who skated in alone and snapped a wrister over the glove of Lehtonen for a 3-1 lead with 6:35 to play.

Whitney added an empty-net goal with eight seconds to play to account for the final score.

Game Notes

Carolina hosts Ottawa on Tuesday...Atlanta travels to Boston for a game on Monday...Carolina has won four of six games against Atlanta this season...Brind'Amour finished the game with two assists...Neither team scored on the power play with Carolina having three chances and Atlanta two...Grahame also had an assist in the game, his third of the season.

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