NHL: Ruutu lifts Canes past Leafs, 6-5 in shootout
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tuomo Ruutu and Jussi Jokinen scored in the shootout and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied from three goals down to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 on Thursday night.
The latest meeting of the NHL's worst teams had a wild finish. Ian White put the Maple Leafs ahead 5-4 with 29.9 seconds remaining, but Erik Cole tapped in a rebound with 2.9 seconds left to force overtime.
After an uneventful overtime, Ruutu and Jokinen beat Jonas Gustavsson with wrist shots and Manny Legace stopped Phil Kessel and Lee Stempniak to preserve his first victory with the Maple Leafs.
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Anonymous | Nov. 19, 2009 at 8:47 p.m.
Carolina Hurricanes' Tim Gleason, right, checks Toronto Maple Leafs' Nikolai Kulemin during the first period.
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