ATLANTA - Marc Savard scored his first goal of the preseason and added an assist in the Atlanta Thrashers' 4-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.
Atlanta goalie Mike Dunham made 36 saves to help the Thrashers win for the first time in five exhibition games. Carolina fell to 3-1-1.
The Thrashers took a 2-0 lead in the opening period on Niclas Havelid and Marian Hossa's power-play goals. Savard assisted on Hossa's goal.
Eric Staal scored for Carolina in the second period, beating Dunham from on a power play.
Savard made it 3-1 by sweeping around the net and flipping the puck past Carolina goalie Cam Ward at the 17:18 mark of the second period. Ward finished with 20 saves.
Atlanta's Greg de Vries added an empty-net goal with 1:38 left and the Thrashers playing two men short. Carolina's Chad LaRose completed the scoring with a power-play goal with 31.5 seconds left.
There were 25 penalties in the game - 14 by Atlanta - in keeping with the league's mandate to cut down on obstruction and create more scoring chances.
In the opening period, Dunham turned away 14 shots by Carolina, including several during a two-minute stretch when the Thrashers had two men in the penalty box.
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