Penguins 5–2 Hurricanes — Final Score & Stats (Dec 4, 2008)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

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1st star 🐧 PIT

Sidney Crosby

4 A

2 shots · 22:06 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Petr Sykora

2 G

2 shots · 14:27 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Dany Sabourin

34 saves

0.944 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Petr Sykora PP Go-ahead 1st · 10:53

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Alex Goligoski · beat Michael Leighton

1–0

🐧 Pascal Dupuis 1st · 12:30

Assists: Sidney Crosby · beat Michael Leighton

2–0

2nd period

🐧 Petr Sykora PP 2nd · 01:53

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin · beat Michael Leighton

3–0

🌪️ Tuomo Ruutu 2nd · 02:12

Assists: Sergei Samsonov, Josef Melichar · beat Dany Sabourin

3–1

🐧 Miroslav Satan 2nd · 06:51

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang · beat Michael Leighton

4–1

🌪️ Matt Cullen PP 2nd · 15:54

Assists: Ray Whitney, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Dany Sabourin

4–2

🐧 Ruslan Fedotenko 2nd · 18:27

Assists: Evgeni Malkin · beat Michael Leighton

5–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Crosby · Staal · Malkin 21:51

L2 Dupuis · Satan · Sykora 17:51

L3 Cooke · Fedotenko · Talbot 12:53

L4 Minard · Pesonen · Godard 5:54

D1 Scuderi · Gill 22:48

D2 Letang · Orpik 19:27

D3 Goligoski · Eaton 15:32

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Samsonov · Ruutu · Staal 19:51

L2 Whitney · Brind'Amour · Cullen 17:09

L3 Bayda · Williams · Eaves 13:15

L4 Sutter · LaRose · Dwyer 8:31

D1 Corvo · Pitkanen 26:44

D2 Wallin · Babchuk 19:12

D3 Kaberle · Melichar 12:44

Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT CAR🌪️

22 Shots on goal 36

2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

28 Hits 20

24 Blocked shots 12

10 Takeaways 10

4 Giveaways 10

10 Penalty minutes 6

PIT shooting 22.7% (5/22) CAR shooting 5.6% (2/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Dany Sabourin

34/36

.944 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🌪️Hurricanes

Michael Leighton

17/22

.773 SV% · 5 GA · 59:57 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)

After 2nd — 5–2

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 2–0

Oct 232008 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Feb 142008 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 2–4 Feb 22008 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Oct 192007 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 3–4 SO Oct 52007 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 1–4

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Who won Penguins vs Hurricanes on December 4, 2008?

Penguins won 5–2. The final score was Penguins 5, Hurricanes 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Petr Sykora (2), Miroslav Satan, Pascal Dupuis, Ruslan Fedotenko.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Matt Cullen, Tuomo Ruutu.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Dany Sabourin made 34 saves on 36 shots (.944 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Michael Leighton made 17 saves on 22 shots (.773 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Hurricanes season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐧 Penguins

BeforeDec 3 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 2–3 AfterDec 6 🐧PIT @ 🏛️OTT 2–3

🌪️ Hurricanes

BeforeNov 30 🦆ANA @ 🌪️CAR 4–1 AfterDec 6 🔔PHI @ 🌪️CAR 2–1

Also on December 4

🗽NYR 2–6 🇨🇦MTL 😈NJD 3–2 🔔PHI 🏝️NYI 2–5 🦅WSH 🐻BOS 3–1 ⚡TBL ⚔️BUF 1–2 🐆FLA 🐋VAN 5–6 🐙DET 🏔️COL 2–3 🐯NSH 🍁TOR 3–6 🌵PHX

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