Canadiens 2–3 Hurricanes — Final Score & Stats (Dec 16, 2008)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🇨🇦 MTL	0	2	0	2
🌪️ CAR	2	1	0	3

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌪️ CAR

Eric Staal

2 G

4 shots · 20:45 TOI

2nd star 🌪️ CAR

Sergei Samsonov

2 A

1 shots · 20:42 TOI

3rd star 🌪️ CAR

Joe Corvo

1 G

6 shots · 30:50 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🌪️ Eric Staal PP Go-ahead 1st · 10:08

Assists: Sergei Samsonov, Justin Williams · beat Jaroslav Halak

0–1

🌪️ Eric Staal PP 1st · 17:50

Assists: Joni Pitkanen · beat Jaroslav Halak

0–2

2nd period

🇨🇦 Guillaume Latendresse 2nd · 02:35

Unassisted · beat Cam Ward

1–2

🇨🇦 Alex Kovalev SH Tying 2nd · 03:57

Assists: Robert Lang · beat Cam Ward

2–2

🌪️ Joe Corvo PP Go-ahead 2nd · 07:18

Assists: Rod Brind'Amour, Sergei Samsonov · beat Jaroslav Halak

2–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Plekanec · Lang · Kovalev 16:35

L2 Kostitsyn · Lapierre · D'Agostini 13:29

L3 Latendresse · Tanguay · Kostitsyn 12:35

L4 Begin · Maxwell · Kostopoulos 11:43

D1 Markov · Gorges 24:06

D2 Hamrlik · Bouillon 21:17

D3 Brisebois · O'Byrne 13:20

🌪️Hurricanes

L1 Whitney · Brind'Amour · Staal 22:01

L2 Samsonov · Ruutu · Williams 19:28

L3 Cullen · Walker · Eaves 13:24

L4 Bayda · Sutter · LaRose 7:52

D1 Corvo · Pitkanen 29:43

D2 Seidenberg · Gleason 21:20

D3 Carson · Conboy 7:23

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL CAR🌪️

24 Shots on goal 27

0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 3/11

36 Hits 21

14 Blocked shots 15

9 Takeaways 9

2 Giveaways 9

22 Penalty minutes 2

MTL shooting 8.3% (2/24) CAR shooting 11.1% (3/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jaroslav Halak

24/27

.889 SV% · 3 GA · 59:26 TOI

🌪️Hurricanes

Cam Ward

22/24

.917 SV% · 2 GA · 59:34 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

After 2nd — 2–3

Canadiens

Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)

Hurricanes

Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-2-1 (67% win rate, 9 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Hurricanes lead the season series 2–1

Nov 182008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 Oct 282008 🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 SO Dec 82007 🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–1 Oct 262007 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 7–4 Oct 132007 🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1

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❓ MTL vs CAR, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Hurricanes on December 16, 2008?

Hurricanes won 3–2. The final score was Canadiens 2, Hurricanes 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Alex Kovalev, Guillaume Latendresse.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Eric Staal (2), Joe Corvo.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Hurricanes season series?

Hurricanes lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🇨🇦 Canadiens

BeforeDec 13 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–1 AfterDec 18 🔔PHI @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–5

🌪️ Hurricanes

BeforeDec 13 🌪️CAR @ 🗽NYR 2–3 AfterDec 18 🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR 1–2

Also on December 16

🦅WSH 5–4 🏝️NYI 🏔️COL 2–5 🔔PHI 😈NJD 2–3 🍁TOR 🐦ATL 4–1 🏛️OTT 🔥CGY 6–3 🎵STL 🌵PHX 1–2 ⭐DAL 🪶CHI 9–2 🛢️EDM 🗽NYR 3–1 🦆ANA

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