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2008-09 regular season

Hurricanes at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0

Bruins beat Hurricanes 4–2 at TD Garden on December 20, 2008.

CAR – BOS
34–36
Shots on goal
1/3–0/1
Power play
11–28
Hits
11–5
Blocked shots
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The game

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

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Rod Brind'Amour
2 A
21:04 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Shawn Thornton
1 G
4 shots · 11:03 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Manny Fernandez
32 saves
0.941 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Joni Pitkanen PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:50
Assists: Rod Brind'Amour, Joe Corvo · beat Manny Fernandez
1–0
2nd period
🐻 Marc Savard Tying 2nd · 07:06
Assists: Phil Kessel, Milan Lucic · beat Cam Ward
1–1
3rd period
🐻 David Krejci Go-ahead 3rd · 03:54
Assists: Vladimir Sobotka, Shane Hnidy · beat Cam Ward
1–2
🐻 Shawn Thornton 3rd · 11:54
Unassisted · beat Cam Ward
1–3
🌪️ Ray Whitney 3rd · 15:24
Assists: Rod Brind'Amour, Scott Walker · beat Manny Fernandez
2–3
🐻 Stephane Yelle Empty net 3rd · 19:57
Assists: P.J. Axelsson
2–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Whitney · Brind'Amour · Staal 20:40
L2 Ruutu · Samsonov · Walker 17:49
L3 Cullen · Williams · Eaves 13:44
L4 Bayda · Sutter · LaRose 7:30
D1 Pitkanen · Corvo 26:00
D2 Seidenberg · Gleason 20:47
D3 Kaberle · Babchuk 13:11
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Savard · Kessel 18:22
L2 Lucic · Krejci · Yelle 15:45
L3 Wheeler · Kobasew · Ryder 15:00
L4 Thornton · Sobotka · Bergeron 10:45
D1 Chara · Wideman 25:07
D2 Stuart · Hunwick 18:30
D3 Hnidy · Lashoff 16:10

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR BOS🐻
34 Shots on goal 36
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/1
11 Hits 28
11 Blocked shots 5
5 Takeaways 5
1 Giveaways 5
2 Penalty minutes 6
CAR shooting 5.9% (2/34) BOS shooting 11.1% (4/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
32/35
.914 SV% · 3 GA · 59:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Manny Fernandez
32/34
.941 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-3-1 (43% win rate, 7 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-1-1 (60% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 3-3-1 (43% win rate, 7 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 5-1-1 (71% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 1–0
Feb 192008 🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR 3–2 SO Feb 122008 🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS 3–2 Jan 82008 🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS 1–0 Dec 282007 🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR 3–4 Feb 82007 🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS 5–2
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Who won Hurricanes vs Bruins on December 20, 2008?

Bruins won 4–2. The final score was Hurricanes 2, Bruins 4.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Joni Pitkanen, Ray Whitney.

Who scored for Bruins?

David Krejci, Marc Savard, Shawn Thornton, Stephane Yelle.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 18 🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 AfterDec 21 🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2
🐻 Bruins
BeforeDec 18 🍁TOR @ 🐻BOS 5–8 AfterDec 21 🐻BOS @ 🎵STL 6–3
Also on December 20
🦅WSH 1–7 🔔PHI ⚔️BUF 3–4 🇨🇦MTL ⭐DAL 4–5 🏛️OTT ⚡TBL 3–4 🐦ATL 🍁TOR 7–3 🐧PIT 👑LAK 4–6 🐙DET 🏝️NYI 0–1 🐯NSH 🌲MIN 2–4 🎵STL
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