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2008-09 regular season

Blues at Hurricanes

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 2–0

Hurricanes beat Blues 2–1 at PNC Arena on January 2, 2009.

STL – CAR
31–29
Shots on goal
0/2–2/5
Power play
11–26
Hits
13–15
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Sergei Samsonov
2 A
2 shots · 15:48 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Tuomo Ruutu
2 A
2 shots · 17:14 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Cam Ward
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Eric Staal PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:26
Assists: Tuomo Ruutu, Sergei Samsonov · beat Chris Mason
0–1
3rd period
🌪️ Anton Babchuk PP 3rd · 11:05
Assists: Tuomo Ruutu, Sergei Samsonov · beat Chris Mason
0–2
🎵 David Backes 3rd · 11:56
Assists: Barret Jackman, T.J. Oshie · beat Cam Ward
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Perron · Berglund · Boyes 17:13
L2 Tkachuk · Backes · Oshie 15:34
L3 Steen · Winchester · McClement 13:06
L4 Stastny · Crombeen · Hinote 10:42
D1 Jackman · Polak 31:21
D2 Woywitka · Weaver 21:56
D3 Strachan · Colaiacovo 6:20
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Whitney · Brind'Amour · Staal 20:31
L2 Ruutu · Williams · LaRose 17:56
L3 Samsonov · Cullen · Walker 15:48
L4 Bayda · Sutter · Eaves 5:28
D1 Pitkanen · Corvo 25:06
D2 Seidenberg · Gleason 21:46
D3 Babchuk · Kaberle 12:15

Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL CAR🌪️
31 Shots on goal 29
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
11 Hits 26
13 Blocked shots 15
5 Takeaways 17
1 Giveaways 3
23 Penalty minutes 6
STL shooting 3.2% (1/31) CAR shooting 6.9% (2/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Chris Mason
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 59:05 TOI
Manny Legace Shutout
1/1
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 00:28 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Blues
Blues — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-6 (25% win rate, 8 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-6-1 (36% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Blues
Blues — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-4 (43% win rate, 7 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 10-2-1 (77% win rate, 13 games)

Last meetings

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Hurricanes lead the season series 2–0
Oct 302008 🌪️CAR @ 🎵STL 1–0 Jan 52008 🌪️CAR @ 🎵STL 0–1 Jan 152006 🎵STL @ 🌪️CAR 2–4 Jan 62004 🎵STL @ 🌪️CAR 0–2 Jan 202003 🎵STL @ 🌪️CAR 5–3
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Who won Blues vs Hurricanes on January 2, 2009?

Hurricanes won 2–1. The final score was Blues 1, Hurricanes 2.

Who scored for Blues?

David Backes.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Anton Babchuk, Eric Staal.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Chris Mason made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Blues vs Hurricanes season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🎵 Blues
BeforeDec 30 😈NJD @ 🎵STL 4–3 AfterJan 3 🧥CBJ @ 🎵STL 2–5
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 31 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 1–3 AfterJan 3 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 3–2
Also on January 2
🇨🇦MTL 1–4 😈NJD 🐋VAN 3–4 🐦ATL 🧥CBJ 6–1 🏔️COL 🏝️NYI 4–5 🌵PHX 🔔PHI 5–4 🦆ANA
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