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2008-09 regular season

Hurricanes at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–1

Hurricanes beat Penguins 2–1 at PPG Paints Arena on January 20, 2009.

CAR – PIT
40–33
Shots on goal
1/5–1/6
Power play
27–18
Hits
14–14
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Eric Staal
1 G
9 shots · 22:38 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Ray Whitney
1 G
3 shots · 15:00 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Cam Ward
32 saves
0.970 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP Go-ahead 1st · 02:33
Assists: Philippe Boucher, Sidney Crosby · beat Cam Ward
0–1
🌪️ Ray Whitney PP Tying 1st · 14:30
Assists: Anton Babchuk, Dennis Seidenberg · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–1
2nd period
🌪️ Eric Staal Go-ahead 2nd · 08:01
Assists: Justin Williams, Sergei Samsonov · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Samsonov · Staal · Williams 18:02
L2 Cullen · Brind'Amour · LaRose 17:06
L3 Whitney · Ruutu · Eaves 15:00
L4 Bayda · Sutter · Walker 6:52
D1 Corvo · Seidenberg 26:38
D2 Pitkanen · Gleason 22:36
D3 Babchuk · Wallin 9:49
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Staal 25:55
L2 Cooke · Kennedy · Sykora 15:50
L3 Jeffrey · Satan · Thomas 10:33
L4 Minard · Bissonnette · Godard 3:15
D1 Whitney · Letang 27:22
D2 Eaton · Boucher 20:32
D3 Gill · Scuderi 12:18

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR PIT🐧
40 Shots on goal 33
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
27 Hits 18
14 Blocked shots 14
2 Takeaways 8
4 Giveaways 10
12 Penalty minutes 10
CAR shooting 5.0% (2/40) PIT shooting 3.0% (1/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
32/33
.970 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
38/40
.950 SV% · 2 GA · 58:36 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 8-3 (73% win rate, 11 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 6-7-1 (43% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 12-2-1 (80% win rate, 15 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-6 (50% win rate, 12 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 2–1
Dec 42008 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 5–2 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
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Who won Hurricanes vs Penguins on January 20, 2009?

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

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Eric Staal, Ray Whitney.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 38 saves on 40 shots (.950 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Penguins season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeJan 19 🌪️CAR @ 🍁TOR 2–0 AfterJan 27 🌪️CAR @ 🗽NYR 2–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeJan 18 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 0–3 AfterJan 28 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 2–6
Also on January 20
🦆ANA 2–4 🗽NYR 🇨🇦MTL 2–4 🐦ATL 🦅WSH 2–3 🏛️OTT 👑LAK 5–2 🌲MIN 🧥CBJ 3–4 🛢️EDM 🐙DET 3–6 🌵PHX 🐋VAN 1–2 🦈SJS
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