🏔️ Away Avalanche 28-30-1
2–5
Final
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 30-25-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🏔️ COL 1102
🌪️ CAR 1225

Avalanche at Hurricanes

Hurricanes beat Avalanche 5–2 at PNC Arena on February 22, 2009.

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Matt Cullen
3 G
6 shots · 20:49 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Joni Pitkanen
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 25:06 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Ray Whitney
2 A
2 shots · 21:34 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Wojtek Wolski Go-ahead 1st · 00:59
Unassisted · beat Cam Ward
1–0
🌪️ Matt Cullen Tying 1st · 07:00
Assists: Chad LaRose, Joni Pitkanen · beat Andrew Raycroft
1–1
2nd period
🌪️ Matt Cullen Go-ahead 2nd · 01:19
Assists: Chad LaRose, Ray Whitney · beat Andrew Raycroft
1–2
🏔️ Darcy Tucker Tying 2nd · 02:12
Assists: Chris Stewart, Brett Clark · beat Cam Ward
2–2
🌪️ Joni Pitkanen Go-ahead 2nd · 17:06
Assists: Tuomo Ruutu, Dennis Seidenberg · beat Andrew Raycroft
2–3
3rd period
🌪️ Ryan Bayda 3rd · 08:49
Assists: Jussi Jokinen, Anton Babchuk · beat Andrew Raycroft
2–4
🌪️ Matt Cullen Empty net 3rd · 19:28
Assists: Ray Whitney
2–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Wolski · Smyth · Hejduk 20:15
L2 Laperriere · Guite · Willsie 16:05
L3 Arnason · Tucker · Stewart 11:20
L4 McLeod · McCormick · Svatos 9:34
D1 Salei · Hannan 24:04
D2 Foote · Clark 21:59
D3 Leopold · Tjarnqvist 11:53
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Whitney · Ruutu · Cullen 20:49
L2 Samsonov · Staal · LaRose 18:51
L3 Jokinen · Brind'Amour · Eaves 12:47
L4 Bayda · Ryan 6:46
D1 Corvo · Pitkanen 25:29
D2 Seidenberg · Babchuk 21:08
D3 Gleason · Wallin 13:28
D4 Conboy 3:06

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL CAR🌪️
19 Shots on goal 39
32 Hits 22
20 Blocked shots 8
11 Takeaways 7
3 Giveaways 6
23 Penalty minutes 13
COL shooting 10.5% (2/19) CAR shooting 12.8% (5/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Andrew Raycroft
34/38
.895 SV% · 4 GA · 58:48 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
17/19
.895 SV% · 2 GA · 59:49 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 13-8-1 (59% win rate, 22 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 10-4 (71% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-7-1 (38% win rate, 13 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 15-2-1 (83% win rate, 18 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Hurricanes lead the season series 1–0
Jan 122008 🏔️COL @ 🌪️CAR 5–4 Dec 112006 🌪️CAR @ 🏔️COL 2–5 Feb 32004 🌪️CAR @ 🏔️COL 1–3 Jan 122003 🏔️COL @ 🌪️CAR 3–2 OT Oct 232001 🌪️CAR @ 🏔️COL 1–5
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❓ COL vs CAR, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Hurricanes on February 22, 2009?

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

Who scored for Avalanche?

Darcy Tucker, Wojtek Wolski.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Matt Cullen (3), Joni Pitkanen, Ryan Bayda.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Andrew Raycroft made 34 saves on 38 shots (.895 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 17 saves on 19 shots (.895 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Hurricanes season series?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeFeb 20 🏔️COL @ 🦅WSH 4–1 AfterFeb 24 🏔️COL @ 🐦ATL 3–4
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeFeb 20 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 1–4 AfterFeb 24 🌪️CAR @ 🏛️OTT 2–4
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