🌪️ Away Hurricanes 0-1 in series
3–0
Final
CAR leads 4–3
🐻 Home Bruins 1-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
CAR 0213
BOS 0000

Hurricanes at Bruins — Second Round Game 2

Hurricanes, Second Round Game 2, beat Bruins 3–0 at TD Garden on May 3, 2009.

🗓 Sun, May 3, 2009 · 18:30 CDT 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2008-09 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

CAR vs BOS · CAR leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
1–4
Final · BOS
Game 2
3–0
Final · CAR
Game 3
2–3
OT · CAR
Game 4
1–4
Final · CAR
Game 5
0–4
Final · BOS
Game 6
4–2
Final · BOS
Game 7
3–2
OT · CAR

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Joe Corvo
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 21:18 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Eric Staal
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 20:35 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Matt Cullen
1 G
2 shots · 13:50 TOI
4rd star 🌪️ CAR
Cam Ward
36 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🌪️ Joe Corvo Go-ahead 2nd · 02:30
Assists: Eric Staal, Erik Cole · beat Tim Thomas
1–0
🌪️ Matt Cullen SH 2nd · 07:32
Assists: Chad LaRose · beat Tim Thomas
2–0
3rd period
🌪️ Eric Staal Empty net 3rd · 19:32
Assists: Joe Corvo
3–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR BOS🐻
25 Shots on goal 36
30 Hits 38
13 Blocked shots 17
8 Takeaways 1
1 Giveaways 3
8 Penalty minutes 2
CAR shooting 12.0% (3/25) BOS shooting 0.0% (0/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward Shutout
36/36
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
22/24
.917 SV% · 2 GA · 58:46 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 49-33-8 (54% win rate, 90 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 58-19-10 (67% win rate, 87 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Jokinen · Samsonov · Staal 19:36
L2 Cole · Ruutu · Whitney 17:05
L3 Cullen · LaRose · Walker 13:06
L4 Bayda · Brind'Amour · Eaves 7:11
D1 Pitkanen · Seidenberg 26:05
D2 Corvo · Gleason 21:08
D3 Babchuk · Wallin 13:08
🐻Bruins
L1 Lucic · Savard · Ryder 17:35
L2 Krejci · Bergeron · Recchi 16:12
L3 Axelsson · Kessel · Kobasew 14:01
L4 Thornton · Yelle · Wheeler 12:30
D1 Chara · Wideman 23:25
D2 Ference · Ward 18:22
D3 Montador · Stuart 16:51

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 1, 2009
🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · Bruins won
Feb 17, 2009
🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR
5–1 · Bruins won
Jan 10, 2009
🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS
1–5 · Bruins won
Dec 27, 2008
🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR
4–2 · Bruins won
Dec 20, 2008
🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS
2–4 · Bruins won

❓ CAR vs BOS, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Bruins on May 3, 2009?

Hurricanes won 3–0.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Bruins?

The final score was Hurricanes 3, Bruins 0.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Eric Staal, Joe Corvo, Matt Cullen.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 36 saves on 36 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🌪️Hurricanes
Previous game · May 1
🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · BOS won
Next game · May 6
🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 · CAR won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · May 1
🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · BOS won
Next game · May 6
🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 · CAR won
Also on May 3, 2009
🦆ANA @ 🐙DET
4–3 final
Hurricanes season page Bruins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule