🐻 Away Bruins 2-1 in series
1–4
Final
CAR leads 4–3
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 1-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 0101
CAR 1034

Bruins at Hurricanes — Second Round Game 4

Hurricanes, Second Round Game 4, beat Bruins 4–1 at PNC Arena on May 8, 2009.

🗓 Fri, May 8, 2009 · 18:30 CDT 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 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
Jussi Jokinen
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 17:04 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Eric Staal
2 G
5 shots · 18:19 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Sergei Samsonov
1 G
1 shots · 16:16 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Eric Staal PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:54
Assists: Erik Cole, Ray Whitney · beat Tim Thomas
0–1
2nd period
🐻 Marc Savard PP Tying 2nd · 02:37
Assists: Mark Recchi, Michael Ryder · beat Cam Ward
1–1
3rd period
🌪️ Jussi Jokinen PP Go-ahead 3rd · 02:52
Assists: Rod Brind'Amour, Anton Babchuk · beat Tim Thomas
1–2
🌪️ Sergei Samsonov 3rd · 14:31
Assists: Jussi Jokinen, Tuomo Ruutu · beat Tim Thomas
1–3
🌪️ Eric Staal 3rd · 15:41
Assists: Joe Corvo, Jussi Jokinen · beat Tim Thomas
1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS CAR🌪️
21 Shots on goal 31
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
37 Hits 35
11 Blocked shots 19
8 Takeaways 11
6 Giveaways 9
18 Penalty minutes 14
BOS shooting 4.8% (1/21) CAR shooting 12.9% (4/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
27/31
.871 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
20/21
.952 SV% · 1 GA · 59:50 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–1
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 58-20-11 (65% win rate, 89 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 51-33-8 (55% win rate, 92 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Bergeron · Krejci · Savard 17:19
L2 Kobasew · Recchi · Kessel 15:28
L3 Lucic · Axelsson · Ryder 12:40
L4 Yelle · Wheeler · Bitz 12:23
D1 Wideman · Chara 25:44
D2 Montador · Stuart 19:40
D3 Ward · Hnidy 14:21
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Whitney · Staal · Cullen 18:08
L2 Jokinen · Cole · LaRose 17:04
L3 Samsonov · Ruutu · Walker 15:05
L4 Brind'Amour · Eaves 9:42
D1 Pitkanen · Corvo 25:50
D2 Gleason · Seidenberg 21:34
D3 Babchuk · Wallin 12:06
D4 Conboy 6:43

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 6, 2009
🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 (OT) · Hurricanes won
May 3, 2009
🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS
3–0 · Hurricanes won
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

❓ BOS vs CAR, answered

Who won Bruins vs Hurricanes on May 8, 2009?

Hurricanes won 4–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Hurricanes?

The final score was Bruins 1, Hurricanes 4.

Who scored for Bruins?

Marc Savard.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Eric Staal (2), Jussi Jokinen, Sergei Samsonov.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 27 saves on 31 shots (.871 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 20 saves on 21 shots (.952 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes 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
🐻Bruins
Previous game · May 6
🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 · CAR won
Next game · May 10
🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS
0–4 · BOS won
🌪️Hurricanes
Previous game · May 6
🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 · CAR won
Next game · May 10
🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS
0–4 · BOS won
Also on May 8, 2009
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–5 final
Bruins season page Hurricanes season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule