🌪️ Away Hurricanes 6-17-5
3–2
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 20-9-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌪️ CAR 2103
🐧 PIT 0202

Hurricanes at Penguins

Hurricanes beat Penguins 3–2 at PPG Paints Arena on December 7, 2009.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2009-10 🔁 Season series tied 1–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Ray Whitney
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 18:54 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Eric Staal
2 A
3 shots · 20:27 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Manny Legace
30 saves
0.938 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Andrew Alberts Go-ahead 1st · 04:45
Assists: Ray Whitney, Eric Staal · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0
🌪️ Jussi Jokinen PP 1st · 11:36
Assists: Joni Pitkanen, Tim Gleason · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–0
2nd period
🌪️ Ray Whitney 2nd · 02:26
Assists: Joni Pitkanen, Eric Staal · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–0
🐧 Sidney Crosby 2nd · 06:00
Assists: Bill Guerin, Kris Letang · beat Manny Legace
3–1
🐧 Mike Rupp 2nd · 06:49
Assists: Craig Adams, Pascal Dupuis · beat Manny Legace
3–2

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🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Whitney · Cole · Staal 18:54
L2 Jokinen · Cullen · Kostopoulos 16:13
L3 Ruutu · Sutter · LaRose 14:10
L4 Samsonov · Yelle · Walker 8:27
D1 Pitkanen · Gleason 27:13
D2 Ward · Carson 17:31
D3 Harrison · Alberts 14:24
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Staal 24:21
L2 Cooke · Guerin · Dupuis 14:22
L3 Fedotenko · Talbot · Kennedy 10:53
L4 Rupp · Adams · Godard 9:28
D1 Gonchar · Letang 25:35
D2 Orpik · Eaton 19:16
D3 Skoula · McKee 15:20

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR PIT🐧
21 Shots on goal 32
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
27 Hits 30
17 Blocked shots 4
5 Takeaways 3
6 Giveaways 3
11 Penalty minutes 15
CAR shooting 14.3% (3/21) PIT shooting 6.2% (2/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Manny Legace
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
18/21
.857 SV% · 3 GA · 58:25 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Andrew Alberts · 1st 04:45 · 1–0 Jussi Jokinen · 1st 11:36 · 2–0 Ray Whitney · 2nd 02:26 · 3–0 Sidney Crosby · 2nd 06:00 · 3–1 Mike Rupp · 2nd 06:49 · 3–2
CAR PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Oct 142009 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 3–2 SO May 262009 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 4–1 May 232009 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 6–2 May 212009 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 4–7 May 182009 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 2–3
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❓ CAR vs PIT, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Penguins on December 7, 2009?

Hurricanes won 3–2. The final score was Hurricanes 3, Penguins 2.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Andrew Alberts, Jussi Jokinen, Ray Whitney.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mike Rupp, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Manny Legace made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 18 saves on 21 shots (.857 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 5 🐋VAN @ 🌪️CAR 3–5 AfterDec 9 🌪️CAR @ 😈NJD 2–4
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 5 🪶CHI @ 🐧PIT 2–1 AfterDec 10 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2
Also on December 7
😈NJD 3–0 ⚔️BUF 🐦ATL 2–5 🍁TOR 🔔PHI 1–3 🇨🇦MTL 🦅WSH 3–0 ⚡TBL 🛢️EDM 3–2 🐆FLA 🏔️COL 4–0 🎵STL 🌲MIN 0–2 🌵PHX 🔥CGY 1–2 👑LAK
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