🌪️ Away Hurricanes 10-23-7
2–1
Final / OT
🗽 Home Rangers 19-17-4
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🌪️ CAR 01002
🗽 NYR 00101

Hurricanes at Rangers

Hurricanes beat Rangers 2–1 in overtime at Madison Square Garden on January 2, 2010.

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2009-10 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Ray Whitney
1 G
2 shots · 19:05 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Tom Kostopoulos
1 G
1 shots · 12:52 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Matt Cullen
1 A
3 shots · 24:32 TOI

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
2nd period
🌪️ Tom Kostopoulos Go-ahead 2nd · 19:14
Assists: Jiri Tlusty, Patrick Dwyer · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–0
3rd period
🗽 Marian Gaborik Tying 3rd · 09:08
Assists: Brandon Dubinsky, Erik Christensen · beat Cam Ward
1–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Jokinen · Cullen · Staal 24:18
L2 Ruutu · Whitney · Sutter 19:17
L3 Boychuk · Dwyer · Kostopoulos 12:52
L4 Tlusty · Yelle · Brind'Amour 6:31
D1 Pitkanen · Ward 26:28
D2 Gleason · Wallin 21:22
D3 Alberts · Carson 13:59
🗽Rangers
L1 Dubinsky · Gaborik · Callahan 23:20
L2 Higgins · Drury · Christensen 20:01
L3 Avery · Anisimov · Kotalik 12:02
L4 Voros · Boyle · Lisin 4:03
D1 Rozsival · Girardi 23:38
D2 Staal · Del Zotto 21:50
D3 Redden · Gilroy 15:56

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR NYR🗽
19 Shots on goal 28
42 Hits 33
13 Blocked shots 16
6 Takeaways 11
2 Giveaways 6
8 Penalty minutes 8
CAR shooting 10.5% (2/19) NYR shooting 3.6% (1/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 63:45 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
17/19
.895 SV% · 2 GA · 63:45 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

2 of 2 goals located
Tom Kostopoulos · 2nd 19:14 · 1–0 Marian Gaborik · 3rd 09:08 · 1–1
CAR NYR
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🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 1-9-1 (9% win rate, 11 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 10-8 (56% win rate, 18 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-2-1 (57% win rate, 7 games)
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-7 (0% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Rangers lead the season series 2–1
Dec 312009 🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR 2–1 Dec 212009 🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR 3–1 Apr 22009 🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR 2–4 Mar 92009 🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR 0–3 Jan 272009 🌪️CAR @ 🗽NYR 2–3
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❓ CAR vs NYR, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Rangers on January 2, 2010?

Hurricanes won 2–1 in overtime. The final score was Hurricanes 2, Rangers 1.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Tom Kostopoulos.

Who scored for Rangers?

Marian Gaborik.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 17 saves on 19 shots (.895 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Rangers season series?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 31 🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR 2–1 AfterJan 7 🌪️CAR @ 🐯NSH 2–4
🗽 Rangers
BeforeDec 31 🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR 2–1 AfterJan 4 🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR 2–3
Also on January 2
🐋VAN 3–1 ⭐DAL 🐧PIT 1–3 ⚡TBL 🦅WSH 1–2 👑LAK 🐦ATL 5–6 🏝️NYI 🏔️COL 3–2 🧥CBJ 🍁TOR 1–3 🔥CGY 🪶CHI 6–3 🎵STL 🦆ANA 1–3 🐯NSH
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