Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Friday, December 28, 2007 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Friday, December 28, 2007 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Bruins 37-21.
Goals came from Rod Brind'Amour, Chuck Kobasew, Mike Commodore, Chad LaRose, P.J. Axelsson, Eric Staal and Phil Kessel.
Cam Ward made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Tim Thomas stopped 33 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Brind'Amour (15)Niclas Wallin (4), Cory Stillman (21)0–105:56 CAR
Chuck Kobasew (14)Marc Savard (32)1–108:07 BOS · SHG
Mike Commodore (1)Eric Staal (15)1–210:51 CAR
2nd period
Chad LaRose (5)Unassisted1–315:28 CAR · SHG
3rd period
P.J. Axelsson (7)Marc Savard (33)2–300:51 BOS
Eric Staal (19)Andrew Ladd (2), Ray Whitney (20)2–403:47 CAR · PPG
Phil Kessel (10)Milan Lucic (5)3–403:58 BOS
Team stats
BOSCAR
21Shots on goal37
45%Faceoff %55%
0/3Power play1/7
29Penalty minutes11
27Hits26
15Blocked shots17
3Giveaways6
8Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 07:54
Matt Hunwick · hooking2 min - 1st 12:03
Bret Hedican · slashing2 min - 1st 18:39Jeremy Reich · hooking2 min
- 2nd 03:07Marco Sturm · high sticking double minor4 min
- 2nd 14:50Rod Brind'Amour · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:24Vladimir Sobotka · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 06:30Mark Stuart · instigator2 min
- 3rd 06:30Mark Stuart · fighting5 min
- 3rd 06:30Mark Stuart · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 06:30Mike Commodore · fighting5 min
- 3rd 12:23Mike Commodore · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:04Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:03 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:41 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:50 |
| 10Brandon BochenskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 13Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:51 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:02 |
| 53Jeremy ReichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:26 |
| 56Petteri NokelainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:50 |
| 60Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:03 |
| 72Peter SchaeferL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:49 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:38 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | 16:07 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:22 |
| 49Matt LashoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:09 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Alex AuldG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Tim ThomasG | L | 37 | 33 | 4 | .892 | 60:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 21:12 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:39 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:02 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:09 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:21 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:54 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:02 |
| 19Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:05 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 22:02 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:52 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:12 |
| 51Jeff HamiltonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:24 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:17 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:51 |
| 42Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 59:40 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |