Toronto Maple Leafs vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Sunday, November 2, 2008 · RBC Center
LEAFS TV · XM 207 · FS-CR
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–4 on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at RBC Center. The Maple Leafs outshot the Hurricanes 33–30.
Mikhail Grabovski scored twice. Ian White, Joe Corvo, Ray Whitney, Dwight Helminen, Tuomo Ruutu, Chad LaRose, Niklas Hagman and Eric Staal also scored.
Michael Leighton made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ian White (1)Jamal Mayers (2), Dominic Moore (4)1–006:28 TOR
2nd period
Joe Corvo (2)Dennis Seidenberg (6), Sergei Samsonov (1)1–100:34 CAR · 
Mikhail Grabovski (2)Niklas Hagman (5), Nikolay Kulemin (2)2–107:41 TOR- Mikhail Grabovski (3)Nikolay Kulemin (3), Mike Van Ryn (5)3–111:38 TOR
Ray Whitney (3)Rod Brind'Amour (3), Eric Staal (4)3–216:10 CAR · 
Dwight Helminen (1)Chad LaRose (1), Niclas Wallin (6)3–317:17 CAR
Tuomo Ruutu (3)Unassisted3–419:30 CAR
3rd period
Chad LaRose (3)Dwight Helminen (1), Tuomo Ruutu (3)3–501:15 CAR
Niklas Hagman (3)Tomas Kaberle (5), Pavel Kubina (3)4–508:44 TOR
Eric Staal (5)Ray Whitney (6), Rod Brind'Amour (4)4–619:38 CAR · ·
Team stats
TORCAR
3330
36%64%
0/23/6
124
2133
1512
21
615
Penalties
- 3:02 into the first period
Sergei Samsonov · hooking2 min - 19:06 into the first period
Alexander Steen · tripping2 min - 1:16 into the second periodMatt Stajan · tripping2 min
- 3:17 into the second periodJamal Mayers · hooking2 min
- 14:03 into the second periodCarlo Colaiacovo · closing hand on puck2 min
- 15:33 into the second periodPavel Kubina · tripping2 min
- 10:38 into the third periodJoe Corvo · hooking2 min
- 19:12 into the third periodNik Antropov · tripping2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Niklas HagmanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 17:01 |
| 41Nikolay KuleminL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:35 |
| 84Mikhail GrabovskiC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 12:08 |
| 19Dominic MooreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:07 |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:46 |
| 7Ian WhiteD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 15Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26:45 |
| 26Mike Van RynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:55 |
| 77Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 21:59 |
| 10Alexander SteenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 14Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 23Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:57 |
| 39John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 15:12 |
| 80Nik AntropovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:45 |
| 4Jeff FingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:08 |
| 8Carlo ColaiacovoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:44 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 35Vesa ToskalaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 6 | 24:12 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 3 | 18:27 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 21:50 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:40 |
| 63Dwight HelminenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 14:43 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:36 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 28:06 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:00 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:34 |
| 18Ryan BaydaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:12 |
| 20Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:37 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:31 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:15 |
| 22Josef MelicharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:24 |
| 28Wade BrookbankD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:20 |
| 33Anton BabchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 49Michael LeightonG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |