Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Saturday, December 13, 2008 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 in a shootout on Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Madison Square Garden. The Hurricanes outshot the Rangers 31–29.
Goals came from Markus Naslund, Tuomo Ruutu, Blair Betts and Ray Whitney.
Scoring
1st period
Markus Naslund (12)Scott Gomez (16), Nikolay Zherdev (20)0–107:27 NYR · 
Tuomo Ruutu (10)Tim Gleason (8), Eric Staal (9)1–107:49 CAR
Blair Betts (4)Fredrik Sjostrom (2), Paul Mara (9)1–216:55 NYR ·
2nd period
Ray Whitney (10)Scott Walker (5), Rod Brind'Amour (11)2–207:19 CAR
Team stats
CARNYR
3129
58%42%
0/81/5
1016
2739
812
49
57
Penalties
- 6:25 into the first period
Ryan Bayda · roughing2 min - 9:13 into the first periodDennis Seidenberg · holding2 min
- 11:03 into the first period
Paul Mara · interference2 min - 12:33 into the first periodScott Gomez · holding2 min
- 15:43 into the first periodWade Redden · high sticking2 min
- 0:23 into the third periodMichal Rozsival · tripping2 min
- 3:19 into the third periodJoni Pitkanen · high sticking2 min
- 4:52 into the third periodChris Drury · high sticking double minor4 min
- 6:11 into the third periodScott Gomez · interference2 min
- 9:01 into the third periodTuomo Ruutu · hooking2 min
- 14:22 into the third periodWade Redden · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 18:13 into the third periodScott Walker · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.