Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Tuesday, December 16, 2008 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 27-24.
Eric Staal scored twice. Guillaume Latendresse, Alex Kovalev and Joe Corvo also scored.
Cam Ward made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Eric Staal (12)Sergei Samsonov (9), Justin Williams (2)0–110:08 CAR · PPG- Eric Staal (13)Joni Pitkanen (12)0–217:50 CAR · PPG
2nd period
Guillaume Latendresse (3)Unassisted1–202:35 MTL
Alex Kovalev (6)Robert Lang (12)2–203:57 MTL · SHG
Joe Corvo (4)Rod Brind'Amour (12), Sergei Samsonov (10)2–307:18 CAR · PPG
Team stats
MTLCAR
24Shots on goal27
51%Faceoff %49%
0/1Power play3/11
22Penalty minutes2
36Hits21
14Blocked shots15
2Giveaways9
9Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 05:25
Matt D'Agostini · interference2 min - 1st 07:14Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min
- 1st 09:00Maxim Lapierre · slashing2 min
- 1st 15:01Alex Tanguay · tripping2 min
- 1st 17:23Roman Hamrlik · tripping2 min
- 2nd 03:08Steve Begin · hooking2 min
- 2nd 05:26Roman Hamrlik · boarding2 min
- 2nd 06:56Ryan O'Byrne · hooking2 min
- 2nd 13:52Guillaume Latendresse · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 18:29Guillaume Latendresse · tripping2 min
- 2nd 19:59Alex Kovalev · slashing2 min
- 3rd 05:33
Ray Whitney · high sticking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:40 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:35 |
| 84Guillaume LatendresseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:04 |
| 6Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 13Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:35 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:22 |
| 22Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:43 |
| 36Matt D'AgostiniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13:29 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:18 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:17 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 80Ben MaxwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 3Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:43 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:19 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:51 |
| 51Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:43 |
| 71Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38Marc DenisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 59:26 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20:45 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:42 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:29 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 22:01 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28:36 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 30:50 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:40 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:28 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:54 |
| 18Ryan BaydaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:46 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:33 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:52 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:51 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 27Brett CarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 38Tim ConboyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 59:34 |
| 49Michael LeightonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |