Carolina Hurricanes vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 2008 · TD Banknorth Garden
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Bruins outshot the Hurricanes 36-34.
Goals came from Joni Pitkanen, Marc Savard, David Krejci, Shawn Thornton, Ray Whitney and Stephane Yelle.
Scoring
1st period
Joni Pitkanen (3)Rod Brind'Amour (14), Joe Corvo (9)1–004:50 CAR · PPG
2nd period
Marc Savard (10)Phil Kessel (14), Milan Lucic (13)1–107:06 BOS
3rd period
David Krejci (12)Vladimir Sobotka (1), Shane Hnidy (5)1–203:54 BOS
Shawn Thornton (2)Unassisted1–311:54 BOS
Ray Whitney (11)Rod Brind'Amour (15), Scott Walker (6)2–315:24 CAR
Stephane Yelle (5)P.J. Axelsson (10)2–419:57 BOS · EN
Team stats
CARBOS
34Shots on goal36
43%Faceoff %57%
1/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
11Hits28
11Blocked shots5
1Giveaways5
5Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 03:37
Milan Lucic · interference2 min - 1st 06:09Matt Lashoff · hooking2 min
- 1st 12:42
Frantisek Kaberle · hooking2 min - 3rd 15:58Shawn Thornton · elbowing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.