Carolina Hurricanes vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Sunday, December 21, 2008 · Centre Bell

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3–2

Final/OT

SOG 27–28

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime on Sunday, December 21, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Hurricanes 28-27.

Goals came from Sergei Samsonov, Matt D'Agostini, Eric Staal, Robert Lang and Tuomo Ruutu.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CAR	1	1	0	1	3	27
MTL	0	1	1	0	2	28

Scoring

1st period

Sergei Samsonov (5)Eric Staal (10), Tuomo Ruutu (10)1–013:48 CAR

2nd period

Matt D'Agostini (6)Alex Tanguay (15), Roman Hamrlik (8)1–106:10 MTL
Eric Staal (14)Sergei Samsonov (11), Ray Whitney (16)2–114:52 CAR · PPG

3rd period

Robert Lang (11)Patrice Brisebois (4), Alex Tanguay (16)2–213:08 MTL · PPG

OT period

Tuomo Ruutu (11)Eric Staal (11), Joe Corvo (10)3–201:43 CAR

Team stats

CARMTL

27Shots on goal28

41%Faceoff %59%

1/4Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes8

19Hits34

17Blocked shots16

14Giveaways19

13Takeaways16

Penalties

1st 08:27Guillaume Latendresse · interference2 min
1st 10:50Joni Pitkanen · roughing2 min
1st 15:30Mike Komisarek · cross checking2 min
1st 20:00Rod Brind'Amour · hooking2 min
2nd 08:07Tuomo Ruutu · hooking2 min
2nd 14:13Tomas Plekanec · slashing2 min
2nd 14:28Maxim Lapierre · slashing2 min
3rd 11:43Matt Cullen · slashing2 min

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