Carolina Hurricanes vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center
XM 236 · FS-CR · KSTC
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Wild 37–23.
Goals came from Rod Brind'Amour, Ray Whitney, Cal Clutterbuck, Marian Gaborik and Stephane Veilleux.
Niklas Backstrom made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Michael Leighton stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Brind'Amour (8)Scott Walker (7), Ray Whitney (17)1–018:46 CAR
2nd period
Ray Whitney (12)Joni Pitkanen (13), Rod Brind'Amour (16)2–001:35 CAR
Cal Clutterbuck (3)Mikko Koivu (23), Marian Gaborik (2)2–104:17 MIN
Marian Gaborik (3)Mikko Koivu (24), Marek Zidlicky (11)2–208:18 MIN · 
Stephane Veilleux (4)Eric Belanger (11), Nick Schultz (4)2–318:18 MIN ·
Team stats
CARMIN
3723
53%47%
0/51/1
210
1214
179
1212
32
Penalties
- 13:10 into the first period
Marek Zidlicky · tripping2 min - 8:00 into the second period
Scott Walker · hooking2 min - 16:40 into the second periodMarek Zidlicky · interference2 min
- 3:13 into the third periodKrys Kolanos · high sticking double minor4 min
- 5:05 into the third periodAntti Miettinen · hooking2 min
Carolina Hurricanes
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 20:49 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:19 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:32 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 15:03 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:27 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:00 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:28 |
| 18Ryan BaydaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:53 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:24 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:40 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:58 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:56 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:10 |
| 33Anton BabchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:50 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 49Michael LeightonG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18:46 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:05 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:57 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:43 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 18Colton GilliesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:50 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 24Derek BoogaardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:52 |
| 39Krys KolanosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:31 |
| 51James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:49 |
| 2Erik ReitzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:08 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 26:20 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:42 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |