Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 2008 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Bruins 31-22.
Blake Wheeler scored twice. Matt Cullen, Anton Babchuk, Michael Ryder and Chuck Kobasew also scored.
Tim Thomas made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Matt Cullen (9)Chad LaRose (3), Frantisek Kaberle (5)0–116:06 CAR
2nd period
Blake Wheeler (12)Matt Hunwick (12)1–102:23 BOS- Blake Wheeler (13)David Krejci (25), Dennis Wideman (13)2–106:04 BOS
Anton Babchuk (2)Brandon Sutter (5), Ryan Bayda (7)2–210:58 CAR
3rd period
Michael Ryder (13)Marc Savard (30)3–213:46 BOS
Chuck Kobasew (6)Marc Savard (31), Dennis Wideman (14)4–219:44 BOS · EN
Team stats
BOSCAR
22Shots on goal31
34%Faceoff %66%
0/3Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes6
28Hits24
12Blocked shots21
6Giveaways6
6Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 09:39
Sergei Samsonov · high sticking2 min - 1st 17:35
Marc Savard · slashing2 min - 2nd 15:40Joe Corvo · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 00:38P.J. Axelsson · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 03:23P.J. Axelsson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:45Scott Walker · roughing2 min
- 3rd 11:14Mark Stuart · cross checking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 26Blake WheelerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 11:53 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 25:33 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:03 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:23 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:32 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:29 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:51 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:25 |
| 47Martin St. PierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:01 |
| 60Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:51 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:19 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 29:45 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 49Matt LashoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 59:58 |
| 35Manny FernandezG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 8Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:52 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:08 |
| 18Ryan BaydaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:30 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:45 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 06:52 |
| 33Anton BabchukD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:58 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:58 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 19:42 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:56 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:04 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:34 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:46 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:36 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:23 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:50 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31:09 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 58:59 |
| 49Michael LeightonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |