St. Louis Blues vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Friday, January 2, 2009 · RBC Center

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1–2

Final

SOG 31–29

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Friday, January 2, 2009 at RBC Center. The Blues outshot the Hurricanes 31-29.

Goals came from Eric Staal, Anton Babchuk and David Backes.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
STL	0	0	1	1	31
CAR	1	0	1	2	29

Scoring

1st period

Eric Staal (18)Tuomo Ruutu (12), Sergei Samsonov (13)0–105:26 CAR · PPG

3rd period

Anton Babchuk (3)Tuomo Ruutu (13), Sergei Samsonov (14)0–211:05 CAR · PPG
David Backes (12)Barret Jackman (9), T.J. Oshie (4)1–211:56 STL

Team stats

STLCAR

31Shots on goal29

48%Faceoff %52%

0/2Power play2/5

23Penalty minutes6

11Hits26

13Blocked shots15

1Giveaways3

5Takeaways17

Penalties

1st 00:15Joni Pitkanen · interference2 min
1st 04:51David Perron · hooking2 min
1st 12:49Patrick Eaves · slashing2 min
1st 14:17Brad Winchester · hooking2 min
2nd 09:45Tyson Strachan · checking from behind5 min
2nd 09:45Tyson Strachan · game misconduct10 min
2nd 10:43Rod Brind'Amour · holding the stick2 min
2nd 13:06Jeff Woywitka · slashing2 min
3rd 09:12Keith Tkachuk · hooking2 min

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