Atlanta Thrashers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 2009 · RBC Center
XM 207 · FS-CR · SPSO
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 2–0 on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Thrashers 40–19.
Goals came from Matt Cullen and Ray Whitney.
Cam Ward made 19 saves on 19 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 38 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Matt Cullen (12)Chad LaRose (5)0–107:41 CAR ·
Ray Whitney (16)Matt Cullen (9), Joe Corvo (14)0–218:29 CAR
Team stats
ATLCAR
1940
51%49%
0/30/2
46
2422
1818
78
714
Penalties
- 6:31 into the first period
Eric Staal · tripping2 min
- 18:49 into the first period
Niclas Havelid · hooking2 min
- 1:43 into the second period
Patrick Eaves · interference2 min
- 15:00 into the second period
Tuomo Ruutu · cross checking2 min
- 11:02 into the third period
Niclas Havelid · holding2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 10Bryan LittleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:57 |
| 11Eric PerrinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:27 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 26:10 |
| 19Marty ReasonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:27 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:59 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:14 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:34 |
| 41Joe MotzkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:07 |
| 47Rich PeverleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:29 |
| 49Colin StuartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:53 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:30 |
| 7Nathan OystrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:59 |
| 18Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 21:28 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:05 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | L | 40 | 2 | .950 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 8Matt CullenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:51 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 15:23 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 27:13 |
| 11Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:27 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:29 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:05 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:18 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:28 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:10 |
| 18Ryan BaydaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:40 |
| 36Michael RyanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:46 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:45 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:43 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 23:05 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:14 |
| 29Bryan RodneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:34 |
| 33Anton BabchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 19 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 49Michael LeightonG | 0 | 0 | – |