Carolina Hurricanes vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Thursday, March 12, 2009 · American Airlines Center
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Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 on Thursday, March 12, 2009 at American Airlines Center.
Goals came from Rod Brind'Amour, Mike Ribeiro, Steve Begin, Brendan Morrison and Ray Whitney.
Marty Turco made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Brind'Amour (12)Eric Staal (28), Cam Ward (1)1–007:23 CAR ·
2nd period
Mike Ribeiro (19)Matt Niskanen (23), Loui Eriksson (20)1–101:01 DAL
Steve Begin (7)Chris Conner (8)1–206:25 DAL
Brendan Morrison (11)Mike Modano (28), Nicklas Grossmann (7)1–309:51 DAL
3rd period
Ray Whitney (22)Rod Brind'Amour (26), Matt Cullen (19)2–313:45 CAR ·
Team stats
CARDAL
3131
54%46%
1/40/3
68
3335
813
128
514
Penalties
- 6:03 into the first period
Tuomo Ruutu · tripping2 min - 14:45 into the first periodAnton Babchuk · interference2 min
- 6:45 into the second period
Nicklas Grossmann · slashing2 min - 15:52 into the second periodDennis Seidenberg · tripping2 min
- 19:06 into the second periodSteve Begin · roughing2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodMark Fistric · cross checking2 min
- 12:07 into the third periodTrevor Daley · delaying game2 min
Carolina Hurricanes
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:43 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 21:09 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:19 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 17:31 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:14 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 20Michael RyanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 04:16 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 08:54 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:44 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:59 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 20:33 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 33Anton BabchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:05 |
| 38Tim ConboyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 03:40 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 28:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 49Michael LeightonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Dallas Stars
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:54 |
| 11Brendan MorrisonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:44 |
| 25Chris ConnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 07:26 |
| 44Steve BeginL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:38 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 2Nicklas GrossmannD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 5Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:35 |
| 13Krys BarchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 06:15 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:35 |
| 20Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 22Landon WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:26 |
| 29Steve OttC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:54 |
| 39Joel LundqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 3Stephane RobidasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:41 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:06 |
| 28Mark FistricD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:51 |
| 55Darryl SydorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Tobias StephanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Marty TurcoG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |