Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Playoffs · Tuesday, May 12, 2009 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Bruins 33–19.
Goals came from Mark Recchi, Steve Montador, Matt Cullen, Marc Savard, Chuck Kobasew and Sergei Samsonov.
Tim Thomas made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 15 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Recchi (3)Patrice Bergeron (4), Chuck Kobasew (3)1–002:01 BOS
Steve Montador (1)David Krejci (5), Michael Ryder (7)2–005:04 BOS
2nd period
Matt Cullen (2)Scott Walker (4), Chad LaRose (7)2–102:49 CAR
Marc Savard (6)Milan Lucic (6), Dennis Wideman (7)3–108:53 BOS
Chuck Kobasew (3)Patrice Bergeron (5), Mark Recchi (3)4–118:03 BOS
3rd period
Sergei Samsonov (3)Eric Staal (4), Tim Gleason (4)4–207:20 CAR
Team stats
BOSCAR
1933
46%54%
0/20/3
64
2240
129
39
76
Penalties
- 19:29 into the first period
Zdeno Chara · holding2 min - 14:11 into the second period
Patrick Eaves · tripping2 min - 19:27 into the second periodAnton Babchuk · holding2 min
- 8:11 into the third periodSteve Montador · boarding2 min
- 10:46 into the third periodDennis Wideman · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:43 |
| 28Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 20:32 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:15 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 24:26 |
| 23Steve MontadorD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:06 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:29 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:53 |
| 61Byron BitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:13 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 15:40 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:28 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:52 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:09 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
| 35Manny FernandezG | 0 | 0 | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 8Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:51 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23:09 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 15:59 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:48 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:57 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:26 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 14:26 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:18 |
| 18Ryan BaydaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:08 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:01 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:14 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:58 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:17 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 25:47 |
| 33Anton BabchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:43 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | L | 19 | 4 | .789 |
| 49Michael LeightonG | 0 | 0 | – |