Carolina Hurricanes vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Wednesday, December 9, 2009 · Prudential Center

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2–4

23–31

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Hurricanes 31–23.

Andy Greene scored twice. Patrik Elias, Brandon Sutter, Tuomo Ruutu and Rob Niedermayer also scored.

Martin Brodeur made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 27 of 30.

Goals
CAR	0	2	0	2	23
NJD	2	1	1	4	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Patrik Elias (1)Niclas Bergfors (1), Zach Parise (1)0–111:11 NJD
Andy Greene (1)Jamie Langenbrunner (1), Jay Pandolfo (1)0–217:53 NJD

2nd period

Andy Greene (2)Zach Parise (2)0–306:05 NJD ·
Brandon Sutter (1)Joni Pitkanen (1)1–306:48 CAR
Tuomo Ruutu (1)Jussi Jokinen (1), Joni Pitkanen (2)2–308:46 CAR ·

3rd period

Rob Niedermayer (1)Unassisted2–419:59 NJD · ·

Team stats

CARNJD

2331

46%54%

1/41/5

108

17

713

13

23

Penalties

13:06 into the first periodErik Cole · boarding2 min
1:21 into the second periodMike Mottau · tripping2 min
5:39 into the second periodRay Whitney · high sticking2 min
8:23 into the second periodRob Niedermayer · hooking2 min
10:04 into the second periodErik Cole · slashing2 min
13:40 into the second periodTuomo Ruutu · hooking2 min
1:04 into the third periodMike Mottau · boarding2 min
14:54 into the third periodAaron Ward · holding2 min
19:47 into the third periodBryce Salvador · cross checking2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

25Joni PitkanenD	0	2	2	−2	1	0	1	0	–	27:51
15Tuomo RuutuR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	–	16:49
16Brandon SutterC	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	40	14:42
36Jussi JokinenL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	50	16:04
8Matt CullenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67	17:58
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	−2	4	0	1	0	24	21:01
13Ray WhitneyL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	2	–	19:27
17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	75	07:57
18Stephane YelleC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67	10:26
24Scott WalkerR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:09
26Erik ColeL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	4	–	16:53
29Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	14:11
59Chad LaRoseR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	13:47
4Aaron WardD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	17:15
6Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	24:16
27Brett CarsonD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	17:50
41Andrew AlbertsD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:44
44Jay HarrisonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	15:02

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
30Cam WardG	L	30	27	3	.900	59:09
34Manny LegaceG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

9Zach PariseL	0	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	–	15:09
6Andy GreeneD	2	0	2	+2	4	0	2	0	–	24:56
15Jamie LangenbrunnerR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	21:21
18Niclas BergforsR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	14:20
20Jay PandolfoL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	18:37
21Rob NiedermayerC	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	2	78	19:37
26Patrik EliasL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	25	15:46
10Rod PelleyC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	09:51
11Dean McAmmondL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	57	12:26
12Brian RolstonR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	15:20
17Ilkka PikkarainenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:23
19Travis ZajacC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	41	15:40
28Vladimir ZharkovR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	13:31
2Mark FraserD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:14
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	18:35
24Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	14:10
27Mike MottauD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	–	20:37
29Johnny OduyaD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0	–	23:51

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Martin BrodeurG	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00
35Yann DanisG		0	0	0	–	00:00