Florida Panthers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 2009 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 on Saturday, December 19, 2009 at RBC Center. The Panthers outshot the Hurricanes 30–24.
Goals came from Patrick Dwyer, Matt Cullen, Sergei Samsonov, Shawn Matthias and Stephen Weiss.
Cam Ward made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Scott Clemmensen stopped 21 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Patrick Dwyer (1)Matt Cullen (1), Ray Whitney (1)0–112:28 CAR
Matt Cullen (1)Unassisted0–214:47 CAR ·
2nd period
Sergei Samsonov (1)Tom Kostopoulos (1), Jay Harrison (1)0–308:27 CAR
3rd period
Shawn Matthias (1)Jordan Leopold (1), Gregory Campbell (1)1–302:17 FLA
Stephen Weiss (1)Michael Frolik (1), Steve Reinprecht (1)2–312:39 FLA ·
Team stats
FLACAR
3024
45%55%
1/50/2
915
3326
1915
47
813
Penalties
- 1:16 into the first period
Gregory Campbell · fighting5 min - 1:16 into the first period
Tom Kostopoulos · fighting5 min - 14:31 into the first periodStephane Yelle · tripping2 min
- 18:30 into the second periodAndrew Alberts · holding2 min
- 2:44 into the third periodJeff Taffe · interference2 min
- 7:03 into the third periodStephen Weiss · roughing2 min
- 8:52 into the third periodTuomo Ruutu · holding2 min
- 11:17 into the third periodRay Whitney · hooking2 min
- 11:43 into the third periodStephane Yelle · hooking2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 9Stephen WeissC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 21:29 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 13:42 |
| 27Steve ReinprechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 41Shawn MatthiasC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 08:18 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 19:20 |
| 44Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 19:18 |
| 14Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 16Nathan HortonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:47 |
| 19Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 22Jeff TaffeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 07:09 |
| 32Michal RepikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 65Victor OreskovichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 08:23 |
| 85Rostislav OleszL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:31 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 24:02 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 24Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:41 |
| 52Jason GarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Scott ClemmensenG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 8Matt CullenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:31 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:42 |
| 29Tom KostopoulosR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 39Patrick DwyerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 15:25 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:32 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:41 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:03 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:19 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:30 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:42 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:10 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 27:41 |
| 27Brett CarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:59 |
| 33Bryan RodneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:26 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 34Manny LegaceG | 0 | 0 | – |