National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 3, Montreal 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Frederic L'Ecuyer, Brad Meier
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Andy McElman
Attendance: 16434
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 0202
Carolina 2103
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
10:08 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (PP) Assists: Sergei Samsonov , Justin Williams
17:50 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (PP) Assists: Joni Pitkanen
Penalties
5:25 - Canadiens Matt D'Agostini (2) Interference
 7:14 - Canadiens Alex Kovalev (2) Hooking
 9:00 - Canadiens Maxim Lapierre (2) Slashing
 15:01 - Canadiens Alex Tanguay (2) Tripping
 17:23 - Canadiens Roman Hamrlik (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
2:35 - Canadiens Guillaume Latendresse (EV) Unassisted
3:57 - Canadiens Alex Kovalev (SH) Assists: Robert Lang
7:18 - Hurricanes Joe Corvo (PP) Assists: Rod Brind'Amour , Sergei Samsonov
Penalties
3:08 - Canadiens Steve Begin (2) Hooking
 5:26 - Canadiens Roman Hamrlik (2) Boarding
 6:56 - Canadiens Ryan O'Byrne (2) Hooking
 13:52 - Canadiens Guillaume Latendresse (2) Holding the stick
 18:29 - Canadiens Guillaume Latendresse (2) Tripping
 19:59 - Canadiens Alex Kovalev (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
5:33 - Hurricanes Ray Whitney (2) High sticking
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Marc Denis G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Halak G 0 0 0 0 0 59:26 39:16 2:00 18:10 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan O'Byrne D 0 0 0 E 2 0 15 9:43 9:00 0:00 0:43 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Kostopoulos RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 12:09 7:21 0:00 4:48 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Alex Tanguay LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 18 12:35 9:47 1:02 1:46 0 0 - - - - -
Tomas Plekanec LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 22 18:22 12:29 0:58 4:55 0 0 - - 8 8 50
Robert Lang C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 19 15:40 10:34 1:02 4:04 0 0 - - 8 10 44
Steve Begin C 0 0 0 E 2 1 16 11:43 7:27 0:00 4:16 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 32 23:19 15:03 0:00 8:16 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Alex Kovalev RW 1 0 1 +1 4 3 20 16:35 10:21 2:00 4:14 0 1 - - - - -
Matt D'Agostini C 0 0 0 E 2 5 16 13:29 11:17 0:58 1:14 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 E 2 0 20 14:18 7:56 0:00 6:22 0 0 - - 12 4 75
Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 E 4 0 28 21:51 13:37 0:58 7:16 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Kostitsyn RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 12:17 11:19 0:58 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 20:43 12:04 0:00 8:39 0 0 - - - - -
Patrice Brisebois D 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 16:58 15:40 0:00 1:18 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Kostitsyn RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 13:08 10:20 0:00 2:48 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 31 24:53 13:43 1:02 10:08 0 0 - - - - -
Ben Maxwell C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 10:20 9:44 0:00 0:36 0 0 - - 2 5 29
Guillaume Latendresse RW 1 0 1 +1 4 4 14 13:04 12:02 1:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Carolina Hurricanes
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cam Ward G 0 0 0 0 0 59:34 39:50 17:44 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Leighton G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 27 23:51 15:40 7:14 0:57 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Conboy D 0 0 0 E 0 0 5 2:59 2:59 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 18:50 17:40 0:07 1:03 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 13:59 9:33 3:23 1:03 0 0 - - 5 4 56
Justin Williams RW 0 1 1 E 0 2 18 15:29 8:46 6:43 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Staal C 2 0 2 E 0 4 25 20:45 10:18 10:27 0:00 2 0 - - 10 11 48
Ray Whitney LW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 28 22:40 13:21 9:19 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Samsonov LW 0 2 2 E 0 1 25 20:42 11:13 9:29 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tuomo Ruutu C 0 0 0 E 0 2 25 19:28 10:54 8:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brandon Sutter RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 7:54 7:21 0:01 0:32 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 28 22:01 12:48 8:48 0:25 0 0 - - 11 10 52
Ryan Bayda LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 10 7:46 6:43 0:00 1:03 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Scott Walker RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 13:24 12:05 1:19 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joni Pitkanen D 0 1 1 E 0 1 28 28:36 17:21 10:18 0:57 0 0 - - - - -
Brett Carson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 11:47 7:14 4:33 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Eaves RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 9:33 8:36 0:00 0:57 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 9 7:52 7:52 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Corvo D 1 0 1 E 0 6 32 30:50 18:46 11:01 1:03 1 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jaroslav Halak L (18-14-1) 27 24 3 .889 0 59:26
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward W (39-23-5) 24 22 2 .917 0 59:34