National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 4, Carolina 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 27, 2008
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Justin St. Pierre, Ian Walsh
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Ryan Galloway
Attendance: 17475
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Boston 0224
Carolina 1102
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
16:06 - Hurricanes Matt Cullen (EV) Assists: Chad Larose , Frantisek Kaberle
Penalties
9:39 - Hurricanes Sergei Samsonov (2) High sticking
 17:35 - Bruins Marc Savard (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
2:23 - Bruins Blake Wheeler (EV) Assists: Matt Hunwick
6:04 - Bruins Blake Wheeler (EV) Assists: David Krejci , Dennis Wideman
10:58 - Hurricanes Anton Babchuk (EV) Assists: Brandon Sutter , Ryan Bayda
Penalties
15:40 - Hurricanes Joe Corvo (2) Delay of game
3rd Period
Scoring
13:46 - Bruins Michael Ryder (EV) Assists: Marc Savard
19:44 - Bruins Chuck Kobasew (EV) (EN) Assists: Marc Savard , Dennis Wideman
Penalties
0:38 - Bruins P.J. Axelsson (2) High sticking
 3:23 - Bruins P.J. Axelsson (2) Hooking
 5:45 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (2) Roughing
 11:14 - Bruins Mark Stuart (2) Cross checking
Boston Bruins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Tim Thomas G 0 0 0 0 0 59:58 45:58 6:00 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Manny Fernandez G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Wideman D 0 2 2 +3 0 2 26 25:33 15:42 5:30 4:21 0 0 - - - - -
P.J. Axelsson LW 0 0 0 E 4 2 23 17:16 11:36 3:38 2:02 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Chuck Kobasew RW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 17 14:03 13:30 0:00 0:33 0 0 - - 0 4 0
Milan Lucic LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 15:51 13:56 1:52 0:03 0 0 - - - - -
Stephane Yelle C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 16:18 13:27 0:00 2:51 0 0 - - 6 8 43
Shawn Thornton LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 11 8:25 8:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 31 29:45 20:17 4:22 5:06 0 0 - - - - -
Shane Hnidy D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 19:44 16:47 0:30 2:27 0 0 - - - - -
Blake Wheeler RW 2 0 2 +2 0 3 18 11:53 9:06 0:30 2:17 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Mark Stuart D 0 0 0 E 2 1 25 16:54 14:47 0:00 2:07 0 0 - - - - -
David Krejci C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 22 16:23 12:16 1:38 2:29 0 0 - - 4 12 25
Martin St. Pierre C 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 13:01 10:35 0:00 2:26 0 0 - - 3 6 33
Matt Hunwick D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 19 17:29 13:52 1:38 1:59 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Lashoff D 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 10:54 10:54 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14 10:51 10:23 0:00 0:28 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Michael Ryder RW 1 0 1 +2 0 2 15 13:32 9:10 4:22 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Phil Kessel C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 15:19 13:27 1:38 0:14 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Marc Savard C 0 2 2 +2 2 1 19 18:51 11:52 4:22 2:37 0 0 - - 5 9 36
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 58:59 44:59 8:00 6:00 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 25 22:23 17:18 2:58 2:07 0 0 - - - - -
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 9 6:52 5:59 0:53 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 E 0 1 24 19:50 15:54 0:11 3:45 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 1 0 1 E 0 2 21 12:52 9:57 1:01 1:54 0 0 - - 9 4 69
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 12:58 9:31 3:27 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 25 19:42 15:27 4:15 0:00 0 0 - - 11 7 61
Ray Whitney LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 21 16:56 13:07 3:49 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Samsonov LW 0 0 0 E 2 3 23 19:04 14:52 4:12 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tuomo Ruutu C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 24 19:34 15:44 3:50 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brandon Sutter RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 11 9:08 6:35 0:00 2:33 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 23 19:05 14:48 2:44 1:33 0 0 - - 17 7 71
Ryan Bayda LW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 12 9:30 6:56 0:00 2:34 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Walker RW 0 0 0 -2 2 2 19 14:46 14:25 0:21 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joni Pitkanen D 0 0 0 E 0 3 29 31:09 22:45 4:57 3:27 0 0 - - - - -
Anton Babchuk D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 17 14:58 12:39 1:55 0:24 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Eaves RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 10 8:36 6:47 0:00 1:49 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 0 1 1 E 0 2 19 12:45 10:47 0:21 1:37 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 26 24:53 17:30 5:06 2:17 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Boston
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Tim Thomas W (36-11-7) 31 29 2 .935 0 59:58
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward L (39-23-5) 21 18 3 .857 0 58:59