National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 4, Carolina 2
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 20, 2008
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Referees: Paul Devorski, Chris Rooney
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Darren Gibbs
Attendance: 17565
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 1012
Boston 0134
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
4:50 - Hurricanes Joni Pitkanen (PP) Assists: Rod Brind'Amour , Joe Corvo
Penalties
3:37 - Bruins Milan Lucic (2) Interference
 6:09 - Bruins Matt Lashoff (2) Hooking
 12:42 - Hurricanes Frantisek Kaberle (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
7:06 - Bruins Marc Savard (EV) Assists: Phil Kessel , Milan Lucic
Penalties
None.
3rd Period
Scoring
3:54 - Bruins David Krejci (EV) Assists: Vladimir Sobotka , Shane Hnidy
11:54 - Bruins Shawn Thornton (EV) Unassisted
15:24 - Hurricanes Ray Whitney (EV) Assists: Rod Brind'Amour , Scott Walker
19:57 - Bruins Stephane Yelle (EV) (EN) Assists: P.J. Axelsson
Penalties
15:58 - Bruins Shawn Thornton (2) Elbowing
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 59:00 51:47 5:13 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 28 22:02 19:32 1:43 0:47 0 0 - - - - -
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 24 14:48 13:54 0:54 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 30 19:32 18:19 0:00 1:13 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 13:44 12:54 0:05 0:45 0 0 - - 6 4 60
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 22 16:04 12:55 3:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 25 18:32 16:33 1:59 0:00 0 0 - - 5 17 23
Ray Whitney LW 1 0 1 -2 0 2 23 20:40 17:38 3:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Samsonov LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 17:49 16:08 1:41 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tuomo Ruutu C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 25 18:24 16:43 1:41 0:00 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Brandon Sutter RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 7:06 6:15 0:00 0:51 0 0 - - 0 4 0
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 2 2 -2 0 0 24 21:04 17:31 3:09 0:24 0 0 - - 10 7 59
Ryan Bayda LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 12 7:30 6:39 0:00 0:51 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Walker RW 0 1 1 -1 0 9 22 17:27 17:04 0:23 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Joni Pitkanen D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 31 28:15 23:58 3:30 0:47 1 0 - - - - -
Anton Babchuk D 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 11:34 10:32 1:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Eaves RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 12:19 11:11 0:23 0:45 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 8:26 7:55 0:07 0:24 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Corvo D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 33 23:44 19:14 3:17 1:13 0 0 - - - - -
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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Manny Fernandez G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 52:47 2:00 5:13 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Wideman D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 28 24:16 19:51 1:20 3:05 0 0 - - - - -
P.J. Axelsson LW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 23 18:22 14:36 0:40 3:06 0 0 - - - - -
Chuck Kobasew RW 0 0 0 -1 0 5 19 15:00 14:30 0:30 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Milan Lucic LW 0 1 1 +1 2 0 20 15:41 14:51 0:50 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Stephane Yelle C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 20 15:45 12:59 0:00 2:46 0 0 - - 6 9 40
Shawn Thornton LW 1 0 1 +1 2 4 15 11:03 11:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 +3 0 4 26 25:58 22:47 1:10 2:01 0 0 - - - - -
Shane Hnidy D 0 1 1 E 0 1 21 17:08 15:26 0:00 1:42 0 0 - - - - -
Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 E 0 1 12 7:53 6:28 0:40 0:45 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Blake Wheeler RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 15:14 13:14 0:30 1:30 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Stuart D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 24 18:51 16:55 0:00 1:56 0 0 - - - - -
David Krejci C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 21 16:38 14:18 0:50 1:30 0 0 - - 11 2 85
Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 18:08 15:36 0:50 1:42 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Lashoff D 0 0 0 E 2 0 17 15:12 15:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Vladimir Sobotka C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 15 10:45 10:45 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 3 3 50
Michael Ryder RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 12:48 12:08 0:40 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Phil Kessel C 0 1 1 +1 0 5 20 17:15 16:13 0:50 0:12 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Marc Savard C 1 0 1 +2 0 3 23 18:50 17:03 1:10 0:37 0 0 - - 8 6 57
Goaltending
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward L (39-23-5) 35 32 3 .914 0 59:00
Boston
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Manny Fernandez W (16-8-3) 34 32 2 .941 0 60:00