Carolina Hurricanes at Dallas Stars

Thursday, March 12, 2009, 8:30 PM ET American Airlines Center, Dallas Regular Season Final

Final score

The Dallas Stars beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 on Thursday, March 12, 2009 at home.

Final score, Carolina Hurricanes at Dallas Stars
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Carolina Hurricanes	2	45-30-7
at Dallas Stars	3	36-35-11

Goals by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Dallas Stars
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	1	0	1	2
Dallas Stars	0	3	0	3

Shots on goal by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Dallas Stars
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	9	7	15	31
Dallas Stars	15	10	6	31

Scoring summary

Every goal, Carolina Hurricanes at Dallas Stars. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	07:23	Carolina Hurricanes	Rod Brind'Amour (12)	Eric Staal (28), Cam Ward (1)	Shorthanded	CAR 1, DAL 0
2nd	01:01	Dallas Stars	Mike Ribeiro (19)	Matt Niskanen (23), Loui Eriksson (20)	Even strength	CAR 1, DAL 1
2nd	06:25	Dallas Stars	Steve Begin (7)	Chris Conner (8)	Even strength	CAR 1, DAL 2
2nd	09:51	Dallas Stars	Brendan Morrison (11)	Mike Modano (28), Nicklas Grossmann (7)	Even strength	CAR 1, DAL 3
3rd	13:45	Carolina Hurricanes	Ray Whitney (22)	Rod Brind'Amour (26), Matt Cullen (19)	Power play	CAR 2, DAL 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 M. Cullen	C	0	1	1	-1	0	4	3	2	0	41.7%	21:09
Number 12 E. Staal	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	0	47.1%	21:19
Number 13 R. Whitney	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	0	1		17:31
Number 14 S. Samsonov	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		19:14
Number 15 T. Ruutu	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	8	1	0		18:33
Number 17 R. Brind'Amour	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	2	0	0	75%	19:43
Number 20 M. Ryan	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0		04:16
Number 26 E. Cole	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	0	0		18:16
Number 36 J. Jokinen	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0	40%	08:54
Number 44 P. Eaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		12:44
Number 59 C. LaRose	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:59
Number 4 D. Seidenberg	D	0	0	0	+1	2	3	2	0	0		18:40
Number 5 F. Kaberle	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:32
Number 6 T. Gleason	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	3	1	0		20:33
Number 7 N. Wallin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0		12:00
Number 33 A. Babchuk	D	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	0		19:05
Number 38 T. Conboy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0		03:40
Number 77 J. Corvo	D	0	0	0	-3	0	4	0	1	0		28:59

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 C. Ward	31	28	3	.903	58:53	Loss

Dallas Stars skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 M. Modano	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	2	58.8%	19:54
Number 11 B. Morrison	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	66.7%	14:00
Number 13 K. Barch	R	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0		06:15
Number 18 J. Neal	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		17:35
Number 20 B. Sutherby	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	36.4%	15:55
Number 21 L. Eriksson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0		21:44
Number 22 L. Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		11:26
Number 25 C. Conner	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		07:26
Number 29 S. Ott	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		19:54
Number 39 J. Lundqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		12:06
Number 44 S. Begin	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	7	0		10:38
Number 63 M. Ribeiro	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	53.8%	19:44
Number 2 N. Grossmann	D	0	1	1	+2	2	1	3	1		15:43
Number 3 S. Robidas	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	6	1		23:41
Number 5 M. Niskanen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	1		19:35
Number 6 T. Daley	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	4		23:06
Number 28 M. Fistric	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	2		15:51
Number 55 D. Sydor	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		18:09

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 M. Turco	31	29	2	.936	59:40	Win

Penalties, Carolina Hurricanes at Dallas Stars
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	06:03	Carolina Hurricanes	Tuomo Ruutu	Tripping	2
1st	14:45	Carolina Hurricanes	Anton Babchuk	Interference	2
2nd	06:45	Dallas Stars	Nicklas Grossmann	Slashing	2
2nd	15:52	Carolina Hurricanes	Dennis Seidenberg	Tripping	2
2nd	19:06	Dallas Stars	Steve Begin	Roughing	2
3rd	10:09	Dallas Stars	Mark Fistric	Cross checking	2
3rd	12:07	Dallas Stars	Trevor Daley	Delaying game	2

Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Paul Maurice
Dallas Stars head coach: Dave Tippett
Referees: Bill McCreary, Rob Martell
Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Don Henderson
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Scott Walker, Dan Lacouture, Justin Williams, Ryan Bayda, Wade Brookbank, Dwight Helminen, Joni Pitkanen, Patrick Dwyer, Bryan Rodney, Justin Peters, Casey Borer, Brett Carson, Jakub Petruzalek, Brandon Sutter, Zach Boychuk
Dallas Stars scratches: Sergei Zubov, Jere Lehtinen, Mark Parrish, Brenden Morrow, Brad Richards, Toby Petersen, Andrew Hutchinson, Doug Janik, Dan Jancevski, Brent Krahn, Garrett Stafford, Raymond Sawada, Tom Wandell, Fabian Brunnstrom

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