Carolina Hurricanes at Philadelphia Flyers

Thursday, December 11, 2008, 7:00 PM ET Wachovia Center, Philadelphia Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6–5 in a shootout on Thursday, December 11, 2008 at home.

Final score, Carolina Hurricanes at Philadelphia Flyers
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Carolina Hurricanes	5	45-30-7
at Philadelphia Flyers	6	44-27-11

Goals by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Philadelphia Flyers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	1	4	0	0	0	5
Philadelphia Flyers	0	1	4	0	0	6

Shots on goal by period, Carolina Hurricanes at Philadelphia Flyers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Carolina Hurricanes	10	11	6	4	0	31
Philadelphia Flyers	9	10	15	3	0	37

Scoring summary

Every goal, Carolina Hurricanes at Philadelphia Flyers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	01:01	Carolina Hurricanes	Eric Staal (10)	Tuomo Ruutu (7)	Even strength	CAR 1, PHI 0
2nd	02:10	Carolina Hurricanes	Matt Cullen (8)	Justin Williams (1), Ryan Bayda (6)	Even strength	CAR 2, PHI 0
2nd	09:17	Philadelphia Flyers	Scott Hartnell (7)	Jeff Carter (8)	Power play	CAR 2, PHI 1
2nd	09:28	Carolina Hurricanes	Sergei Samsonov (4)	Eric Staal (8), Tuomo Ruutu (8)	Even strength	CAR 3, PHI 1
2nd	12:08	Carolina Hurricanes	Joni Pitkanen (2)	Ray Whitney (13), Rod Brind'Amour (10)	Power play	CAR 4, PHI 1
2nd	15:13	Carolina Hurricanes	Eric Staal (11)	Tuomo Ruutu (9), Joe Corvo (7)	Power play	CAR 5, PHI 1
3rd	01:42	Philadelphia Flyers	Scott Hartnell (8)	Andrew Alberts (6), Jeff Carter (9)	Even strength	CAR 5, PHI 2
3rd	07:12	Philadelphia Flyers	Scott Hartnell (9)	Joffrey Lupul (6), Braydon Coburn (9)	Power play	CAR 5, PHI 3
3rd	15:08	Philadelphia Flyers	Scottie Upshall (5)	Lasse Kukkonen (2), Andrew Alberts (7)	Even strength	CAR 5, PHI 4
3rd	18:16	Philadelphia Flyers	Simon Gagne (15)	Mike Knuble (8), Mike Richards (20)	Even strength	CAR 5, PHI 5

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

Shootout attempts in order
Round	Team	Shooter	Result
1	Philadelphia Flyers	Simon Gagne	Goal
1	Carolina Hurricanes	Tuomo Ruutu	Saved
2	Philadelphia Flyers	Mike Richards	Goal
2	Carolina Hurricanes	Rod Brind'Amour	Saved

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	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	50%	13:54
Number 11 J. Williams	R	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	0		10:13
Number 12 E. Staal	C	2	1	3	+2	2	9	1	1	1	63.6%	20:49
Number 13 R. Whitney	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		23:31
Number 14 S. Samsonov	L	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	0	0		16:04
Number 15 T. Ruutu	L	0	3	3	+2	0	0	0	1	0		16:18
Number 16 B. Sutter	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16.7%	06:54
Number 17 R. Brind'Amour	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	2	0	64.3%	27:53
Number 18 R. Bayda	L	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	1	0		12:43
Number 24 S. Walker	R	0	0	0	0	7	1	2	0	0		06:58
Number 44 P. Eaves	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	0	100%	18:31
Number 59 C. LaRose	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		04:11
Number 25 J. Pitkanen	D	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	3	1		33:23
Number 27 B. Carson	D	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	1	0		26:06
Number 29 B. Rodney	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0		23:39
Number 38 T. Conboy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		08:07
Number 53 C. Borer	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0		06:15
Number 77 J. Corvo	D	0	1	1	+1	0	6	0	0	0		31:19

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 49 M. Leighton	37	32	5	.865	64:50	OT loss

Philadelphia Flyers 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 9 S. Upshall	R	1	0	1	+1	2	3	2	1	0		13:06
Number 12 S. Gagne	L	1	0	1	+1	0	8	1	0	0		21:32
Number 13 G. Metropolit	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	0	22.2%	11:53
Number 14 A. Nodl	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0		08:07
Number 15 J. Lupul	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	0		17:45
Number 17 J. Carter	C	0	2	2	-2	4	4	1	0	0	57.9%	21:00
Number 18 M. Richards	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0	41.9%	27:32
Number 19 S. Hartnell	L	3	0	3	-1	5	6	2	0	2		18:31
Number 22 M. Knuble	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	0		23:15
Number 32 R. Cote	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		01:57
Number 36 D. Powe	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0		06:41
Number 45 A. Asham	R	0	0	0	-1	17	0	0	0	0		04:31
Number 3 L. Kukkonen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	0		09:01
Number 5 B. Coburn	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0		33:39
Number 23 O. Vaananen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0		22:27
Number 41 A. Alberts	D	0	2	2	+2	4	1	0	0	0		11:31
Number 44 K. Timonen	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	2	0		32:17
Number 47 L. Sbisa	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0		21:28

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 A. Niittymaki	31	26	5	.839	64:51	Win

Penalties, Carolina Hurricanes at Philadelphia Flyers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:55	Carolina Hurricanes	Ryan Bayda	Hooking	2
1st	05:08	Philadelphia Flyers	Kimmo Timonen	Tripping	2
1st	08:26	Carolina Hurricanes	Eric Staal	High sticking	2
1st	10:22	Philadelphia Flyers	Scottie Upshall	Roughing	2
1st	16:23	Carolina Hurricanes	Casey Borer	Fighting (major)	5
1st	16:23	Philadelphia Flyers	Scott Hartnell	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	02:34	Carolina Hurricanes	Scott Walker	High sticking	2
2nd	05:25	Carolina Hurricanes	Bryan Rodney	Delaying game	2
2nd	05:25	Philadelphia Flyers	Jeff Carter	Tripping	2
2nd	07:39	Carolina Hurricanes	Chad LaRose	Holding	2
2nd	11:31	Carolina Hurricanes	Scott Walker	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	11:31	Philadelphia Flyers	Arron Asham	Instigator	2
2nd	11:31	Philadelphia Flyers	Arron Asham	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	11:31	Philadelphia Flyers	Arron Asham	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	11:31	Philadelphia Flyers	Andrew Alberts	Roughing	2
2nd	11:31	Philadelphia Flyers	Andrew Alberts	Roughing	2
3rd	02:28	Philadelphia Flyers	Jeff Carter	Hooking	2
3rd	05:28	Carolina Hurricanes	Brett Carson	Holding	2
3rd	16:13	Carolina Hurricanes	Brett Carson	Hooking	2
OT	03:20	Philadelphia Flyers	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2

Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Paul Maurice
Philadelphia Flyers head coach: John Stevens
Referees: Paul Devorski, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen: Mark Pare, Jean Morin
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Dan Lacouture, Josef Melichar, Michael Ryan, Frantisek Kaberle, Niclas Wallin, Wade Brookbank, Tim Gleason, Dennis Seidenberg, Dwight Helminen, Anton Babchuk, Patrick Dwyer, Cam Ward, Jakub Petruzalek, Zach Boychuk
Philadelphia Flyers scratches: Daniel Brière, Boyd Kane, Josh Gratton, Matt Carle, Randy Jones, Ryan Parent, Jared Ross, Claude Giroux, Jon Kalinski, Nate Raduns

Every Carolina Hurricanes and Philadelphia Flyers game in the 2008-2009 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Philadelphia Flyers 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 1	Final	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Carolina Hurricanes, Wed, Nov 26, 2008
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 2	Final/OT	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Philadelphia Flyers, Fri, Nov 28, 2008
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 1	Final/OT	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Carolina Hurricanes, Sat, Dec 6, 2008
Carolina Hurricanes 5 at Philadelphia Flyers 6	Final/SO	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Philadelphia Flyers, Thu, Dec 11, 2008

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Matchup	Status	Details
Nashville Predators 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2	Final/SO	Game page: Nashville Predators at Columbus Blue Jackets, Thu, Dec 11, 2008
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens, Thu, Dec 11, 2008
New York Islanders 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 9	Final	Game page: New York Islanders at Pittsburgh Penguins, Thu, Dec 11, 2008
Florida Panthers 2 at Edmonton Oilers 0	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Edmonton Oilers, Thu, Dec 11, 2008
Minnesota Wild 1 at Phoenix Coyotes 3	Final	Game page: Minnesota Wild at Phoenix Coyotes, Thu, Dec 11, 2008
St. Louis Blues 2 at Los Angeles Kings 6	Final	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Los Angeles Kings, Thu, Dec 11, 2008
Anaheim Ducks 0 at San Jose Sharks 2	Final	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at San Jose Sharks, Thu, Dec 11, 2008