2008-09 Carolina Hurricanes Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 45-30-7 (SO: 3-5) - 97 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Southeast Division
Postseason: 8-10
Lost NHL conference finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated New Jersey Devils 4-3
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0
Coach: Peter Laviolette (12-11, 2 OTL)
Coach: Paul Maurice (33-19, 5 OTL)
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
2008-09 Carolina Hurricanes RosterTeam Record: 45-30-7 (SO: 3-5) - 97 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Southeast Division
Postseason: 8-10
Lost NHL conference finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated New Jersey Devils 4-3
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0
Coach: Peter Laviolette (12-11, 2 OTL)
Coach: Paul Maurice (33-19, 5 OTL)
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
2008-09 Carolina Hurricanes Results
The Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 45 wins and 30 losses (and 7 overtime losses), with a 3-5 showing in shootouts for 97 points, finishing second in the NHL's Southeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-10.
The Hurricanes potted 239 goals and yielded 226. Eric Staal scored 40 goals for Carolina, while Ray Whitney contributed 53 assists. Cam Ward earned 39 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.44 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Peter Laviolette and Paul Maurice coached the team. The 2008-09 Carolina Hurricanes lost in the NHL conference finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Whitney | L | 82 | 24 | 53 | 77 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 219 | 11.0 |
| Eric Staal | C | 82 | 40 | 35 | 75 | 50 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 372 | 10.8 |
| Tuomo Ruutu | C | 79 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 79 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 190 | 13.7 |
| Rod Brind'Amour | C | 80 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 36 | -23 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 11.9 |
| Sergei Samsonov | L | 81 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 28 | -8 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 155 | 10.3 |
| Matt Cullen | C | 69 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 139 | 15.8 |
| Joe Corvo | D | 81 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 18 | -1 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 213 | 6.6 |
| Anton Babchuk | D | 72 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 127 | 12.6 |
| Joni Pitkanen | D | 71 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 147 | 4.8 |
| Chad LaRose | R | 81 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 171 | 11.1 |
| Dennis Seidenberg | D | 70 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 37 | -9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 3.9 |
| Scott Walker | R | 41 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 39 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 7.0 |
| Erik Cole | L | 17 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Patrick Eaves | R | 74 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 5.2 |
| Ryan Bayda | L | 70 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 8.1 |
| Tim Gleason | D | 70 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0.0 |
| Jussi Jokinen | L | 25 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 |
| Justin Williams | R | 32 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | -9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 3.8 |
| Niclas Wallin | D | 64 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 42 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 3.8 |
| Frantisek Kaberle | D | 30 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Brandon Sutter | C | 50 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1.8 |
| Josef Melichar | D | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Dan LaCouture | L | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 |
| Dwight Helminen | C | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Bryan Rodney | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Michael Ryan | L | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Dwyer | R | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Wade Brookbank | D | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Tim Conboy | D | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Jakub Petruzalek | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cam Ward | G | 68 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Casey Borer | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zach Boychuk | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Carson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Michael Leighton | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1563 | 236 | 409 | 645 | 786 | -4 | 70 | 133 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 2675 | 8.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Ward | 68 | 3928 | 39 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 160 | 2.44 | 1901 | 1741 | .916 |
| Michael Leighton | 19 | 1029 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 2.92 | 507 | 457 | .901 |
| Totals | 87 | 4957 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 210 | 2.54 | 2618 | 2408 | .920 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Whitney | L | 18 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | -9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 5.5 | |
| Eric Staal | C | 18 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 4 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 13.7 | |
| Tuomo Ruutu | C | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Rod Brind'Amour | C | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 | |
| Sergei Samsonov | L | 17 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17.9 | |
| Matt Cullen | C | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 | |
| Joe Corvo | D | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | -7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 3.8 | |
| Anton Babchuk | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | |
| Joni Pitkanen | D | 18 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0.0 | |
| Chad LaRose | R | 18 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 7.8 | |
| Dennis Seidenberg | D | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | |
| Scott Walker | R | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4.0 | |
| Erik Cole | L | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.0 | |
| Patrick Eaves | R | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | |
| Ryan Bayda | L | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 | |
| Tim Gleason | D | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 32 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Jussi Jokinen | L | 18 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 25.0 | |
| Niclas Wallin | D | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Frantisek Kaberle | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Dwight Helminen | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Dwyer | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Conboy | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cam Ward | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 342 | 42 | 76 | 118 | 227 | -43 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 570 | 7.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Ward | 18 | 1101 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 2.67 | 576 | 527 | .915 |
| Totals | 18 | 1101 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 2.67 | 625 | 576 | .922 |
