Scores for Dec 2, 2006
  • Final
     
    ANA
    LA
    4
    3
    4
    3
    0
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    SJ
    DET
    3
    2
    3
    2
    1
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    BOS
    CAR
    2
    5
    2
    5
    2
  • Final SO
    SO
     
    TOR
    MTL
    3
    4
    3
    4
    3
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    TB
    OTT
    2
    5
    2
    5
    4
  • Final SO
    SO
     
    NJ
    PHI
    4
    3
    4
    3
    5
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    NYI
    PIT
    5
    3
    5
    3
    6
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    WPG
    FLA
    3
    1
    3
    1
    7
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    CBJ
    EDM
    4
    0
    4
    0
    8
  • Final SO
    SO
     
    MIN
    DAL
    3
    4
    3
    4
    9
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    BUF
    WSH
    4
    7
    4
    7
    10
  • Final OT
    OT
     
    CHI
    NSH
    4
    3
    4
    3
    11
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    COL
    VAN
    1
    2
    1
    2
    12

Final

Series (Game 2 of 4)

Close

Carolina leads 3-1

Game 1: Friday, November 24th
Hurricanes5Final
Bruins1
Game 2: Saturday, December 2nd
Bruins2Final
Hurricanes5
Game 3: Saturday, February 3rd
Bruins4Final
OT
Hurricanes3
Game 4: Thursday, February 8th
Hurricanes5Final
Bruins2

Bruins 2

(12-10-2, 26 pts)

Hurricanes 5

(15-10-3, 33 pts)

7:00 PM ET, December 2, 2006

PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina

1 2 3 T
BOS 2 0 02
CAR 1 2 25

E. Staal (Hurricanes - C): Goals: 2, Assists: 0

E. Cole (Hurricanes - RW): Goals: 1, Assists: 1

R. Brind'Amour (Hurricanes - C): Goals: 0, Assists: 2

Boston (12-9-2) at Carolina (14-10-3) 7:00 pm EST

Boston (12-9-2) at Carolina (14-10-3) 7:00 pm EST

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Ticker) -- The Boston Bruins have been playing great hockey lately in winning four out of their last five games. The lone exception in that stretch was a stomping from the Carolina Hurricanes, who the Bruins get a rematch with on Saturday.

The Stanley Cup champions smashed the Bruins, 5-1, in Boston on November 24. Eric Staal, Justin Williams, Erik Cole, Eric Belanger and Andrew Ladd scored for the Hurricanes, who outshot Boston, 40-26.

Bruins starting goaltender Tim Thomas was pulled after allowing three goals on 25 shots and was replaced by Philippe Sauve.

Since that defeat the Bruins have rebounded with three straight wins. Phil Kessel scored the winner in a 4-3 shootout victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.

The Hurricanes have only played twice since the victory over Boston, and are coming off a 4-2 triumph over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.

Cole scored twice while Belanger and Williams added single tallies for Carolina, which outshot the Canadiens, 48-27.

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Regular Season Matchup

 
Boston
Carolina
W-L-OTL35-41-640-34-8
Home18-19-421-16-4
Road17-22-219-18-4
Division14-17-119-11-2
Conference30-38-436-29-7
Last 101-8-15-5-0
Complete Standings

Team Stat Comparison

Boston
Carolina
2.56Goals Per Game2.94
3.48Goals Against Per Game3.02
28.9Shots on Goal Per Game31.21
33.51Shots Against Per Game28.49
15.32Penalty Minutes Per Game12.45
71Power Play Goals67
17.2%Power Play %15%
81Power Play Goals Allowed61
81.7%Penalty Kill %84.6%
8Shorthanded Goals12
18Shorthanded Goals Allowed8

Goalie Breakdown

Boston		 GP W L OTL GAA SO SV%
Tim Thomas 66 30 29 4 3.13 3 .905
Hannu Toivonen 18 3 9 1 4.23 0 .875
Joey MacDonald 7 2 2 1 2.68 0 .918
Philippe Sauve 2 0 0 0 5.80 0 .826
Brian Finley 2 0 1 0 3.04 0 .909
Carolina		 GP W L OTL GAA SO SV%
Cam Ward 60 30 21 6 2.93 2 .897
John Grahame 28 10 13 2 2.85 0 .897

Team Stat Leaders

 
Boston
Carolina
GGlen Murray 28 Justin Williams 33
AMarc Savard 74 Rod Brind'Amour 56
PTSMarc Savard 96 Ray Whitney 83
PIMAndrew Alberts 124 Mike Commodore 113
SOGMarco Sturm 224 Eric Staal 288