The Carolina Hurricanes were defeated by the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5 to 2, on December 4, 2008.

Final

Penguins

15-6-4

5

Hurricanes

12-12-2

2

Team

PIT

CAR

1

2

0

2

3

2

3

0

Total

5

2

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PIT

CAR

Petr Sykora (PP) assisted by Sidney Crosby and Alex Goligoski

1

0

Pascal Dupuis (EV) assisted by Sidney Crosby

2

0

2nd period

PIT

CAR

Petr Sykora (PP) assisted by Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin

3

0

Tuomo Ruutu (EV) assisted by Sergei Samsonov and Josef Melichar

3

1

Miroslav Satan (EV) assisted by Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang

4

1

Matt Cullen (PP) assisted by Ray Whitney and Rod Brind'Amour

4

2

Ruslan Fedotenko (EV) assisted by Evgeni Malkin

5

2

Penguins

Hurricanes

Goals

5

2

Shots

22

36

Penalty Minutes

10

6

Power-Play Goals

2

1

Power-Play Opportunities

3

5

Faceoff Wins

26

38

Hits

28

20

Giveaways

4

10

Takeaways

10

Penguins

Hurricanes

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Dany Sabourin (W)	1	36	2	34	.944	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Matt Cooke	0	0	-1	0	0	13:45	3	0	0	1
Sidney Crosby	0	4	+2	2	2	22:06	0	4	0	0
Pascal Dupuis	1	0	+2	0	2	18:27	0	0	0	1
Mark Eaton	0	0	+1	2	0	14:49	4	4	0	0
Ruslan Fedotenko	1	0	+1	0	2	10:36	1	3	0	0
Hal Gill	0	0	-1	0	1	21:59	0	4	0	0
Eric Godard	0	0	0	2	0	5:46	0	4	0	2
Alex Goligoski	0	1	+1	0	0	16:15	1	2	0	1
Kris Letang	0	1	+2	0	2	21:15	1	0	1	1
Evgeni Malkin	0	2	+1	2	2	20:38	1	0	0	1
Chris Minard	0	0	-1	0	2	10:32	5	1	0	1
Brooks Orpik	0	0	+2	0	0	17:39	3	0	0	0
Janne Pesonen	0	0	0	0	1	5:54	0	1	0	0
Miroslav Satan	1	0	+2	0	3	17:51	1	0	1	0
Rob Scuderi	0	0	-1	0	0	23:38	3	1	0	0
Jordan Staal	0	0	0	0	2	21:51	1	0	1	1
Petr Sykora	2	0	+1	0	2	14:27	0	0	0	1
Max Talbot	0	0	-1	2	1	12:53	4	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Michael Leighton (L)	1	22	5	17	.773	59:57

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Anton Babchuk	0	0	0	0	4	17:33	1	1	0	0
Ryan Bayda	0	0	-1	0	2	14:00	2	0	0	0
Rod Brind'Amour	0	1	-2	0	2	17:28	0	0	0	0
Joe Corvo	0	0	-1	0	3	26:47	0	0	1	1
Matt Cullen	1	0	-1	0	1	17:09	1	2	1	0
Patrick Dwyer	0	0	0	0	1	7:12	0	2	0	0
Patrick Eaves	0	0	-1	0	2	12:22	6	0	0	1
Frantisek Kaberle	0	0	0	0	1	13:59	0	1	0	1
Chad LaRose	0	0	-2	0	2	11:34	1	0	0	1
Josef Melichar	0	1	0	0	0	11:28	0	2	1	0
Joni Pitkanen	0	0	-2	0	1	26:41	0	2	2	1
Tuomo Ruutu	1	0	+1	4	1	19:43	4	0	1	0
Sergei Samsonov	0	1	+1	0	3	19:51	0	0	2	1
Eric Staal	0	0	+1	0	6	20:01	1	1	0	0
Brandon Sutter	0	0	0	0	3	8:31	0	0	1	0
Niclas Wallin	0	0	-1	2	0	20:50	2	1	1	1
Ray Whitney	0	1	-2	0	2	17:00	0	0	0	3
Justin Williams	0	0	0	0	2	13:15	2	0	0	0