2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes
Eastern Conference · Metropolitan Division · 45-30-7, 97 pts · Playoffs 8-10
The 2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes went 45-30-7 (97 points) in the Southeast Division and played 18 playoff games (8-10). Ray Whitney led the team with 77 points (24 G, 53 A). Michael Leighton had 6 wins in goal.
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Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SOG | SH% | TOI/GP | HIT | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Whitney | L | 82 | 24 | 53 | 77 | +2 | 32 | 7 | 219 | 11.0 | 18:25 | 27 | 26 |
| Eric Staal | C | 82 | 40 | 35 | 75 | +15 | 50 | 14 | 372 | 10.8 | 21:03 | 61 | 37 |
| Tuomo Ruutu | L | 79 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 0 | 79 | 10 | 190 | 13.7 | 18:19 | 228 | 44 |
| Rod Brind'Amour | C | 80 | 16 | 35 | 51 | -23 | 36 | 6 | 135 | 11.9 | 18:58 | 76 | 35 |
| Sergei Samsonov | L | 81 | 16 | 32 | 48 | -8 | 28 | 3 | 155 | 10.3 | 17:19 | 32 | 28 |
| Matt Cullen | C | 69 | 22 | 21 | 43 | +11 | 20 | 4 | 139 | 15.8 | 16:48 | 41 | 44 |
| Joe Corvo | D | 81 | 14 | 24 | 38 | -1 | 18 | 8 | 213 | 6.6 | 24:19 | 41 | 89 |
| Anton Babchuk | D | 72 | 16 | 19 | 35 | +13 | 16 | 9 | 127 | 12.6 | 18:04 | 22 | 115 |
| Joni Pitkanen | D | 71 | 7 | 26 | 33 | +11 | 58 | 2 | 147 | 4.8 | 24:48 | 62 | 125 |
| Chad LaRose | R | 81 | 19 | 12 | 31 | +6 | 35 | 0 | 171 | 11.1 | 15:08 | 121 | 43 |
| Dennis Seidenberg | D | 70 | 5 | 25 | 30 | -9 | 37 | 2 | 129 | 3.9 | 22:20 | 146 | 160 |
| Scott Walker | R | 41 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 39 | 1 | 71 | 7.0 | 13:20 | 79 | 10 |
| Erik Cole | R | 17 | 2 | 13 | 15 | +3 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 | 19:36 | 46 | 10 |
| Patrick Eaves | R | 74 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +7 | 31 | 1 | 115 | 5.2 | 11:15 | 134 | 33 |
| Ryan Bayda | L | 70 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +2 | 26 | 0 | 62 | 8.1 | 10:27 | 82 | 46 |
| Tim Gleason | D | 70 | 0 | 12 | 12 | +3 | 68 | 0 | 61 | 0.0 | 20:40 | 171 | 133 |
| Jussi Jokinen | L | 25 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 12 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 | 14:43 | 14 | 11 |
| Niclas Wallin | D | 64 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 42 | 0 | 53 | 3.8 | 16:16 | 131 | 81 |
| Justin Williams | R | 32 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 9 | 2 | 80 | 3.8 | 15:08 | 30 | 6 |
| Frantisek Kaberle | D | 30 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 3.6 | 14:03 | 16 | 34 |
| Brandon Sutter | C | 50 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 16 | 0 | 57 | 1.8 | 8:50 | 37 | 18 |
| Josef Melichar | D | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 8:40 | 12 | 20 |
| Dwight Helminen | C | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | 6:50 | 22 | 9 |
| Michael Ryan | C | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 | 8:12 | 9 | 4 |
| Dan Lacouture | L | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 | 4:16 | 9 | 3 |
| Bryan Rodney | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 12:38 | 2 | 6 |
| Tim Conboy | R | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 37 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | 5:21 | 20 | 2 |
| Wade Brookbank | D | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | 2:30 | 15 | 6 |
| Patrick Dwyer | R | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 8:34 | 16 | 6 |
| Jakub Petruzalek | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:05 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brett Carson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 15:44 | 6 | 5 |
| Casey Borer | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11:05 | 3 | 5 | |
| Zach Boychuk | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:03 | 4 | 0 |
Goaltenders
| Player | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SA | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Leighton | 82 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 507 | .901 | 2.92 | 0 |
| Cam Ward | 78 | 68 | 39 | 23 | 5 | 1901 | .916 | 2.44 | 5 |
| Justin Peters | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Schedule & results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10 | vs FLA | W 6–4 | Final |
| Oct 11 | @ TBL | W 4–3 | Final/OT |
| Oct 13 | vs DET | L 1–3 | Final |
| Oct 17 | @ LAK | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Oct 19 | @ ANA | W 3–1 | Final |
| Oct 23 | @ PIT | L 1–4 | Final |
| Oct 25 | @ NYI | W 4–3 | Final |
| Oct 28 | @ MTL | L 2–3 | Final/SO |
| Oct 30 | @ STL | W 1–0 | Final |
| Nov 1 | vs EDM | L 1–3 | Final |
| Nov 2 | vs TOR | W 6–4 | Final |
| Nov 4 | @ TOR | W 5–4 | Final/OT |
| Nov 6 | @ WSH | L 2–3 | Final |
| Nov 7 | vs OTT | W 2–1 | Final |
| Nov 9 | vs ATL | L 2–5 | Final |
| Nov 12 | vs WSH | L 1–5 | Final |
| Nov 14 | @ ATL | L 2–3 | Final |
| Nov 16 | vs TBL | W 3–2 | Final/SO |
| Nov 18 | vs MTL | W 2–1 | Final |
| Nov 21 | vs PHX | W 5–2 | Final |
| Nov 23 | vs NSH | L 2–5 | Final |
| Nov 24 | @ FLA | L 2–3 | Final |
| Nov 26 | vs PHI | L 1–3 | Final |
| Nov 28 | @ PHI | W 3–2 | Final/OT |
| Nov 30 | vs ANA | L 1–4 | Final |
| Dec 4 | vs PIT | L 2–5 | Final |
| Dec 6 | vs PHI | L 1–2 | Final/OT |
| Dec 7 | vs WSH | W 3–1 | Final |
| Dec 11 | @ PHI | L 5–6 | Final/SO |
| Dec 13 | @ NYR | L 2–3 | Final/SO |
| Dec 16 | vs MTL | W 3–2 | Final |
| Dec 18 | vs FLA | W 2–1 | Final/OT |
| Dec 20 | @ BOS | L 2–4 | Final |
| Dec 21 | @ MTL | W 3–2 | Final/OT |
| Dec 23 | @ MIN | L 2–3 | Final |
| Dec 26 | @ ATL | W 5–4 | Final |
| Dec 27 | vs BOS | L 2–4 | Final |
| Dec 31 | vs ATL | W 3–1 | Final |
| Jan 2 | vs STL | W 2–1 | Final |
| Jan 3 | @ TBL | W 3–2 | Final |
| Jan 6 | vs NJD | W 3–2 | Final |
| Jan 8 | @ FLA | L 2–4 | Final |
| Jan 10 | @ BOS | L 1–5 | Final |
| Jan 13 | @ OTT | L 1–5 | Final |
| Jan 15 | vs TOR | L 4–6 | Final |
| Jan 17 | @ BUF | L 1–3 | Final |
| Jan 19 | @ TOR | W 2–0 | Final |
| Jan 20 | @ PIT | W 2–1 | Final |
| Jan 27 | @ NYR | L 2–3 | Final |
| Jan 29 | vs TBL | W 3–2 | Final |
| Jan 31 | vs ATL | W 2–0 | Final |
| Feb 3 | @ VAN | L 3–4 | Final |
| Feb 5 | @ SJS | W 4–3 | Final/SO |
| Feb 7 | @ PHX | W 7–2 | Final |
| Feb 12 | vs FLA | L 0–5 | Final |
| Feb 14 | vs CBJ | L 1–5 | Final |
| Feb 15 | @ BUF | W 3–0 | Final |
| Feb 17 | vs BOS | L 1–5 | Final |
| Feb 19 | @ NYI | W 6–2 | Final |
| Feb 20 | vs TBL | W 4–1 | Final |
| Feb 22 | vs COL | W 5–2 | Final |
| Feb 24 | @ OTT | L 2–4 | Final |
| Feb 26 | vs BUF | W 2–1 | Final/SO |
| Feb 28 | @ ATL | L 3–5 | Final |
| Mar 3 | @ WSH | W 5–2 | Final |
| Mar 6 | vs CGY | W 6–1 | Final |
| Mar 7 | @ TBL | W 9–3 | Final |
| Mar 9 | vs NYR | W 3–0 | Final |
| Mar 11 | @ CHI | L 2–3 | Final/SO |
| Mar 12 | @ DAL | L 2–3 | Final |
| Mar 14 | @ WSH | L 4–5 | Final/SO |
| Mar 18 | vs NJD | W 4–2 | Final |
| Mar 20 | vs NYI | W 5–4 | Final |
| Mar 21 | vs WSH | W 4–1 | Final |
| Mar 23 | @ FLA | W 3–2 | Final/OT |
| Mar 25 | vs OTT | W 2–1 | Final |
| Mar 28 | @ NJD | W 2–1 | Final |
| Apr 2 | vs NYR | W 4–2 | Final |
| Apr 4 | vs PIT | W 3–2 | Final/OT |
| Apr 7 | vs NYI | W 9–0 | Final |
| Apr 9 | vs BUF | L 1–5 | Final |
| Apr 11 | @ NJD | L 2–3 | Final |
| Apr 15 | @ NJD | L 1–4 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 17 | @ NJD | W 2–1 | Final/OT · Playoffs |
| Apr 19 | vs NJD | L 2–3 | Final/OT · Playoffs |
| Apr 21 | vs NJD | W 4–3 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 23 | @ NJD | L 0–1 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 26 | vs NJD | W 4–0 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 28 | @ NJD | W 4–3 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 1 | @ BOS | L 1–4 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 3 | @ BOS | W 3–0 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 6 | vs BOS | W 3–2 | Final/OT · Playoffs |
| May 8 | vs BOS | W 4–1 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 10 | @ BOS | L 0–4 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 12 | vs BOS | L 2–4 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 14 | @ BOS | W 3–2 | Final/OT · Playoffs |
| May 18 | @ PIT | L 2–3 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 21 | @ PIT | L 4–7 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 23 | vs PIT | L 2–6 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 26 | vs PIT | L 1–4 | Final · Playoffs |