2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes season

2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes
Division 2nd Southeast
Conference 6th Eastern
2008–09 record 45–30–7
Home record 26–14–1
Road record 19–16–6
Goals for 239
Goals against 226
Team information
General Manager Jim Rutherford
Coach Paul Maurice
Captain Rod Brind'Amour
Alternate captains Eric Staal
Ray Whitney
Arena RBC Center
Average attendance Average: 15,573 (83.4%)
Total: 679,488
Team leaders
Goals Eric Staal (40)
Assists Ray Whitney (53)
Points Ray Whitney (77)
Penalties in minutes Tuomo Ruutu (79)
Plus/minus Eric Staal (15)
Wins Cam Ward (39)
Goals against average Cam Ward (2.44)
<2007–08 2009–10>

The 2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes season is the franchise's 37th season, 30th season in the National Hockey League and 12th as the Hurricanes.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

Offseason

Regular season

The Hurricanes finished the regular season having tied the Montreal Canadiens for the most power-play opportunities, with 374.[5]

Divisional standings

Southeast Division
GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 y – Washington Capitals 82 50 24 8 272 245 108
2 Carolina Hurricanes 82 45 30 7 239 226 97
3 Florida Panthers 82 41 30 11 234 231 93
4 Atlanta Thrashers 82 35 41 6 257 280 76
5 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 24 40 18 210 279 66

2 points for a win, 1 for an OT or shootout loss, 0 for a loss in regulation

Conference standings

Eastern Conference
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 z – Boston Bruins NE 82 53 19 10 274 196 116
2 y – Washington Capitals SE 82 50 24 8 272 245 108
3 y – New Jersey Devils AT 82 51 27 4 244 209 106
4 Pittsburgh Penguins AT 82 45 28 9 264 239 99
5 Philadelphia Flyers AT 82 44 27 11 264 238 99
6 Carolina Hurricanes SE 82 45 30 7 239 226 97
7 New York Rangers AT 82 43 30 9 210 218 95
8 Montreal Canadiens NE 82 41 30 11 249 247 93
8.5
9 Florida Panthers SE 82 41 30 11 234 231 93
10 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 41 32 9 250 234 91
11 Ottawa Senators NE 82 36 35 11 217 237 83
12 Toronto Maple Leafs NE 82 34 35 13 250 293 81
13 Atlanta Thrashers SE 82 35 41 6 257 280 76
14 Tampa Bay Lightning SE 82 24 40 18 210 279 66
15 New York Islanders AT 82 26 47 9 201 279 61

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, z – placed first in conference (and division)

AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

Schedule and results

      Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

2008–09 Game Log

Record vs. opponents

Team Points Record
New Jersey* 106 310
NY Islanders 61 400
NY Rangers 95 211
Philadelphia 99 112
Pittsburgh 99 220
Boston* 116 040
Buffalo 91 220
Montreal 93 301
Ottawa 83 220
Toronto 81 310
Atlanta 76 330
Florida 93 330
Tampa Bay 66 600
Washington* 108 321
Chicago 104 001
Columbus 92 010
Detroit* 112 100
Nashville 88 100
St. Louis 92 200
Calgary 98 100
Colorado 69 100
Edmonton 85 010
Minnesota 89 010
Vancouver* 100 010
Anaheim 91 110
Dallas 83 100
Los Angeles 79 001
Phoenix 79 200
San Jose* 117 100

Notes: * denotes division winner; teams in bold are in the Southeast Division; teams in italics qualified for the playoffs; points refer to the points achieved by the team whom the Hurricanes played against

     = Member of the Atlantic Division
     = Member of the Northeast Division
     = Member of the Southeast Division
     = Member of the Central Division
     = Member of the Northeast Division
     = Member of the Pacific Division

Playoffs

The Carolina Hurricanes ended the 2008–09 regular season as the Eastern Conference's sixth seed, and got swept by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Finals.

2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs

     WIN      LOSS

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Whitney, RayRay Whitney 82 24 53 77 +2 32
Staal, EricEric Staal 82 40 35 75 +15 50
Ruutu, TuomoTuomo Ruutu 79 26 28 54 0 79
Brind'Amour, RodRod Brind'Amour 80 16 35 51 -23 36
Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov 81 16 32 48 -8 28
Cullen, MattMatt Cullen 69 22 21 43 +11 20
Corvo, JoeJoe Corvo 81 14 24 38 -1 18
Babchuk, AntonAnton Babchuk 72 16 19 35 +13 16
Pitkanen, JoniJoni Pitkanen 71 7 26 33 +11 58
LaRose, ChadChad LaRose 81 19 12 31 +6 35
Seidenberg, DennisDennis Seidenberg 70 5 25 30 -9 37
Walker, ScottScott Walker 41 5 10 15 -4 39
Cole, ErikErik Cole 17 2 13 15 +3 10
Eaves, PatrickPatrick Eaves 74 6 8 14 +7 31
Gleason, TimTim Gleason 70 0 12 12 +3 68
Bayda, RyanRyan Bayda 70 5 7 12 +2 26
Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen 25 1 10 11 -2 12
Wallin, NiclasNiclas Wallin 64 2 8 10 -1 42
Williams, JustinJustin Williams 32 3 7 10 -9 9
Kaberle, FrantisekFrantisek Kaberle 30 1 7 8 -4 8
Sutter, BrandonBrandon Sutter 50 1 5 6 -1 16
Melichar, JosefJosef Melichar 15 0 4 4 -1 8
LaCouture, DanDan LaCouture 11 2 0 2 -1 10
Ryan, MichaelMichael Ryan 18 0 2 2 -3 2
Helminen, DwightDwight Helminen 23 1 1 2 -2 0
Rodney, BryanBryan Rodney 8 0 2 2 -3 2
Brookbank, WadeWade Brookbank 27 1 0 1 0 40
Conboy, TimTim Conboy 28 0 1 1 -1 37
Dwyer, PatrickPatrick Dwyer 13 1 0 1 -2 0
Petruzalek, JakubJakub Petruzalek 2 0 1 1 +1 0
Carson, BrettBrett Carson 5 0 0 0 -3 4
Borer, CaseyCasey Borer 3 0 0 0 0 5
Boychuk, ZachZach Boychuk 2 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Staal, EricEric Staal 18 10 5 15 -3 4
Whitney, RayRay Whitney 18 3 8 11 -9 4
LaRose, ChadChad LaRose 18 4 7 11 0 16
Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen 18 7 4 11 -3 2
Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov 17 5 3 8 +2 6
Pitkanen, JoniJoni Pitkanen 18 0 8 8 0 16
Walker, ScottScott Walker 18 1 6 7 -3 19
Corvo, JoeJoe Corvo 18 2 5 7 -7 4
Cullen, MattMatt Cullen 18 3 3 6 0 14
Seidenberg, DennisDennis Seidenberg 16 1 5 6 -5 16
Cole, ErikErik Cole 18 0 5 5 -5 22
Gleason, TimTim Gleason 18 1 4 5 -2 32
Brind'Amour, RodRod Brind'Amour 18 1 3 4 -5 8
Bayda, RyanRyan Bayda 15 2 2 4 +2 18
Ruutu, TuomoTuomo Ruutu 16 1 3 4 -3 8
Eaves, PatrickPatrick Eaves 18 1 2 3 -1 13
Kaberle, FrantisekFrantisek Kaberle 7 0 1 1 +2 2
Babchuk, AntonAnton Babchuk 13 0 1 1 -5 10
Dwyer, PatrickPatrick Dwyer 2 0 1 1 +1 0
Wallin, NiclasNiclas Wallin 18 0 0 0 +1 4
Helminen, DwightDwight Helminen 1 0 0 0 0 0
Conboy, TimTim Conboy 3 0 0 0 0 9

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO
Ward, CamCam Ward 68 3928 39 23 5 160 2.44 1901 1741 .916 6
Leighton, MichaelMichael Leighton 19 1028 6 7 2 50 2.92 507 457 .901 0
Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO
Ward, CamCam Ward 18 1101 8 10 49 2.67 576 527 .915 2

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Hurricanes. Stats reflect season totals.
Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
Brandon Sutter 1st NHL Game
1st NHL Assist
1st NHL Point
October 10, 2008
Zach Boychuk 1st NHL Game October 17, 2008
Brandon Sutter 1st NHL Goal October 23, 2008
Dwight Helminen 1st NHL Game October 28, 2008
Anton Babchuk 100th NHL Game October 30, 2008
Dwight Helminen 1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point
November 2, 2008
Patrick Dwyer 1st NHL Game November 2, 2008
Brett Carson 1st NHL Game December 8, 2008
Bryan Rodney 1st NHL Game December 11, 2008
Bryan Rodney 1st NHL Assist
1st NHL Point
February 3, 2009
Jakub Petruzalek 1st NHL Game
1st NHL Assist
1st NHL Point
February 5, 2009

News

On June 14, the Hurricanes agreed to an extension of their lease at the RBC Center by five years through to 2023-24.[7]

Trades

Date
Details
February 7, 2008 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Wade Brookbank
Josef Melichar
2009 fourth round draft pick
To Carolina Hurricanes
Jussi Jokinen

Free agents

Player Former team Contract Terms
Josef Melichar Linkopings HC (SEL) 1 year/$1 million
Player New team

Claimed from waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

The 2008 NHL Entry Draft is in OttawaOntario. The Hurricanes had the 14th overall pick

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 14 Zach Boychuk (C)  Canada Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
2 45 Zac Dalpe (C/RW)  Canada Penticton Vees (BCHL)
4 105 Michal Jordan (D)  Czech Republic Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
6 165 Mike Murphy (G)  Canada Belleville Bulls (OHL)
7 195 Samuel Morneau (LW)  Canada Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

The Albany River Rats are the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 2008–09 AHL season.

ECHL

The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes ECHL affiliate.

References

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