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Scored 117 goals, Allowed 113 goals, SRS: 0.05 (13th of 30)
Coached by Lindy Ruff (20-15-5)
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2008-09 Statistics ▪ Games
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | OL | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | Montreal Canadiens | W | SO | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Mon, Oct 13, 2008 | @ | New York Islanders | W | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | @ | New York Rangers | W | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Vancouver Canucks | W | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | W 4 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 18, 2008 | @ | Atlanta Thrashers | L | SO | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 6 | Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | Boston Bruins | W | SO | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | @ | Minnesota Wild | W | OT | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | W 2 | |
| 8 | Sat, Oct 25, 2008 | @ | Colorado Avalanche | L | SO | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 9 | Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Ottawa Senators | L | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 10 | Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Tampa Bay Lightning | L | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | L 3 | |||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 1, 2008 | Washington Capitals | W | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Mon, Nov 3, 2008 | @ | New Jersey Devils | W | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Atlanta Thrashers | L | OT | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 8, 2008 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | St. Louis Blues | W | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Columbus Blue Jackets | L | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | L | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 19 | Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Philadelphia Flyers | L | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | L 4 | |||
| 20 | Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | New York Islanders | L | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | L 5 | |||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | OL | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Boston Bruins | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 23 | Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Mon, Dec 1, 2008 | Nashville Predators | L | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | L 2 | |||
| 25 | Thu, Dec 4, 2008 | @ | Florida Panthers | L | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 6, 2008 | @ | Tampa Bay Lightning | W | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Mon, Dec 8, 2008 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Tampa Bay Lightning | W | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | W 3 | |||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Toronto Maple Leafs | L | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 30 | Sat, Dec 13, 2008 | @ | New Jersey Devils | W | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 17, 2008 | New Jersey Devils | L | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 19, 2008 | Los Angeles Kings | W | 5 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Dec 20, 2008 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | L | OT | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 34 | Mon, Dec 22, 2008 | Pittsburgh Penguins | L | OT | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 35 | Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | @ | Washington Capitals | L | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | L 3 | ||
| 36 | Sat, Dec 27, 2008 | New York Islanders | W | SO | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 37 | Tue, Dec 30, 2008 | Washington Capitals | L | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 38 | Thu, Jan 1, 2009 | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs | W | 4 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 39 | Sat, Jan 3, 2009 | @ | Boston Bruins | W | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 6, 2009 | Ottawa Senators | W | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | OL | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 9, 2009 | New York Rangers | ||||||||||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 10, 2009 | @ | Detroit Red Wings | |||||||||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 14, 2009 | @ | Chicago Blackhawks | |||||||||
| 44 | Thu, Jan 15, 2009 | @ | Dallas Stars | |||||||||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 17, 2009 | Carolina Hurricanes | ||||||||||
| 46 | Mon, Jan 19, 2009 | @ | Florida Panthers | |||||||||
| 47 | Wed, Jan 21, 2009 | @ | Tampa Bay Lightning | |||||||||
| 48 | Tue, Jan 27, 2009 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | |||||||||
| 49 | Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | @ | Calgary Flames | |||||||||
| 50 | Sat, Jan 31, 2009 | @ | Phoenix Coyotes | |||||||||
| 51 | Mon, Feb 2, 2009 | @ | Anaheim Ducks | |||||||||
| 52 | Wed, Feb 4, 2009 | Toronto Maple Leafs | ||||||||||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 6, 2009 | Montreal Canadiens | ||||||||||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 7, 2009 | @ | Ottawa Senators | |||||||||
| 55 | Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Ottawa Senators | ||||||||||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 13, 2009 | San Jose Sharks | ||||||||||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 15, 2009 | Carolina Hurricanes | ||||||||||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 17, 2009 | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs | |||||||||
| 59 | Thu, Feb 19, 2009 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | |||||||||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 21, 2009 | New York Rangers | ||||||||||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | OL | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Anaheim Ducks | ||||||||||
| 62 | Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | @ | Carolina Hurricanes | |||||||||
| 63 | Sat, Feb 28, 2009 | @ | New York Islanders | |||||||||
| 64 | Wed, Mar 4, 2009 | Montreal Canadiens | ||||||||||
| 65 | Fri, Mar 6, 2009 | Phoenix Coyotes | ||||||||||
| 66 | Sat, Mar 7, 2009 | @ | Ottawa Senators | |||||||||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 10, 2009 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | |||||||||
| 68 | Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | Florida Panthers | ||||||||||
| 69 | Sat, Mar 14, 2009 | Atlanta Thrashers | ||||||||||
| 70 | Tue, Mar 17, 2009 | @ | Ottawa Senators | |||||||||
| 71 | Fri, Mar 20, 2009 | Philadelphia Flyers | ||||||||||
| 72 | Sat, Mar 21, 2009 | @ | New York Rangers | |||||||||
| 73 | Wed, Mar 25, 2009 | Florida Panthers | ||||||||||
| 74 | Fri, Mar 27, 2009 | Toronto Maple Leafs | ||||||||||
| 75 | Sat, Mar 28, 2009 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | |||||||||
| 76 | Wed, Apr 1, 2009 | @ | Atlanta Thrashers | |||||||||
| 77 | Fri, Apr 3, 2009 | @ | Washington Capitals | |||||||||
| 78 | Sat, Apr 4, 2009 | New Jersey Devils | ||||||||||
| 79 | Mon, Apr 6, 2009 | Detroit Red Wings | ||||||||||
| 80 | Wed, Apr 8, 2009 | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs | |||||||||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | OL | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Thu, Apr 9, 2009 | @ | Carolina Hurricanes | |||||||||
| 82 | Sat, Apr 11, 2009 | Boston Bruins |