Schedule and 2008-09 Results
Regular Season Records: New Jersey 51-27-4=106pts, Carolina 45-30-7=97pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 15 April: Carolina loses at New Jersey, 4-goals-1
Game 2 on Friday, 17 April: Carolina wins at New Jersey, 2-goals-1 (OT)
Game 3 on Sunday, 19 April: New Jersey wins at Carolina, 3-goals-2 (OT)
Game 4 on Tuesday, 21 April: New Jersey loses at Carolina, 4-goals-3
Game 5 on Thursday, 23 April: Carolina loses at New Jersey, 1-goal-nil
Game 6 on Sunday, 26 April: New Jersey loses at Carolina, 4-goals-nil
Game 7 on Tuesday, 28 April: Carolina wins at New Jersey, 4-goals-3

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: With a tying and winning goal in the last eighty seconds of regulation play in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1058 Game 7, the visiting Carolina Hurricanes defeated the host New Jersey Devils in that Game 7 for a 4-games-3 series 1058 victory. The series 1058 win improves the Carolina best-of-7 NHL series record to 8-3 overall and 3-2 in the Preliminary round, and thus lengthens their series-winning streak to five. The series 1058 loss drops the New Jersey best-of-7 NHL series record to 22-16 overall and 9-10 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Carolina Hurricanes in series 1058 was LWLWLWW: Series 1058 thus becomes the second NHL Preliminary-round series, the ninth NHL series (all rounds), and the 17th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow this win order to completion. Never before in an NHL Game 7 had a road team trailed so late and won: In series 631 Game 7 in the 1993 NHL Preliminary round, the host Detroit Red Wings held a late one-goal lead before the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs tied the game with 2:43 left in regulation and won it at 2:35 into overtime; by contrast, Carolina tied New Jersey with only 1:20 left in regulation (before winning the game on the first-ever game-winning goal in the last minute of regulation in a Game 7). The latest into an NHL Game 7 that a team trailed but won was 18:45 into the third period of series 357 Game 7 in the 1979 NHL Semifinals - the host Montreal Canadiens then tied the visiting Boston Bruins one second later, with 1:14 left in regulation, and won the game at 9:33 into overtime; the 2009 Carolina Hurricanes missed tying this mark by a mere six seconds. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff series from 1939 through the 2008 Finals, road teams trailing by one goal with 1:21 left in regulation had an 18-471 (.037) game record.