Tampa Bay Lightning 5 , Carolina Hurricanes 3
Shots: 26 - 33
PP: 1 of 7 (18 shots), Passing:50/63=79 %, Challenges:31/33=91 %
PP: 1 of 10 (18 shots), Passing:68/92=73 %, Challenges:46/49=92 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (St. Pete Times Forum)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: No
10:48 0-1
Frantisek Kaberle [2] (Tuomo Ruutu, Eric Staal)
14:06 1-1
Chris Gratton [3] (Paul Ranger)
17:24 1-2
Ray Whitney [13] (Justin Williams, Matt Cullen)PP
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32:47 2-2
Vincent Lecavalier [12] (Martin St. Louis, Jussi Jokinen)PP
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40:21 3-2
Vincent Lecavalier [13] (Vaclav Prospal, Filip Kuba)
46:07 3-3
Justin Williams [13] (Tuomo Ruutu, Eric Staal)
49:13 4-3
Vaclav Prospal [8] (Vincent Lecavalier)
50:17 5-3
Jeff Halpern [4] (Vincent Lecavalier, Vaclav Prospal)
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Penalty summary:
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00:05
Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for elbowing)
03:29
Jussi Jokinen (2 min for slashing)
05:37
Justin Williams (2 min for hooking)
11:38
Ray Whitney (2 min for tripping)
16:05
Steve Bernier (2 min for roughing)
18:05
Ryan Craig (2 min for hooking)
19:52
Paul Ranger (2 min for roughing)
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22:24
Chris Gratton (2 min for high-sticking)
26:29
Chad LaRose (2 min for hooking)
30:58
Chris Gratton (5 min for fighting)
30:58
Wade Brookbank (5 min for fighting)
31:01
Justin Williams (2 min for hooking)
34:13
Evgeny Artyukhin (2 min for hooking)
34:24
Jeff Halpern (2 min for tripping)
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41:58
Tim Gleason (5 min for fighting)
41:58
Shane O'Brien (5 min for fighting)
42:16
Ray Whitney (2 min for tripping)
46:17
Eric Staal (2 min for tripping)
50:47
Chris Gratton (2 min for boarding)
56:17
Vincent Lecavalier (2 min for hooking)
59:33
Steve Bernier (2 min for high-sticking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Recchi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 5
R Steve Bernier 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 -1 11.40 5
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
R Martin St. Louis 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 17.10 7
C Chris Gratton 1 0 3 0 2 0 9 1 15.00 7
C Ryan Craig 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -1 14.50 6
C Jeff Halpern 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 13.40 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 2 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 17.20 9
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 13.30 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 -1 21.00 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
L Vaclav Prospal 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 13.10 8
D Mark Barberio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 20.00 8
D Matt Carle 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 26.40 8
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 14.40 7
D Paul Ranger 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 18.30 8
D Filip Kuba 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 26.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 30 0 0 60.00 9
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wade Brookbank 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 -1 5.10 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 10.00 5
R Scott Walker 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.50 6
R Justin Williams 1 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 20.50 8
C Joe Jensen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 5.30 6
C Matt Cullen 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 -1 12.30 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 5
C Eric Staal 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 20.40 7
L Chad LaRose 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 5.30 5
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.30 6
L Ray Whitney 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 15.40 8
L Tuomo Ruutu 0 2 3 4 0 0 2 0 12.10 9
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 23.30 7
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.40 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 21.50 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 19.00 6
D Joe Corvo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 -1 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 5 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vincent Lecavalier
2nd star: Vaclav Prospal
3rd star: Justin Williams
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Paul Ranger notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Vaclav Prospal notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Chris Gratton finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Frantisek Kaberle finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Joe Corvo had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Wade Brookbank beat Chris Gratton in a fight.
-Shane O'Brien beat Tim Gleason in a fight.
Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 2( 32) , Albany River Rats 1( 19)
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1-0 NOR Justin Keller (Steven Stamkos)
1-1 ALB Erik Caladi (Brett Carson)
2-1 NOR Brandon Bochenski (Steven Stamkos)
Goalies: Karri Rämö - Justin Peters