Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes

Tuesday, December 20, 2005, 7:00 PM ET RBC Center, Raleigh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–4 on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at home.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	Goals	2005-2006 record
Tampa Bay Lightning	4	43-33-6
at Carolina Hurricanes	6	52-22-8

Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	2	0	4
Carolina Hurricanes	3	1	2	6

Shots on goal by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	5	9	10	24
Carolina Hurricanes	12	8	10	30

Scoring summary

Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	03:36	Tampa Bay Lightning	Freddy Modin (16)	Brad Richards (26), Vinny Prospal (24)	Power play	TBL 1, CAR 0
1st	06:41	Carolina Hurricanes	Eric Staal (23)	Erik Cole (17), Cory Stillman (23)	Even strength	TBL 1, CAR 1
1st	08:38	Carolina Hurricanes	Andrew Hutchinson (1)	Justin Williams (16), Matt Cullen (9)	Power play	TBL 1, CAR 2
1st	08:54	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vinny Prospal (15)	Vincent Lecavalier (21), Rob DiMaio (8)	Even strength	TBL 2, CAR 2
1st	18:15	Carolina Hurricanes	Eric Staal (24)	Justin Williams (17), Frantisek Kaberle (13)	Even strength	TBL 2, CAR 3
2nd	07:51	Carolina Hurricanes	Erik Cole (10)	Cory Stillman (24), Oleg Tverdovsky (10)	Even strength	TBL 2, CAR 4
2nd	16:27	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ryan Craig (2)	Evgeny Artyukhin (7), Martin St. Louis (15)	Power play	TBL 3, CAR 4
2nd	19:53	Tampa Bay Lightning	Martin St. Louis (13)	Brad Richards (27)	Even strength	TBL 4, CAR 4
3rd	03:05	Carolina Hurricanes	Matt Cullen (10)	Eric Staal (23)	Power play	TBL 4, CAR 5
3rd	12:10	Carolina Hurricanes	Justin Williams (13)	Rod Brind'Amour (16), Oleg Tverdovsky (11)	Power play	TBL 4, CAR 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 4 V. Lecavalier	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	60%	13:28
Number 11 C. Dingman	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		03:32
Number 18 R. DiMaio	R	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0		16:03
Number 19 B. Richards	C	0	2	2	-1	0	4	1	1	0	37.5%	24:25
Number 20 V. Prospal	L	1	1	2	-1	2	5	0	0	0	55.6%	16:00
Number 25 D. Andreychuk	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	25%	07:46
Number 26 M. St. Louis	R	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	0		19:55
Number 27 T. Taylor	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	33.3%	16:26
Number 33 F. Modin	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	50%	20:11
Number 34 R. Craig	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1		18:42
Number 46 D. Reid	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		05:38
Number 76 E. Artyukhin	R	0	1	1	-1	6	2	3	0	0		11:00
Number 5 D. Sydor	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	5	0		20:55
Number 13 P. Kubina	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0		17:51
Number 21 C. Sarich	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	3	0		18:23
Number 22 D. Boyle	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	0		24:30
Number 44 N. Pratt	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0		17:00
Number 54 P. Ranger	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0		14:11

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 S. Burke	30	24	6	.800	58:17	Loss

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 M. Cullen	C	1	1	2	0	0	6	1	0	1	72.7%	17:34
Number 11 J. Williams	R	1	2	3	0	0	4	0	0	1		21:32
Number 12 E. Staal	C	2	1	3	+2	0	4	0	1	0	50%	19:44
Number 13 R. Whitney	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		11:31
Number 14 K. Adams	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1	0	80%	13:38
Number 17 R. Brind'Amour	C	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	4	0	58.8%	24:38
Number 26 E. Cole	L	1	1	2	+1	0	1	5	1	0		19:33
Number 27 C. Adams	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	50%	18:34
Number 36 J. Boulerice	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		00:42
Number 44 N. Nordgren	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		01:10
Number 59 C. LaRose	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		13:21
Number 61 C. Stillman	L	0	2	2	+3	0	2	0	0	0		16:38
Number 2 G. Wesley	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	3	0		21:14
Number 4 A. Ward	D	0	0	0	-1	4	1	4	3	0		18:36
Number 5 F. Kaberle	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	4	0		23:21
Number 22 M. Commodore	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	0		18:34
Number 24 A. Hutchinson	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1		09:35
Number 70 O. Tverdovsky	D	0	2	2	+3	0	1	0	2	0		21:35

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 29 M. Gerber	24	20	4	.833	59:57	Win

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:37	Carolina Hurricanes	Niklas Nordgren	Hooking	2
1st	07:39	Tampa Bay Lightning	Pavel Kubina	Tripping	2
1st	12:07	Tampa Bay Lightning	Paul Ranger	Interference	2
2nd	00:47	Tampa Bay Lightning	Evgeny Artyukhin	High sticking	2
2nd	03:09	Carolina Hurricanes	Glen Wesley	Hooking	2
2nd	04:51	Tampa Bay Lightning	Rob DiMaio	Interference	2
2nd	12:26	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vinny Prospal	Tripping	2
2nd	15:02	Carolina Hurricanes	Rod Brind'Amour	Hooking	2
3rd	00:51	Tampa Bay Lightning	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
3rd	01:54	Tampa Bay Lightning	Nolan Pratt	Hooking	2
3rd	05:26	Carolina Hurricanes	Aaron Ward	Hooking	2
3rd	10:38	Tampa Bay Lightning	Evgeny Artyukhin	Boarding	2
3rd	15:26	Tampa Bay Lightning	Evgeny Artyukhin	Closing hand on puck	2
3rd	17:50	Carolina Hurricanes	Mike Commodore	Hooking	2
3rd	19:52	Carolina Hurricanes	Aaron Ward	Holding the stick	2

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: John Tortorella
Carolina Hurricanes head coach: Peter Laviolette
Referees: Bill McCreary, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen: Derek Nansen, David Brisebois
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Jim Campbell, Norman Milley, Dimitri Afanasenkov, Martin Cibak, Timo Helbling, Ruslan Fedotenko, Brian Eklund, Doug O'Brien, Gerald Coleman, Nick Tarnasky
Carolina Hurricanes scratches: Bret Hedican, Colin Forbes, Josef Vasicek, Pavel Brendl, Mike Zigomanis, Radim Vrbata, Niclas Wallin, David Gove, Keith Aucoin, Danny Richmond, Kevin Nastiuk, Andrew Ladd

Every Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes game in the 2005-2006 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning, Wed, Oct 5, 2005
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Carolina Hurricanes 2	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes, Sun, Nov 20, 2005
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 6	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes, Tue, Dec 20, 2005
Carolina Hurricanes 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5	Final/OT	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning, Mon, Dec 26, 2005
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, Feb 9, 2006
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 2	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes, Mon, Mar 27, 2006
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 5	Final/SO	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes, Fri, Apr 14, 2006
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3	Final/OT	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat, Apr 15, 2006

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New Jersey Devils 3 at New York Rangers 1	Final	Game page: New Jersey Devils at New York Rangers, Tue, Dec 20, 2005
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Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Detroit Red Wings 4	Final/SO	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Detroit Red Wings, Tue, Dec 20, 2005
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Nashville Predators 3	Final	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Nashville Predators, Tue, Dec 20, 2005
St. Louis Blues 5 at Phoenix Coyotes 4	Final	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Phoenix Coyotes, Tue, Dec 20, 2005
Anaheim Ducks 2 at San Jose Sharks 4	Final	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at San Jose Sharks, Tue, Dec 20, 2005