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Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes

RBC Center, Raleigh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at home.

Team Goals 2007-2008 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 31-42-9
at Carolina Hurricanes 6 43-33-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 0 1 2
Carolina Hurricanes 2 2 2 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 9 5 11 25
Carolina Hurricanes 15 14 3 32

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:32 Carolina Hurricanes Eric Staal (37) Erik Cole (28), Bret Hedican (15) Even strength TBL 0, CAR 1
1st 08:24 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis (25) Jussi Jokinen (25), Vincent Lecavalier (51) Power play TBL 1, CAR 1
1st 16:10 Carolina Hurricanes Chad LaRose (9) Eric Staal (44), Trevor Letowski (9) Even strength TBL 1, CAR 2
2nd 04:31 Carolina Hurricanes Chad LaRose (10) Tuomo Ruutu (22), Joe Corvo (33) Even strength TBL 1, CAR 3
2nd 08:08 Carolina Hurricanes Scott Walker (14) Dennis Seidenberg (14), Frantisek Kaberle (22) Power play TBL 1, CAR 4
3rd 02:09 Carolina Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu (10) Sergei Samsonov (22), Dennis Seidenberg (15) Power play TBL 1, CAR 5
3rd 15:46 Tampa Bay Lightning Jeff Halpern (20) Martin St. Louis (57), Vincent Lecavalier (52) Power play TBL 2, CAR 5
3rd 18:21 Carolina Hurricanes Chad LaRose (11) Erik Cole (29) Even strength TBL 2, CAR 6

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Carolina Hurricanes
Shots on goal 25 32
Power play 2 of 6 2 of 6
Penalty minutes 12 12
Hits 23 27
Blocked shots 8 13
Giveaways 4 2
Takeaways 7 7
Faceoffs won 36/57 (63.2%) 21/57 (36.8%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
4 V. Lecavalier C 0 2 2 -2 6 2 1 0 0 63.2% 20:14
7 M. Ouellet R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 15:04
10 J. Jokinen L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 0 0 60% 18:50
11 J. Halpern C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 2 0 1 75% 21:33
16 J. Ward R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 08:48
21 M. Darche L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 66.7% 20:29
24 A. Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 81.8% 11:44
26 M. St. Louis R 1 1 2 -2 0 3 0 0 1 22:02
29 C. MacDonald C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 0 50% 11:02
42 J. Lessard R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 06:47
74 N. Tarnasky L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 0 0 07:46
2 A. Picard D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 2 0 21:56
3 D. Janik D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 05:50
22 D. Boyle D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 1 0 26:50
32 M. Smaby D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 2 0 22:09
37 B. Lukowich D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 10:53
39 M. Lundin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:00
71 F. Kuba D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 26:26
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
41 M. Smith 32 26 6 .813 60:00 Loss

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player
8 M. Cullen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33.3% 10:29
12 E. Staal C 1 1 2 +3 2 6 0 0 0 38.9% 19:34
13 R. Whitney L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 13:30
14 S. Samsonov L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:21
15 T. Ruutu L 1 1 2 +1 4 2 7 0 1 20:02
18 R. Bayda L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17:30
19 T. Letowski R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 40% 16:11
24 S. Walker R 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 50% 18:50
26 E. Cole L 0 2 2 +2 0 3 5 2 0 20:30
37 K. Aucoin C 0 0 0 +1 2 3 0 0 0 30% 11:57
59 C. LaRose R 3 0 3 +3 2 4 1 0 0 11:22
2 G. Wesley D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:00
4 D. Seidenberg D 0 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 21:09
5 F. Kaberle D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 1 0 12:14
6 B. Hedican D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0 14:08
7 N. Wallin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 19:18
42 T. Gleason D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 5 2 0 17:59
77 J. Corvo D 0 1 1 +2 2 4 0 1 0 17:44
Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
30 C. Ward 25 23 2 .920 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:51 Tampa Bay Lightning Doug Janik Slashing 2
1st 07:55 Carolina Hurricanes Keith Aucoin Tripping 2
1st 10:14 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier Tripping 2
2nd 01:42 Carolina Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu Slashing 2
2nd 06:46 Tampa Bay Lightning Andreas Karlsson Hooking 2
2nd 08:39 Tampa Bay Lightning Mike Smith Roughing 2
2nd 17:55 Carolina Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu Hooking 2
2nd 19:57 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier Interference 2
2nd 19:57 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
3rd 06:04 Carolina Hurricanes Chad LaRose High sticking 2
3rd 15:08 Carolina Hurricanes Eric Staal Tripping 2
3rd 19:55 Carolina Hurricanes Joe Corvo High sticking 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
John Tortorella
Carolina Hurricanes head coach
Peter Laviolette
Referees
Bill McCreary, Brad Watson
Linesmen
Tim Nowak, Thor Nelson
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Chris Gratton, Andre Roy, Marc Denis, Jay Leach, Kyle Wanvig, Karl Stewart, Ryan Craig, Paul Ranger, Jonathan Boutin, Shane O'Brien, Blair Jones
Carolina Hurricanes scratches
Rod Brind'Amour, David Tanabe, Michael Leighton, Justin Williams, Wade Brookbank, Brandon Nolan, Tim Conboy, Joey Mormina, Jeff Hamilton, Patrick Eaves, Joe Jensen, Casey Borer

2007-2008 season series

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Carolina Hurricanes 1 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 6 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 4 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 5 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 6 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 2

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 2 at New Jersey Devils 3 Final/SO Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 6 Final Game page

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