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» Carolina Hurricanes 6 Tampa Bay Lightning 2

April 2,2008 (Wednesday)
in Raleigh,North Carolina - RBC Center

Goals/Period	1	2	3	Tot
TB	1	0	1	2
CAR	2	2	2	6

Shots	1	2	3	Tot
TB	9	5	11	25
CAR	15	14	3	32

PowerPlay	PP Game	PP Season	PK Season
TB	2 / 6	56 / 289 (19.4%)	243 / 299 (81.3%)
CAR	2 / 6	76 / 410 (18.5%)	278 / 353 (78.8%)

Start: 7:00pm
Attendance: 17,644
Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson
Officials: Tim Nowak, Thor Nelson

Tampa Bay Lightning	Game #80	31-48-1	63 Pts	Prev Game vs ATL	Next Game at WAS
Carolina Hurricanes	Game #81	43-32-6	92 Pts	Prev Game vs WAS	Next Game at FLA

Three Stars: (1) Chad LaRose (CAR) (2) Eric Staal (CAR) (3) Tuomo Ruutu (CAR)

Goals

1st Period
1.	CAR	Eric Staal [37] [c122] ( Erik Cole [28], Bret Hedican [16] )	0:32
2.	TB	Martin St. Louis [25] [c208] (Powerplay) ( Jussi Jokinen [25], Vincent Lecavalier [51] )	8:24
3.	CAR	Chad LaRose [9] [c16] ( Eric Staal [44], Trevor Letowski [9] )	16:10
2nd Period
4.	CAR	Chad LaRose [10] [c17] (GW) ( Tuomo Ruutu [22], Joe Corvo [33] )	4:31
5.	CAR	Scott Walker [14] [c141] (Powerplay) ( Dennis Seidenberg [13], Frantisek Kaberle [21] )	8:08
3rd Period
6.	CAR	Tuomo Ruutu [10] [c52] (Powerplay) ( Sergei Samsonov [22], Dennis Seidenberg [14] )	2:09
7.	TB	Jeff Halpern [20] [c115] (Powerplay) ( Martin St. Louis [54], Vincent Lecavalier [52] )	15:46
8.	CAR	Chad LaRose [11] [c18] ( Erik Cole [29] )	18:21

Goalies

Goalie	Career	Team	Decision	Min	GA	Shots	Saves	Record	sGAA
Mike Smith	Career	TB	L	60	6	32	26	15-18-0	2.62
Cam Ward	Career	CAR	W	60	2	25	23	37-24-5	2.72

Penalties

1st Period
1.	TB	Doug Janik	[2]	Slashing	2	3:51
2.	CAR	Keith Aucoin	[1]	Tripping	2	7:55
3.	TB	Vincent Lecavalier	[10]	Tripping	2	10:14
2nd Period
4.	CAR	Tuomo Ruutu	[5]	Slashing	2	1:42
5.	TB	Andreas Karlsson	[2]	Hooking	2	6:46
6.	TB	Mike Smith	[1]	Roughing	2	8:39
7.	CAR	Tuomo Ruutu	[6]	Hooking	2	17:55
8.	TB	Vincent Lecavalier	[3]	Interference	2	19:57
9.	TB	Vincent Lecavalier	[1]	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2	19:57
3rd Period
10.	CAR	Chad LaRose	[3]	High Sticking	2	6:04
11.	CAR	Eric Staal	[5]	Tripping	2	15:08
12.	CAR	Joe Corvo	[1]	High Sticking	2	19:55

Faceoffs

Tampa Bay Lightning
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Vincent Lecavalier	12	7	63.2%	798	837	48.8%
Andreas Karlsson	9	2	81.8%	175	145	54.7%
Craig MacDonald	5	5	50.0%	192	191	50.1%
Mathieu Darche	4	2	66.7%	42	39	51.9%
Jussi Jokinen	3	2	60.0%	169	154	52.3%
Jeff Halpern	3	1	75.0%	370	332	52.7%
Michel Ouellet	0	2	.0%	19	23	45.2%

	36	21	63.2%	2216	2218	50.0%

Carolina Hurricanes
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Trevor Letowski	8	12	40.0%	265	326	44.8%
Eric Staal	7	11	38.9%	756	921	45.1%
Keith Aucoin	3	7	30.0%	119	199	37.4%
Scott Walker	2	2	50.0%	18	25	41.9%
Matt Cullen	1	2	33.3%	356	282	55.8%
Tuomo Ruutu	0	2	.0%	28	37	43.1%

	21	36	36.8%	2448	2502	49.5%

Tampa Bay Lightning Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
2	Alexandre Picard	D	90	0	0	0	-3	0	0	2	3	21:56	1:41	4:48
3	Doug Janik	D	144	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5:50	0:05	0:00
4	Vincent Lecavalier	C	708	0	2	2	-2	6	2	0	1	20:14	5:21	1:14
7	Michel Ouellet	RW	184	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	15:04	1:46	0:00
10	Jussi Jokinen	LW	234	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	18:50	2:54	0:00
11	Jeff Halpern	C	595	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	2	21:33	3:20	4:41
16	Jason Ward	RW	332	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	8:48	0:05	0:34
21	Mathieu Darche	LW	99	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	20:29	2:39	5:01
22	Dan Boyle	D	520	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	2	26:50	5:50	4:53
24	Andreas Karlsson	C	261	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11:44	0:05	3:06
26	Martin St. Louis	RW	605	1	1	2	-2	0	3	0	0	22:02	5:21	1:19
29	Craig MacDonald	C-LW	222	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	11:02	0:00	3:10
32	Matt Smaby	D	12	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	3	22:09	0:05	4:46
37	Brad Lukowich	D	579	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	10:53	0:00	0:00
39	Mike Lundin	D	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:00	0:25	0:00
42	Junior Lessard	RW	25	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	6:47	0:00	0:00
71	Filip Kuba	D	528	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	26:26	6:23	4:41
74	Nick Tarnasky	C	166	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	3	7:46	0:00	0:03

			5682	2	4	6	-20	12	25	8	23

Carolina Hurricanes Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
2	Glen Wesley	D	1456	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:00	0:06	3:28
4	Dennis Seidenberg	D	224	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	21:09	4:28	3:35
5	Frantisek Kaberle	D	492	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	12:14	4:45	0:00
6	Bret Hedican	D	987	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	14:08	0:00	0:00
7	Niclas Wallin	D	405	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	19:18	0:03	3:42
8	Matt Cullen	C	729	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10:29	4:40	0:00
12	Eric Staal	C	326	1	1	2	3	2	6	0	0	19:34	5:23	0:59
13	Ray Whitney	LW	909	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	13:30	5:16	0:00
14	Sergei Samsonov	LW	656	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	17:21	4:21	0:00
15	Tuomo Ruutu	C	244	1	1	2	1	4	2	0	7	20:02	4:11	0:25
18	Ryan Bayda	LW	108	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	17:30	0:00	2:54
19	Trevor Letowski	RW	615	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	16:11	0:00	3:23
24	Scott Walker	RW	745	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	18:50	4:37	3:12
26	Erik Cole	LW	417	0	2	2	2	0	3	2	5	20:30	4:54	2:53
37	Keith Aucoin	C	52	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	11:57	0:00	0:00
42	Tim Gleason	D	261	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	17:59	0:00	3:39
59	Chad LaRose	C	186	3	0	3	3	2	4	0	1	11:22	0:00	0:38
77	Joe Corvo	D	352	0	1	1	2	2	4	1	0	17:44	5:06	0:00

			9842	6	11	17	20	12	32	13	27

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