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December 22,2007  (Saturday) in Tampa,Florida - St. Pete Times Forum	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot CAR 1 0 3 4 TB 1 0 0 1	Shots 1 2 3 Tot CAR 13 8 16 37 TB 10 15 5 30	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season CAR 0 / 3 36 / 191 (18.8%) 129 / 169 (76.3%) TB 0 / 2 29 / 147 (19.7%) 117 / 144 (81.3%)
Start: 7:30pm Attendance: 18,765 Referees: Rob Martell, Tim Peel Officials: Jonny Murray, Tony Sericolo	Carolina Hurricanes Game #37 19-17-1 39 Pts Prev Game at FLA Next Game at NYR Tampa Bay Lightning Game #36 15-18-3 33 Pts Prev Game at TOR Next Game vs WAS Three Stars: (1) Ray Whitney  (CAR)  (2) Cam Ward (CAR)  (3) Martin St. Louis (TB)

Goals 1st Period 1. TB Martin St. Louis    [13]  [c196]   ( Brad Richards [22],  Shane O'Brien [9] ) 0:23 2. CAR Andrew Ladd    [3]  [c20]   ( Matt Cullen [28],  Brandon Nolan [1] ) 18:04 3rd Period 3. CAR Ray Whitney    [17]  [c271]   (GW)   ( Cory Stillman [20],  Frantisek Kaberle [7] ) 9:31 4. CAR Ray Whitney    [18]  [c272]   (Empty Net)   ( Scott Walker [7] ) 19:00 5. CAR Eric Staal    [17]  [c102]   (Empty Net)   ( Ray Whitney [18],  Bret Hedican [7] ) 19:57 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Cam Ward Career CAR W 60 1 30 29 15-10-2 2.69 Karri Ramo Career TB L 59 2 35 33 1-1-0 1.51

Penalties 1st Period No Penalties 2nd Period 1. TB Shane O'Brien [3] Tripping 2 5:21 2. CAR Dennis Seidenberg [1] Slashing 2 6:27 3. CAR Rod Brind'Amour [7] Hooking 2 7:22 4. TB Chris Gratton [3] Slashing 2 9:08 5. TB Shane O'Brien [1] Slashing 2 19:52

Faceoffs
Carolina Hurricanes   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Eric Staal 15 14 51.7% 317 381 45.4% Rod Brind'Amour 12 11 52.2% 522 397 56.8% Matt Cullen 6 4 60.0% 226 180 55.7% Scott Walker 0 2 .0% 4 5 44.4% Trevor Letowski 0 1 .0% 82 107 43.4%   33 32 50.8% 1183 1128 51.2%	Tampa Bay Lightning   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Brad Richards 15 12 55.6% 319 352 47.5% Vincent Lecavalier 9 14 39.1% 345 398 46.4% Andreas Karlsson 3 3 50.0% 50 52 49.0% Chris Gratton 3 1 75.0% 199 157 55.9% Mathieu Darche 2 2 50.0% 6 6 50.0% Nick Tarnasky 0 1 .0% 3 3 50.0%   32 33 49.2% 1021 1067 48.9%

Carolina Hurricanes Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Glen Wesley D 1416 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 16:55 0:00 1:10 4 Dennis Seidenberg D 205 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 3 22:50 0:52 0:41 5 Frantisek Kaberle D 448 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 16:47 0:53 0:01 6 Bret Hedican D 957 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 21:32 0:00 0:01 7 Niclas Wallin D 366 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 17:04 0:10 0:35 8 Matt Cullen C 708 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 14:15 2:36 0:00 12 Eric Staal C 282 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 24:25 1:21 0:35 13 Ray Whitney LW 881 2 1 3 3 0 5 1 1 19:50 1:13 0:00 16 Andrew Ladd LW 111 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 8 10:57 0:00 0:00 17 Rod Brind'Amour C 1144 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 23:57 2:08 0:01 19 Trevor Letowski RW 575 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7:55 0:00 1:10 24 Scott Walker RW 707 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 23:29 2:16 0:01 26 Erik Cole LW 374 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 21:04 1:21 0:01 36 Brandon Nolan C-LW 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 7:57 0:00 0:00 42 Tim Gleason D 219 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 4 17:22 0:00 1:46 51 Jeff Hamilton C 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6:53 2:27 0:00 61 Cory Stillman LW 794 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 22:54 2:08 0:01   9899 4 7 11 16 4 37 11 24

Tampa Bay Lightning Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 3 Doug Janik D 113 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 20:39 0:00 1:08 4 Vincent Lecavalier C 665 0 0 0 -3 0 5 0 0 22:57 1:46 0:09 16 Jason Ward RW 291 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 17:21 0:00 1:35 17 Jan Hlavac LW 392 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:44 0:00 0:00 19 Brad Richards C 527 0 1 1 -2 0 5 0 0 25:36 1:47 1:19 20 Vaclav Prospal C 748 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 1 24:31 1:47 0:00 21 Mathieu Darche LW 57 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 3 19:44 0:00 1:45 24 Andreas Karlsson C 227 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 2 13:55 0:00 2:01 26 Martin St. Louis RW 562 1 0 1 -2 0 8 1 0 24:08 1:46 0:09 36 Andre Roy RW 444 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4:58 0:00 0:00 38 Jay Leach D 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2:48 0:00 0:00 39 Mike Lundin D 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:23 0:01 0:59 49 Blair Jones C 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:48 0:00 0:00 54 Paul Ranger D 183 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 2 28:09 0:00 2:30 55 Shane O'Brien D 116 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 4 25:27 0:01 0:00 71 Filip Kuba D 491 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 2 27:59 0:01 2:21 74 Nick Tarnasky C 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 9:49 0:00 0:00 77 Chris Gratton C 1041 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4:20 1:46 0:00   6644 1 2 3 -17 6 30 15 27

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