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26/2/2008
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Tampa Bay Lightning 7 , Carolina Hurricanes 3
Shots: 27 - 25
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:56/69=81 %, Challenges:48/64=73 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:69/86=80 %, Challenges:23/43=52 %
Attendance: 19500 of 19500 (St. Pete Times Forum)
Ticket income: 583050 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:17 1-0
Vincent Lecavalier [22] (Tim Taylor, Jason Williams)
14:07 2-0
Scott Gomez [18] (Michel Ouellet, Jarret Stoll)PP
15:27 2-1
Ryan Bayda [1] (Rod Brind'Amour, Jeff Hamilton)
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29:26 2-2
Jeff Hamilton [5] (Curtis Murphy, Ryan Bayda)
30:58 2-3
Kevin Bieksa [7] (Ray Whitney, Eric Staal)
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41:25 3-3
Vincent Lecavalier [23] (Scott Gomez, Bryan McCabe)
45:01 4-3
Jason Blake [19] (Joni Pitkänen, Brad Lukowich)
50:29 5-3
Scott Gomez [19] (Dustin Boyd, Shane O'Brien)
52:08 6-3
Jason Blake [20] (Bryan McCabe, Doug Janik)
53:58 7-3
Vincent Lecavalier [24] (Jason Blake, Scott Gomez)
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Penalty summary:
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12:55
Kyle Chipchura (2 min for slashing)
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48:19
Ryan Bayda (2 min for hooking)
55:21
Ryan Bayda (2 min for hooking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Williams 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.00 6
R Michel Ouellet 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 -1 19.30 7
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 13.30 6
R Jason Blake 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 5 18.00 10
C Tim Taylor 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
C Dustin Boyd 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 16.00 7
C Jarret Stoll 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 -1 18.00 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 3 0 5 2 1 0 0 4 20.20 10
L Gary Roberts 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 5
C Chris Gratton 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 15.00 5
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 15.00 6
C Scott Gomez 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 17.40 10
D Doug Janik 0 1 1 6 2 6 0 -1 18.20 8
D Shane O'Brien 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 14.50 6
D Bryan McCabe 0 2 2 4 0 3 0 4 26.50 10
D Brad Lukowich 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 -1 15.50 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 19.50 6
D Joni Pitkänen 0 1 1 6 1 3 0 5 24.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 3 0 22 0 0 60.00 6
G Johan Holmqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Ryan Bayda 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 7.40 8
R Scott Walker 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 -1 17.00 6
R Justin Williams 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 15.10 6
R Alex Kovalev 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -2 20.10 5
C Kyle Chipchura 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 6.40 6
C Chris Higgins 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 -1 16.00 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 20.30 6
C Eric Staal 0 1 3 6 2 3 0 -2 16.50 9
C Jeff Hamilton 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 7.40 6
L Matt Cullen 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 14.50 6
R Cory Stillman 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 -2 15.10 5
L Ray Whitney 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -2 16.50 7
D Glen Wesley 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 21.30 8
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.30 6
D Kevin Bieksa 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 -1 25.30 6
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 19.40 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -3 17.20 5
D Curtis Murphy 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -1 19.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 7 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vincent Lecavalier
2nd star: Scott Gomez
3rd star: Jason Blake
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Joni Pitkänen notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jason Blake scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Scott Gomez notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Jason Williams finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Ryan Bayda finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Jeff Hamilton ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Kevin Bieksa ended his 9 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 5( 33) , Albany River Rats 3( 13)
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0-1
Jason Spence (Brad Parsons, Anton Babchuk)
0-2
Mike Angelidis (David Gove)
1-2
Andy Rogers (Nick Tarnasky)
2-2
Alexei Ivanov (Dan Jancevski)
3-2
Nick Tarnasky (Jason Ward, Andy Rogers)
3-3
Jeff Szwez (Brad Zancanaro)
4-3
Nick Tarnasky (Jason Ward)
5-3
Nick Tarnasky (Vladimir Mihalik)
Goalies: Jonathan Boutin - Michael Leighton