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26/12/2008
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Tampa Bay Lightning 4 , Carolina Hurricanes 4
Shots: 29 - 30
PP: 0 of 1 (3 shots), Passing:66/86=76 %, Challenges:27/47=56 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:79/94=84 %, Challenges:31/61=50 %
Attendance: 10879 of 19758 (St. Pete Times Forum)
Ticket income: 541774 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:51 0-1
Rod Brind'Amour [9] (Tim Gleason)SH
11:59 1-1
Martin St. Louis [14] (Filip Kuba)
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27:07 1-2
Rod Brind'Amour [10] (Michael Ryder)
30:02 1-3
Rod Brind'Amour [11] (Tuomo Ruutu, Michael Ryder)
31:49 2-3
Matt Carle [2] (Shane O'Brien, Jeff Halpern)
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41:28 3-3
Vaclav Prospal [9] (Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis)
44:05 4-3
Chris Gratton [2] (Ty Wishart, Shane O'Brien)
47:22 4-4
Scott Walker [13] (Joe Corvo, Ray Whitney)
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Penalty summary:
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09:44
Antoine Vermette (2 min for cross-checking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Hall 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.00 5
R Mark Recchi 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.10 5
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 17.30 7
R Martin St. Louis 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 19.30 8
C Ryan Craig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.10 6
C Chris Gratton 1 0 3 4 2 7 0 1 17.10 9
C Jeff Halpern 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 19.30 7
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 -1 13.00 6
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 1 17.20 7
L Gary Roberts 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16.10 6
L Vaclav Prospal 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.40 7
D Ty Wishart 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 20.00 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 2 1 2 1 3 0 0 17.30 8
D Paul Ranger 0 0 2 6 3 8 0 -1 25.50 8
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 20.00 5
D Matt Carle 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 19.20 8
D Filip Kuba 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 -1 27.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 4 0 26 0 0 65.00 6
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wade Brookbank 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 7.10 6
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 16.40 6
R Scott Walker 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 -1 16.40 8
R Michael Ryder 0 2 4 2 4 0 0 2 22.40 7
C Brad Marchand 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 7.10 5
C Matt Cullen 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 16.40 5
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 -1 18.50 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 3 0 7 1 0 0 0 2 22.30 10
L Chad LaRose 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 7.10 4
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 18.00 6
L Ray Whitney 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 -1 16.50 6
L Tuomo Ruutu 0 1 3 6 7 6 0 2 23.00 9
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 19.10 6
D Anton Babchuk 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 18.30 5
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 27.40 7
D Tim Gleason 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 21.10 7
D Joe Corvo 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 16.20 6
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 27.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 4 0 25 0 0 65.00 6
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Rod Brind'Amour
2nd star: Martin St. Louis
3rd star: Scott Walker
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Jeff Halpern notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Shane O'Brien notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Chris Gratton finally ended his 30 game goal drought.
-Chris Gratton finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Ty Wishart ended his 9 game point drought.
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Rod Brind'Amour scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Michael Ryder notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Tuomo Ruutu had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 3( 15) , Albany River Rats 2( 15)
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0-1 ALB Brendan Bell (Pat Dwyer, Drayson Bowman)
0-2 ALB Nicolas Blanchard (Drayson Bowman)
1-2 NOR Nick Tarnasky (Andrew Hutchinson)
2-2 NOR Wyatt Smith (Dmitri Levinsky)
3-2 NOR Michel Ouellet (Chris Lawrence, Janne Niskala)
Goalies: Karri Rämö - Justin Peters