National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 6, Tampa Bay 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson
Linesmen: Thor Nelson, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 17644
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 1012
Carolina 2226
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:32 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (EV) Assists: Erik Cole , Bret Hedican
8:24 - Lightning Martin St. Louis (PP) Assists: Jussi Jokinen , Vincent Lecavalier
16:10 - Hurricanes Chad Larose (EV) Assists: Eric Staal , Trevor Letowski
Penalties
3:51 - Lightning Doug Janik (2) Slashing
 7:55 - Hurricanes Keith Aucoin (2) Tripping
 10:14 - Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
4:31 - Hurricanes Chad Larose (EV) Assists: Tuomo Ruutu , Joe Corvo
8:08 - Hurricanes Scott Walker (PP) Assists: Dennis Seidenberg , Frantisek Kaberle
Penalties
1:42 - Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu (2) Slashing
 6:46 - Lightning Andreas Karlsson (2) Hooking
 8:39 - Lightning Mike Smith (2) Roughing
 17:55 - Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu (2) Hooking
 19:57 - Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (2) Interference
 19:57 - Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
3rd Period
Scoring
2:09 - Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu (PP) Assists: Sergei Samsonov , Dennis Seidenberg
15:46 - Lightning Jeff Halpern (PP) Assists: Martin St. Louis , Vincent Lecavalier
18:21 - Hurricanes Chad Larose (EV) Assists: Erik Cole
Penalties
6:04 - Hurricanes Chad Larose (2) High sticking
 15:08 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (2) Tripping
 19:55 - Hurricanes Joe Corvo (2) High sticking
Tampa Bay Lightning
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Karri Ramo G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Smith G 0 0 0 2 0 60:00 43:14 7:12 9:34 0 0 - - - - -
Alexandre Picard D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 28 21:56 15:27 1:41 4:48 0 0 - - - - -
Doug Janik D 0 0 0 E 2 0 7 5:50 5:45 0:05 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Vincent Lecavalier C 0 2 2 -2 6 2 23 20:14 13:39 5:21 1:14 0 0 - - 12 7 63
Michel Ouellet RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 20 15:04 13:18 1:46 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Jeff Halpern C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 26 21:33 13:32 3:20 4:41 1 0 - - 3 1 75
Jason Ward RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 11 8:48 8:09 0:05 0:34 0 0 - - - - -
Mathieu Darche LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 25 20:29 12:49 2:39 5:01 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Dan Boyle D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 27 26:50 16:07 5:50 4:53 0 0 - - - - -
Andreas Karlsson C 0 0 0 E 2 0 14 11:44 8:33 0:05 3:06 0 0 - - 9 2 82
Martin St. Louis RW 1 1 2 -2 0 3 23 22:02 15:22 5:21 1:19 1 0 - - - - -
Craig MacDonald C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 21 11:02 7:52 0:00 3:10 0 0 - - 5 5 50
Matt Smaby D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 28 22:09 17:18 0:05 4:46 0 0 - - - - -
Jussi Jokinen LW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 23 18:50 15:56 2:54 0:00 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Brad Lukowich D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 10:53 10:53 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Lundin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 12:00 11:35 0:25 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Junior Lessard RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 11 6:47 6:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Filip Kuba D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 30 26:26 15:22 6:23 4:41 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Tarnasky C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 14 7:46 7:43 0:00 0:03 0 0 - - - - -
Carolina Hurricanes
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cam Ward G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 43:14 9:34 7:12 0 0 - - - - -
John Grahame G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Glen Wesley D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 13:00 9:26 0:06 3:28 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Seidenberg D 0 2 2 E 0 2 26 21:09 13:06 4:28 3:35 0 0 - - - - -
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 18 12:14 7:29 4:45 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bret Hedican D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 19 14:08 14:08 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 25 19:18 15:33 0:03 3:42 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Corvo D 0 1 1 +2 2 4 23 17:44 12:38 5:06 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 E 0 1 11 10:29 5:49 4:40 0:00 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Eric Staal C 1 1 2 +3 2 6 25 19:34 13:12 5:23 0:59 0 0 - - 7 11 39
Ray Whitney LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 18 13:30 8:14 5:16 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Samsonov LW 0 1 1 E 0 1 20 17:21 13:00 4:21 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tuomo Ruutu C 1 1 2 +1 4 2 24 20:02 15:26 4:11 0:25 1 0 - - 0 2 0
Ryan Bayda LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 17:30 14:36 0:00 2:54 0 0 - - - - -
Trevor Letowski RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 22 16:11 12:48 0:00 3:23 0 0 - - 8 12 40
Scott Walker RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 23 18:50 11:01 4:37 3:12 1 0 - - 2 2 50
Erik Cole LW 0 2 2 +2 0 3 25 20:30 12:43 4:54 2:53 0 0 - - - - -
Keith Aucoin LW 0 0 0 +1 2 3 16 11:57 11:57 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 3 7 30
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 23 17:59 14:20 0:00 3:39 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Larose RW 3 0 3 +3 2 4 17 11:22 10:44 0:00 0:38 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Tampa Bay
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mike Smith L (15-19-0) 32 26 6 .812 2 60:00
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward W (37-25-5) 25 23 2 .920 0 60:00