National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Carolina 4, Tampa Bay 1
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, December 22, 2007
Where: Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
Referees: Rob Martell, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 18765
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 1034
Tampa Bay 1001
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:23 - Lightning Martin St. Louis (EV) Assists: Brad Richards , Shane O'Brien
18:04 - Hurricanes Andrew Ladd (EV) Assists: Matt Cullen , Brandon Nolan
Penalties
None.
2nd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
5:21 - Lightning Shane O'Brien (2) Tripping
 6:27 - Hurricanes Dennis Seidenberg (2) Slashing
 7:22 - Hurricanes Rod Brind'Amour (2) Hooking
 9:08 - Lightning Chris Gratton (2) Slashing
 19:52 - Lightning Shane O'Brien (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
9:31 - Hurricanes Ray Whitney (EV) Assists: Cory Stillman , Frantisek Kaberle
19:00 - Hurricanes Ray Whitney (EV) (EN) Assists: Scott Walker , Dennis Seidenberg
19:57 - Hurricanes Eric Staal (EV) (EN) Assists: Ray Whitney , Bret Hedican
Penalties
None.
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 59:54 54:38 3:29 1:47 0 0 - - - - -
John Grahame G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brandon Nolan LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 13 7:57 7:57 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Glen Wesley D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 16:55 15:45 0:00 1:10 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Seidenberg D 0 1 1 +3 2 2 28 22:50 21:17 0:52 0:41 0 0 - - - - -
Frantisek Kaberle D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 25 16:47 15:53 0:53 0:01 0 0 - - - - -
Bret Hedican D 0 1 1 +3 0 1 25 21:32 21:31 0:00 0:01 0 0 - - - - -
Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 25 17:04 16:19 0:10 0:35 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 1 1 +1 0 4 20 14:15 11:39 2:36 0:00 0 0 - - 6 4 60
Eric Staal C 1 0 1 +1 0 7 31 24:25 22:29 1:21 0:35 0 0 - - 15 14 52
Ray Whitney LW 2 1 3 +3 0 5 28 19:50 18:37 1:13 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Ladd LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 19 10:57 10:57 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rod Brind'Amour C 0 0 0 +1 2 2 28 23:57 21:48 2:08 0:01 0 0 - - 12 11 52
Trevor Letowski RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 7:55 6:45 0:00 1:10 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Scott Walker RW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 26 23:29 21:12 2:16 0:01 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Erik Cole LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 27 21:04 19:42 1:21 0:01 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 17:22 15:36 0:00 1:46 0 0 - - - - -
Jeffrey Hamilton C 0 0 0 E 0 0 8 6:53 4:26 2:27 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Cory Stillman LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 27 22:54 20:45 2:08 0:01 0 0 - - - - -
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 59:07 53:51 1:47 3:29 0 0 - - - - -
Johan Holmqvist G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Doug Janik D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 20:39 19:31 0:00 1:08 0 0 - - - - -
Vincent Lecavalier C 0 0 0 -3 0 5 24 22:57 21:02 1:46 0:09 0 0 - - 9 14 39
Jason Ward RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 17:21 15:46 0:00 1:35 0 0 - - - - -
Jan Hlavac LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 12:44 12:44 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brad Richards C 0 1 1 -2 0 5 25 25:36 22:30 1:47 1:19 0 0 - - 15 12 56
Vinny Prospal LW 0 0 0 -3 0 3 23 24:31 22:44 1:47 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mathieu Darche LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 22 19:44 17:59 0:00 1:45 0 0 - - 2 2 50
Andreas Karlsson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 13:55 11:54 0:00 2:01 0 0 - - 3 3 50
Martin St. Louis RW 1 0 1 -2 0 8 24 24:08 22:13 1:46 0:09 0 0 - - - - -
Andre Roy RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 8 4:58 4:58 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Lundin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 10:23 9:23 0:01 0:59 0 0 - - - - -
Jay Leach D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 2:48 2:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Blair Jones C 0 0 0 E 0 0 2 0:48 0:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Ranger D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 34 28:09 25:39 0:00 2:30 0 0 - - - - -
Shane O'Brien D 0 1 1 E 4 1 35 25:27 25:26 0:01 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Filip Kuba D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 32 27:59 25:37 0:01 2:21 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Tarnasky C 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 9:49 9:49 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Chris Gratton C 0 0 0 E 2 0 7 4:20 2:34 1:46 0:00 0 0 - - 3 1 75
Goaltending
Carolina
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cam Ward W (37-25-5) 30 29 1 .967 0 59:54
Tampa Bay
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Karri Ramo L (7-11-3) 35 33 2 .943 0 59:07