Tampa Bay Lightning vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Tuesday, December 20, 2005 · RBC Center

4–6

24–30

Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–4 on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Lightning 30–24.

Eric Staal scored twice. Freddy Modin, Andrew Hutchinson, Vinny Prospal, Erik Cole, Ryan Craig, Martin St. Louis, Matt Cullen and Justin Williams also scored.

Martin Gerber made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 24 of 30.

Goals
TBL	2	2	0	4	24
CAR	3	1	2	6	30

Scoring

1st period

Freddy Modin (16)Brad Richards (26), Vinny Prospal (24)1–003:36 TBL ·
Eric Staal (23)Erik Cole (17), Cory Stillman (23)1–106:41 CAR
Andrew Hutchinson (1)Justin Williams (16), Matt Cullen (9)1–208:38 CAR ·
Vinny Prospal (15)Vincent Lecavalier (21), Rob DiMaio (8)2–208:54 TBL
Eric Staal (24)Justin Williams (17), Frantisek Kaberle (13)2–318:15 CAR

2nd period

Erik Cole (10)Cory Stillman (24), Oleg Tverdovsky (10)2–407:51 CAR
Ryan Craig (2)Evgeny Artyukhin (7), Martin St. Louis (15)3–416:27 TBL ·
Martin St. Louis (13)Brad Richards (27)4–419:53 TBL

3rd period

Matt Cullen (10)Eric Staal (23)4–503:05 CAR ·
Justin Williams (13)Rod Brind'Amour (16), Oleg Tverdovsky (11)4–612:10 CAR ·

Team stats

TBLCAR

2430

40%60%

2/63/9

1812

1219

1922

610

Penalties

2:37 into the first periodNiklas Nordgren · hooking2 min
7:39 into the first periodPavel Kubina · tripping2 min
12:07 into the first periodPaul Ranger · interference2 min
0:47 into the second periodEvgeny Artyukhin · high sticking2 min
3:09 into the second periodGlen Wesley · hooking2 min
4:51 into the second periodRob DiMaio · interference2 min
12:26 into the second periodVinny Prospal · tripping2 min
15:02 into the second periodRod Brind'Amour · hooking2 min
0:51 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
1:54 into the third periodNolan Pratt · hooking2 min
5:26 into the third periodAaron Ward · hooking2 min
10:38 into the third periodEvgeny Artyukhin · boarding2 min
15:26 into the third periodEvgeny Artyukhin · closing hand on puck2 min
17:50 into the third periodMike Commodore · hooking2 min
19:52 into the third periodAaron Ward · holding the stick2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

19Brad RichardsC	0	2	2	−1	4	1	1	0	38	24:25
20Vinny ProspalL	1	1	2	−1	5	0	0	2	56	16:00
26Martin St. LouisR	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	–	19:55
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	60	13:28
18Rob DiMaioR	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	–	16:03
33Freddy ModinL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	50	20:11
34Ryan CraigC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:42
76Evgeny ArtyukhinR	0	1	1	−1	2	3	0	6	–	11:00
11Chris DingmanL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	03:32
25Dave AndreychukL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	25	07:46
27Tim TaylorC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	33	16:26
46Darren ReidR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:38
5Darryl SydorD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	5	0	–	20:55
13Pavel KubinaD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	17:51
21Cory SarichD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	3	0	–	18:23
22Dan BoyleD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	24:30
44Nolan PrattD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	2	–	17:00
54Paul RangerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	14:11

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
1Sean BurkeG	L	30	24	6	.800	58:17
47John GrahameG		0	0	0	–	–

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

11Justin WilliamsR	1	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	–	21:32
12Eric StaalC	2	1	3	+2	4	0	1	0	50	19:44
8Matt CullenC	1	1	2	0	6	1	0	0	73	17:34
26Erik ColeL	1	1	2	+1	1	5	1	0	–	19:33
61Cory StillmanL	0	2	2	+3	2	0	0	0	–	16:38
70Oleg TverdovskyD	0	2	2	+3	1	0	2	0	–	21:35
17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	1	1	−1	1	0	4	2	59	24:38
5Frantisek KaberleD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	4	0	–	23:21
24Andrew HutchinsonD	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:35
13Ray WhitneyL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:31
14Kevyn AdamsC	0	0	0	−2	1	1	1	0	80	13:38
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	50	18:34
36Jesse BoulericeR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:42
44Niklas NordgrenL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	01:10
59Chad LaRoseR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:21
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	3	2	–	21:14
4Aaron WardD	0	0	0	−1	1	4	3	4	–	18:36
22Mike CommodoreD	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	–	18:34

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
29Martin GerberG	W	24	20	4	.833	59:57
30Cam WardG		0	0	0	–	–