Carolina Hurricanes vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, December 16, 2006 · St. Pete Times Forum

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3–2

27–32

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 on Saturday, December 16, 2006 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Hurricanes 32–27.

Ray Whitney scored twice. Ryan Craig, Eric Staal and Martin St. Louis also scored.

Cam Ward made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Marc Denis stopped 24 of 27.

Goals
CAR	0	1	2	3	27
TBL	0	1	1	2	32

Scoring

2nd period

Ryan Craig (9)Brad Richards (15), Vinny Prospal (17)0–107:49 TBL
Ray Whitney (11)Keith Aucoin (1)1–113:05 CAR ·

3rd period

Eric Staal (17)Erik Cole (19)2–112:58 CAR
Ray Whitney (12)Justin Williams (18), Eric Belanger (7)3–118:36 CAR
Martin St. Louis (20)Eric Perrin (7), Ryan Craig (7)3–219:04 TBL ·

Team stats

CARTBL

2732

59%41%

1/41/6

128

1916

1310

1212

Penalties

5:27 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
11:31 into the first periodPaul Ranger · holding2 min
13:13 into the first periodAndrew Hutchinson · hooking2 min
18:45 into the first periodCory Stillman · tripping2 min
5:44 into the second periodAndrew Hutchinson · holding2 min
12:36 into the second periodMartin St. Louis · hooking2 min
2:21 into the third periodNikita Alexeev · hooking2 min
6:41 into the third periodMike Commodore · interference2 min
9:37 into the third periodEric Perrin · holding2 min
18:57 into the third periodErik Cole · delaying game2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

13Ray WhitneyL	2	0	2	+1	4	0	2	0	–	16:32
11Justin WilliamsR	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	21:16
12Eric StaalC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	58	21:36
25Eric BelangerC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	64	14:29
26Erik ColeL	0	1	1	+1	5	3	0	2	–	19:47
37Keith AucoinC	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	75	10:05
14Kevyn AdamsC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	01:51
19Trevor LetowskiR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	70	14:41
24Scott WalkerR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	12:00
27Craig AdamsR	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	09:53
59Chad LaRoseR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	50	08:56
61Cory StillmanL	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	2	–	19:49
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	3	0	–	18:24
6Bret HedicanD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	20:34
8Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	21:02
22Mike CommodoreD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	2	–	23:50
28Andrew HutchinsonD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	4	–	12:54
48Anton BabchukD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	2	0	–	18:51

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
30Cam WardG	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00
47John GrahameG		0	0	0	–	–

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

34Ryan CraigC	1	1	2	0	3	3	0	0	–	20:11
9Eric PerrinC	0	1	1	−1	3	1	1	2	33	22:48
19Brad RichardsC	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	28	23:45
20Vinny ProspalL	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	–	18:59
26Martin St. LouisR	1	0	1	−1	4	0	1	2	–	24:16
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	0	0	−1	4	0	1	0	43	25:36
15Nikita AlexeevR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	12:06
27Tim TaylorC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	60	12:39
29Dimitri AfanasenkovL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	10:08
36Andre RoyR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	03:15
74Nick TarnaskyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:41
3Doug JanikD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	0	–	17:20
7Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:41
21Cory SarichD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	16:16
22Dan BoyleD	0	0	0	−2	3	3	1	0	–	29:00
44Nolan PrattD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	14:30
54Paul RangerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	17:56
71Filip KubaD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	20:45

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
30Marc DenisG	L	27	24	3	.889	59:19
40Johan HolmqvistG		0	0	0	–	–