Tampa Bay Lightning vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, March 1, 2008 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Lightning 33-23.
Sergei Samsonov scored twice. Jeff Halpern, Eric Staal, Joe Corvo and Tuomo Ruutu also scored.
Cam Ward made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Halpern (12)Michel Ouellet (15), Mathieu Darche (9)1–007:04 TBL
Eric Staal (31)Tuomo Ruutu (17), Tim Gleason (12)1–110:43 CAR
2nd period
Joe Corvo (8)Sergei Samsonov (14), Eric Staal (29)1–201:02 CAR
Sergei Samsonov (10)Frantisek Kaberle (15), Scott Walker (15)1–310:01 CAR · PPG
3rd period
- Sergei Samsonov (11)Patrick Eaves (8), Matt Cullen (33)1–404:02 CAR
Tuomo Ruutu (7)Eric Staal (30), Erik Cole (24)1–506:00 CAR
Team stats
TBLCAR
23Shots on goal33
53%Faceoff %47%
0/1Power play1/6
14Penalty minutes4
14Hits15
21Blocked shots10
2Giveaways1
3Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 18:59
Mike Lundin · tripping2 min - 2nd 07:34Shane O'Brien · hooking2 min
- 2nd 09:47Mike Smith · tripping2 min
- 2nd 10:38
Trevor Letowski · slashing2 min - 2nd 10:38Jeff Halpern · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:46Paul Ranger · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:32Dan Boyle · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:16Jason Ward · hooking2 min
- 3rd 11:38Cam Ward · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 7Michel OuelletR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:43 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:34 |
| 21Mathieu DarcheL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:38 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 18:37 |
| 10Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 16Jason WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:25 |
| 24Andreas KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 29Craig MacDonaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 36Andre RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:24 |
| 42Junior LessardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:31 |
| 74Nick TarnaskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:21 |
| 2Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:51 |
| 3Doug JanikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:58 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 26:13 |
| 39Mike LundinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:43 |
| 54Paul RangerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 25:36 |
| 55Shane O'BrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Karri RamoG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 41Mike SmithG | L | 33 | 28 | 5 | .849 | 60:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 6 | 20:39 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 17:58 |
| 15Tuomo RuutuL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:25 |
| 8Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:10 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:56 |
| 26Erik ColeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 21:29 |
| 44Patrick EavesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:24 |
| 5Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 42Tim GleasonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:43 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 22:01 |
| 18Ryan BaydaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:20 |
| 19Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:43 |
| 37Keith AucoinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:11 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:30 |
| 6Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:23 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:47 |
| 28Wade BrookbankD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:00 |
| 38Tim ConboyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | W | 23 | 22 | 1 | .957 | 59:55 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |