Carolina Hurricanes vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, October 11, 2008 · St. Pete Times Forum

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4–3

Final/OT

SOG 46–29

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Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Hurricanes outshot the Lightning 46-29.

Eric Staal scored twice. Mark Recchi, Janne Niskala, Vincent Lecavalier, Rod Brind'Amour and Matt Cullen also scored.

Michael Leighton made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 42 of 46.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CAR	0	1	2	1	4	46
TBL	2	1	0	0	3	29

Scoring

1st period

Mark Recchi (1)Matt Carle (1), Jussi Jokinen (1)0–108:20 TBL
Janne Niskala (1)Vinny Prospal (1), Jamie Heward (1)0–210:27 TBL · PPG

2nd period

Vincent Lecavalier (1)Martin St. Louis (1), Jamie Heward (2)0–309:01 TBL · PPG
Rod Brind'Amour (2)Joni Pitkanen (1), Ray Whitney (1)1–319:51 CAR · PPG

3rd period

Matt Cullen (2)Rod Brind'Amour (1), Joni Pitkanen (2)2–301:56 CAR · PPG
Eric Staal (1)Dennis Seidenberg (2), Tuomo Ruutu (1)3–309:56 CAR

OT period

Eric Staal (2)Ray Whitney (2)4–304:36 CAR

Team stats

CARTBL

46Shots on goal29

44%Faceoff %56%

2/9Power play2/7

14Penalty minutes18

16Hits20

10Blocked shots12

7Giveaways13

4Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 00:28Ryan Malone · slashing2 min
1st 08:35Wade Brookbank · roughing2 min
1st 13:46Niclas Wallin · interference2 min
1st 17:00Tuomo Ruutu · high sticking2 min
1st 17:17Janne Niskala · holding2 min
1st 19:55Vincent Lecavalier · interference2 min
2nd 06:19Andrej Meszaros · tripping2 min
2nd 07:06Eric Staal · slashing2 min
2nd 08:53Michael Leighton · tripping2 min
2nd 10:28Niclas Wallin · slashing2 min
2nd 11:25Ryan Malone · tripping2 min
2nd 16:27Ryan Malone · hooking2 min
2nd 17:25Jamie Heward · hooking2 min
2nd 19:38Matt Carle · holding2 min
3rd 00:51Matt Carle · hooking2 min
3rd 18:00Sergei Samsonov · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

12Eric StaalC	2	0	2	+2	8	0	0	2	39	23:09
13Ray WhitneyL	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	–	18:55
17Rod Brind'AmourC	1	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	54	20:23
25Joni PitkanenD	0	2	2	+1	7	3	1	0	–	27:02
8Matt CullenC	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	42	17:49
15Tuomo RuutuL	0	1	1	+1	7	2	0	2	–	20:17
4Dennis SeidenbergD	0	1	1	+1	3	3	4	0	–	21:43
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	2	–	20:15
16Brandon SutterC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	33	11:25
18Ryan BaydaL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	13:36
20Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	04:24
44Patrick EavesR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	11:14
59Chad LaRoseR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	11:15
5Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	20:54
6Tim GleasonD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	0	–	21:03
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	16:57
28Wade BrookbankD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	02:24
77Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	22:06

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cam WardG		0	0	0	–	–
49Michael LeightonG	W	29	26	3	.897	64:32

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

23Jamie HewardD	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	–	17:42
4Vincent LecavalierC	1	0	1	-1	4	3	1	2	61	21:07
8Mark RecchiR	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:11
20Vinny ProspalL	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	100	15:34
26Martin St. LouisR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	2	0	–	23:18
36Jussi JokinenL	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	37	19:21
5Matt CarleD	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	4	–	30:10
29Janne NiskalaD	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	2	–	15:17
10Gary RobertsL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:05
12Ryan MaloneL	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	6	–	20:13
17Radim VrbataR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	12:25
18Adam HallR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	60	12:18
76Evgeny ArtyukhinR	0	0	0	+1	3	3	0	0	–	09:41
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	63	12:54
91Steven StamkosC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	75	06:05
2Lukas KrajicekD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:26
14Andrej MeszarosD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	–	27:07
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	–	22:37

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37Olie KolzigG		0	0	0	–	–
41Mike SmithG	O	46	42	4	.913	64:11