Tampa Bay Lightning vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Saturday, March 3, 2012 · RBC Center
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Lightning 28-23.
Anthony Stewart scored twice and Steven Stamkos scored twice. Tim Wallace, Jussi Jokinen and Teddy Purcell also scored.
Mathieu Garon made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Cam Ward stopped 19 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tim Wallace (1)Ryan Shannon (1)1–005:58 TBL
2nd period
Anthony Stewart (1)Eric Staal (1), Jaroslav Spacek (1)1–105:23 CAR
Jussi Jokinen (1)Unassisted1–215:02 CAR- Anthony Stewart (2)Eric Staal (2), Jiri Tlusty (1)1–316:18 CAR
Steven Stamkos (1)Unassisted2–318:00 TBL
3rd period
Teddy Purcell (1)Martin St. Louis (1), Ryan Malone (1)3–307:24 TBL · PPG
OT period
- Steven Stamkos (2)Teddy Purcell (1)4–302:41 TBL · PPG
Team stats
TBLCAR
23Shots on goal28
43%Faceoff %57%
2/4Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes8
15Hits27
13Blocked shots15
1Giveaways8
9Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 19:06
Ryan Malone · hooking2 min - 2nd 01:01Mike Commodore · tripping2 min
- 3rd 03:15
Jiri Tlusty · tripping2 min - 3rd 05:28Eric Staal · slashing2 min
- 3rd 05:28Chad LaRose · hooking2 min
- OT 01:05Brandon Sutter · roughing2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 16Teddy PurcellR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 23:34 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25:15 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:50 |
| 20Tim WallaceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 06:50 |
| 22Ryan ShannonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:46 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 27:56 |
| 11Tom PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 14Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:09 |
| 34JT WymanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:07 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 2Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 27:25 |
| 3Keith AulieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:54 |
| 7Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:48 |
| 15Brian LeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 23Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 27Bruno GervaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 29Brendan MikkelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Mathieu GaronG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 62:27 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 24:29 |
| 13Anthony StewartR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 12:01 |
| 19Jiri TlustyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:26 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 8Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 11Zach BoychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:38 |
| 14Andreas NodlR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 16Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:18 |
| 21Drayson BowmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:03 |
| 37Tim BrentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:54 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:40 |
| 59Chad LaRoseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 4Jamie McBainD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:32 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:15 |
| 27Derek JoslinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:15 |
| 28Justin FaulkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:53 |
| 44Jay HarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cam WardG | O | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 62:41 |
| 33Brian BoucherG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |