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26/12/2007
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Tampa Bay Lightning 5 , Carolina Hurricanes 1
Shots: 23 - 22
PP: 4 of 7 (15 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:30/45=65 %
PP: 1 of 5 (15 shots), Passing:68/90=75 %, Challenges:33/48=67 %
Attendance: 10715 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 478961 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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06:11 1-0
Ryan Craig [6] (Glen Murray, Marco Sturm)PP
09:17 2-0
Michel Ouellet [10] (Tim Taylor, Shane O'Brien)
16:37 3-0
Evgeny Artyukhin [3] (Jeff Halpern, Junior Lessard)PP
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29:03 3-1
Ray Whitney [11] (Joe Corvo, Matt Cullen)PP
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41:53 4-1
Marco Sturm [9] (Ryan Craig, Glen Murray)PP
45:38 5-1
Jeff Halpern [7] (Michel Ouellet, Alex Picard)PP
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Penalty summary:
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04:28
Ray Whitney (2 min for slashing)
14:45
Jason Spence (2 min for elbowing)
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27:17
Chris Gratton (2 min for high-sticking)
29:12
Junior Lessard (2 min for hooking)
32:22
Bill Kinkel (2 min for high-sticking)
36:21
Alex Picard (2 min for tripping)
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40:39
Jeff Hamilton (2 min for hooking)
42:36
Doug Janik (2 min for slashing)
44:39
Ray Whitney (2 min for roughing)
49:23
Jason Spence (2 min for hooking)
51:21
Filip Kuba (2 min for tripping)
52:45
Jason Spence (2 min for roughing)
52:45
Alex Picard (2 min for roughing)
55:17
Jamie McBain (2 min for elbowing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Junior Lessard 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 8.00 6
L Alexei Glukhov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
R Michel Ouellet 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 14.50 7
R Glen Murray 0 2 3 3 1 2 0 0 21.20 8
C Chris Lawrence 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 5
C Ryan Craig 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 17.30 6
C Chris Gratton 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 18.40 7
C Jeff Halpern 1 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 20.20 10
R Jason Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 4
R Evgeny Artyukhin 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.40 7
L Tim Taylor 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 16.20 6
L Marco Sturm 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Doug Janik 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 7.50 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.40 7
D Filip Kuba 0 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 29.10 7
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.30 6
D Alex Picard 0 1 1 3 0 2 4 1 23.40 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 29.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Justin Williams 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.20 4
R Scott Walker 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 16.10 7
L Jason Spence 0 0 4 0 1 1 6 0 18.10 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -1 19.20 7
C Brandon Sutter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Jeff Hamilton 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 13.30 6
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 18.50 8
C Matt Cullen 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 18.40 7
L Bill Kinkel 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6.20 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 13.50 7
L Erik Cole 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.10 6
L Ray Whitney 1 0 3 1 0 0 4 -1 18.20 8
D Joe Corvo 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 26.20 7
D David Tanabe 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 21.50 7
D Bret Hedican 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 15.30 6
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 24.10 7
D Glen Wesley 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 18.30 7
D Jamie McBain 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 -1 13.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 5 0 18 0 0 60.00 4
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jeff Halpern
2nd star: Michel Ouellet
3rd star: Ryan Craig
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Michel Ouellet scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Shane O'Brien notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Junior Lessard finally ended his 20 game point drought.
-Evgeny Artyukhin ended his 8 game point drought.
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Ray Whitney scored the 700th point of his career.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 2( 23) , Lowell Lock Monsters 0( 20)
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1-0 DTV Norm Milley (Blair Jones)
2-0 DTV Norm Milley (Blair Jones)
Goalies: Morgan Cey - Michael Leighton