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9/1/2009
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Carolina Hurricanes 3 , Tampa Bay Lightning 5
Shots: 26 - 30
PP: 0 of 2 (9 shots), Passing:52/61=85 %, Challenges:41/54=74 %
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:69/82=84 %, Challenges:54/61=87 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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09:56 0-1
Michal Handzus [4] (Kyle Wanvig, Jason Arnott)
11:29 1-1
Ray Whitney [17] (Matt Cullen)
17:41 2-1
Tuomo Ruutu [15] (Rod Brind'Amour, Brent Burns)
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24:19 2-2
Martin St. Louis [26] (Patrick Marleau, Ryan Whitney)
26:02 3-2
Rod Brind'Amour [19] (Tuomo Ruutu, Scott Walker)
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41:28 3-3
Paul Ranger [3] (Martin St. Louis, Ryan Whitney)
46:11 3-4
Martin St. Louis [27] (Ryan Malone, Ty Wishart)PP
58:32 3-5
Martin St. Louis [28] (Paul Ranger, Jiri Fischer) EN
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Penalty summary:
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18:04
Erik Cole (2 min for roughing)
18:04
Frantisek Kaberle (2 min for roughing)
18:46
Gilbert Brulé (2 min for holding the stick)
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34:31
Joni Pitkänen (2 min for hooking)
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45:26
Ryan Bayda (2 min for high-sticking)
50:23
Kyle Calder (2 min for high-sticking)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Scott Walker 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 6.10 7
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 14.40 6
R Justin Williams 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -3 19.30 8
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 2 19.40 8
C Zach Boychuk 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
C Drayson Bowman 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.50 6
C Matt Cullen 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 -2 18.30 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 1 6 1 1 0 0 1 20.40 9
L Ryan Bayda 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5.10 5
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 16.40 4
L Sergei Samsonov 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -2 15.40 4
L Ray Whitney 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.40 7
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 14.10 5
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -3 16.00 4
D Brent Burns 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 27.10 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.10 7
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 3 5 3 0 0 -3 20.50 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 2 25.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 5 0 25 0 0 59.20 5
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Kyle Calder 0 0 2 4 1 2 2 0 8.50 8
C Michal Handzus 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 15.40 9
L Ryan Malone 0 1 3 6 0 0 0 -2 19.00 9
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 19.20 8
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 5
C Jason Arnott 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 13.40 8
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 -1 15.10 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 19.50 8
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 8.30 6
R Kyle Wanvig 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 13.30 7
L Erik Cole 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -2 13.10 7
R Martin St. Louis 3 1 7 1 1 0 0 2 20.40 10
D Ty Wishart 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 18.40 8
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 15.20 6
D Ryan Whitney 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 28.50 9
D Jiri Fischer 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.50 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 17.40 5
D Paul Ranger 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 24.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin St. Louis
2nd star: Ryan Whitney
3rd star: Paul Ranger
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Tuomo Ruutu scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Matt Cullen had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Ryan Malone has marked a new career high in assists with 23 assists.
-Ryan Malone has marked a new career high in points with 45 points.
-Michal Handzus ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Ryan Malone had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Paul Ranger finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Lowell Lock Monsters 5( 37) , Detroit Vipers 1( 11)
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1-0 LOW Harrison Reed (Nicolas Blanchard)
2-0 LOW Bobby Hughes
2-1 DTV Radim Vrbata (Mike Lundin)
3-1 LOW Bret Hedican (Bobby Hughes)
4-1 LOW Jason Spence (David Gove)
5-1 LOW Steve Saviano
Goalies: Michael Leighton - Riku Helenius