Period 1
	Car	TB	Time		Scoring Detail
	0	1	8:20		Ma.Recchi 1	( Ma.Carle, Ju.Jokinen )
	0	2	10:27		Ja.Niskala 1	( Va.Prospal, Ja.Heward ) (pp)

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Ry.Malone	TB	0:28		Slashing
	Wa.Brookbank	Car	8:35		Roughing
	Ni.Wallin	Car	13:46		Interference
	Tu.Ruutu	Car	17:00		High-sticking
	Ja.Niskala	TB	17:17		Holding
	Vi.Lecavalier	TB	19:55		Interference

	Period 2
	Car	TB	Time		Scoring Detail
	0	3	9:01		Vi.Lecavalier 1	( Ma.St. Louis, Ja.Heward ) (pp)
	1	3	19:51		Ro.Brind'Amour 2	( Jo.Pitkanen, Ra.Whitney ) (pp)

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	An.Meszaros	TB	6:19		Tripping
	Er.Staal	Car	7:06		Slashing
	Mi.Leighton	Car	8:53		Tripping
	Ni.Wallin	Car	10:28		Slashing
	Ry.Malone	TB	11:25		Tripping
	Ry.Malone	TB	16:27		Hooking
	Ja.Heward	TB	17:25		Hooking
	Ma.Carle	TB	19:38		Holding

	Period 3
	Car	TB	Time		Scoring Detail
	2	3	1:56		Ma.Cullen 2	( Ro.Brind'Amour, Jo.Pitkanen ) (pp)
	3	3	9:56		Er.Staal 1	( De.Seidenberg, Tu.Ruutu )

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Ma.Carle	TB	0:51		Hooking
	Se.Samsonov	Car	18:00		Delay of Game

	OT
	Car	TB	Time		Scoring Detail
	4	3	4:36		Er.Staal 2	( Ra.Whitney )

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty

Shots on goal	1	2	3	OT	---	F
Carolina Hurricanes	12	9	20	5	---	46
Tampa Bay Lightning	16	9	2	2	---	29

Power-play opportunites
	Hurricanes	2-of-9
	Lightning	2-of-7

Goaltenders:
	Hurricanes	Mi.Leighton	-W (29 shots, 26 saves)	Record: 1-0-0
	Lightning	Mi.Smith	-O (46 shots, 42 saves)	Record: 0-1-1

Penalty Shots:

Individual Stats
Carolina Hurricanes
	PM, S			PM, S
Ryan Bayda	0, 2		Rod Brind'Amour	0, 5
Wade Brookbank	0, 0		Joe Corvo	+1, 2
Matt Cullen	0, 5		Patrick Eaves	-1, 0
Tim Gleason	-1, 2		Frantisek Kaberle	0, 1
Dan LaCouture	-1, 0		Chad LaRose	0, 1
Michael Leighton	0, 0		Joni Pitkanen	+1, 7
Tuomo Ruutu	+1, 7		Sergei Samsonov	+1, 3
Dennis Seidenberg	+1, 3		Eric Staal	+2, 8
Brandon Sutter	-1, 0		Niclas Wallin	0, 0
Ray Whitney	+1, 0
Tampa Bay Lightning
	PM, S			PM, S
Evgeny Artyukhin	+1, 3		Matt Carle	0, 3
Chris Gratton	0, 0		Adam Hall	0, 1
Jamie Heward	0, 0		Jussi Jokinen	0, 2
Lukas Krajicek	0, 0		Vincent Lecavalier	-1, 4
Mike Lundin	0, 2		Ryan Malone	-1, 2
Andrej Meszaros	-1, 2		Janne Niskala	-1, 3
Vaclav Prospal	0, 1		Mark Recchi	0, 1
Gary Roberts	0, 0		Mike Smith	0, 0
Martin St. Louis	-1, 1		Steven Stamkos	0, 0
Radim Vrbata	0, 4

Three stars of the game:

1. Eric Staal

2. Vincent Lecavalier

3. Mike Smith

Attendance: 18,552

Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Don Koharski

Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Andy McElman