Period 1
	Car	TB	Time		Scoring Detail
	1	0	7:01		Er.Staal 29	( Ro.Brind'Amour ) (sh)
	2	0	9:40		Er.Staal 30	( Er.Cole, Tu.Ruutu )
	3	0	10:09		An.Babchuk 9	( Jo.Pitkanen )
	3	1	12:43		Ma.St. Louis 24	( St.Stamkos, Pa.Szczechura )

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Ra.Whitney	Car	6:47		Hooking
	Er.Staal	Car	14:10		Cross-checking
	An.Babchuk	Car	17:53		Slashing

	Period 2
	Car	TB	Time		Scoring Detail
	4	1	2:41		Jo.Corvo 12	( Er.Cole, Er.Staal )
	5	1	3:48		Ro.Brind'Amour 9	( Se.Samsonov, Ma.Cullen ) (pp)
	6	1	6:03		Tu.Ruutu 18	( Se.Samsonov, Jo.Corvo ) (pp)
	7	1	12:48		Er.Staal 31	( Ch.LaRose, Tu.Ruutu )
	8	1	16:45		Er.Staal 32	( Tu.Ruutu, Er.Cole )
	9	1	19:33		Tu.Ruutu 19	( Er.Staal, Er.Cole )

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Ev.Artyukhin	TB	3:11		Holding
	.Team	TB	5:42		Too many men
	Je.Halpern	TB	5:51		Hooking

	Period 3
	Car	TB	Time		Scoring Detail
	9	2	3:30		Vi.Lecavalier 28	( Ry.Malone, Va.Prospal )
	9	3	9:12		Ry.Malone 23	( Va.Prospal, Vi.Lecavalier )

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Pa.Szczechura	TB	11:06		Hooking
	Ma.Cullen	Car	14:34		Hooking
	Ti.Gleason	Car	19:51		Roughing
	Da.Koci	TB	19:51		Roughing

Shots on goal	1	2	3	---	F
Carolina Hurricanes	8	21	8	---	37
Tampa Bay Lightning	8	8	9	---	25

Power-play opportunites
	Hurricanes	2-of-5
	Lightning	0-of-4

Goaltenders:
	Hurricanes	Ca.Ward	-W (25 shots, 22 saves)	Record: 29-21-3
	Lightning	Mi.McKenna	-N (15 shots, 12 saves)	Record: 3-3-1
	Lightning	Ka.Ramo	-L (22 shots, 16 saves)	Record: 2-7-2

Penalty Shots:

Individual Stats
Carolina Hurricanes
	PM, S			PM, S
Anton Babchuk	+2, 2		Rod Brind'Amour	+1, 2
Erik Cole	+2, 1		Tim Conboy	0, 1
Joe Corvo	+3, 2		Matt Cullen	0, 1
Patrick Eaves	0, 5		Tim Gleason	+3, 0
Dwight Helminen	0, 2		Chad LaRose	+1, 3
Joni Pitkanen	0, 0		Tuomo Ruutu	+3, 4
Michael Ryan	-1, 2		Sergei Samsonov	0, 2
Dennis Seidenberg	-1, 3		Eric Staal	+4, 6
Niclas Wallin	+1, 0		Cam Ward	0, 0
Ray Whitney	+1, 1
Tampa Bay Lightning
	PM, S			PM, S
Evgeny Artyukhin	-1, 1		Ryan Craig	-1, 0
Adam Hall	-1, 1		Jeff Halpern	0, 0
Martins Karsums	-1, 1		David Koci	-2, 0
Lukas Krajicek	0, 1		Vincent Lecavalier	-1, 4
Ryan Malone	-1, 3		Mike McKenna	0, 0
Josef Melichar	-1, 2		Cory Murphy	-3, 0
Matt Pettinger	-2, 0		Vaclav Prospal	0, 2
Karri Ramo	0, 0		Matt Smaby	+1, 2
Martin St. Louis	-2, 4		Steven Stamkos	-3, 0
Paul Szczechura	0, 3		Noah Welch	-2, 1

Three stars of the game:

1. Eric Staal

2. Tuomo Ruutu

3. Erik Cole

Attendance: 15,692

Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Tim Peel

Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Brad Lazarowich