The Tampa Bay Lightning were defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes, 9 to 3, on March 7, 2009.

Final

Hurricanes

35-27-5

9

Lightning

21-32-13

3

Team

CAR

TBL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CAR

TBL

Eric Staal (SH) assisted by Rod Brind'Amour

Eric Staal (EV) assisted by Erik Cole and Tuomo Ruutu

Anton Babchuk (EV) assisted by Joni Pitkanen

Martin St. Louis (EV) assisted by Steven Stamkos and Paul Szczechura

2nd period

CAR

TBL

Joe Corvo (EV) assisted by Erik Cole and Eric Staal

Rod Brind'Amour (PP) assisted by Sergei Samsonov and Matt Cullen

Tuomo Ruutu (PP) assisted by Sergei Samsonov and Joe Corvo

Eric Staal (EV) assisted by Chad LaRose and Tuomo Ruutu

Eric Staal (EV) assisted by Tuomo Ruutu and Erik Cole

Tuomo Ruutu (EV) assisted by Eric Staal and Erik Cole

3rd period

CAR

TBL

Vincent Lecavalier (EV) assisted by Ryan Malone and Vinny Prospal

Ryan Malone (EV) assisted by Vinny Prospal and Vincent Lecavalier

Hurricanes

Lightning

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Hurricanes

Lightning

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Cam Ward (W) C. Ward	1	0	0	25	22	.880	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Anton Babchuk A. Babchuk	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		0	3	0	0	21:42
Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	50.0	7	16	43.8	0	1	0	1	18:56
Erik Cole E. Cole	0	4	4	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	0	14:50
Tim Conboy T. Conboy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	10:05
Joe Corvo J. Corvo	1	1	2	+3	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	18:34
Matt Cullen M. Cullen	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	4	11	36.4	0	3	0	0	17:21
Patrick Eaves P. Eaves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	1	1	100.0	1	2	1	1	17:17
Tim Gleason T. Gleason	0	0	0	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	2	1	2	18:08
Dwight Helminen D. Helminen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	9	11.1	0	0	1	0	10:40
Chad LaRose C. LaRose	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	0	1	1	17:07
Joni Pitkanen J. Pitkanen	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	2	0	0	22:39
Tuomo Ruutu T. Ruutu	2	3	5	+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	50.0	0	0		1	1	0	1	14:05
Michael Ryan M. Ryan	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	9:46
Sergei Samsonov S. Samsonov	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	15:06
Dennis Seidenberg D. Seidenberg	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		2	1	0	0	22:04
Eric Staal E. Staal	4	2	6	+4	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	66.7	7	16	43.8	0	0	0	0	13:55
Niclas Wallin N. Wallin	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		5	1	0	0	16:11
Ray Whitney R. Whitney	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	13:38

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike McKenna M. McKenna				15	12	.800	3	6.01	0	30
Karri Ramo (L) K. Ramo	0	1	0	22	16	.727	6	12.09	0	30

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Evgeny Artyukhin E. Artyukhin	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.0	0	0		5	0	0	0	10:47
Ryan Craig R. Craig	0	0	0	-1	0	0		7	8	87.5	1	1	0	0	11:16
Adam Hall A. Hall	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	0	0	0	0	11:17
Jeff Halpern J. Halpern	0	0	0	0	2	0		5	10	50.0	1	1	0	0	15:50
Martins Karsums M. Karsums	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	1	11:27
David Koci D. Koci	0	0	0	-2	4	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	11:59
Lukas Krajicek L. Krajicek	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	0	21:17
Vincent Lecavalier V. Lecavalier	1	1	2	-1	0	4	25.0	9	17	52.9	1	1	1	0	18:08
Ryan Malone R. Malone	1	1	2	-1	0	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	15:43
Josef Melichar J. Melichar	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	14:48
Cory Murphy C. Murphy	0	0	0	-3	0	0		0	0		1	2	0	1	22:58
Matt Pettinger M. Pettinger	0	0	0	-2	0	0		0	0		0	0	1	0	17:23
Vinny Prospal V. Prospal	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	0	0	0	1	17:46
Matt Smaby M. Smaby	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0	0	0		3	2	0	1	16:49
Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	1	0	1	-2	0	4	25.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	2	0	20:04
Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	0	1	1	-3	0	0		7	11	63.6	1	0	2	3	18:44
Paul Szczechura P. Szczechura	0	1	1	0	2	3	0.0	0	0		3	1	1	1	11:30
Noah Welch N. Welch	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	0	27:22