🌪️ Away Hurricanes 20-13-7 before this game
3–2
Final
⚡ Home Lightning 17-16-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
CAR 2103
TBL 1102

Hurricanes at Lightning

Hurricanes beat Lightning 3–2 at AMALIE Arena on December 27, 2001.

🗓 Thu, Dec 27, 2001 · 18:30 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Sami Kapanen
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 17:58 TOI · +2
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Aaron Ward
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 19:09 TOI · +2
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Jeff O'Neill
2 A
1 shots · 17:27 TOI · +2
4rd star 🌪️ CAR
Tom Barrasso
30 saves
0.938 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Ron Francis Go-ahead 1st · 01:16
Assists: Marek Malik, Sami Kapanen · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–0
⚡ Juha Ylonen Tying 1st · 13:43
Assists: Tim Taylor · beat Tom Barrasso
1–1
🌪️ Sami Kapanen Go-ahead 1st · 16:42
Assists: Jeff O'Neill, Aaron Ward · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
2–1
2nd period
⚡ Freddy Modin Tying 2nd · 00:33
Assists: Martin St. Louis, Brad Richards · beat Tom Barrasso
2–2
🌪️ Aaron Ward Go-ahead 2nd · 19:17
Assists: Jeff O'Neill, Sandis Ozolinsh · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR TBL⚡
28 Shots on goal 32
10 Hits 19
7 Blocked shots 8
9 Takeaways 12
7 Giveaways 16
8 Penalty minutes 4
CAR shooting 10.7% (3/28) TBL shooting 6.2% (2/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Tom Barrasso
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 59:53 TOI
⚡Lightning
Nikolai Khabibulin
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 58:24 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–2
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Battaglia · Brind'Amour · Francis 19:51
L2 Cole · O'Neill · Kapanen 17:27
L3 Gelinas · Vasicek · Willis 12:52
L4 Vestlund · Daniels · Langdon 7:28
D1 Hill · Malik 21:54
D2 Wesley · Ward 19:32
D3 Tanabe · Ozolinsh 17:15
⚡Lightning
L1 Modin · Richards · St. Louis 21:19
L2 Ciger · Lecavalier · Ylonen 16:30
L3 Taylor · Keefe · Clymer 13:17
L4 Andreychuk · Prospal · Olvestad 11:29
D1 Neckar · Kubina 22:33
D2 Cullimore · Pratt 18:16
D3 Sarich · Ledyard 16:03

⚔️ Last meetings

Lightning lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 25, 2001
⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR
4–0 · Lightning won
Nov 17, 2001
🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL
0–2 · Lightning won
Mar 8, 2001
🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL
0–1 · Lightning won
Jan 29, 2001
⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR
2–5 · Hurricanes won
Jan 3, 2001
⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 · Hurricanes won

❓ CAR vs TBL, answered

Who won Hurricanes vs Lightning on December 27, 2001?

Hurricanes won 3–2.

What was the final score of Hurricanes vs Lightning?

The final score was Hurricanes 3, Lightning 2.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Aaron Ward, Ron Francis, Sami Kapanen.

Who scored for Lightning?

Freddy Modin, Juha Ylonen.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Lightning season series?

Lightning lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🌪️Hurricanes
Previous game · Dec 26
🍁TOR @ 🌪️CAR
3–4 · CAR won
Next game · Dec 30
🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH
5–5 · CAR won
⚡Lightning
Previous game · Dec 26
⚡TBL @ 🐯NSH
1–0 · TBL won
Next game · Dec 29
🐻BOS @ ⚡TBL
5–4 · BOS won
Also on December 27, 2001
🏝️NYI @ 🏛️OTT
2–5 final
🧥CBJ @ 🐙DET
1–5 final
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
1–3 final
🔥CGY @ 🐋VAN
2–4 final
🦆ANA @ 👑LAK
2–2 final
Hurricanes season page Lightning season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule