⚡ Away Lightning 18-12-3
4–6
Final
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 21-9-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚡ TBL 2204
🌪️ CAR 3126

Lightning at Hurricanes

Hurricanes beat Lightning 6–4 at PNC Arena on December 20, 2005.

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Eric Staal
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 19:44 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Justin Williams
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · 21:32 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Matt Cullen
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 17:34 TOI

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Freddy Modin PP Go-ahead 1st · 03:36
Assists: Brad Richards, Vinny Prospal · beat Martin Gerber
1–0
🌪️ Eric Staal Tying 1st · 06:41
Assists: Erik Cole, Cory Stillman · beat Sean Burke
1–1
🌪️ Andrew Hutchinson PP Go-ahead 1st · 08:38
Assists: Justin Williams, Matt Cullen · beat Sean Burke
1–2
⚡ Vinny Prospal Tying 1st · 08:54
Assists: Vincent Lecavalier, Rob DiMaio · beat Martin Gerber
2–2
🌪️ Eric Staal Go-ahead 1st · 18:15
Assists: Justin Williams, Frantisek Kaberle · beat Sean Burke
2–3
2nd period
🌪️ Erik Cole 2nd · 07:51
Assists: Cory Stillman, Oleg Tverdovsky · beat Sean Burke
2–4
⚡ Ryan Craig PP 2nd · 16:27
Assists: Evgeny Artyukhin, Martin St. Louis · beat Martin Gerber
3–4
⚡ Martin St. Louis Tying 2nd · 19:53
Assists: Brad Richards · beat Martin Gerber
4–4
3rd period
🌪️ Matt Cullen PP Go-ahead 3rd · 03:05
Assists: Eric Staal · beat Sean Burke
4–5
🌪️ Justin Williams PP 3rd · 12:10
Assists: Rod Brind'Amour, Oleg Tverdovsky · beat Sean Burke
4–6

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Modin · Richards · St. Louis 20:11
L2 Craig · Taylor · DiMaio 16:26
L3 Prospal · Lecavalier · Artyukhin 13:28
L4 Andreychuk · Dingman · Reid 5:38
D1 Boyle · Sydor 22:42
D2 Sarich · Kubina 18:07
D3 Pratt · Ranger 15:36
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Brind'Amour · Staal · Williams 21:32
L2 Cole · Cullen · Adams 18:34
L3 Stillman · Adams · LaRose 13:38
L4 Whitney · Nordgren · Boulerice 1:10
D1 Kaberle · Tverdovsky 22:28
D2 Wesley · Ward 19:55
D3 Commodore · Hutchinson 14:04

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL CAR🌪️
24 Shots on goal 30
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 3/9
12 Hits 19
19 Blocked shots 22
6 Takeaways 10
3 Giveaways 4
18 Penalty minutes 12
TBL shooting 16.7% (4/24) CAR shooting 20.0% (6/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Sean Burke
24/30
.800 SV% · 6 GA · 58:17 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Martin Gerber
20/24
.833 SV% · 4 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–3
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 4–4
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 5-4-1 (50% win rate, 10 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 5-2 (71% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Lightning lead the season series 2–1
Nov 202005 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 5–2 Oct 52005 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 2–5 Mar 132004 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 5–1 Mar 102004 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 4–2 Jan 152004 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 4–5
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Who won Lightning vs Hurricanes on December 20, 2005?

Hurricanes won 6–4. The final score was Lightning 4, Hurricanes 6.

Who scored for Lightning?

Freddy Modin, Martin St. Louis, Ryan Craig, Vinny Prospal.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Eric Staal (2), Andrew Hutchinson, Erik Cole, Justin Williams, Matt Cullen.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Sean Burke made 24 saves on 30 shots (.800 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Martin Gerber made 20 saves on 24 shots (.833 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Hurricanes played?

At PNC Arena in Raleigh, the Hurricanes home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Hurricanes season series?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 17 🐙DET @ ⚡TBL 6–3 AfterDec 22 ⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR 2–4
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 17 😈NJD @ 🌪️CAR 1–4 AfterDec 23 🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR 3–4
Also on December 20
😈NJD 3–1 🗽NYR 🏛️OTT 3–4 🇨🇦MTL 🧥CBJ 3–4 🐙DET 🏔️COL 2–3 🐯NSH 🎵STL 5–4 🌵PHX 🦆ANA 2–4 🦈SJS
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