🌪️ Away Hurricanes 2-3-1
5–1
Final
⚡ Home Lightning 2-3-0
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌪️ CAR 1315
⚡ TBL 0011

Hurricanes at Lightning

Hurricanes beat Lightning 5–1 at AMALIE Arena on October 16, 2006.

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2006-07 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Justin Williams
3 G, 1 A
4 shots · 20:26 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Rod Brind'Amour
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 19:14 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Cam Ward
34 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Rod Brind'Amour Go-ahead 1st · 04:28
Assists: Erik Cole, Justin Williams · beat Marc Denis
1–0
2nd period
🌪️ Justin Williams 2nd · 03:11
Assists: Eric Staal, Scott Walker · beat Marc Denis
2–0
🌪️ Eric Belanger PP 2nd · 09:08
Assists: Ray Whitney, Eric Staal · beat Marc Denis
3–0
🌪️ Justin Williams PP 2nd · 17:21
Assists: Anton Babchuk, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Marc Denis
4–0
3rd period
🌪️ Justin Williams PP 3rd · 00:37
Assists: Ray Whitney, Rod Brind'Amour · beat Johan Holmqvist
5–0
⚡ Nikita Alexeev 3rd · 17:47
Assists: Dimitri Afanasenkov, Luke Richardson · beat Cam Ward
5–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Brind'Amour · Staal · Williams 19:14
L2 Cole · Whitney · Adams 16:24
L3 Adams · Belanger · Walker 15:28
L4 Bayda · Aucoin · LaRose 8:05
D1 Wallin · Gleason 24:17
D2 Commodore · Babchuk 20:28
D3 Tanabe · Hutchinson 12:46
⚡Lightning
L1 Prospal · Richards · St. Louis 21:10
L2 Fedotenko · Craig · Lecavalier 18:14
L3 Afanasenkov · Perrin · Taylor 10:45
L4 Tarnasky · Alexeev 8:00
D1 Ranger · Boyle 22:31
D2 Kuba · Janik 18:54
D3 Sarich · Richardson 13:28
D4 Pratt 10:09

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR TBL⚡
23 Shots on goal 35
3/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
18 Hits 21
14 Blocked shots 10
11 Takeaways 11
9 Giveaways 15
13 Penalty minutes 21
CAR shooting 21.7% (5/23) TBL shooting 2.9% (1/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Marc Denis
15/19
.789 SV% · 4 GA · 40:00 TOI
Johan Holmqvist
3/4
.750 SV% · 1 GA · 20:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes: no games found in this situation this year.
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Hurricanes lead the season series 1–0
Apr 152006 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 2–3 OT Apr 142006 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 4–5 SO Mar 272006 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 Feb 92006 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 3–5 Dec 262005 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 4–5 OT
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Who won Hurricanes vs Lightning on October 16, 2006?

Hurricanes won 5–1. The final score was Hurricanes 5, Lightning 1.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Justin Williams (3), Eric Belanger, Rod Brind'Amour.

Who scored for Lightning?

Nikita Alexeev.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Marc Denis made 15 saves on 19 shots (.789 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?

Hurricanes lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeOct 14 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 5–1 AfterOct 20 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 4–5
⚡ Lightning
BeforeOct 14 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 1–4 AfterOct 19 🔔PHI @ ⚡TBL 1–4
Also on October 16
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