🌪️ Away Hurricanes 15-14-4
3–2
Final
⚡ Home Lightning 14-16-2
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🌪️ CAR 0123
⚡ TBL 0112

Hurricanes at Lightning

Hurricanes beat Lightning 3–2 at AMALIE Arena on December 16, 2006.

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2006-07 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 3–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Ray Whitney
2 G
4 shots · 16:32 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Ryan Craig
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 20:11 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Cam Ward
30 saves
0.938 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
⚡ Ryan Craig Go-ahead 2nd · 07:49
Assists: Brad Richards, Vinny Prospal · beat Cam Ward
0–1
🌪️ Ray Whitney PP Tying 2nd · 13:05
Assists: Keith Aucoin · beat Marc Denis
1–1
3rd period
🌪️ Eric Staal Go-ahead 3rd · 12:58
Assists: Erik Cole · beat Marc Denis
2–1
🌪️ Ray Whitney 3rd · 18:36
Assists: Justin Williams, Eric Belanger · beat Marc Denis
3–1
⚡ Martin St. Louis PP 3rd · 19:04
Assists: Eric Perrin, Ryan Craig · beat Cam Ward
3–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Stillman · Staal · Williams 21:16
L2 Cole · Whitney · Letowski 16:32
L3 Belanger · Aucoin · Walker 12:00
L4 Adams · Adams · LaRose 8:56
D1 Commodore · Gleason 22:26
D2 Hedican · Babchuk 19:42
D3 Wesley · Hutchinson 15:39
⚡Lightning
L1 Lecavalier · Richards · St. Louis 24:16
L2 Prospal · Perrin · Craig 20:11
L3 Afanasenkov · Taylor · Alexeev 12:06
L4 Tarnasky · Roy 3:28
D1 Boyle · Kuba 24:52
D2 Ranger · Janik 17:38
D3 Sarich · Pratt 15:23
D4 Richardson 0:41

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR TBL⚡
27 Shots on goal 32
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
19 Hits 16
13 Blocked shots 10
7 Takeaways 5
12 Giveaways 12
12 Penalty minutes 8
CAR shooting 11.1% (3/27) TBL shooting 6.2% (2/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Marc Denis
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 59:19 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 2-6-3 (18% win rate, 11 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 3-3-2 (38% win rate, 8 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 3-3-2 (38% win rate, 8 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 1-3-1 (20% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Hurricanes lead the season series 3–1
Oct 282006 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 4–6 Oct 262006 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 1–5 Oct 162006 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 5–1 Apr 152006 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 2–3 OT Apr 142006 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 4–5 SO
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Who won Hurricanes vs Lightning on December 16, 2006?

Hurricanes won 3–2. The final score was Hurricanes 3, Lightning 2.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Ray Whitney (2), Eric Staal.

Who scored for Lightning?

Martin St. Louis, Ryan Craig.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Marc Denis made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 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 3–1 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeDec 15 🍁TOR @ 🌪️CAR 4–3 AfterDec 19 🌪️CAR @ 🔔PHI 2–1
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 14 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–4 AfterDec 19 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 5–4
Also on December 16
🐙DET 2–1 😈NJD ⭐DAL 4–3 👑LAK 🐆FLA 6–3 🐻BOS 🏛️OTT 3–1 ⚔️BUF 🗽NYR 2–9 🍁TOR 🐧PIT 3–6 🇨🇦MTL 🐦ATL 0–6 🏝️NYI 🔔PHI 1–4 🦅WSH
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