⚡ Away Lightning 26-31-7
1–5
Final
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 33-29-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚡ TBL 1001
🌪️ CAR 1225

Lightning at Hurricanes

Hurricanes beat Lightning 5–1 at PNC Arena on March 1, 2008.

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 2007-08 🔁 Season series tied 3–3
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Sergei Samsonov
2 G, 1 A
2 shots · 17:58 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Eric Staal
1 G, 2 A
6 shots · 20:39 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Tuomo Ruutu
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:25 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Jeff Halpern Go-ahead 1st · 07:04
Assists: Michel Ouellet, Mathieu Darche · beat Cam Ward
1–0
🌪️ Eric Staal Tying 1st · 10:43
Assists: Tuomo Ruutu, Tim Gleason · beat Mike Smith
1–1
2nd period
🌪️ Joe Corvo Go-ahead 2nd · 01:02
Assists: Sergei Samsonov, Eric Staal · beat Mike Smith
1–2
🌪️ Sergei Samsonov PP 2nd · 10:01
Assists: Frantisek Kaberle, Scott Walker · beat Mike Smith
1–3
3rd period
🌪️ Sergei Samsonov 3rd · 04:02
Assists: Patrick Eaves, Matt Cullen · beat Mike Smith
1–4
🌪️ Tuomo Ruutu 3rd · 06:00
Assists: Eric Staal, Erik Cole · beat Mike Smith
1–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Jokinen · Lecavalier · St. Louis 17:28
L2 Darche · Halpern · Karlsson 15:34
L3 MacDonald · Ouellet · Ward 13:43
L4 Tarnasky · Roy · Lessard 9:24
D1 Boyle · Ranger 25:54
D2 Picard · Lundin 20:17
D3 O'Brien · Janik 14:17
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Cole · Staal · Cullen 20:39
L2 Samsonov · Aucoin · Walker 17:11
L3 Ruutu · Bayda · Eaves 14:20
L4 Letowski 10:43
D1 Corvo · Hedican 20:42
D2 Gleason · Wallin 18:15
D3 Wesley · Kaberle 17:03
D4 Brookbank · Conboy 8:25

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL CAR🌪️
23 Shots on goal 33
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
14 Hits 15
21 Blocked shots 10
3 Takeaways 5
2 Giveaways 1
14 Penalty minutes 4
TBL shooting 4.3% (1/23) CAR shooting 15.2% (5/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith
28/33
.848 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
22/23
.957 SV% · 1 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 10-14-3 (37% win rate, 27 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 14-11-3 (50% win rate, 28 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 5-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 3–3
Dec 222007 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 4–1 Dec 62007 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 1–2 Nov 232007 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 3–4 Nov 142007 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 1–6 Nov 82007 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 5–1
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Who won Lightning vs Hurricanes on March 1, 2008?

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

Who scored for Lightning?

Jeff Halpern.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Sergei Samsonov (2), Eric Staal, Joe Corvo, Tuomo Ruutu.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 28 saves on 33 shots (.848 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 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?

Season series tied 3–3 after 6 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeFeb 29 🍁TOR @ ⚡TBL 2–3 AfterMar 4 🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL 2–0
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeFeb 28 🗽NYR @ 🌪️CAR 4–2 AfterMar 5 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 6–3
Also on March 1
🐦ATL 2–3 🐻BOS 🔔PHI 4–1 🏝️NYI 🐧PIT 4–5 🏛️OTT 😈NJD 1–2 🇨🇦MTL 🍁TOR 3–2 🦅WSH 🐯NSH 3–1 ⭐DAL 👑LAK 2–5 🏔️COL 🦈SJS 2–0 🎵STL
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