⚡ Away Lightning 5-7-4
2–3
Final / SO
🌪️ Home Hurricanes 8-7-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
⚡ TBL 11002
🌪️ CAR 02013

Lightning at Hurricanes

Hurricanes beat Lightning 3–2 in a shootout at PNC Arena on November 16, 2008.

🗓 📍 PNC Arena, Raleigh 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Rod Brind'Amour
1 G
3 shots · 21:02 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Wade Brookbank
1 G
1 shots · 01:58 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Joni Pitkanen
1 A
4 shots · 23:56 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Martin St. Louis Go-ahead 1st · 11:20
Assists: Radim Vrbata · beat Cam Ward
1–0
2nd period
⚡ Vincent Lecavalier PP 2nd · 04:09
Assists: Mark Recchi, Steve Eminger · beat Cam Ward
2–0
🌪️ Wade Brookbank 2nd · 14:19
Assists: Brandon Sutter, Joni Pitkanen · beat Mike Smith
2–1
🌪️ Rod Brind'Amour Tying 2nd · 15:37
Assists: Scott Walker, Niclas Wallin · beat Mike Smith
2–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Prospal · Lecavalier · St. Louis 21:30
L2 Jokinen · Recchi · Vrbata 18:56
L3 Roberts · Stamkos · Hall 14:16
L4 Pettinger · Gratton · Artyukhin 9:01
D1 Ranger · Meszaros 24:08
D2 Eminger · Krajicek 20:11
D3 Malik · Lundin 16:30
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Ruutu · Staal · Brind'Amour 21:02
L2 Whitney · Samsonov · Walker 17:57
L3 Bayda · Cullen · LaRose 14:47
L4 Sutter · Eaves 7:58
D1 Gleason · Corvo 27:28
D2 Seidenberg · Pitkanen 24:33
D3 Wallin · Babchuk 13:29
D4 Brookbank 1:58

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL CAR🌪️
28 Shots on goal 30
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
32 Hits 25
21 Blocked shots 16
10 Takeaways 6
2 Giveaways 1
10 Penalty minutes 12
TBL shooting 7.1% (2/28) CAR shooting 10.0% (3/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 64:50 TOI
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 64:53 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-1-1 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-2-2 (20% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Hurricanes lead the season series 2–0
Oct 112008 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 4–3 OT Apr 22008 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 2–6 Mar 292008 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 1–2 Mar 12008 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 1–5 Dec 222007 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 4–1
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❓ TBL vs CAR, answered

Who won Lightning vs Hurricanes on November 16, 2008?

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

Who scored for Lightning?

Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Rod Brind'Amour, Wade Brookbank.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 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?

Hurricanes lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeNov 13 🐙DET @ ⚡TBL 4–3 AfterNov 18 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 4–3
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeNov 14 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 2–3 AfterNov 18 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 1–2
Also on November 16
🇨🇦MTL 3–2 🎵STL 🐦ATL 3–4 🔔PHI 🦈SJS 6–5 🪶CHI 👑LAK 0–2 🦆ANA
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