🌪️ Away Hurricanes 19-15-5
3–2
Final
⚡ Home Lightning 10-17-10
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌪️ CAR 2103
⚡ TBL 2002

Hurricanes at Lightning

Hurricanes beat Lightning 3–2 at AMALIE Arena on January 3, 2009.

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 3–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Joni Pitkanen
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 24:33 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Justin Williams
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 15:52 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Dennis Seidenberg
2 A
2 shots · 21:55 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Ryan Craig Go-ahead 1st · 05:05
Assists: Adam Hall, Matt Pettinger · beat Cam Ward
0–1
⚡ Vinny Prospal 1st · 06:41
Assists: Vincent Lecavalier · beat Cam Ward
0–2
🌪️ Justin Williams PP 1st · 14:46
Assists: Rod Brind'Amour, Dennis Seidenberg · beat Mike Smith
1–2
🌪️ Chad LaRose Tying 1st · 15:57
Assists: Dennis Seidenberg, Joni Pitkanen · beat Mike Smith
2–2
2nd period
🌪️ Joni Pitkanen Go-ahead 2nd · 06:21
Assists: Justin Williams, Ray Whitney · beat Mike Smith
3–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Ruutu · Samsonov · Staal 18:27
L2 Whitney · Brind'Amour · LaRose 16:50
L3 Cullen · Williams · Walker 15:52
L4 Bayda · Sutter · Dwyer 5:57
D1 Pitkanen · Corvo 23:38
D2 Seidenberg · Babchuk 21:18
D3 Gleason · Wallin 15:28
⚡Lightning
L1 Malone · Lecavalier · St. Louis 21:02
L2 Prospal · Halpern · Recchi 18:35
L3 Szczechura · Stamkos · Artyukhin 10:47
L4 Pettinger · Craig · Hall 9:07
D1 Eminger · Malik 26:56
D2 Smaby · Meszaros 17:10
D3 Mihalik · Wishart 11:04

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR TBL⚡
28 Shots on goal 19
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
13 Hits 22
10 Blocked shots 11
7 Takeaways 9
6 Giveaways 12
6 Penalty minutes 10
CAR shooting 10.7% (3/28) TBL shooting 10.5% (2/19)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
17/19
.895 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 58:31 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–2
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 6-2 (75% win rate, 8 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 3-5-2 (30% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 3–2
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 11-2-1 (79% win rate, 14 games)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-7-2 (10% win rate, 10 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Hurricanes lead the season series 3–0
Nov 162008 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 2–3 SO 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
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Who won Hurricanes vs Lightning on January 3, 2009?

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

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Chad LaRose, Joni Pitkanen, Justin Williams.

Who scored for Lightning?

Ryan Craig, Vinny Prospal.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 17 saves on 19 shots (.895 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeJan 2 🎵STL @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 AfterJan 6 😈NJD @ 🌪️CAR 2–3
⚡ Lightning
BeforeJan 1 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 4–7 AfterJan 4 ⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL 4–1
Also on January 3
⚔️BUF 4–2 🐻BOS 🐆FLA 6–1 🐧PIT 🔥CGY 3–2 🐯NSH 🏛️OTT 1–3 🍁TOR 🗽NYR 1–2 🦅WSH 🐙DET 3–2 🌲MIN 🧥CBJ 2–5 🎵STL ⭐DAL 1–4 🛢️EDM
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