The Tampa Bay Lightning handily defeated the Carolina Hurricanes, 5 to 2, on December 31, 2011.

Final

Hurricanes

13-21-6

2

Lightning

17-17-3

5

Team

CAR

TBL

1

2

1

3

0

3

Total

2

5

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CAR

TBL

Steven Stamkos (EV) assisted by Martin St. Louis and Steve Downie

0

1

Justin Faulk (PP) assisted by Drayson Bowman and Eric Staal

1

2nd period

CAR

TBL

Jay Harrison (PP) assisted by Eric Staal and Jamie McBain

2

1

Steven Stamkos (EV) assisted by Martin St. Louis and Steve Downie

2

3rd period

CAR

TBL

Steven Stamkos (PP) assisted by Martin St. Louis and Ryan Malone

2

3

Teddy Purcell (EV) assisted by Ryan Malone and Brett Clark

2

4

Steve Downie (EV) assisted by Ryan Malone and Tom Pyatt

2

5

Hurricanes

Lightning

Goals

2

5

Shots

26

32

Penalty Minutes

10

12

Power-Play Goals

2

1

Power-Play Opportunities

4

3

Faceoff Wins

33

Hits

15

16

Giveaways

5

10

Takeaways

7

8

Hurricanes

Lightning

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Cam Ward (L)	1	32	5	27	.844	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Bryan Allen	0	0	0	0	1	18:45	1	2	0	0
Drayson Bowman	0	1	-3	0	3	15:42	0	0	1	0
Tim Brent	0	0	-1	2	0	8:47	1	0	0	0
Zac Dalpe	0	0	-1	0	3	15:43	1	0	1	0
Justin Faulk	1	0	-2	0	1	23:02	3	1	1	0
Tim Gleason	0	0	0	0	1	17:49	2	2	0	1
Jay Harrison	1	0	-4	0	1	21:12	1	0	1	2
Jussi Jokinen	0	0	-1	2	3	16:20	0	0	0	0
Chad LaRose	0	0	-2	2	0	14:53	1	0	0	0
Jamie McBain	0	1	-1	0	0	21:33	0	2	0	0
Andreas Nodl	0	0	0	0	2	10:03	0	0	0	0
Alexei Ponikarovsky	0	0	-1	2	4	15:45	2	0	0	2
Tuomo Ruutu	0	0	-1	0	2	15:42	0	1	0	0
Jaroslav Spacek	0	0	-1	0	1	17:01	0	4	0	0
Eric Staal	0	2	-1	0	2	21:06	0	0	1	0
Anthony Stewart	0	0	0	0	0	8:08	1	0	0	0
Brandon Sutter	0	0	-1	0	2	17:10	2	3	0	2
Jiri Tlusty	0	0	0	0	0	16:33	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Mathieu Garon (W)	1	26	2	24	.923	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Marc-Andre Bergeron	0	0	+3	0	3	17:04	0	1	1	0
Eric Brewer	0	0	+1	0	1	24:13	2	1	0	1
Brett Clark	0	1	0	2	1	18:41	1	1	0	1
Steve Downie	1	2	+3	0	2	17:32	0	0	0	1
Bruno Gervais	0	0	+2	0	0	12:44	1	2	0	0
Matt Gilroy	0	0	+1	0	1	18:22	1	0	0	0
Adam Hall	0	0	0	0	1	10:45	1	0	0	0
Blair Jones	0	0	0	0	0	10:04	1	0	0	0
Pavel Kubina	0	0	+1	0	2	25:43	1	2	1	1
Vincent Lecavalier	0	0	0	2	4	16:30	1	0	1	0
Ryan Malone	0	3	+2	0	0	16:51	4	2	1	2
Dominic Moore	0	0	0	2	2	15:47	0	0	1	0
Teddy Purcell	1	0	+1	2	3	16:11	0	1	2	0
Tom Pyatt	0	1	+2	0	3	12:56	0	0	0	0
Martin St. Louis	0	3	+2	2	4	19:55	0	1	2	0
Steven Stamkos	3	0	+2	2	5	21:13	1	2	1	0
Dana Tyrell	0	0	0	0	0	9:27	0	0	0	1
JT Wyman	0	0	0	0	0	10:31	2	0	0	1