Pre-Game Skate: HURRICANES vs. TAMPA BAY
PrintCAROLINA HURRICANES (18-29-8-6, 50 pts.)
vs.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (25-21-9-5, 64 pts.)
Friday, Feb. 21, 2003, 7 p.m. at RBC Center
GAME NIGHT
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PRACTICE TIMES
| Feb. 21 | Friday | RBC Center | 10:30 a.m. |
| Feb. 22 | Saturday | RecZone | 10:45 a.m. |
| Feb. 24 | Monday | RBC Center | 11 a.m. |
| Feb. 25 | Tuesday | RecZone | 10 a.m. |
| Feb. 26 | Wednesday | America West Arena | 11:30 a.m. |
ON THE AIR
Television: Fox Sports Net (NC & SC)
Radio: WKIX 102.3 FM (Goldsboro); WKXU 101.1 FM (Raleigh); WDTF 570-AM
(Raleigh); WMFD 630-AM (Wilmington); WDLZ 98.3-FM (Murfreesboro); WSJS 600-AM
(Winston-Salem); WRUP 97.9-FM (New Bern/Morehead City); WSTK 910-AM (Jacksonville);
WNMX 106.1 (Charlotte); WCNC 1240-AM (Elizabeth City); WZBO 1260-AM (Edenton)
Internet: www.nhl.com
CAROLINA NOTES
Right wing Jeff O’Neill has 11 goals in the last 22 games. His four-game goals streak (Jan. 3-8: 5g, 0a) was the longest this season by any Carolina player. O’Neill leads the team with 23 goals and 47 points. He ranked tied for seventh among all NHL players with six game-winning goals through games of Feb. 19. Josef Vasicek has six goals and five assists in the last 13 games. Left wing Ryan Bayda made his NHL debut on Feb. 14 against Washington, earned his first NHL point, an assist on Sean Hill’s goal Feb. 15 at Philadelphia and scored his first NHL goal on Tuesday at Toronto.
CAROLINA AT HOME: 10-11-6-3
CAROLINA ON THE ROAD: 8-18-2-3
CAROLINA ON THE POWER PLAY: 49-of-319 (15.4%)
CAROLINA SHORTHANDED: 254-of-309 (82.2%)
CAROLINA INJURY UPDATE
Left wing Jaroslav Svoboda, back, day-to-day, missed four games (Feb. 14-19)
Right wing Jesse Boulerice, concussion, day-to-day, missed four games (Feb. 14-19)
Right wing Jeff Heerema, wrist, injured reserve, missed six games (Feb. 9-19)
Left wing Erik Cole, broken leg, injured reserve, missed eight games (Feb. 5-19)
Center Rod Brind’Amour, hand surgery, injured reserve, missed 13 games (Jan. 22-Feb. 19)
CAROLINA / TAMPA BAY NOTES
The Carolina Hurricanes and the Tampa Bay Lightning meet tonight for the final time this season. This marks the fifth meeting between the Southeast Division rivals this season. The Lightning won the teams’ first 2002-03 matchup 5-1 at the St. Pete Times Forum on Oct. 12. Tampa Bay won the rematch in Raleigh, 2-1 in overtime on Nov. 17 before the teams skated to a 1-1 tie on Dec. 18 at RBC Center. On Jan. 30, the final game before the NHL All-Star break, the Lightning scored a 3-1 win at St. Pete Times Forum.
The Hurricanes won the 2001-02 regular-season series against the Lightning with a 3-2-0 record. Carolina was 1-1-0 at home against Tampa Bay, falling to the Lightning 4-0 on Nov. 25, 2001 and defeating Tampa Bay 4-2 on April 10, 2002 to clinch the Southeast Division title. The Hurricanes were 2-1-0 in Tampa, earning wins on Dec. 27 (3-2) and Jan. 30 (3-1) and falling 2-0 on Nov. 17. Carolina is 23-15-6-0 all-time against the Lightning, with a 15-3-4-0 record at home and an 8-12-3-0 record in Tampa.
LIGHTNING NOTES
Tampa Bay is 8-3-3-1 (20 points) inside the Southeast Division this season, 5-1-0-1 at home and 3-2-3-0 on the road against the division … With five intradivisional games remaining this season, the Lightning already have more points against the Southeast than they did all last season (17 points, 7-10-3-0) ... The most points Tampa Bay has ever earned against the Southeast Division was 21 set in 2000-01 (9-8-0-3)
SCORING LEADERS AND GOALTENDERS
HURRICANES
GP
G
A
TP
92 O'Neill
61
23
24
47
10 Francis
61
19
23
42
17 Brind'Amour
48
14
23
37
26 Cole
53
14
13
27
20 Hlavac
57
9
16
25
Goalies
GP
GAA
W-L-T
SV%
30 DesRochers
4
3.77
0-3-0
.875
80 Weekes
39
2.47
11-18-6
.920
LIGHTNING
GP
G
A
TP
26 Richards
60
28
27
55
19 Richards
58
12
43
55
4 Lecavalier
58
22
32
54
20 Prospal
58
13
41
54
Goalies
GP
GAA
W-L-T
SV%
35 Khabibulin
50
2.80
20-21-7
.900
47 Grahame
9
1.69
5-2-1
.937
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