CAROLINA HURRICANES (4-5-4-0, 12 pts.)
vs.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (8-1-1-1, 18 pts.)
Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003, 5:00 p.m. at the RBC Center

GAME NIGHT

The Carolina Hurricanes wrap up their four-game home stand Sunday as they play host to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tonight is the Hurricanes’ fourth game in a span that sees them play seven of eight games at home between Nov. 2 and Nov. 18. Carolina dropped the first game of this four-game home stand to Toronto 2-1 on Nov. 2, but rebounded with a 6-3 win Thursday against the NY Rangers and a 3-2 overtime win against Los Angeles last night.

PRACTICE SCHEDULE

Nov. 9	Sunday	Healthy extras and injured	11:30 a.m.
Nov. 10	Monday	RBC Center	TBD
Nov. 11	Tuesday	RecZone	11 a.m.
Nov. 12	Wednesday	MCI Center	11:30 a.m.
Nov. 13	Thursday	RBC Center	10:30 a.m.
Nov. 14	Friday	RecZone	11 a.m.
Nov. 15	Saturday	RBC Center	10:30 a.m.
Nov. 16	Sunday	RBC Center	TBD
Nov. 17	Monday	RBC Center	11 a.m.
Nov. 18	Tuesday	RBC Center	10:30 a.m.
Nov. 19	Wednesday	RBC Center	11 a.m.
Nov. 20	Thursday	Corel Centre	11:30 a.m.

ON THE AIR
Television: Fox-DT
Radio: WKIX 102.3 FM (Goldsboro); WKXU 101.1 FM (Raleigh); WDTF 570 AM (Raleigh); WMFD 630 AM (Wilmington); WSJS 600 AM (Winston-Salem); WNMX 106.1 FM (Charlotte)
Internet: www.nhl.com

CAROLINA NOTES
Carolina is in the midst of its third set of back-to-back games after scoring a 3-2 overtime victory at home last night against Los Angeles. The Hurricanes finished their second of 17 back-to-back sets for 2003-04 with a 2-1 loss against Toronto at home on Nov. 2. The Hurricanes had fallen the previous night at Tampa Bay, 4-3. Carolina is currently 2-2-1-0 in back-to-back games, with a 1-1-1-0 record in the front halves of those sets and a 1-1-0-0 record in the back halves.

CAROLINA AT HOME: 3-2-1-0
CAROLINA ON THE ROAD: 1-3-3-0
CAROLINA ON THE POWER PLAY: 7-of-57 (12.3%)
CAROLINA SHORTHANDED: 52-of-60 (86.7%)

CAROLINA INJURY UPDATE
Right wing Erik Cole – hyperextended right elbow, Nov. 8 vs. Los Angeles
Left wing Jeff Daniels – groin, injured reserve, missed 9 games

CAROLINA / TAMPA BAY NOTES
The Hurricanes and the Lightning meet for the second of six match ups during the 2003-04 season. The teams first met eight days ago at St. Pete Times Forum, a 4-3 Lightning win. Carolina and Tampa Bay will meet twice more at St. Pete Times Forum (1/15, 3/13) and play two more games at the RBC Center (11/23, 3/10) after today’s contest.

The Hurricanes were winless against Tampa Bay in 2002-03 for the first season in franchise history, notching just three points in the five games between the teams (0-2-2-1). Ron Francis led all Hurricanes in scoring against Tampa Bay last season with three points (1g, 2a) in five points. The Hurricanes are 23-16-8-1 all-time against the Lightning, including a 15-3-5-1 home mark and a 8-13-3-0 record in Tampa.

2002-03 SCORING LEADERS AND GOALTENDERS

HURRICANES
	GP	G	A	TP
26 Cole	13	4	7	11
63 Vasicek	13	7	3	10
12 Staal	13	3	7	10
92 O'Neill	13	1	9	10
Goalies	GP	GAA	W-L-T	SV%
1 Storr	2	2.90	0-1-1	.880
80 Weekes	11	1.97	4-4-3	.926
LIGHTNING
	GP	G	A	TP
61 Stillman	11	7	6	13
4 Lecavalier	11	8	3	11
26 St. Louis	11	4	7	11
19 Richards	11	2	8	10
Goalies	GP	GAA	W-L-T	SV%
47 Grahame	3	0.77	1-1-0	.962
35 Khabibulin	9	1.97	7-1-1	.926