Hurricanes Nip Lightning in Shootout, 2-1
by Bob Wage on Oct 7, 2009 6:01 AM EDT
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PrintThe Carolina Hurricanes and Tampa Bay Lightning played through regulation and all five minutes of overtime to a draw on Tuesday night, but the Canes prevailed in the skills competition and won the game in a shootout, 2-1.
Sergei Samsonov started the shootout off with a goal on Carolina's all important first attempt and after Jussi Jokinen was stopped, Tuomo Ruutu finished things up with the clincher on the third shot for the Canes. Cam Ward stopped both Martin St. Louis and Vincent Lecavalier so a third shooter was not necessary for Tampa Bay.
The Hurricanes took their first lead of the season in the opening period when Joni Pitkanen found Jussi Jokinen breaking open near center ice during a Carolina powerplay. Jokinen beat goalie Mike Smith just barely under his pads on a goal that needed to be reviewed. The Finn has now scored two goals against his former team, the same organization that placed him on waivers last season.
Pitkanen earned his first assist of the year in his very first game and made several nice passing plays. The team looked better breaking out of their own end while he was on the ice. Unfortunately for the Canes, he stiffened up while sitting in the penalty box for four minutes in the second period and never came out for the third. His status is day to day. The defenseman was called for interference on a close play and then was handed an unsportsmanlike on his way to the box.
The Lightning tied the score in the second period during a two man advantage. Ryan Malone knocked in a high rebound, a goal which also needed to be reviewed. His stick was under the crossbar though and the goal counted.
The third period was conservatively played, as neither team wanted to make a mistake that would lead to the possible game-winner. Tampa Bay had six shots on goal while Carolina could only muster five. The Canes are happy with the two points though and will try to build on them. It was not a perfect game, but it was the best one to date and the intensity level was closer to what they were hoping for.
Game Notes:
The mood in the locker room was positive. A couple of the players noted that Tampa Bay was much improved from a year ago.
There was an excellent crowd for a Tuesday night. The announced attendance was over 16,000.
Cam Ward was the number one star of the game and had an excellent night between the pipes. He stacked his pads to stop Stamkos on one open chance, stopped a couple of other point blank shots, and looked solid and confident during the shootout. The goalie also picked up a secondary assist on the Jokinen goal and joked after the game that he is one of the team's leading scorers.
Matt Cullen had the best game he's had so far this season. He generated many chances, played solid defense, and had more jump and purpose than he had in previous games. Hopefully, he can keep it up.
Aaron Ward continues to be a shot-blocking machine. He had four while Andrew Alberts had three. They both played very well in their own end.
The defensemen as a group played a very physical game. Tim Gleason had eight hits, Alberts had seven, Corvo had four, and Wallin had three. Tuomo Ruutu led the forwards with five. The team had a total of 42 hits compared to 25 for the Lightning.
The Hurricanes won 53% of total faceoffs. Matt Cullen led the way with 64%. (7 of 11).
Next up for Carolina is another home game against Florida on Friday night. Will they make it two wins in a row?
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Officiating?
That was the second most blatent display of one sided officiating I have seen in 40 years of watching NHL hockey. That guy should lose his job. Erik Staal getting his stick chopped in half within 5 feet of the goal? What can you be looking at? Samsanov getting hammered into the goalie and getting the penalty? I could go on…………Pathetic. It really undermines the integrity of the league. Something needs to be done or we will have another NBA ref moment on the horizon. Just fix it.
Wasn't the ref
the same guy from the Bruin’s game?
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Horrible
You are absolutely right. Those guys were a disgrace. There was one time the puck deflected 20ft into the net, rolled around a bit, then fell back onto the ice…no whistle, play continued.
Forslund said post-game that the NHL should move to officiating crews so that the same ones always work games together. It would build consistancy around the league. Sounds like it just makes too much sense for Bettman’s liking…
Still not a crook!
It was ver very VERY bad officiating last night. And you can’t even say that the refs were consistently calling the game one way or another…. I think they just blew their whistles whenever they felt like it…. and if they didn’t feel like it they didn’t blow….
oh… but they DID blow!!!
People like John Forslund never complain about the officiating…. so you know something is up when he mentions it on the post-game radio show…..
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 7, 2009 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Very fun game. And the officiating did suck as stated.
I honestly thought TB looked awful and we were probably just 1 step above awful in our play.
There was one sequence where we looked sharp on offense with the puck where we controlled in for a good 1:30, but of course taking shots at Smith’s pads aren’t going to generate goals. Overall, we need a LOT of work.
But I’ll take the win easily. I just hope we can build on this.
Cam Ward rocked, was excellent, magnificent, best player on the ice by far, saved this team's a**.
Good points… We won, some improvement in game play. Best players on the ice besides Ward was Cullen, A. Ward, Alberts.
Bad points…low scoring game against a not so great playing team and an unstable goalie, officiating sucked (again).
Our offense has to improve in order to be a contender against teams like the Caps, Pens etc. Hopefully we will get some more preseason playing out of the players against Flordia and continue to improve. We were lucky it was Tampa last night, otherwise not so happy this morning.
Go Canes!
C
The Canes' Special teams are so special.....
they take their own short bus to the rink!
Anybody want to take a stab why, ok the PK is showing signs of life, they suck so bad?
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The PP wasn’t very good last year and nothing’s changed this year except losing two point D-men (Seidenberg and Babchuk). Why would it be any better this year ?
I was at the gme last night. Let’s name the refs. Devorski and St. Pierre. Devorski is usually very good and last night it seemed like it was St.Pierre making all the bonehead calls.
I’d love to see a web site with youtube of the plays being called and a chance to A) vote on whether or not you thought it was a penalty. b)an explanation by a referee (nhl, ahl, college, whatever) as to what might be called c)a histogram of each official and an agreement/disagreement rate by fans of the teams involved, as well as general hockey public rating.
the unfortunate thing for the canes is that a make up powerplay is almost two automatic goal free minutes for the other team right now.
No Pitkanen
I made a comment in the pre-season that if Joni got hurt, our PP could be dismal. You saw what a difference Joni’s vision and passing made immediatley. Joni hasnt even had time to “shake the rust off” as the other guys have, and setup our first goal.
Unfortunately we dont have anyone else who can pass from the backend like Joni, which is why I want Rodney (or McBain) to be given a shot. Corvo has a nice shot, but not so much on the passing. Cullen USED to be good at the point with his passing, but we havent seen many signs yet this season.
I have to agree the officiating was horrible last night. Why wasn’t Smith given some harsher penalty for the headlock he put on Yelle? I was beginning to wonder if the refs were going to give him anything at all.
Live & Learn
Smith’s a crazy person … they were prolly scared he’d go after them. LOL.
by Cory Lavalette on Oct 7, 2009 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Sure, but then to turn around and hand Pits an unsportsmanlike on a call that was questionable to begin with?
It was ridiculous… blatantly bad officiating.
by Andrea's evil twin on Oct 7, 2009 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Go Samsonov!
Way to put in the go ahead penalty shot!
No TV.....
Maybe since there was no TV, those guys think they can get away with rooting for their favorite team. If there is a TV audience, they would have been too embarassed to make those crappy calls. Sure we won but what about next time a Zebra thinks he is bigger than the game. How can the league afford to allow this stuff at this time. We are talking about Billions of dollars at stake and they will let one or two idiots mess with their future???? Makes no sense. Shame on everyone involved.
Yes we won with only 6 men on the ice compared with
the 10 they had at the same time.
Question though, shouldn’t they have been wearing the Dolts uniform instead of that black and white striped thing?
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well… and to that point…. (I realize you are talking about 2 refs and 2 linesmen) We counted at least 3 different times when Tampa Bay had 6 skaters on the ice (plus one psycho goaltender) for no less than five seconds each time (AFTER we noticed it)….. with no call……
kind of makes you wonder….
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 7, 2009 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Did I hear Chuck use the term “phantom” penalties describing the bad calls against Samsonov? 1) the “high-sticking” when the Flyer charged Sammy’s elbow with his mouth last Friday and 2) the no-contact interference last night (somebody on the radio did- maybe it was Mike M after the game). That first one led to 2 goals (I know – preaching to the choir)
Maybe we should simply take the 2 points for the win and ask the Hockey Gods to help us out next time we need a borderline call to go in the Hurricanes favor – when we really need it.
Let's go Canes!
Hakkaa Paalle!
by Carolyn Christians on Oct 7, 2009 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
It was Forslund. He told Mike M. after the game that Samsonov lead the league in “phantom penalty minutes.” Funny stuff…. (but really not so funny…)
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 7, 2009 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
what happened with Smith and Yelle, thsats the one that got me,
like did yelle hit smith?
then smith face washes yelle for like 25 seconds as the ref watched
and he just stands there?
i dont understand
Yelle brushed Smiths shoulder (it was a brush at best) and Smith decided he would try to pull a Jake The Snake and put a DDT on Yelle… (Luckily Yelle blocked the hold)
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 7, 2009 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
The one who
gets to be the girl?
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Are you responding to my comment below? LOL…. if you are then that is funny!
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 7, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup
I have no idea why it showed up here.
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could be part of the “computer problems” they are having…..
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 7, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Most likely a "KEYBIC" error
KEYboard Between Idiot and Computer.
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From his knees
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They were just sorting out which one was going to sleep on the window side of the bed……
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 7, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
We won
Way to go men. Hopefully we got the monkey off our backs.
robert
Wrong on Conboy
I know on another thread I said he’d be just a body, but I was wrong. While he did drop the gloves, he was physical last night. He played well within his limits. He had a solid game.
I’m very impressed with Yelle and Kostopolous. They play so well 5 on 5. If the NHL can decide what penalties are what and we can get to a game with fewer penalties then I think these two will do some damage.
I felt like the Canes were over pursuing the puck last night on defense. It left Tampa players open to receive passes in dangerous places. For a while I thought Lavi was still coaching.
Tampa had a stifling defense last night. There was no room to maneuver and Tampa was often able to separate men from the puck with a well timed double team.
The effort was there early but not late. I think this is where the easy camp and lack of games is starting to hurt the Canes. Other teams look to be better conditioned and are taking advantage of us.
The defense needs to stop watching the puck and start playing the body. Malone was able to stand still in the slot while the puck floated below the crossbar. Worse two defensemen were standing nearby doing nothing. Now, I know it was at the end of a long 5 on 3, but making the effort is often the difference between winning and losing.
Cam saved the team in the third. It’s been said on here elsewhere so I won’t harp on it. That said, he needs to work on his communication with his skaters. At the end of the PK late in the third Cam held his arm up signaling an icing instead of playing the puck and sending it right back out of the zone. The problem was the defensemen was not in position to get to the puck first and this lead to a quality chance that wasn’t a goal only because the shot was wide. If the offense is struggling then the team cannot afford to give up cheap ones, especially late.
5 seconds left.
Do you believe in miracles?
YES!!
Curious what you thought of Hedman, C-L. I was beyond impressed.
by Cory Lavalette on Oct 7, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s a young defensemen, and it’s hard to get a feel for any defensemen with the number of penalties being called right now, but he did not look like a guy playing only his second game at the NHL level. I liked how he used his size. He seemed to be calm with the puck. I don’t know if I’m going to keep him on my fantasy team, but I think he’ll do just fine in Tampa. I am a bit biased though because I’ve said I would have taken him over Tavares, but I am biased towards defensemen when it comes to drafting.
I couldn’t get as good of a look at him as I wanted though because I’m at the end Tampa shoots twice.
But, speaking of Tampa’s young guys, I didn’t notice Stamkos out on the ice too much. I know he had the assist, but I can’t tell you anything else about him.
5 seconds left.
Do you believe in miracles?
YES!!
Conboy really did make a positive impact on the game last night. He was active…. he went looking for a fight (at a time when we needed a fight)…. he was physical…. he made it more difficult for the Tampa players to make good passes… and…. if he could aim he might have had a goal…. Conboy was very good last night!
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 7, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know that he went looking for a fight and I don’t know that the Canes needed the fight. The Canes were controlling play until the fight and Tampa had the quality chances after it.
5 seconds left.
Do you believe in miracles?
YES!!
From my view I watched Conboy seek out the guy and practically lock arms w/ him until they both started fighting…. and yes we needed a fight…. even stormy was about to fall asleep….
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 7, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
If the other team has the quality chances after the fight and the Canes stand around and watch them, then no, the didn’t need the fight.
5 seconds left.
Do you believe in miracles?
YES!!
I think it is a completely different issue as to how the team used the fight (or did not use the fight) as motivation…..
From a hockey standpoint…. neither team really did much of anything all night….
Maybe that is why the Refs inserted themselves into the game… they knew we would all need something to talk about….
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 7, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
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I don’t know what all of you are talking about…couldn’t see the game last night! I hate you Versus! I hate you Bettman!
I heard that one too.
New to me……a guy gets cold so he needs to be held out …or take himself out. Don’t they have bikes back there for him to warm back up again? Wierd night all around.
I think if it were later in the season they probably would have put him on a stationary bike for a few minutes and brought him back out…. But with it being early in the season…. and it being his first game back from an injury…. it was probably best to keep him out….
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 7, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Having had knee injuries, I know what it is like to be sitting next to a cold rink for long minutes. If his knee stiffened up like mine does (he was in the penalty box for 4 minutes straight), and it was the knee he just had scoped a month ago, he probably wasn’t able to go as well or at all.
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by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 7, 2009 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Needs work
Honestly, we looked an awful lot like the first two games last night. Just played against a less skilled team than the first two games, barely hung in there with them, and eeked out a win.
For a few minutes in the first, we were winning all the micro-battles on the ice. But, by the third, we were back to standing around and watching the puck.
Cam was the man, along with some individual performances that have been accurately discussed above.
Good thing it’s Florida on Friday before facing Boston on Saturday. We need another “preseason” game.
We seem to have an issue this season with lining people up for a big hit… but not really perusing the puck after the hit is made…
by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 7, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we face Tampa Bay (in TB) on Saturday – no games vs Boston again till January.
Our next big opponent is the Penguins here, next Wednesday. Gulp.
Let's go Canes!
Hakkaa Paalle!
by Carolyn Christians on Oct 7, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Aaron Ward is on the radio – 99.9 the fan – now (started at 4pm). They’re talking football at the moment, but he’s taking call-in questions.
Let's go Canes!
Hakkaa Paalle!
by Carolyn Christians on Oct 7, 2009 4:09 PM EDT reply actions
For those of you that did not catch this interview (you didn’t miss much), Aaron did say he was suckered into reversing the puck by Marc Savard calling to him and using his nickname in that “turnover” up in Boston.
good for Savard
bad for A. Ward
That’s a great move on Savard’s part.
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There really is nothing better when you can do that to another player. I one time followed a guy on another team in on a breakaway and started tapping my stick on the ice as I passed the red line and yelling drop. He left me the puck and I promptly started taking it back up the ice. We had a nice little laugh about that after the game over a beer.
5 seconds left.
Do you believe in miracles?
YES!!
Went to the game. Saw some positives. Pits looked good. We took a lot of penalties—-but we also got to practice our PK, which we did well. Had 1 powerplay goal (out of three tries).
Had a couple of shots that missed by just inches. (rust maybe?)
Cam was stellar !! He won the shootout with great stops on Vinnie and St Louis.
The D will be improved this year. Bodies in front of Cam, instead of just sticks. They just need to gel with each other.
The crowd was really into the game. Standing to cheer for Cams good saves, when the four min penalty was killed, and throughout the OT and in the shootout. They knew we were the 7th man last night.
Wasn’t it Brindy who once said " I’d rather win ugly than lose pretty." That pretty much sums it up !
GO CANES! Go Heels!
You are right
That is a Roddy quote. I have it in my signature over at the official Canes.com message board and on my email signatures. Ain’t it great?
I had a great time at the game. It was exciting, full of bone-crunching hits (Gleason was a BEAST), great penalty killing, a bunch of scoring chances and … oh yeah, some really really bad officiating. But than goodness it didn’t cost us the 2 points, thanks to Cam, Jussi, Sammy and Ruutu. I sat beside a couple of really cool guys, one of whom was at his first Canes game. He loved it. That was great.
Lets Go Canes!
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