The Lightning attempt to sharpen up the rough edges with two preseason games left to go. 19 of 20 roster spots appear set as Andy Rogers [3] and Timo Helbling enter the final rounds of their bout to make the team. Rogers' chance to impress occurs tonight.
CAR-5
TB-2 (Final)
1st Period
1. Carolina- Cullen, (Commodore, Cole)
2. Tampa Bay- Fedonteko, (Kubina, Sydor) (PP)
2nd Period
3. Carolina- Nordgren, (Brind'Amour) (SH)
4. Kubina, (Sydor, Fedotenko) (PP)
3rd Period
5. Carolina- Brind'Amour, (Hutchinson, Cole) (PP)
6. Carolina- Vasicek, (Stillman, Staal)
7. Carolina- Vasicek, (Stillman, Tverdovsky)
Loss- Sean Burke: 23/28 (2/3)
Shootout
CAR-1
TB-0
1. Kubina (0)
2. St. Louis (0)
3. Lecavalier (0)
Game audio can once again be found at 620WDAE.com [4].