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21/12/2008
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Tampa Bay Lightning 6 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 27 - 26
PP: 2 of 6 (5 shots), Passing:57/69=82 %, Challenges:31/44=68 %
PP: 0 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:66/88=75 %, Challenges:34/48=69 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:41 1-0
Jussi Jokinen [7] (Mark Recchi)
13:39 2-0
Jussi Jokinen [8] (François Beauchemin, Paul Ranger)PP
17:26 2-1
Miroslav Satan [10] (Brooks Orpik, Sergei Gonchar)
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21:11 2-2
Petr Sykora [16] (Sidney Crosby)
31:12 2-3
Ryan Whitney [2] (Evgeny Malkin, Sidney Crosby)
39:14 3-3
Vincent Lecavalier [13] (Scott Niedermayer)
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43:55 4-3
Steven Stamkos [7] (Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis)PP
46:15 5-3
Martin St. Louis [12] (Andrej Meszaros)
58:22 6-3
Steven Stamkos [8] (Vincent Lecavalier)
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Penalty summary:
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11:07
Adam Hall (2 min for tripping)
13:05
Ryan Whitney (2 min for slashing)
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22:35
Kristopher Letang (2 min for tripping)
24:59
Scott Niedermayer (2 min for hooking)
27:09
Gary Roberts (2 min for tripping)
34:49
Kris Beech (2 min for tripping)
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42:59
Kris Beech (2 min for boarding)
50:19
Shane O'Brien (2 min for tripping)
54:02
Eric Godard (2 min for hooking)
59:18
Evgeny Malkin (2 min for slashing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Gary Roberts 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 18.10 7
R Jeff Halpern 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.00 7
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 13.30 7
R Steven Stamkos 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.30 8
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12.00 5
C Chris Gratton 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 9.50 7
C Mark Recchi 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.30 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 18.30 9
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 12.00 6
R Adam Hall 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 13.50 6
L Jussi Jokinen 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 13.30 8
L Martin St. Louis 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 18.30 9
D Paul Ranger 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 13.30 7
D François Beauchemin 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 19.40 6
D Scott Niedermayer 0 1 1 3 1 3 2 1 29.10 9
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 10.00 5
D Matt Carle 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.50 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 4 4 1 2 0 1 29.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Godard 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 6.40 5
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.20 5
R Miroslav Satan 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 11.40 6
R Petr Sykora 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 18.50 7
C Kris Beech 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 6.30 6
C Matt Cooke 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 18.20 5
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 18.30 7
C Sidney Crosby 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.40 8
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 14.20 6
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
L Evgeny Malkin 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 -1 19.10 7
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 19.10 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 13.20 6
D Ryan Whitney 1 0 2 4 1 1 2 0 27.00 8
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19.00 6
D Brooks Orpik 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 17.40 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 23.50 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 6 0 21 0 0 60.00 4
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steven Stamkos
2nd star: Vincent Lecavalier
3rd star: Jussi Jokinen
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Paul Ranger notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Miroslav Satan scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Sidney Crosby notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Evgeny Malkin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Ryan Whitney finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 1( 22) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 2( 14)
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0-1 WIL Chris Minard (Dustin Jeffrey)
0-2 WIL Bill Thomas (Janne Pesonen, Jeff Taffe)
1-2 DTV Radek Smolenak (Wyatt Smith)
Goalies: Karri Rämö - John Curry