Tampa Bay Lightning 5 , Atlanta Thrashers 2
Shots: 21 - 23
PP: 1 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:59/84=70 %, Challenges:32/41=76 %
PP: 0 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:77/93=82 %, Challenges:15/37=39 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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11:04 1-0
Martin St. Louis [18] (Tim Taylor, Vincent Lecavalier)
12:41 2-0
Michel Ouellet [6] (Jan Hlavac, Brad Richards)
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28:44 3-0
Jan Hlavac [8] (Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier)PP
31:45 3-1
Mark Recchi [12] (Niclas Hävelid, Steve Rucchin)
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52:46 3-2
Steve Rucchin [11] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Mark Recchi)
58:26 4-2
Michel Ouellet [7] (Martin St. Louis, Filip Kuba) EN
59:21 5-2
Michel Ouellet [8] (Jan Hlavac, Brad Richards)
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Penalty summary:
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00:36
Tim Taylor (2 min for tripping)
07:52
Ken Klee (2 min for slashing)
12:23
Karl Stewart (5 min for fighting)
12:23
Garnet Exelby (5 min for fighting)
19:54
Sergei Kostitsyn (2 min for holding the stick)
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27:39
Karl Stewart (5 min for fighting)
27:39
Eric Boulton (5 min for fighting)
27:45
Darren Haydar (2 min for slashing)
34:41
Bobby Holik (2 min for slashing)
37:19
Brad Richards (2 min for slashing)
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48:07
Filip Kuba (2 min for slashing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kyle Wanvig 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.10 6
R Jason Ward 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 17.30 5
R Michel Ouellet 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 3 12.30 8
R Martin St. Louis 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 -1 16.40 8
C Chris Gratton 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 10.30 6
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 20.20 6
C Brad Richards 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 15.40 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 -1 19.30 7
L Mathieu Darche 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14.00 5
L Karl Stewart 0 0 3 1 1 2 10 0 14.00 6
L Jan Hlavac 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 13.30 7
L Tim Taylor 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 -1 12.30 6
D Doug Janik 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 24.30 9
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 10.10 6
D Filip Kuba 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 -1 21.20 7
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 24.00 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 18.30 8
D Dan Boyle 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 21.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc Denis 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Johan Holmqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Boulton 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -1 9.10 4
R Darren Haydar 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12.40 6
R Alyn McCauley 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 17.20 6
R Mark Recchi 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 19.30 7
C Jason Krog 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 7.00 4
C Bobby Holik 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 18.30 4
C Todd White 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 -2 19.20 6
C Steve Rucchin 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 16.30 8
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 7.00 5
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 13.30 4
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -2 14.10 4
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 18.00 7
D Karel Pilar 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 -1 17.10 6
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 -1 15.40 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 24.50 7
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 18.00 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -3 22.10 7
D Danny Markov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 22.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 5 0 16 0 0 59.30 4
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Michel Ouellet
2nd star: Martin St. Louis
3rd star: Jan Hlavac
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Brad Richards notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Michel Ouellet finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Todd White had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Karl Stewart fought Garnet Exelby in a fight.
-Eric Boulton beat Karl Stewart in a fight.
Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 4( 34) , Chicago Wolves 1( 10)
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0-1 CHW Jesse Schultz (Steve Martins, Chad Denny)
1-1 DTV Norm Milley (Vladimir Mihalik)
2-1 DTV Lance Monych (Kevin Croxton)
3-1 DTV Stanislav Lascek
4-1 DTV Lance Monych (Kevin Croxton)
Goalies: Morgan Cey - Fred Brathwaite