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8/12/2007
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Tampa Bay Lightning 5 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 27 - 23
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:77/84=91 %, Challenges:24/54=43 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:62/72=86 %, Challenges:29/50=56 %
Attendance: 14216 of 19500 (St. Pete Times Forum)
Ticket income: 682368 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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13:26 1-0
Michal Handzus [9] (Zdeno Chara)
18:57 2-0
Martin St. Louis [6] (Thomas Vanek, Jason Spezza)
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27:59 2-1
Marc-André Bergeron [4] (Marian Gaborik, Owen Nolan)
38:22 2-2
Mikko Koivu [4] (Mark Parrish, Antti Miettinen)
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42:29 2-3
Pierre-Marc Bouchard [11] (Andrew Brunette, Owen Nolan)
57:42 3-3
Matt Carle [2] (Jason Spezza, Thomas Vanek)PP
58:21 4-3
Jason Spezza [8] (Zdeno Chara, Matt Carle)
59:32 5-3
Shane O'Brien [2] (Mike Komisarek, Matt Carle) EN
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Penalty summary:
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04:19
Mark Recchi (2 min for hooking)
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37:32
Shane O'Brien (2 min for roughing)
37:32
Kim Johnsson (2 min for roughing)
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57:01
Owen Nolan (2 min for holding the stick)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.50 4
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 -1 13.40 6
R Ryan Malone 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 15.50 7
R Martin St. Louis 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 20.40 8
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 7.50 6
C Mark Recchi 0 0 2 1 4 1 2 -1 14.40 5
C Michal Handzus 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 17.50 7
C Jason Spezza 1 2 4 0 4 0 0 1 19.30 8
L Gary Roberts 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.50 5
L Chris Gratton 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -1 15.40 7
R Alexander Frolov 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 16.30 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 2 20.00 7
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 14.30 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 16.40 7
D Matt Carle 1 2 1 3 3 1 0 2 26.50 8
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 -1 15.20 6
D Shane O'Brien 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 20.40 8
D Zdeno Chara 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Owen Nolan 0 2 2 3 4 4 2 1 11.30 7
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 14.50 7
R Mark Parrish 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 16.30 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 -3 16.30 7
C Colton Gillies 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.00 6
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 14.50 6
C Mikko Koivu 1 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 17.10 9
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 17.00 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.00 6
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 14.50 5
L Antti Miettinen 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 17.10 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -1 16.10 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16.40 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 -2 24.40 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 19.20 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 18.40 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 -2 24.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 5 0 22 0 0 59.20 4
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Spezza
2nd star: Matt Carle
3rd star: Martin St. Louis
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Zdeno Chara notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jason Spezza notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Thomas Vanek notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Matt Carle notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Matt Carle finally ended his 25 game goal drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Marc-André Bergeron ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 6( 36) , Houston Aeros 0( 15)
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1-0 SPR Brandon Bochenski (Grant Stevenson)
2-0 SPR Jason Ward (Brandon Bochenski, Alex Picard)
3-0 SPR Dave Spina (John Toffey)
4-0 SPR Brandon Segal (John Toffey)
5-0 SPR Grant Stevenson (Brandon Bochenski, Jason Ward)
6-0 SPR Grant Stevenson (Brandon Bochenski, Brad Bombardir)
Goalies: Jonathan Boutin - Nolan Schaefer