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12/1/2008
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Tampa Bay Lightning 3 , Philadelphia Flyers 4
Shots: 26 - 32
PP: 2 of 5 (13 shots), Passing:66/76=86 %, Challenges:36/53=66 %
PP: 0 of 5 (13 shots), Passing:76/94=80 %, Challenges:41/56=71 %
Attendance: 13052 of 19500 (St. Pete Times Forum)
Ticket income: 626496 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:55 1-0
Ilya Kovalchuk [20] (Martin St. Louis, Jason Spezza)PP
14:12 1-1
Claude Giroux [1] (Arron Asham)
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29:13 1-2
Jeff Carter [15] (Luca Sbisa, Kimmo Timonen)
30:09 1-3
Scott Hartnell [4] (Nikolai Zherdev)
30:31 2-3
Ryan Malone [9] (Michal Handzus, Alexander Frolov)
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46:03 3-3
Ilya Kovalchuk [21] (Martin St. Louis, Matt Carle)PP
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64:57 3-4
Joffrey Lupul [14] (Scott Gomez, Kimmo Timonen)
Penalty summary:
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02:44
Mark Recchi (2 min for cross-checking)
03:21
Michal Handzus (2 min for elbowing)
07:11
Steve Downie (2 min for tripping)
14:42
Scott Hartnell (2 min for tripping)
18:34
Claude Giroux (2 min for hooking)
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31:32
Boris Valabik (5 min for attempt to injury)
31:32
Boris Valabik (10 min game misconduct)
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40:37
Steve Eminger (2 min for slashing)
44:18
Kimmo Timonen (2 min for high-sticking)
46:19
Paul Ranger (2 min for boarding)
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61:21
Michel Ouellet (2 min for hooking)
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Nystrom 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 6.30 6
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 11.40 6
R Ryan Malone 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 7
R Martin St. Louis 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 -2 21.20 7
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 6.30 7
C Mark Recchi 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 15.20 7
C Michal Handzus 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 16.40 7
C Jason Spezza 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 -2 25.20 8
L Jordan LaVallee 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 13.10 4
L Chris Gratton 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 20.20 6
R Alexander Frolov 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 12.20 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 2 0 4 4 0 3 0 -2 25.40 9
D Boris Valabik 0 0 0 1 0 1 15 -1 9.10 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.20 6
D Matt Carle 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 -2 30.00 8
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 -1 16.40 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 2 5 3 2 0 -1 21.40 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 1 6 2 3 0 -2 35.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 4 0 28 0 0 65.00 6
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Claude Giroux 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 6.30 7
R Steve Downie 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 9.30 4
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 14.30 8
R Joffrey Lupul 1 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 23.40 8
C Arron Asham 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 8.50 6
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 -1 16.50 7
C Jeff Carter 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 18.10 8
C Scott Gomez 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 23.30 8
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 5
L Mike Knuble 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 -1 20.20 6
L Scott Hartnell 1 0 5 2 1 1 2 3 27.00 8
L Simon Gagné 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.00 6
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 -1 10.40 7
D Luca Sbisa 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 14.00 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 30.20 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 21.20 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 21.00 7
D Wade Redden 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 32.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 3 0 23 0 0 65.00 6
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Kovalchuk
2nd star: Claude Giroux
3rd star: Nikolai Zherdev
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 20th goal of the season.
Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Jeff Carter scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Kimmo Timonen notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Simon Gagné had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 2( 15) , Philadelphia Phantoms 3( 26)
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0-1 PHL Darren Haydar (Brandon Dubinsky, Danny Syvret)
0-2 PHL Darren Haydar (Peter Sejna, Danny Syvret)
1-2 SPR Brandon Bochenski (Blair Jones, Andrew Hutchinson)
2-2 SPR Brandon Bochenski (Vladimir Mihalik, Andrew Hutchinson)
2-3 PHL Jonathan Ferland (Denis Tolpeko, Randy Jones)
Goalies: Jonathan Boutin - Jordan Parisé