Tampa Bay Lightning 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 4
Shots: 26 - 30
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:68/86=79 %, Challenges:31/38=79 %
PP: 0 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:66/84=78 %, Challenges:34/46=72 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 871328 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:22 0-1
Vyacheslav Kozlov [14] (Sergei Brylin)
09:31 1-1
Antoine Vermette [11] (Marco Sturm, Filip Kuba)
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21:47 2-1
Todd Marchant [5] (Antoine Vermette, Filip Kuba)
26:14 2-2
Niclas Hävelid [3] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Marian Hossa)
30:26 3-2
Marc-Édouard Vlasic [3] (Antoine Vermette)
31:21 3-3
Marian Hossa [23] (Ken Klee, Steve Rucchin)
38:27 4-3
Dany Heatley [24] (Marco Sturm, Christian Ehrhoff)PP
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44:48 4-4
Sergei Brylin [20] (Vyacheslav Kozlov, Bobby Holik)
48:33 5-4
Karl Stewart [8] (Antoine Vermette, Chris Gratton)
59:15 6-4
Filip Kuba [3] (Antoine Vermette)
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Penalty summary:
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11:08
Bobby Holik (2 min for slashing)
13:31
Christian Ehrhoff (2 min for slashing)
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22:05
Christian Ehrhoff (2 min for high-sticking)
27:47
Kyle McLaren (5 min for fighting)
27:47
Garnet Exelby (5 min for fighting)
37:12
Pascal Dupuis (2 min for holding the stick)
39:13
Joey Crabb (2 min for hooking)
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54:32
Radek Smolenak (2 min for elbowing)
57:08
Niclas Hävelid (2 min for elbowing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
R Jason Ward 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 7
R Milan Hejduk 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
R Dany Heatley 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 20.10 8
C Chris Gratton 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 8.10 6
C Ryan Craig 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
C Todd Marchant 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 16.30 7
C Antoine Vermette 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 20.40 9
R Radek Smolenak 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.10 5
L Patrick Leahy 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 14.30 6
L Karl Stewart 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13.20 7
L Marco Sturm 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 8
D Doug Janik 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 14.20 8
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 1 19.40 7
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 16.50 8
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 -1 23.40 7
D Filip Kuba 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 26.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 4 0 26 0 0 60.00 6
G Alex Auld 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7.20 4
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10.10 5
R Sergei Brylin 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 18.20 8
R Marian Hossa 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 -2 20.20 7
C Jim Slater 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 5
C Todd White 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 14.50 7
C Bobby Holik 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 15.00 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 -3 20.30 7
L Brad Larsen 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 11.10 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 9.30 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 16.50 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -3 18.40 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 -1 20.20 7
D Jason Smith 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 15.40 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -2 29.50 7
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 4
D Ken Klee 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 14.40 8
D Niclas Hävelid 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 -4 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 6 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Antoine Vermette
2nd star: Filip Kuba
3rd star: Sergei Brylin
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Antoine Vermette notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Ryan Craig had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Marc-Édouard Vlasic ended his 7 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Sergei Brylin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Sergei Brylin scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Vyacheslav Kozlov ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Ken Klee ended his 5 game point drought.
-Niclas Hävelid ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Kyle McLaren beat Garnet Exelby in a fight.
Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 3( 28) , Chicago Wolves 3( 12)
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1-0 DTV Nick Tarnasky (Justin Keller)
2-0 DTV Dave Spina (Andy Rogers)
2-1 CHW Kevin Doell (Kristofer Persson)
2-2 CHW Joonas Vihko (Alexandre Giroux, Jimmy Sharrow)
3-2 DTV Craig MacDonald (Tim Taylor, Kyle Wanvig)
3-3 CHW Chad Painchaud (Mark Popovic)
Goalies: Marc Denis - Fred Brathwaite