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18/3/2009
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Tampa Bay Lightning 4 , New York Rangers 2
Shots: 27 - 23
PP: 2 of 8 (13 shots), Passing:77/95=81 %, Challenges:27/40=65 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:65/85=76 %, Challenges:24/41=57 %
Attendance: 12831 of 19758 (St. Pete Times Forum)
Ticket income: 630002 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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15:34 1-0
Vincent Lecavalier [23] (Sergei Gonchar)
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20:35 2-0
Vaclav Prospal [23] (Vincent Lecavalier, Scottie Upshall)PP
28:23 3-0
Stéphane Robidas [2] (Vaclav Prospal, Vincent Lecavalier)
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48:19 3-1
Rick Nash [35] (Dmitri Kalinin, Rob Blake)SH
49:07 4-1
Shane Doan [19] (Ryan Malone, Tom Gilbert)PP
49:36 4-2
Mikhail Grabovski [8] (Dmitri Kalinin)
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Penalty summary:
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01:14
Marc Savard (2 min for high-sticking)
05:26
Brendan Shanahan (2 min for boarding)
08:24
Jason Chimera (2 min for cross-checking)
10:44
Michael Frolík (2 min for roughing)
19:13
Brendan Shanahan (2 min for elbowing)
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28:09
Marc-Antoine Pouliot (5 min for fighting)
28:09
Colton Orr (5 min for fighting)
33:14
Gilbert Brulé (5 min for fighting)
33:14
Colton Orr (5 min for fighting)
34:58
Jeff Carter (2 min for hooking)
39:14
Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:13
Tom Gilbert (2 min for hooking)
43:38
Brendan Shanahan (2 min for hooking)
47:34
Michal Rozsival (2 min for tripping)
52:48
Mike Knuble (2 min for holding the stick)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fabian Brunnström 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 8.20 5
R Scottie Upshall 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 -1 19.30 6
R Steve Bernier 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 17.50 7
R Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 14.20 7
C Jason Chimera 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 -1 7.00 6
C Adam Hall 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 12.50 5
C Shane Doan 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 17.50 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 18.00 8
L Colton Orr 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 -1 6.30 6
L Mike Knuble 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 14.40 7
L Ryan Malone 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 8
L Vaclav Prospal 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 20.00 7
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 13.30 7
D Stéphane Robidas 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 24.40 7
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 14.00 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 -1 18.40 5
D François Beauchemin 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 -1 26.50 7
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 24.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mikhail Grabovski 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 7.20 6
R Michael Frolík 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14.00 6
L Radim Vrbata 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 7.30 5
R Brendan Shanahan 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 0 20.40 5
C Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 6.30 6
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 1 19.00 8
C Jeff Carter 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 -2 16.40 4
C Marc Savard 0 0 4 1 1 1 2 0 20.30 5
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 8.30 8
L Gilbert Brulé 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 7.30 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 -2 14.30 5
L Rick Nash 1 0 1 5 2 4 0 1 21.30 9
D Rob Blake 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 24.20 8
D Tom Preissing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.30 5
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 28.30 6
D Thomas Pöck 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 12.50 4
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 31.40 8
D Wade Redden 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10.10 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 4 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Steve Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vincent Lecavalier
2nd star: Vaclav Prospal
3rd star: Shane Doan
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Sergei Gonchar notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Vincent Lecavalier notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Tom Gilbert finally ended his 14 game point drought.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Rick Nash scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Dmitri Kalinin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Rick Nash finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Colton Orr beat Marc-Antoine Pouliot in a fight.
-Colton Orr beat Gilbert Brulé in a fight.
Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 2( 16) , Hartford Wolf Pack 1( 20)
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1-0
Matt Marshall (Claude Giroux, Justin Keller)
1-1 HFD Lauri Korpikoski (Artem Anisimov, Michael Sauer)
2-1
Claude Giroux (Vladimir Mihalik)
Goalies: Riku Helenius - Miika Wiikman