Tampa Bay Lightning 4 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 35 - 26
PP: 0 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:56/67=83 %, Challenges:50/58=84 %
PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:61/69=88 %, Challenges:29/44=64 %
Attendance: 17346 of 19758 (St. Pete Times Forum)
Ticket income: 870769 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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09:59 1-0
Alex Kovalev [29] (Patrik Elias, Matt Carle)
10:59 2-0
Gary Roberts [21] (Colin White, Paul Ranger)
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26:03 3-0
Alex Kovalev [30] (Patrik Elias, Matt Carle)
32:17 3-1
Éric Bélanger [19] (Alex Korolyuk, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
33:12 3-2
Owen Nolan [8] (Vaclav Varada, Marc-André Bergeron)
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48:44 3-3
Nils Ekman [18] (Éric Bélanger, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)PP
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61:25 4-3
Patrik Elias [23] (Alex Kovalev, Matt Carle)
Penalty summary:
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14:54
Daniel Brière (2 min for tripping)
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20:42
Bryan Berard (2 min for elbowing)
36:08
Radek Smolenak (2 min for slashing)
39:06
Martin Skoula (2 min for holding the stick)
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41:18
Paul Ranger (2 min for hooking)
43:53
Owen Nolan (2 min for hooking)
47:07
Chris Gratton (2 min for holding the stick)
55:21
Owen Nolan (2 min for high-sticking)
59:13
Serge Aubin (2 min for hooking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kyle Turris 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 6
R Mark Recchi 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 13.00 7
R Gary Roberts 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
R Alex Kovalev 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 2 17.50 9
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 19.30 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 13.50 8
C Daniel Brière 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 17.50 7
L Radek Smolenak 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 6
L Chris Gratton 0 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 18.10 8
L Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 18.20 8
L Patrik Elias 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 20.30 9
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 17.20 6
D Colin White 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.50 6
D Jason Smith 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 23.30 8
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 25.40 7
D Paul Ranger 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 21.20 7
D Matt Carle 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 2 22.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 23 0 0 61.30 6
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ville Nieminen 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.50 5
R Owen Nolan 1 0 2 4 0 2 4 1 15.20 7
R Alex Korolyuk 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 10.00 5
R Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 -2 17.00 8
C Nick Tarnasky 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 15.10 6
C Serge Aubin 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 10.50 6
C Éric Bélanger 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 8
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 4 4 1 2 0 -3 21.20 8
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 5
L Vaclav Varada 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 13.50 6
L Antti Laaksonen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
L Nils Ekman 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 17.00 6
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 18.00 6
D Bryan Berard 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 14.20 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 -3 29.10 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 25.20 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 -3 22.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 31 0 0 61.30 7
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Patrik Elias
3rd star: Matt Carle
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Alex Kovalev scored his 30th goal of the season.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Vaclav Varada notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Pierre-Marc Bouchard notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Éric Bélanger ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Nils Ekman ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 1( 6) , Houston Aeros 2( 18)
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0-1 HOU Tomas Surovy (Tomas Mojzis, Stéphane Veilleux)
0-2 HOU Roman Voloshenko (Corey Locke, James Sheppard)
1-2 NOR David Koci (Matt Marshall)
Goalies: Karri Rämö - Nolan Schaefer