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22/12/2008
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Tampa Bay Lightning 4 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 44 - 22
PP: 0 of 5 (16 shots), Passing:71/79=89 %, Challenges:50/56=87 %
PP: 0 of 3 (10 shots), Passing:51/67=76 %, Challenges:28/38=71 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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10:25 1-0
Evgeny Artyukhin [8] (Paul Ranger, Jeff Halpern)
12:08 2-0
Martin St. Louis [21] (Vincent Lecavalier, Patrick Marleau)
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25:34 2-1
Kristopher Letang [4] (Jeff Taffe)
26:41 2-2
Jakub Voracek [16] (Zach Parisé, Zbynek Michalek)
27:25 3-2
Ryan Malone [16] (Lukas Krajicek, Mike Smith)
35:03 4-2
Ryan Malone [17] (Lukas Krajicek, Ryan Whitney)
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49:02 4-3
Martin Hanzal [5] (Kristopher Letang, Dan Boyle)SH
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Penalty summary:
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06:41
Gilbert Brulé (2 min for slashing)
13:23
Evgeny Artyukhin (5 min for fighting)
13:23
Paul Bissonnette (5 min for fighting)
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23:18
Ryan Malone (2 min for tripping)
30:29
Kristopher Letang (2 min for hooking)
39:29
Jeff Taffe (2 min for slashing)
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42:06
Martin Hanzal (2 min for slashing)
45:22
Logan Couture (5 min for fighting)
45:22
Paul Bissonnette (5 min for fighting)
47:41
Matt Cooke (2 min for diving)
50:41
Kyle Calder (2 min for slashing)
54:49
Matt Cooke (2 min for high-sticking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Kyle Calder 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 1 10.40 6
C Michal Handzus 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 14.20 6
L Ryan Malone 2 0 5 2 1 0 2 0 19.50 8
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 8.30 5
C Logan Couture 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 -1 13.20 6
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 14.30 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 21.30 8
R Evgeny Artyukhin 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 4.50 6
R Kyle Wanvig 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 -1 11.10 7
L Erik Cole 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
R Martin St. Louis 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 9
D Ty Wishart 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 25.00 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 1 14.00 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 8 3 0 1 0 1 29.30 9
D Jiri Fischer 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 -1 13.00 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16.10 7
D Paul Ranger 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 22.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 1 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 0 8.00 5
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.20 6
L Nikita Filatov 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 18.40 5
R Jakub Voracek 1 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 14.30 8
C Jeff Taffe 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 8.00 5
C Jozef Stumpel 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10.20 6
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 13.10 5
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 14.20 7
R Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 5
L Martin Hanzal 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 19.10 8
R Tyler Kennedy 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 16.40 6
L Zach Parisé 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 23.00 8
D Paul Bissonnette 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 9.10 6
D Kris Russell 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 -2 19.00 7
D Kristopher Letang 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 29.40 8
D Alex Goligoski 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13.10 6
D Dan Boyle 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 27.00 8
D Zbynek Michalek 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 22.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 4 0 40 0 0 58.00 9
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Malone
2nd star: Martin St. Louis
3rd star: Vincent Lecavalier
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Paul Ranger has marked a new career high in assists with 18 assists.
-Jeff Halpern finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Evgeny Artyukhin finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Evgeny Artyukhin finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Ryan Whitney finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Zbynek Michalek has marked a new career high in points with 25 points.
-Nikita Filatov had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Nikita Filatov had his 17 game point streak snapped.
-Kristopher Letang ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Paul Bissonnette beat Evgeny Artyukhin in a fight.
-Paul Bissonnette beat Logan Couture in a fight.
Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 3( 20) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 3( 13)
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1-0 DTV Dmitri Kazionov (Mike Lundin)
2-0 DTV Radim Vrbata (Matt Smaby)
2-1 WIL Sergei Anshakov (Stephen Dixon)
3-1 DTV Adam Hall (Chris Lawrence, Brad Bombardir)
3-2 WIL Nathan Smith (Dennis Bonvie)
3-3 WIL Bill Thomas (Kris Beech)