ALL SPORTS
- NFL
- MLB
- NBA
- NHL
- College Football
- College Basketball
- Women's Basketball
- College Sports
- Recruiting
- Golf
- NASCAR
- Racing
- Soccer
- --World Cup
- High Schools
- Tennis
- Boxing
- Mixed Martial Arts
- Olympic Sports
- Horse Racing
- Poker
- WNBA
- Lacrosse
- Cricket (Cricinfo)
- Rugby (Scrum)
- Action Sports
- Outdoors
- Bassmaster
- Rodeo & Bull Riding
- UFL
COMMENTARY
- Blogs
- Ombudsman
PAGE 2
- Sports Guy's World
FANTASY
- Football
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Hockey
- Stock Car
- Soccer
- Arcade
- Video Games
- Poker Club
- All Fantasy Games
VIDEO
SPORTSNATION
- Profiles
- Groups
- Conversations
- Chats
- Polls
- Message Boards
- Widgets
CITIES
THE LIFE
- Home
- Travel
- Sports Passport
- Arcade
- Video Games
- Tickets
- Cars
- Contests
- Books
- Active.com

Minnesota 1, Tampa Bay 0

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	SO	T
MIN(40-33-9)	0	0	0	1	1
TAM(24-40-18)	0	0	0	0	0

Final

SO

7:30 PM ET, October 18, 2008

St. Pete Times Forum

Tampa, Florida

THREE STARS

N. Backstrom
Wild (G )

Saves: 32
Save Pct.: 1.000

P. Ranger
Lightning (D )

Goals: 0
Assists: 0

M. Smith
Lightning (G )

Saves: 21
Save Pct.: 1.000

Game Information
Arena: St. Pete Times Forum Location: Tampa, Florida	Referees: Paul Devorski, Ian Walsh Linesmen: Thor Nelson, Anthony Sericolo
Attendance: 15,191 (76.9% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Minnesota

Tampa Bay

Total Shots
	21
	32

PIM
	8
	14

Hits
	18
	30

Giveaways
	8
	4

Takeaways
	5
	9

Faceoffs Won
	23
	27

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:37		David Koci: 2 Minutes for Holding Kim Johnsson
4:47		David Koci: 2 Minutes for Interference of Andrew Brunette
5:02		Mikko Koivu: 2 Minutes for Slashing Mike Lundin
6:33		Vaclav Prospal: 2 Minutes for Hooking Antti Miettinen
8:54		Colton Gillies: 4 Minute Double Minor for High-sticking Andrej Meszaros
14:40		James Sheppard: 2 Minutes for Tripping Mike Lundin

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:20		Jussi Jokinen: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Tomas Mojzis

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:42		Lukas Krajicek: 2 Minutes for Interference of Craig Weller
14:33		Ryan Malone: 2 Minutes for Tripping Eric Belanger

OT Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:41		Andrej Meszaros: 2 Minutes for Hooking Mikko Koivu

Shootout Summary
TEAM	DETAIL
	Jussi Jokinen shootout attempt against Niklas Backstrom with a Backhand results in a SAVE.
	Mikko Koivu shootout attempt against Mike Smith with a Wide of Net results in a MISS.
	Vincent Lecavalier shootout attempt against Niklas Backstrom with a Backhand results in a SAVE.
	Antti Miettinen shootout attempt against Mike Smith with a Backhand results in a GOAL.
	Steven Stamkos shootout attempt against Niklas Backstrom with a Backhand results in a SAVE.

Player Summary

Minnesota Wild												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
E. Belanger C	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	31	24:19	4:55	2:48	16:36	9	5	64.3
M. Bergeron D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	25	18:46	6:25	0:06	12:15	0	0	00.0
D. Boogaard LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	5:12	0:24	0:00	4:48	0	0	00.0
A. Brunette LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	25	20:11	5:35	0:00	14:36	0	0	00.0
B. Burns D	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	29	26:01	6:13	2:13	17:35	0	0	00.0
C. Clutterbuck RW	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	23	15:37	1:32	0:50	13:15	0	0	00.0
C. Gillies C	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	11	7:15	1:05	0:00	6:10	0	0	00.0
K. Johnsson D	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	32	27:27	4:51	3:41	18:55	0	0	00.0
M. Koivu C	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	32	23:27	6:10	2:51	14:26	8	16	33.3
A. Miettinen RW	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	23:43	5:54	2:28	15:21	1	0	100.0
T. Mojzis D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	16	11:33	3:44	0:00	7:49	0	0	00.0
B. Pouliot LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25	15:40	4:43	0:00	10:57	4	1	80.0
E. Reitz D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	16	10:58	0:00	0:06	10:52	0	0	00.0
N. Schultz D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	29	21:44	0:00	3:41	18:03	0	0	00.0
J. Sheppard C	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	20	15:21	2:15	2:00	11:06	1	4	20.0
M. Skoula D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	24	19:06	0:00	2:13	16:53	0	0	00.0
S. Veilleux LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	15:30	0:29	1:03	13:58	0	0	00.0
C. Weller D	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	10:10	0:47	0:00	9:23	0	1	00.0
Minnesota Wild Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
O Nolan									Lwr Body Injury
M Gaborik									Lwr Body Injury
K Kolanos									Healthy

Tampa Bay Lightning												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
E. Artyukhin RW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	16	12:16	1:19	0:00	10:57	0	0	00.0
M. Carle D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	36	24:30	1:44	4:45	18:01	0	0	00.0
C. Gratton C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	16	9:15	0:00	3:56	5:19	8	2	80.0
A. Hall RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	17:17	0:06	5:05	12:06	3	3	50.0
J. Jokinen LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	29	17:21	0:00	3:47	13:34	3	8	27.3
D. Koci LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	3	0:41	0:00	0:00	0:41	0	0	00.0
L. Krajicek D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	24	15:55	2:41	0:00	13:14	0	0	00.0
V. Lecavalier C	0	0	0	6	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	24	21:04	4:40	0:26	15:58	9	6	60.0
M. Lundin D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	32	23:10	0:00	5:46	17:24	0	0	00.0
R. Malone LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	23	15:29	1:20	0:51	13:18	0	0	00.0
A. Meszaros D	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	39	25:07	1:03	5:09	18:55	0	0	00.0
J. Niskala D	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	12:37	2:16	0:22	9:59	0	0	00.0
V. Prospal C	0	0	0	5	2	1	1	2	2	2	0	28	23:32	4:40	1:32	17:20	0	0	00.0
P. Ranger D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	38	27:34	3:24	6:15	17:55	0	0	00.0
M. Recchi RW	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	19	11:17	0:52	4:04	6:21	0	0	00.0
G. Roberts LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	12:03	0:00	0:00	12:03	0	0	00.0
M. St. Louis RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	29	23:37	4:35	1:45	17:17	0	0	00.0
S. Stamkos C	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	18	13:56	1:20	0:25	12:11	4	4	50.0
Tampa Bay Lightning Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
J Ward									Healthy
R Vrbata									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Minnesota Wild Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
N. Backstrom	32	0	32	1	65:00	0

Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Smith	21	0	21	1	65:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
Minnesota	6	8	4	3	21
Tampa Bay	13	8	10	1	32

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Minnesota	0 of 0
Tampa Bay	0 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Saturday, October 18th

Colorado	5	Final
Dallas	4

NY Rangers	4	Final
Detroit	5	OT

Phoenix	1	Final
Montreal	4

Boston	4	Final
Ottawa	2

Toronto	1	Final
Pittsburgh	4

New Jersey	4	Final
Washington	3	SO

NY Islanders	0	Final
Florida	2

Buffalo	2	Final
Atlanta	3	SO

Minnesota	1	Final
Tampa Bay	0	SO

Columbus	3	Final
Nashville	6

Chicago	3	Final
St. Louis	4	SO

Calgary	2	Final
Edmonton	3

Philadelphia	4	Final
San Jose	5	OT

ESPN NHL

Minnesota 1, Tampa Bay 0

Final

SO

NHL Scores

Saturday, October 18th