Tampa Bay 4, Florida 3

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play Conversation
123SOT
TAM(24-40-18)12014
FLA(41-30-11)10203

Final

SO
7:30 PM ET, December 26, 2008
BankAtlantic Center
Sunrise, Florida
THREE STARS
R. Malone
Lightning (LW)

Goals: 0
Assists: 1
B. McCabe
Panthers  (D )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0
S. Eminger
Lightning (D )

Goals: 1
Assists: 2

Game Information
Arena: BankAtlantic Center
Location: Sunrise, Florida		Referees: Gord Dwyer, Rob Martell
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Pierre Racicot
Attendance: 16,961 (88.1% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON
Key:  Tampa Bay   Florida
Total Shots
 35
  28
PIM
  30
  30
Hits
 29
  14
Giveaways
 4
  3
Takeaways
 6
  5
Faceoffs Won
  27
 29

First Period Summary
TEAMTIMESCORING DETAIL
11:24Steve Eminger   (Assist: Paul Ranger)
18:28Keith Ballard   (Assist: Nick Boynton, Radek Dvorak)
TEAMTIMEPENALTY DETAIL
18:28E Artyukhin  (major fighting, misconduct)
18:28N Tarnasky  (major fighting)
18:37R Zednik  (hooking)
Second Period Summary
TEAMTIMESCORING DETAIL
16:53Mark Recchi   (Assist: Steve Eminger, Matt Pettinger)
18:27Evgeny Artyukhin   (Assist: Ryan Malone, Steve Eminger)
TEAMTIMEPENALTY DETAIL
6:10J Bouwmeester  (hooking)
14:04K Skrastins  (high sticking)
14:26V Prospal  (boarding)
20:00E Artyukhin  (major fighting)
20:00N Boynton  (major fighting, misconduct)
20:00N Boynton  (instigator served by M Frolik)
Third Period Summary
TEAMTIMESCORING DETAIL
13:37Cory Stillman - power play  (Assist: Jay Bouwmeester, Keith Ballard)
19:46Bryan McCabe - with extra attacker  (Assist: Stephen Weiss, Cory Stillman)
TEAMTIMEPENALTY DETAIL
6:02V Lecavalier  (slashing)
7:31P Ranger  (delay of game)
11:56S Eminger  (tripping)
14:18K Skrastins  (hooking)
17:12P Ranger  (holding)
Overtime Summary
TEAMTIMESCORING DETAIL
No Scoring this period
TEAMTIMEPENALTY DETAIL
No Penalties this period

PLAYER SUMMARY
Florida Panthers
PLAYERS  G  A+/-*SOG
David Booth00+14
Gregory Campbell00+11
Radek Dvorak01+22
Nathan Horton00-10
Ville Peltonen00+12
Keith Ballard1102
Richard Zednik00-21
Bryan McCabe1004
Kamil Kreps00-10
Tomas Vokoun0000
Karlis Skrastins00-10
Craig Anderson0000
Jay Bouwmeester01-14
Nick Boynton0101
Brett McLean0001
Cory Stillman11-21
Michael Frolik00-23
Noah Welch0001
Nick Tarnasky0001
Stephen Weiss01+10
SCRATCHESREASON
Jassen Cullimoreupper body
Anthony Stewarthealthy
Tampa Bay Lightning
PLAYERS  G  A+/-*SOG
Jeff Halpern00-11
Ryan Malone01+12
Andrej Meszaros00+12
Adam Hall0002
Lukas Krajicek00+12
Vaclav Prospal0004
Marek Malik0002
Jamie Heward00-12
Matt Pettinger01+10
Martin St. Louis0002
Jussi Jokinen00-11
Paul Szczechura00+11
Vincent Lecavalier0003
Mike Smith0000
Steve Eminger12+12
Paul Ranger0101
Evgeny Artyukhin10+21
Mark Recchi10-12
Steven Stamkos00+15
SCRATCHESREASON
Olaf Kolzigupper body
Ryan Craighealthy
Goaltending Summary
Florida Panthers
PLAYER
Tomas Vokoun27 shots, 24 saves; record: 8-10-0
Craig Anderson8 shots, 8 saves; record: 8-3-4
Tampa Bay Lightning
PLAYER
Mike Smith28 shots, 25 saves; record: 7-12-8
Shots On Goal
TEAM1st2nd3rdOTT
Tampa Bay9188035
Florida1098128

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAMPPG / PPO
Tampa Bay0 of 5
Florida1 of 5

* - 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

Friday, December 26th
Pittsburgh 1 Final
New Jersey 0
Toronto 1 Final
NY Islanders 4
Buffalo 2 Final
Washington 3
Tampa Bay 4 Final
Florida 3 SO
Carolina 5 Final
Atlanta 4
Detroit 2 Final
Nashville 3
Philadelphia 1 Final
Chicago 5
Edmonton 3 Final
Vancouver 2
Phoenix 2 Final
Los Angeles 1