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Atlanta 4, Tampa Bay 3

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	SO	T
ATL(35-41-6)	2	1	0	1	4
TAM(24-40-18)	0	3	0	0	3

Final

SO

7:30 PM ET, March 21, 2009

St. Pete Times Forum

Tampa, Florida

THREE STARS

I. Kovalchuk
Thrashers (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

S. Stamkos
Lightning (C )

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

M. St. Louis
Lightning (RW)

Goals: 0
Assists: 1

Game Information
Arena: St. Pete Times Forum Location: Tampa, Florida	Referees: Wes McCauley, Kyle Rehman Linesmen: Steve Miller, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 15,391 (77.9% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Atlanta

Tampa Bay

Total Shots
	36
	29

PIM
	14
	16

Hits
	21
	20

Giveaways
	10
	10

Takeaways
	6
	11

Faceoffs Won
	32
	33

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
6:12		Slava Kozlov (22) Assists: Tobias Enstrom, Colby Armstrong	Atlanta 1-0
17:49		Todd White (20) (Power Play) Assists: Slava Kozlov, Ilya Kovalchuk	Atlanta 2-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:48		Tobias Enstrom: 2 Minutes for Hooking Josef Melichar
8:32		Richard Petiot: 2 Minutes for Hooking Chris Thorburn
10:04		Jeff Halpern: 2 Minutes for Hooking Bryan Little
16:26		Matt Smaby: 2 Minutes for Hooking Rich Peverley
17:21		Richard Petiot: 2 Minutes for Tripping Slava Kozlov

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
3:50		Steven Stamkos (17) Assists: Lukas Krajicek, Martin St. Louis	Atlanta 2-1
5:12		Steven Stamkos (18) (Power Play) Assists: Matt Lashoff, Vincent Lecavalier	Game tied 2-2
12:52		Ilya Kovalchuk (37) (Power Play) Assists: Todd White, Tobias Enstrom	Atlanta 3-2
15:36		Vaclav Prospal (18) (Power Play) Assists: Lukas Krajicek	Game tied 3-3
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:02		Rich Peverley: 2 Minutes for Hooking Paul Szczechura
9:13		Colin Stuart: 2 Minutes for Boarding Richard Petiot
12:14		Matt Pettinger: 2 Minutes for Hooking Zach Bogosian
13:43		Rich Peverley: 2 Minutes for Hooking Ryan Malone
18:40		Matt Lashoff: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:38		Slava Kozlov: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass
8:33		Chris Thorburn: 2 Minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct of David Koci
8:33		David Koci: 2 Minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct of Chris Thorburn

OT Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:47		Richard Petiot: 2 Minutes for Roughing Ron Hainsey
4:47		Ron Hainsey: 2 Minutes for Roughing Richard Petiot

Shootout Summary
TEAM	DETAIL
	Steven Stamkos shootout attempt against Johan Hedberg with a Backhand results in a SAVE.
	Bryan Little shootout attempt against Karri Ramo with a Wristshot results in a SAVE.
	Vincent Lecavalier shootout attempt against Johan Hedberg with a Wide of Net results in a MISS.
	Slava Kozlov shootout attempt against Karri Ramo with a Wristshot results in a GOAL.
	Martin St. Louis shootout attempt against Johan Hedberg with a Wristshot results in a SAVE.

Player Summary

Atlanta Thrashers												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
C. Armstrong RW	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	13:16	2:25	0:00	10:51	0	0	00.0
Z. Bogosian D	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	25	22:26	2:18	2:44	17:24	0	0	00.0
E. Boulton LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7:41	0:00	0:00	7:41	0	0	00.0
J. Crabb RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	11:45	0:00	1:50	9:55	0	0	00.0
T. Enstrom D	0	2	1	2	1	5	1	2	1	0	1	29	26:32	7:10	3:01	16:21	0	0	00.0
G. Exelby D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	22	18:22	0:04	4:45	13:33	0	0	00.0
R. Hainsey D	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	29	22:14	1:38	3:26	17:10	0	0	00.0
I. Kovalchuk LW	1	1	-1	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	20	22:46	6:43	0:07	15:56	0	0	00.0
S. Kozlov LW	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	19	19:11	6:29	0:00	12:42	0	0	00.0
B. Little C	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	20:56	6:40	0:00	14:16	1	1	50.0
N. Oystrick D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	18	15:10	0:17	1:36	13:17	0	0	00.0
E. Perrin C	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	19	14:53	2:10	3:49	8:54	0	5	00.0
R. Peverley C	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	4	0	0	1	21	16:44	2:22	2:32	11:50	8	11	42.1
M. Reasoner C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	15:34	0:00	4:36	10:58	9	7	56.3
A. Salmela D	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	23	18:57	0:14	0:34	18:09	0	0	00.0
C. Stuart C	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	17	13:59	0:12	2:26	11:21	1	0	100.0
C. Thorburn RW	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	1	12	8:09	0:00	0:00	8:09	0	0	00.0
T. White C	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	21:09	6:43	0:46	13:40	13	9	59.1
Atlanta Thrashers Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
J Slater									Upper Body
B Valabik									Shoulder

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	9:03	0:07	0:00	8:56	0	0	00.0
R. Craig C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	11:28	0:17	1:19	9:52	2	3	40.0
A. Hall RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	10:54	0:17	2:18	8:19	2	0	100.0
J. Halpern C	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	23	15:19	3:30	3:59	7:50	9	9	50.0
M. Karsums RW	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	18	13:19	3:30	0:00	9:49	0	0	00.0
D. Koci LW	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	14	6:45	0:00	0:00	6:45	0	0	00.0
L. Krajicek D	0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	30	27:23	2:51	6:15	18:17	0	0	00.0
M. Lashoff D	0	1	-1	2	2	1	1	2	0	1	3	32	28:18	5:36	1:30	21:12	0	0	00.0
V. Lecavalier C	0	1	-1	2	2	0	0	0	2	4	1	25	20:07	4:16	2:17	13:34	14	6	70.0
R. Malone LW	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	29	20:06	4:16	1:51	13:59	1	1	50.0
J. Melichar D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	13:56	0:00	3:23	10:33	0	0	00.0
R. Petiot D	0	0	-1	1	0	1	3	6	4	0	0	34	23:11	1:08	1:52	20:11	0	0	00.0
M. Pettinger LW	0	0	-1	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	18	13:01	0:00	0:43	12:18	0	0	00.0
V. Prospal C	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	18	14:02	3:40	0:00	10:22	1	0	100.0
M. Smaby D	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	2	0	1	30	24:37	0:17	5:34	18:46	0	0	00.0
M. St. Louis RW	0	1	1	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	29	23:43	6:14	1:40	15:49	1	1	50.0
S. Stamkos C	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	27	19:53	4:16	0:15	15:22	2	11	15.4
P. Szczechura C	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	12:41	0:00	2:28	10:13	1	1	50.0
Tampa Bay Lightning Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M Malik									Ankle Injury
N Welch									Healthy
C Murphy									Foot Injury

Goaltending Summary

Atlanta Thrashers Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
J. Hedberg	29	3	26	.897	65:00	0

Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
K. Ramo	36	3	33	.917	65:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
Atlanta	19	3	10	4	36
Tampa Bay	7	12	9	1	29

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Atlanta	2 of 0
Tampa Bay	2 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, March 21st

Dallas	2	Final
San Jose	5

Washington	1	Final
Carolina	4

Toronto	5	Final
Montreal	2

Buffalo	3	Final
NY Rangers	5

NY Islanders	2	Final
Ottawa	5

Columbus	3	Final
Florida	1

Atlanta	4	Final
Tampa Bay	3	SO

Vancouver	1	Final
Phoenix	5

ESPN NHL

Atlanta 4, Tampa Bay 3

Final

SO

NHL Scores

Saturday, March 21st