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Tampa Bay 3, Atlanta 6

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
TAM(9-5-7)	0	2	1	3
ATL(10-7-3)	2	2	2	6

Final

7:00 PM ET, October 3, 2009

Philips Arena

Atlanta, Georgia

THREE STARS

I. Kovalchuk
Thrashers (LW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 1

R. Peverley
Thrashers (C )

Goals: 2
Assists: 1

O. Pavelec
Thrashers (G )

Saves: 36
Save Pct.: .923

Game Information
Arena: Philips Arena Location: Atlanta, Georgia	Referees: Eric Furlatt, Kevin Pollock Linesmen: Steve Miller, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 18,545 (100.0% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Tampa Bay

Atlanta

Total Shots
	39
	28

PIM
	36
	24

Hits
	21
	10

Giveaways
	2
	7

Takeaways
	12
	13

Faceoffs Won
	25
	32

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
8:20		Ilya Kovalchuk (1) Assists: Bryan Little, Pavel Kubina	Atlanta 1-0
11:23		Anssi Salmela (1) Assists: Eric Boulton, Chris Thorburn	Atlanta 2-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:12		Alex Tanguay: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Zach Bogosian
15:14		Andrej Meszaros: 2 Minutes for Holding Maxim Afinogenov
15:14		Maxim Afinogenov: 2 Minutes for Holding Andrej Meszaros
18:54		Kurtis Foster: 2 Minutes for Tripping Tobias Enstrom

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
9:01		Zach Bogosian (1) Assists: Rich Peverley, Tobias Enstrom	Atlanta 3-0
12:42		Rich Peverley (1) Assists: Evander Kane	Atlanta 4-0
14:01		Martin St. Louis (1) Assists: Victor Hedman, Mattias Ohlund	Atlanta 4-1
19:15		Martin St. Louis (2) (Power Play) Assists: Steven Stamkos, Alex Tanguay	Atlanta 4-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
7:44		Todd Fedoruk: 2 Minutes for Crosschecking Ilya Kovalchuk
7:44		Ilya Kovalchuk: 2 Minutes for Slashing Todd Fedoruk
7:44		Stephane Veilleux: 2 Minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct of Mark Popovic
7:44		Mark Popovic: 2 Minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct of Stephane Veilleux
13:11		Zenon Konopka: 5 Minutes for Fighting Chris Thorburn
13:11		Chris Thorburn: 5 Minutes for Fighting Zenon Konopka
17:42		Pavel Kubina: 2 Minutes for Holding Steve Downie
18:05		Ryan Malone: 2 Minutes for Crosschecking Ron Hainsey
18:31		Ilya Kovalchuk: 2 Minutes for Hooking Steven Stamkos

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:11		Andrej Meszaros (1) Assists: Matt Walker, Vincent Lecavalier	Atlanta 4-3
11:52		Rich Peverley (2) (Power Play) Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Maxim Afinogenov	Atlanta 5-3
13:15		Ilya Kovalchuk (2) Assists: Bryan Little, Tobias Enstrom	Atlanta 6-3
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:52		Eric Boulton: 5 Minutes for Fighting Todd Fedoruk
4:52		Todd Fedoruk: 5 Minutes for Fighting Eric Boulton
5:24		Anssi Salmela: 2 Minutes for Roughing Drew Miller
10:06		Paul Ranger: 2 Minutes for Hooking Tobias Enstrom
13:47		Todd White: 2 Minutes for Roughing Zenon Konopka
13:47		Zenon Konopka: 2 Minutes for Roughing Todd White
13:47		Stephane Veilleux: 10 Minutes for Misconduct

Player Summary

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	%
S. Downie RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	21	14:39	0:00	0:00	14:39	0	1	00.0
T. Fedoruk LW	0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	7	2	0	0	12	6:55	0:00	0:00	6:55	0	0	00.0
K. Foster D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	6	2:55	0:00	0:00	2:55	0	0	00.0
J. Halpern C	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	24	13:39	0:00	3:10	10:29	8	8	50.0
V. Hedman D	0	1	-2	5	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	35	26:27	2:31	3:37	20:19	0	0	00.0
Z. Konopka C	0	0	-1	2	2	1	2	7	1	0	0	13	6:17	0:00	0:00	6:17	3	1	75.0
V. Lecavalier C	0	1	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	20:12	3:33	0:36	16:03	6	11	35.3
R. Malone LW	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	2	5	1	0	26	18:20	2:26	1:10	14:44	1	0	100.0
A. Meszaros D	1	0	-1	4	3	0	1	2	1	0	0	25	18:49	0:00	1:26	17:23	0	0	00.0
D. Miller LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	12:59	0:00	3:08	9:51	0	0	00.0
M. Ohlund D	0	1	-2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	36	26:11	0:18	3:50	22:03	0	0	00.0
P. Ranger D	0	0	-2	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	32	22:19	0:00	1:29	20:50	0	0	00.0
M. St. Louis RW	2	0	-1	5	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	25	21:28	3:33	0:45	17:10	1	2	33.3
S. Stamkos C	0	1	-1	4	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	24	20:12	3:33	0:22	16:17	6	6	50.0
A. Tanguay LW	0	1	-1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	24	18:31	1:07	0:00	17:24	0	0	00.0
S. Veilleux LW	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	12	1	0	0	16	8:53	0:00	1:23	7:30	0	1	00.0
M. Walker D	0	1	1	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	24	19:40	0:00	1:10	18:30	0	0	00.0
J. Wright C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	21	11:53	0:00	0:58	10:55	0	2	00.0
Tampa Bay Lightning Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
L Krajicek									Healthy
M Smaby									Healthy
D Hale									Healthy

Atlanta Thrashers												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
M. Afinogenov RW	0	1	-1	3	3	1	1	2	0	1	1	21	14:54	0:39	0:26	13:49	0	0	00.0
N. Antropov C	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	20	16:46	0:47	0:00	15:59	4	4	50.0
Z. Bogosian D	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	28	20:38	0:00	1:37	19:01	0	0	00.0
E. Boulton LW	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	9	5:39	0:00	0:00	5:39	0	0	00.0
T. Enstrom D	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	28	23:50	5:44	0:27	17:39	0	0	00.0
R. Hainsey D	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	18:47	0:00	2:40	16:07	0	0	00.0
E. Kane C	0	1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	17	11:09	0:00	0:00	11:09	0	0	00.0
I. Kovalchuk LW	2	1	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	2	1	25	26:55	5:46	0:00	21:09	0	0	00.0
S. Kozlov LW	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	16:26	4:42	0:00	11:44	1	1	50.0
P. Kubina D	0	1	1	1	1	6	1	2	1	0	0	25	20:22	0:27	1:59	17:56	0	0	00.0
B. Little C	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	24:20	4:59	0:00	19:21	6	2	75.0
R. Peverley C	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	14:24	0:45	1:30	12:09	1	0	100.0
M. Popovic D	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	0	21	14:54	0:00	0:23	14:31	0	0	00.0
M. Reasoner C	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	14:01	0:00	1:51	12:10	5	3	62.5
A. Salmela D	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	1	0	22	15:59	0:00	0:00	15:59	0	0	00.0
J. Slater C	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	6:28	0:00	0:53	5:35	3	4	42.9
C. Thorburn RW	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	9	5:14	0:00	0:00	5:14	1	0	100.0
T. White C	0	0	-1	3	3	0	1	2	0	2	0	25	19:41	5:01	1:42	12:58	11	11	50.0
Atlanta Thrashers Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
C Schubert									Healthy
J Gratton									Healthy
B Valabik									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Smith	28	6	22	.786	59:55	0

Atlanta Thrashers Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
O. Pavelec	39	3	36	.923	60:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Tampa Bay	12	13	14	39
Atlanta	8	10	10	28

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Tampa Bay	1 of 3
Atlanta	1 of 3

* - 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 3rd

Chicago	4	Final
Florida	0

Vancouver	0	Final
Colorado	3

Detroit	3	Final
St. Louis	5

Carolina	2	Final
Boston	7

Montreal	2	Final
Buffalo	1	OT

Philadelphia	5	Final
New Jersey	2

Pittsburgh	4	Final
NY Islanders	3	SO

Ottawa	2	Final
NY Rangers	5

Toronto	4	Final
Washington	6

Tampa Bay	3	Final
Atlanta	6

Minnesota	1	Final
Columbus	2

Nashville	3	Final
Dallas	2	SO

Calgary	4	Final
Edmonton	3

San Jose	4	Final
Anaheim	1

Phoenix	6	Final
Los Angeles	3

ESPN NHL

Tampa Bay 3, Atlanta 6

Final

NHL Scores

Saturday, October 3rd