- Final0WPG
NJ2
32
3 - Final1CAR
WSH6
36
3 - Final OTOT2DET
CBJ0
10
1 - Final3MTL
OTT2
42
4 - Final4BOS
TB1
21
2 - Final5CGY
EDM4
14
1 - Final6MIN
LA4
34
3 - Final SOSO7PHX
SJ2
32
3
Final
Series tied 2-2
| Game 1: Wednesday, December 2nd | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lightning | 1 | Final |
| Bruins | 4 | |
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| Game 2: Monday, December 28th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bruins | 1 | Final |
| Lightning | 2 | |
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| Game 3: Thursday, February 11th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bruins | 5 | Final |
| Lightning | 4 | |
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| Game 4: Thursday, March 25th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lightning | 5 | Final |
| Bruins | 3 | |
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7:30 PM ET, December 28, 2009
Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| BOS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| TB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Points | Goals | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | P Bergeron 52 | P Bergeron 19 | Z Chara 37 |
| TB | S Stamkos 95 | S Stamkos 51 | M St. Louis 65 |
V. Lecavalier (Lightning - C): Goals: 0, Assists: 1

T. Thomas (Bruins - G): Saves: 37, Save Pct.: .949


M. Smith (Lightning - G): Saves: 31, Save Pct.: .969
Play-by-play data may not reflect changes made after the game has ended.
3rd Period Summary | ||
| Time | Team | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Tampa Bay | Start of 3rd period |
| 0:00 | Boston | Shorthanded - Steve Begin won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in neutral zone |
| 0:07 | Boston | Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Zdeno Chara saved by Mike Smith (Slapshot 96 ft) |
| 1:24 | Tampa Bay | Power play - Giveaway by Kurtis Foster in offensive zone |
| 1:49 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Mattias Ohlund saved by Tim Thomas (Slapshot 110 ft) |
| 1:55 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Steve Downie saved by Tim Thomas (Wristshot 14 ft) |
| 1:56 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 1:56 | Boston | Marc Savard won faceoff against Paul Szczechura in defensive zone |
| 2:55 | Tampa Bay | Shot missed by Steve Downie, Over Net (Wristshot 77 ft) |
| 3:00 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Puck in Crowd |
| 3:00 | Tampa Bay | Steven Stamkos won faceoff against Vladimir Sobotka in neutral zone |
| 3:19 | Boston | Shot on goal by Shawn Thornton saved by Mike Smith (Wristshot 81 ft) |
| 3:24 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Hand Pass |
| 3:24 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Zenon Konopka in neutral zone |
| 3:53 | Tampa Bay | Giveaway by Mike Smith in defensive zone |
| 4:01 | Boston | Daniel Paille credited with hit on David Hale in defensive zone |
| 4:22 | Boston | Shot on goal by Blake Wheeler saved by Mike Smith (Slapshot 59 ft) |
| 4:27 | Boston | David Krejci shot blocked by Stephane Veilleux |
| 4:33 | Boston | Michael Ryder shot blocked by Blair Jones |
| 5:15 | Tampa Bay | Steve Downie shot blocked by Johnny Boychuk |
| 5:16 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 5:16 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Ryan Malone in defensive zone |
| 5:39 | Boston | Shot missed by Patrice Bergeron, Wide of Net (Tip-In 16 ft) |
| 5:56 | Boston | Takeaway by Marco Sturm in offensive zone |
| 6:16 | Boston | Shot on goal by Marco Sturm saved by Mike Smith (Wristshot 37 ft) |
| 6:24 | Boston | Shot on goal by Marco Sturm saved by Mike Smith (Wraparound 14 ft) |
| 6:25 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 6:25 | Tampa Bay | Paul Szczechura won faceoff against David Krejci in defensive zone |
| 6:32 | Boston | Penalty to Andrew Ference 2 minutes for Boarding Stephane Veilleux |
| 6:32 | Boston | Shorthanded - Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Steven Stamkos in defensive zone |
| 6:53 | Boston | Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Zdeno Chara saved by Mike Smith (Slapshot 80 ft) |
| 7:08 | Boston | Shorthanded - Zdeno Chara credited with hit on Ryan Malone in defensive zone |
| 7:35 | Tampa Bay | Power play - Shot missed by Martin St. Louis, Wide of Net (Tip-In 13 ft) |
| 7:59 | Tampa Bay | Power play - Giveaway by Alex Tanguay in neutral zone |
| 8:00 | Tampa Bay | Penalty to Steve Downie 2 minutes for Hooking Matt Hunwick |
| 8:00 | Boston | Marc Savard won faceoff against James Wright in offensive zone |
| 8:13 | Boston | Derek Morris shot blocked by Paul Szczechura |
| 8:22 | Boston | Shot on goal by Marc Savard saved by Mike Smith (Wristshot 36 ft) |
| 8:24 | Tampa Bay | Penalty to Victor Hedman 2 minutes for Roughing Marc Savard |
| 8:24 | Boston | Penalty to Marc Savard 2 minutes for Slashing Victor Hedman |
| 8:24 | Boston | Mark Recchi won faceoff against James Wright in offensive zone |
| 8:45 | Tampa Bay | Shorthanded - Takeaway by Mike Lundin in defensive zone |
| 9:06 | Boston | Power play - Shot on goal by Zdeno Chara saved by Mike Smith (Slapshot 50 ft) |
| 9:11 | Boston | Power play - Shot on goal by Mark Recchi saved by Mike Smith (Wristshot 18 ft) |
| 9:35 | Boston | Power play - Blake Wheeler shot blocked by Mattias Ohlund |
| 10:27 | Boston | Takeaway by Michael Ryder in neutral zone |
| 10:41 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Martin St. Louis saved by Tim Thomas (Slapshot 41 ft) |
| 10:59 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Stephane Veilleux saved by Tim Thomas (Snapshot 41 ft) |
| 11:00 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 11:00 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in defensive zone |
| 11:13 | Tampa Bay | Takeaway by Vincent Lecavalier in offensive zone |
| 11:48 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Icing |
| 11:48 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Steven Stamkos in defensive zone |
| 12:14 | Boston | Shot on goal by Marco Sturm saved by Mike Smith (Snapshot 55 ft) |
| 12:30 | Boston | Goal scored by Marco Sturm (Wristshot 23 ft) assisted by Marc Savard and Zdeno Chara |
| 12:30 | Boston | David Krejci won faceoff against Paul Szczechura in neutral zone |
| 12:38 | Tampa Bay | Matt Smaby credited with hit on Blake Wheeler in defensive zone |
| 12:53 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Puck in Benches |
| 12:53 | Boston | David Krejci won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in offensive zone |
| 12:57 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 12:57 | Tampa Bay | Vincent Lecavalier won faceoff against David Krejci in defensive zone |
| 13:25 | Tampa Bay | Steve Downie credited with hit on Blake Wheeler in neutral zone |
| 13:30 | Boston | Penalty to Blake Wheeler 2 minutes for Roughing Steve Downie |
| 13:30 | Boston | Shorthanded - Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in defensive zone |
| 13:57 | Tampa Bay | Power play - Shot on goal by Steven Stamkos saved by Tim Thomas (Slapshot 57 ft) |
| 14:21 | Tampa Bay | Power play - Giveaway by Vincent Lecavalier in offensive zone |
| 15:28 | Tampa Bay | Power play - Giveaway by Andrej Meszaros in defensive zone |
| 15:43 | Boston | Takeaway by Patrice Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 15:49 | Boston | Shot on goal by Patrice Bergeron saved by Mike Smith (Backhand 12 ft) |
| 15:50 | Tampa Bay | Victor Hedman credited with hit on Patrice Bergeron in defensive zone |
| 15:50 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 15:50 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Paul Szczechura in offensive zone |
| 16:00 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Stephane Veilleux saved by Tim Thomas (Snapshot 52 ft) |
| 16:01 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 16:01 | Boston | Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in defensive zone |
| 16:07 | Tampa Bay | Takeaway by Vincent Lecavalier in offensive zone |
| 16:08 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Vincent Lecavalier saved by Tim Thomas (Backhand 29 ft) |
| 16:38 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Puck in Crowd |
| 16:38 | Boston | Marc Savard won faceoff against Steven Stamkos in neutral zone |
| 16:56 | Boston | Shot missed by Marco Sturm, Goalpost (Wristshot 40 ft) |
| 17:18 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Offside |
| 17:18 | Tampa Bay | Paul Szczechura won faceoff against David Krejci in neutral zone |
| 17:42 | Boston | Shot missed by Michael Ryder, Wide of Net (Snapshot 41 ft) |
| 18:04 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Vincent Lecavalier saved by Tim Thomas (Slapshot 46 ft) |
| 18:08 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 18:08 | Boston | Steve Begin won faceoff against Steven Stamkos in defensive zone |
| 18:17 | Boston | Shot missed by Steve Begin, Wide of Net (Snapshot 37 ft) |
| 18:33 | Tampa Bay | Penalty to Ryan Malone 2 minutes for Holding Andrew Ference |
| 18:33 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - ; Visitor Timeout |
| 18:33 | Boston | Power play - Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Blair Jones in offensive zone |
| 18:50 | Boston | Power play - Shot on goal by Dennis Wideman saved by Mike Smith (Slapshot 56 ft) |
| 18:51 | Boston | Power play - Shot on goal by Zdeno Chara saved by Mike Smith (Wristshot 12 ft) |
| 18:52 | Tampa Bay | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; Home Timeout |
| 18:52 | Tampa Bay | Shorthanded - Blair Jones won faceoff against Marc Savard in defensive zone |
| 19:26 | Boston | Penalty to Mark Recchi 2 minutes for Slashing Victor Hedman |
| 19:26 | Boston | David Krejci won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in defensive zone |
| 19:47 | Boston | Shot on goal by Marco Sturm saved by Mike Smith (Wristshot 31 ft) |
| 19:57 | Boston | Shot on goal by Patrice Bergeron saved by Mike Smith (Slapshot 80 ft) |
| 20:00 | Tampa Bay | End of 3rd period |




