Tampa Bay Lightning 7 , Montreal Canadiens 1
Shots: 32 - 25
PP: 2 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:68/74=91 %, Challenges:47/58=79 %
PP: 0 of 1 (4 shots), Passing:59/78=75 %, Challenges:38/45=82 %
Attendance: 14713 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 657672 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:46 1-0
Jason Ward [19] (Paul Ranger, Patrice Brisebois)
10:42 2-0
Jason Ward [20] (Filip Kuba, Paul Ranger)
13:59 2-1
Tom Poti [7] (Sean Avery, Evan McGrath)
18:18 3-1
Jason Ward [21] (Mathieu Darche, Matt Cullen)PP
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33:36 4-1
Tim Taylor [11] (Matt Cullen, Filip Kuba)
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42:48 5-1
Daniel Alfredsson [34] (Daniel Brière, Roman Hamrlik)PP
48:25 6-1
Evgeny Artyukhin [2] (Francis Bouillon, Filip Kuba)
50:45 7-1
Daniel Brière [31] (Roman Hamrlik)
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Penalty summary:
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03:06
Matt Cullen (2 min for holding the stick)
08:31
Roman Hamrlik (2 min for roughing)
08:31
Milan Michalek (2 min for roughing)
16:52
Steve Bernier (2 min for hooking)
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21:11
Steve Bernier (2 min for slashing)
28:24
Sean Avery (2 min for hooking)
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41:32
Nigel Dawes (2 min for slashing)
52:55
Tom Poti (2 min for high-sticking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Junior Lessard 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7.50 6
R Evgeny Artyukhin 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 21.20 8
R Jason Ward 3 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 7.20 8
R Chris Kelly 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 22.40 7
C Chris Gratton 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.30 6
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 10.30 7
C Matt Cullen 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 3 19.40 8
C Daniel Brière 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 21.20 8
L Mathieu Darche 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 7
L Karl Stewart 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 10.10 7
L Tim Taylor 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 15.00 7
L Daniel Alfredsson 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 21.20 9
D Mark Eaton 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 10.30 6
D Paul Ranger 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 17.00 8
D Patrice Brisebois 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 29.10 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 10.50 7
D Filip Kuba 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 3 21.40 9
D Roman Hamrlik 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 0 30.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 5
R Lee Stempniak 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
R Steve Bernier 0 0 3 3 0 0 4 -3 19.50 8
R Milan Michalek 0 0 1 6 1 2 2 -1 20.00 8
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 5
C Evan McGrath 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.00 6
C Tomas Plekanec 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 11.10 7
C Chris Higgins 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 17.30 6
L Nigel Dawes 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 6.20 4
L Sean Avery 0 1 2 0 2 3 2 0 16.30 6
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -3 19.40 6
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 -2 19.00 7
D Ryan O'Byrne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 4
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -2 21.00 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 2 8 0 2 0 -2 21.40 9
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 23.20 7
D Tom Poti 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 -2 14.10 5
D Dan Boyle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 24.20 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 7 0 25 0 0 60.00 4
G Jimmy Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Ward
2nd star: Filip Kuba
3rd star: Daniel Brière
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Patrice Brisebois has marked a new career high in points with 39 points.
-Filip Kuba has marked a new career high in assists with 23 assists.
-Jason Ward scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Daniel Brière notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Francis Bouillon notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Roman Hamrlik notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Evgeny Artyukhin finally ended his 49 game goal drought.
-Evgeny Artyukhin finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Tim Taylor ended his 5 game goal drought.
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Tomas Plekanec had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Henrik Zetterberg had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Tom Poti ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 1( 16) , Quebec Citadelles 0( 10)
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1-0 DTV Chris Lawrence (Norm Milley, Mike Egener)
Goalies: Martin Gerber - Yann Danis