Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Friday, March 30, 2001 · National Car Rental Center
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 4–2 on Friday, March 30, 2001 at National Car Rental Center. The Panthers outshot the Lightning 34–27.
Goals came from Brad Richards, Rob Niedermayer, Matthew Barnaby, Nisse Ekman, Ben Clymer and Denis Shvidki.
Nikolai Khabibulin made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Roberto Luongo stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Brad Richards (21)Freddy Modin (23), Pavel Kubina (19)1–009:14 TBL
Rob Niedermayer (12)Olli Jokinen (10), Robert Svehla (22)1–115:16 FLA
2nd period
Matthew Barnaby (5)Andrei Zyuzin (15)2–102:29 TBL
3rd period
Nisse Ekman (9)Ben Clymer (1), Cory Sarich (7)3–115:15 TBL
Ben Clymer (4)Unassisted4–119:04 TBL · 
Denis Shvidki (4)Ivan Novoseltsev (5), Paul Laus (2)4–219:34 FLA
Team stats
TBLFLA
2734
49%51%
0/30/5
2612
1729
128
411
52
Penalties
- 8:48 into the first period
Paul Laus · elbowing2 min - 8:48 into the first period
John Emmons · slashing2 min - 11:55 into the first periodCory Sarich · hooking2 min
- 11:55 into the first periodCory Sarich · misconduct10 min
- 12:14 into the first periodPavel Kubina · delaying game2 min
- 0:17 into the second periodBret Hedican · tripping2 min
- 2:29 into the second periodBret Hedican · slashing2 min
- 5:38 into the second periodStan Neckar · hooking2 min
- 8:13 into the second periodPaul Laus · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:13 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:57 into the second periodMike Wilson · roughing2 min
- 8:57 into the second periodNisse Ekman · slashing2 min
- 13:04 into the second periodJohn Emmons · hooking2 min
- 8:14 into the third periodBret Hedican · hooking2 min
- 15:44 into the third periodBrad Richards · high sticking2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 7Ben ClymerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:38 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:06 |
| 28Nisse EkmanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | 19:55 |
| 33Freddy ModinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:54 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 11:48 |
| 13Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:18 |
| 21Cory SarichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:46 |
| 30Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:31 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:07 |
| 9Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:43 |
| 10John EmmonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 17Ryan JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:05 |
| 34Gordie DwyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:11 |
| 73Matt ElichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:24 |
| 2Stan NeckarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:36 |
| 5Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:01 |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | – |
Florida Panthers
| 12Olli JokinenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 21Denis ShvidkiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:37 |
| 39Ivan NovoseltsevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:12 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:38 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | 23:14 |
| 9Len BarrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 12:03 |
| 10Pavel BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | 29:34 |
| 11Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 13Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:25 |
| 17Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:46 |
| 18Marcus NilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 36Joey TetarenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 04:04 |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:34 |
| 4Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:58 |
| 7Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:52 |
| 26Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 29Anders ErikssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 21:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 37Trevor KiddG | 0 | 0 | – |