Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Saturday, March 2, 2002 · Ice Palace
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 on Saturday, March 2, 2002 at Ice Palace. The Lightning outshot the Panthers 31–26.
Goals came from Marcus Nilson, Valeri Bure, Brad Richards, Jimmie Olvestad and Dan Boyle.
Nikolai Khabibulin made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Roberto Luongo stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Marcus Nilson (12)Lance Ward (4), Ivan Novoseltsev (10)1–013:51 FLA
2nd period
Valeri Bure (6)Jason Wiemer (17)2–016:49 FLA
3rd period
Brad Richards (14)Pavel Kubina (17), Dave Andreychuk (11)2–108:40 TBL ·
Jimmie Olvestad (3)Dan Boyle (10), Juha Ylonen (9)2–210:25 TBL
Dan Boyle (4)Brad Richards (28), Sheldon Keefe (3)2–315:46 TBL ·
Team stats
FLATBL
2631
40%60%
0/52/3
1125
1931
710
104
613
Penalties
- 10:46 into the first period
Cory Sarich · holding the stick2 min
- 19:56 into the first period
Nikita Alexeev · holding2 min
- 9:27 into the second period
Vinny Prospal · cross checking2 min
- 14:21 into the second period
Jason Wiemer · hooking2 min
- 2:59 into the third period
Byron Ritchie · fighting5 min
- 2:59 into the third period
Cory Sarich · instigator2 min
- 2:59 into the third period
Cory Sarich · fighting5 min
- 2:59 into the third period
Cory Sarich · game misconduct10 min
- 6:08 into the third period
Sheldon Keefe · elbowing2 min
- 7:49 into the third period
Pavel Bure · tripping2 min
- 14:34 into the third period
Ivan Novoseltsev · interference2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 18Marcus NilsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:49 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:03 |
| 28Jason WiemerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:14 |
| 39Ivan NovoseltsevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:04 |
| 49Lance WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 8Peter WorrellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:58 |
| 10Pavel BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:25 |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:31 |
| 12Olli JokinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:14 |
| 14Niklas HagmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:52 |
| 22Kristian HuseliusL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 36Joey TetarenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:34 |
| 43Byron RitchieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:31 |
| 5Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:07 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:10 |
| 29Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:26 |
| 44Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:56 |
| 45Brad FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:14 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 37Trevor KiddG | 0 | 0 | – |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 19Brad RichardsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 18:05 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:58 |
| 16Juha YlonenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:12 |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:18 |
| 28Sheldon KeefeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 14:56 |
| 41Jimmie OlvestadL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 13Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:39 |
| 7Ben ClymerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17:29 |
| 15Nikita AlexeevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 17Ryan ToblerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:49 |
| 20Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 29Dimitri AfanasenkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:00 |
| 46Martin CibakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 2Stan NeckarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:42 |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:59 |
| 5Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:57 |
| 21Cory SarichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:27 |
| 43Mathieu BironD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | – |