Boston Bruins vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Sunday, March 24, 2002 · Ice Palace
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 in overtime on Sunday, March 24, 2002 at Ice Palace. The Lightning outshot the Bruins 30–24.
Vinny Prospal scored twice. Vincent Lecavalier, Glen Murray, Don Sweeney, Martin Lapointe and Bill Guerin also scored.
Byron Dafoe made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Vincent Lecavalier (14)Andre Roy (9)0–102:07 TBL
Vinny Prospal (14)Nikita Alexeev (3), Sheldon Keefe (7)0–207:13 TBL
Glen Murray (33)Brian Rolston (27), Sean O'Donnell (21)1–219:22 BOS
2nd period
Don Sweeney (2)Bill Guerin (24), Rob Zamuner (12)2–205:10 BOS
Martin Lapointe (16)P.J. Axelsson (15), Sean O'Donnell (22)3–207:54 BOS- Vinny Prospal (15)Ben Clymer (18), Brad Richards (38)3–311:04 TBL
Overtime
Bill Guerin (36)P.J. Axelsson (16)4–304:35 BOS
Team stats
BOSTBL
2430
49%51%
0/40/7
1923
1716
414
139
66
Penalties
- 3:07 into the first period
Dennis Bonvie · fighting5 min - 3:07 into the first period
Chris Dingman · fighting5 min - 12:58 into the first periodDan Boyle · roughing2 min
- 16:40 into the first periodSheldon Keefe · slashing2 min
- 8:58 into the second periodBill Guerin · high sticking2 min
- 13:32 into the second periodMike Knuble · cross checking2 min
- 2:36 into the third periodBrian Rolston · interference2 min
- 6:55 into the third periodP.J. Stock · slashing2 min
- 7:48 into the third periodDave Andreychuk · tripping2 min
- 10:35 into the third periodMarty Mcinnis · interference2 min
- 12:41 into the third periodVincent Lecavalier · holding the stick2 min
- 13:25 into the third periodBrian Rolston · throwing equipment2 min
- 13:25 into the third periodAndre Roy · misconduct10 min
- 13:57 into the third periodBill Guerin · high sticking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 14:16 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:21 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 25:57 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:43 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:40 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:17 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 10Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:30 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 22Dennis BonvieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:02 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:00 |
| 42P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:54 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:43 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:28 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:05 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 20Vinny ProspalL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 23:55 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15:15 |
| 7Ben ClymerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:44 |
| 15Nikita AlexeevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:40 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 23:43 |
| 28Sheldon KeefeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 36Andre RoyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:46 |
| 11Chris DingmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:57 |
| 24Shane WillisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:30 |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25:37 |
| 41Jimmie OlvestadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:19 |
| 46Martin CibakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:58 |
| 2Stan NeckarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:16 |
| 5Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:52 |
| 13Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:30 |
| 21Cory SarichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:44 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:54 |
| 44Nolan PrattD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dieter KochanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |