New York Islanders vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, December 14, 2002 · St. Pete Times Forum

3–4

27–24

Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Saturday, December 14, 2002 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Islanders outshot the Lightning 27–24.

Vincent Lecavalier scored twice. Cory Sarich, Mark Parrish, Vinny Prospal, Shawn Bates and Kenny Jonsson also scored.

Nikolai Khabibulin made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Garth Snow stopped 20 of 24.

Goals
NYI	0	2	1	3	27
TBL	2	2	0	4	24

Scoring

1st period

Cory Sarich (2)Brad Richards (25), Nolan Pratt (4)0–100:12 TBL
Vincent Lecavalier (13)Vinny Prospal (23), Dan Boyle (19)0–213:57 TBL

2nd period

Vincent Lecavalier (14)Ruslan Fedotenko (7)0–301:17 TBL ·
Mark Parrish (9)Shawn Bates (14), Alexei Yashin (18)1–311:46 NYI ·
Vinny Prospal (7)Dan Boyle (20), Vincent Lecavalier (15)1–414:48 TBL
Shawn Bates (6)Michael Peca (6), Adrian Aucoin (10)2–418:47 NYI ·

3rd period

Kenny Jonsson (5)Alexei Yashin (19), Mark Parrish (8)3–412:22 NYI

Team stats

NYITBL

2724

57%43%

1/40/4

1717

Penalties

2:24 into the first periodEric Godard · fighting5 min
2:24 into the first periodChris Dingman · fighting5 min
5:35 into the first periodEric Cairns · elbowing2 min
5:35 into the first periodEric Cairns · roughing2 min
19:58 into the first periodTim Taylor · hooking2 min
5:30 into the second periodEric Cairns · roughing2 min
5:30 into the second periodEric Cairns · roughing2 min
5:30 into the second periodVincent Lecavalier · roughing2 min
5:30 into the second periodVincent Lecavalier · roughing2 min
8:21 into the second periodSheldon Keefe · high sticking2 min
8:21 into the second periodSheldon Keefe · high sticking2 min
17:14 into the second periodJason Wiemer · charging2 min
1:22 into the third periodAndre Roy · roughing2 min
17:15 into the third periodSven Butenschon · holding2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

17Shawn BatesC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	67	20:17
37Mark ParrishR	1	1	2	0	4	0	–	16:56
79Alexei YashinC	0	2	2	−1	2	0	55	17:23
27Michael PecaC	0	1	1	−2	2	0	43	21:03
3Adrian AucoinD	0	1	1	−2	3	0	–	26:49
29Kenny JonssonD	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	25:19
13Claude LapointeC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	75	09:51
15Brad IsbisterL	0	0	0	−3	3	0	–	17:43
20Steve WebbR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	02:23
28Jason WiemerC	0	0	0	−1	3	2	67	15:19
38Dave ScatchardC	0	0	0	0	1	0	64	14:59
45Arron AshamR	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	13:25
49Eric GodardR	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	01:12
55Jason BlakeL	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	20:34
2Mattias TimanderD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:25
24Radek MartinekD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:57
33Eric CairnsD	0	0	0	0	0	8	–	12:48
44Sven ButenschonD	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	19:41

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Garth SnowG	L	24	20	4	.833	59:20
35Chris OsgoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

4Vincent LecavalierC	2	1	3	+3	6	0	4	50	20:21
20Vinny ProspalL	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	–	19:39
22Dan BoyleD	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	–	23:26
17Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	67	16:22
19Brad RichardsC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	53	16:44
21Cory SarichD	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	–	19:15
44Nolan PrattD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	–	19:18
7Ben ClymerR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	–	13:28
11Chris DingmanL	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	06:54
16Alexander SvitovC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:45
26Martin St. LouisR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	18:01
27Tim TaylorC	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	22	17:25
28Sheldon KeefeR	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	100	13:08
33Freddy ModinL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	33	15:36
36Andre RoyR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	2	–	13:10
2Stan NeckarD	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	–	23:45
13Pavel KubinaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	20:14
37Brad LukowichD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:58

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
30Kevin HodsonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Nikolai KhabibulinG	W	27	24	3	.889	60:00