Tampa Bay Lightning vs New Jersey Devils
Playoffs · Saturday, April 26, 2003 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, April 26, 2003 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Lightning 36–28.
Goals came from Chris Dingman, Brian Rafalski, Martin St. Louis, Grant Marshall and Jamie Langenbrunner.
Martin Brodeur made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 33 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Dingman (1)Dan Boyle (6), Nolan Pratt (1)1–012:25 TBL
2nd period
Brian Rafalski (2)Scott Gomez (2), Scott Niedermayer (3)1–119:26 NJD · 
Martin St. Louis (6)Unassisted2–119:38 TBL ·
3rd period
Grant Marshall (1)Scott Gomez (3), Scott Niedermayer (4)2–210:26 NJD
Overtime
Jamie Langenbrunner (7)John Madden (7), Brian Rafalski (2)2–302:09 NJD
Team stats
TBLNJD
2836
51%49%
0/41/3
68
1221
2312
47
118
Penalties
- 6:09 into the first period
Freddy Modin · high sticking2 min - 2:55 into the second period
Patrik Elias · tripping2 min - 6:12 into the second periodJoe Nieuwendyk · holding2 min
- 10:47 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · roughing2 min
- 12:58 into the second periodJohn Madden · holding obstruction2 min
- 17:29 into the second periodVincent Lecavalier · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:07 into the second periodTim Taylor · roughing2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 11Chris DingmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 12:27 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:15 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:32 |
| 44Nolan PrattD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:42 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:00 |
| 7Ben ClymerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:01 |
| 15Nikita AlexeevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 17Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:25 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:13 |
| 20Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:23 |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 27Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:23 |
| 33Freddy ModinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 36Andre RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:45 |
| 5Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 13Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:47 |
| 21Cory SarichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:17 |
| 37Brad LukowichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 23Scott GomezC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:23 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 25:42 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19:09 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:19 |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 13:39 |
| 12Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:36 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:47 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:14 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 21Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 24Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:40 |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 12:48 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:06 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:06 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:07 |
| 10Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 35Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |