Tampa Bay Lightning vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Friday, December 26, 2003 · Philips Arena
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 on Friday, December 26, 2003 at Philips Arena. The Lightning outshot the Thrashers 35-24.
Goals came from Randy Robitaille, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Brad Lukowich and Shawn McEachern.
Pasi Nurminen made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 21 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Randy Robitaille (4)Ilya Kovalchuk (22), Jeff Cowan (14)0–102:27 ATL
Jean-Pierre Vigier (9)Patrik Stefan (12)0–213:45 ATL
3rd period
Brad Lukowich (3)Tim Taylor (5)1–213:21 TBL
Shawn McEachern (8)Marc Savard (23)1–319:52 ATL · EN
Team stats
TBLATL
35Shots on goal24
52%Faceoff %48%
0/4Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes8
12Hits15
11Blocked shots17
8Giveaways8
4Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 08:37
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 10:12
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 16:33Dave Andreychuk · tripping2 min
- 2nd 04:00Frantisek Kaberle · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 16:41Jean-Pierre Vigier · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3rd 08:58Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 11:05Bench · delaying game bench2 min
- 3rd 15:59Dan Boyle · elbowing2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 27Tim TaylorC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:16 |
| 37Brad LukowichD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:25 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 8Martin CibakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:14 |
| 11Chris DingmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:27 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:25 |
| 24Shane WillisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:37 |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:14 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:49 |
| 29Dimitri AfanasenkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:28 |
| 33Freddy ModinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 36Andre RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:09 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:47 |
| 5Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:17 |
| 13Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 20:02 |
| 21Cory SarichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:02 |
| 44Nolan PrattD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 23 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 59:28 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 9Marc SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:30 |
| 11Jean-Pierre VigierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 16Jeff CowanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:57 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:21 |
| 19Shawn McEachernL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 27Patrik StefanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 28Randy RobitailleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:25 |
| 12Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:40 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:20 |
| 14Benjamin SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:29 |
| 20Francis LessardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:27 |
| 26Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:55 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:34 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:05 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 20:15 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:09 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pasi NurminenG | W | 35 | 34 | 1 | .971 | 60:00 |
| 34Byron DafoeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |