Tampa Bay Lightning vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Wednesday, November 8, 2006 · Mellon Arena

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4–3

31–20

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at Mellon Arena. The Lightning outshot the Penguins 31–20.

Nisse Ekman scored a hat trick. Dimitri Afanasenkov, Brad Richards, Eric Perrin and Vincent Lecavalier also scored.

Johan Holmqvist made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 27 of 31.

Goals
TBL	1	1	1	1	4	31
PIT	0	3	0	0	3	20

Scoring

1st period

Dimitri Afanasenkov (3)Nikita Alexeev (7)1–013:58 TBL

2nd period

Brad Richards (4)Martin St. Louis (7), Filip Kuba (7)2–010:12 TBL ·
Nisse Ekman (3)Sidney Crosby (14), Sergei Gonchar (8)2–115:37 PIT
Nisse Ekman (4)Ryan Whitney (9), Sergei Gonchar (9)2–218:19 PIT ·
Nisse Ekman (5)Sidney Crosby (15), Colby Armstrong (5)2–319:47 PIT

3rd period

Eric Perrin (3)Ryan Craig (2), Andreas Karlsson (3)3–304:47 TBL

Overtime

Vincent Lecavalier (9)Martin St. Louis (8), Paul Ranger (8)4–302:41 TBL

Team stats

TBLPIT

3120

55%45%

1/51/4

810

1315

107

Penalties

7:43 into the first periodSidney Crosby · hooking2 min
10:48 into the first periodNolan Pratt · holding2 min
18:11 into the first periodColby Armstrong · hooking2 min
3:01 into the second periodChris Thorburn · holding2 min
9:46 into the second periodDominic Moore · hooking2 min
15:37 into the second periodDoug Janik · high sticking2 min
17:38 into the second periodNolan Pratt · holding2 min
1:49 into the third periodJohn LeClair · holding2 min
12:43 into the third periodRuslan Fedotenko · high sticking2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

26Martin St. LouisR	0	2	2	−1	2	0	1	0	–	23:52
4Vincent LecavalierC	1	0	1	−1	5	0	1	0	40	23:28
9Eric PerrinC	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	0	–	13:16
15Nikita AlexeevR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:42
19Brad RichardsC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	74	21:13
24Andreas KarlssonC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	63	09:16
29Dimitri AfanasenkovL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	05:36
34Ryan CraigC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	2	0	–	17:30
54Paul RangerD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	25:33
71Filip KubaD	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	–	20:15
17Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	0	0	−1	6	1	1	2	–	20:49
20Vinny ProspalL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	18:56
27Tim TaylorC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	07:52
3Doug JanikD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	2	–	06:21
7Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	09:48
21Cory SarichD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	17:43
22Dan BoyleD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	29:24
44Nolan PrattD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	–	16:30

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
30Marc DenisG		0	0	0	–	–
40Johan HolmqvistG	W	20	17	3	.850	62:41

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

28Nisse EkmanR	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	–	15:05
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	2	2	0	2	3	0	2	72	23:01
55Sergei GoncharD	0	2	2	+1	4	2	1	0	–	28:20
20Colby ArmstrongR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2	–	19:00
19Ryan WhitneyD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	26:50
7Michel OuelletR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100	13:50
8Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	16:32
10John LeClairL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	14:40
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	16:15
18Dominic MooreC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	2	53	17:52
22Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	05:07
25Max TalbotC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	14	11:12
37Jarkko RuutuL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	03:52
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	13	20:26
2Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	18:59
4Noah WelchD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	17:12
5Rob ScuderiD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	22:16
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	11:39

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	O	31	27	4	.871	62:28
41Jocelyn ThibaultG		0	0	0	–	–