New York Islanders vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Saturday, December 8, 2007 · St. Pete Times Forum
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Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Islanders 34–33.
Brad Richards scored twice. Bill Guerin, Andy Hilbert and Mike Sillinger also scored.
Rick DiPietro made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Johan Holmqvist stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
2nd period
Bill Guerin (6)Mike Comrie (13)1–012:09 NYI
3rd period
Brad Richards (9)Mathieu Darche (4), Vinny Prospal (15)1–103:51 TBL · 
Andy Hilbert (2)Trent Hunter (7)2–110:45 NYI- Brad Richards (10)Michel Ouellet (11), Vincent Lecavalier (26)2–213:39 TBL ·
Overtime
Mike Sillinger (6)Chris Campoli (11), Josef Vasicek (4)3–204:32 NYI ·
Team stats
NYITBL
3334
54%46%
1/82/7
2123
1929
2114
26
47
Penalties
- 4:57 into the first period
Chris Gratton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 9:49 into the first period
Brendan Witt · tripping2 min - 15:37 into the first periodBrendan Witt · cross checking2 min
- 16:18 into the first periodTrent Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 16:34 into the first periodMartin St. Louis · interference2 min
- 1:49 into the second periodVinny Prospal · hooking2 min
- 3:22 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 5:33 into the second periodChris Simon · fighting5 min
- 5:33 into the second periodAndre Roy · fighting5 min
- 12:55 into the second periodVincent Lecavalier · interference2 min
- 18:58 into the second periodShane O'Brien · hooking2 min
- 3:24 into the third periodJosef Vasicek · hooking2 min
- 5:08 into the third periodBryan Berard · holding the stick2 min
- 5:08 into the third periodVinny Prospal · hooking2 min
- 11:54 into the third periodMiroslav Satan · hooking2 min
- 12:38 into the third periodRick DiPietro · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
- 15:06 into the third periodJosef Vasicek · holding2 min
- 0:45 into overtimeFilip Kuba · holding the stick2 min
- 2:45 into overtimePaul Ranger · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 7Trent HunterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:56 |
| 11Andy HilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:23 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 18Mike SillingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:15 |
| 63Josef VasicekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 |
| 89Mike ComrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:37 |
| 14Chris CampoliD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 10Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:49 |
| 12Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:30 |
| 15Jeff TambelliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:12 |
| 20Sean BergenheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:21 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24:53 |
| 4Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 15:08 |
| 8Bruno GervaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 24Radek MartinekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:43 |
| 25Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 32Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:34 |
| 44Freddy MeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Wade DubielewiczG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Rick DiPietroG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 19Brad RichardsC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 7 | 15:35 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 28:22 |
| 7Michel OuelletR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 05:26 |
| 20Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | 20:40 |
| 21Mathieu DarcheL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:15 |
| 16Jason WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 |
| 17Jan HlavacL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:14 |
| 24Andreas KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:18 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 27:26 |
| 36Andre RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:10 |
| 74Nick TarnaskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:07 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 3Doug JanikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:58 |
| 37Brad LukowichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 39Mike LundinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:52 |
| 54Paul RangerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 28:01 |
| 55Shane O'BrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 71Filip KubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 30:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Marc DenisG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Johan HolmqvistG | O | 33 | 3 | .909 |