Tampa Bay Lightning vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Tuesday, December 18, 2007 · Philips Arena

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2–6

Final

SOG 34–24

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at Philips Arena. The Lightning outshot the Thrashers 34-24.

Goals came from Garnet Exelby, Mark Recchi, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Chris Thorburn, Jason Ward, Ilya Kovalchuk, Vinny Prospal and Pascal Dupuis.

Kari Lehtonen made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Johan Holmqvist stopped 6 of 9.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	0	1	1	2	34
ATL	3	1	2	6	24

Scoring

1st period

Garnet Exelby (2)Bobby Holik (8), Steve McCarthy (2)0–105:56 ATL
Mark Recchi (5)Ilya Kovalchuk (18), Kari Lehtonen (1)0–215:04 ATL
Vyacheslav Kozlov (9)Marian Hossa (19), Eric Perrin (12)0–317:27 ATL

2nd period

Chris Thorburn (2)Steve McCarthy (3), Eric Boulton (2)0–405:20 ATL
Jason Ward (4)Unassisted1–414:26 TBL · SHG

3rd period

Ilya Kovalchuk (27)Unassisted1–509:28 ATL
Vinny Prospal (15)Paul Ranger (14), Brad Richards (21)2–512:42 TBL · PPG
Pascal Dupuis (5)Eric Perrin (13)2–615:20 ATL · SHG

Team stats

TBLATL

34Shots on goal24

55%Faceoff %45%

1/4Power play0/1

19Penalty minutes15

12Hits19

10Blocked shots17

4Giveaways9

10Takeaways14

Penalties

1st 18:26Ken Klee · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 10:57Mark Recchi · hooking2 min
2nd 13:11Vinny Prospal · hooking2 min
3rd 11:20Vyacheslav Kozlov · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 13:03Garnet Exelby · roughing2 min
3rd 13:03Andre Roy · roughing2 min
3rd 13:03Andre Roy · misconduct10 min
3rd 13:22Toby Enstrom · holding2 min
3rd 19:00Chris Thorburn · fighting5 min
3rd 19:00Doug Janik · fighting5 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

16Jason WardR	1	0	1	-1	2	2	1	0	71	15:21
19Brad RichardsC	0	1	1	-3	4	0	0	0	86	20:51
20Vinny ProspalL	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	2	33	22:07
54Paul RangerD	0	1	1	-3	4	1	2	0	–	23:35
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	52	22:37
17Jan HlavacL	0	0	0	-3	1	1	0	0	–	14:00
21Mathieu DarcheL	0	0	0	-3	5	1	0	0	–	19:53
24Andreas KarlssonC	0	0	0	-3	3	1	0	0	83	18:44
26Martin St. LouisR	0	0	0	-1	5	1	1	0	–	23:36
29Craig MacDonaldC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	06:14
36Andre RoyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	–	04:55
49Blair JonesC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	14	05:53
74Nick TarnaskyL	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	–	11:09
3Doug JanikD	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	5	–	13:03
37Brad LukowichD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	04:16
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	16:23
55Shane O'BrienD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	24:52
71Filip KubaD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	28:31

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Marc DenisG		15	12	3	.800	40:00
40Johan HolmqvistG	L	9	6	3	.667	20:00

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

11Eric PerrinC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	47	20:08
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	0	–	17:00
5Steve McCarthyD	0	2	2	+3	0	2	3	0	–	19:31
8Mark RecchiR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	2	100	18:16
9Pascal DupuisR	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	14:07
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	2	100	15:56
16Bobby HolikC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	40	13:52
18Marian HossaR	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	–	19:14
27Chris ThorburnR	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	5	–	08:22
36Eric BoultonL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	08:28
2Garnet ExelbyD	1	0	1	+3	1	4	2	2	–	18:33
12Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	40	17:31
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	0	50	08:19
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	09:50
22Ken KleeD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	3	2	–	20:07
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	5	0	–	19:56
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	20:06
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	+2	0	3	1	0	–	21:22

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	W	34	32	2	.941	60:00