New York Islanders vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Tuesday, March 11, 2008 · St. Pete Times Forum

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4–8

Final

SOG 24–44

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 8-4 on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Islanders 44-24.

Michel Ouellet scored twice and Vincent Lecavalier scored a hat trick. Bill Guerin, Ruslan Fedotenko, Jeff Halpern, Nick Tarnasky, Ben Walter, Jason Ward and Mike Comrie also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	1	1	2	4	24
TBL	2	2	4	8	44

Scoring

1st period

Michel Ouellet (13)Jeff Halpern (18), Dan Boyle (13)0–106:51 TBL · PPG
Vincent Lecavalier (34)Martin St. Louis (52), Jeff Halpern (19)0–212:09 TBL · PPG
Bill Guerin (21)Brendan Witt (5), Radek Martinek (13)1–217:05 NYI

2nd period

Ruslan Fedotenko (16)Trent Hunter (28)2–204:16 NYI
Jeff Halpern (14)Mathieu Darche (11), Michel Ouellet (17)2–309:00 TBL
Nick Tarnasky (6)Craig MacDonald (9), Shane O'Brien (16)2–414:49 TBL

3rd period

Vincent Lecavalier (35)Dan Boyle (14), Alexandre Picard (2)2–504:58 TBL
Ben Walter (1)Blake Comeau (6), Bryan Berard (13)3–510:22 NYI · PPG
Vincent Lecavalier (36)Martin St. Louis (53), Jussi Jokinen (17)3–617:43 TBL
Michel Ouellet (14)Mathieu Darche (12)3–718:15 TBL
Jason Ward (8)Unassisted3–818:25 TBL
Mike Comrie (21)Bill Guerin (18), Rick DiPietro (6)4–819:23 NYI

Team stats

NYITBL

24Shots on goal44

41%Faceoff %59%

1/4Power play2/5

15Penalty minutes13

19Hits18

6Blocked shots8

9Giveaways9

7Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 04:53Rob Davison · tripping2 min
1st 10:41Aaron Johnson · tripping2 min
1st 10:57Radek Martinek · tripping2 min
1st 17:41Jussi Jokinen · tripping2 min
2nd 04:51Trent Hunter · holding2 min
3rd 03:25Sean Bergenheim · slashing2 min
3rd 04:14Martin St. Louis · high sticking double minor4 min
3rd 10:16Jeff Halpern · holding2 min
3rd 18:38Rob Davison · fighting5 min
3rd 18:38Nick Tarnasky · fighting5 min

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