Atlanta Thrashers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Monday, March 31, 2008 · St. Pete Times Forum
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Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on Monday, March 31, 2008 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Thrashers 36-24.
Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice.
Kari Lehtonen made 36 saves on 36 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 22 of 23.
Scoring
3rd period
Ilya Kovalchuk (51)Chris Thorburn (11)1–014:54 ATL- Ilya Kovalchuk (52)Bobby Holik (19), Chris Thorburn (12)2–019:01 ATL · EN
Team stats
ATLTBL
24Shots on goal36
45%Faceoff %55%
0/2Power play0/6
17Penalty minutes9
18Hits17
17Blocked shots13
9Giveaways3
5Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 13:21
Steve McCarthy · high sticking2 min - 1st 16:39Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 02:25Vyacheslav Kozlov · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 05:17Eric Boulton · tripping2 min
- 2nd 16:38Joel Kwiatkowski · interference2 min
- 3rd 02:15
Brad Lukowich · interference2 min - 3rd 07:23Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 10:48Boris Valabik · fighting5 min
- 3rd 10:48Nick Tarnasky · fighting5 min
- 3rd 11:14Eric Boulton · holding2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 16:34 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:15 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:33 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:55 |
| 10Bryan LittleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:24 |
| 11Eric PerrinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:55 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:06 |
| 19Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:39 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:01 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:34 |
| 50Jordan Lavallee-SmothermanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:02 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:09 |
| 3Joel KwiatkowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:43 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:43 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 24:48 |
| 48Boris ValabikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | W | 36 | 36 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 23:09 |
| 7Michel OuelletR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:53 |
| 10Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:03 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:31 |
| 16Jason WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:11 |
| 21Mathieu DarcheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:29 |
| 24Andreas KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:11 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 23:06 |
| 29Craig MacDonaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:54 |
| 42Junior LessardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:22 |
| 74Nick TarnaskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:38 |
| 2Alexandre PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 3Doug JanikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:55 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 31:38 |
| 32Matt SmabyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 37Brad LukowichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:21 |
| 39Mike LundinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 71Filip KubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 23:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Karri RamoG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 41Mike SmithG | L | 23 | 22 | 1 | .957 | 59:20 |