Tampa Bay Lightning vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Friday, November 28, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Friday, November 28, 2008 at Xcel Energy Center. The Lightning outshot the Wild 37-33.
Goals came from Owen Nolan, Radim Vrbata, Ryan Malone, James Sheppard, Mikko Koivu and Eric Belanger.
Niklas Backstrom made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Owen Nolan (3)Antti Miettinen (9), James Sheppard (4)0–112:07 MIN
Radim Vrbata (3)Steven Stamkos (6), Paul Ranger (4)1–119:20 TBL · PPG
2nd period
Ryan Malone (6)Vincent Lecavalier (9), Martin St. Louis (12)2–109:51 TBL
3rd period
James Sheppard (2)Marc-Andre Bergeron (9), Marek Zidlicky (6)2–202:02 MIN
Mikko Koivu (6)Antti Miettinen (10), Marc-Andre Bergeron (10)2–306:10 MIN
Eric Belanger (6)Unassisted2–419:37 MIN · EN
Team stats
TBLMIN
37Shots on goal33
55%Faceoff %45%
1/5Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes20
16Hits11
9Blocked shots13
9Giveaways6
1Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 02:27
Bench · abuse of officials2 min - 1st 02:27Steven Stamkos · boarding2 min
- 1st 04:12
Antti Miettinen · tripping2 min - 1st 17:26Antti Miettinen · hooking2 min
- 2nd 10:40Lukas Krajicek · interference2 min
- 2nd 18:33Kim Johnsson · interference2 min
- 3rd 14:55Nick Schultz · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 14:55Mikko Koivu · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 14:55Mikko Koivu · misconduct10 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21:03 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:53 |
| 17Radim VrbataR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:46 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 22:23 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 20:32 |
| 54Paul RangerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:55 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 9Steve DownieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:05 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:44 |
| 20Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 20:05 |
| 34Ryan CraigC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:19 |
| 36Jussi JokinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 76Evgeny ArtyukhinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 07:23 |
| 2Lukas KrajicekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 6Andrew HutchinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 14Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:38 |
| 39Mike LundinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 25:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 41Mike SmithG | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 58:57 |
Minnesota Wild
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:31 |
| 51James SheppardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12:11 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:03 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:50 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:24 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 24:50 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:04 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:18 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 06:28 |
| 24Derek BoogaardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 04:23 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:54 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 2Erik ReitzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:46 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:23 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:12 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:13 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Josh HardingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Niklas BackstromG | W | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 59:58 |