Tampa Bay Lightning vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Tuesday, December 2, 2008 · Wachovia Center

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38–32

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Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 in overtime on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at Wachovia Center. The Lightning outshot the Flyers 38–32.

Jeff Carter scored twice and Mike Richards scored twice. Mark Recchi, Vinny Prospal and Steve Downie also scored.

Martin Biron made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 28 of 32.

Goals
TBL	1	0	2	0	3	38
PHI	1	0	2	1	4	32

Scoring

1st period

Jeff Carter (17)Kimmo Timonen (10), Joffrey Lupul (4)0–102:58 PHI ·
Mark Recchi (6)Jussi Jokinen (4), Vinny Prospal (10)1–111:50 TBL ·

3rd period

Mike Richards (9)Unassisted1–200:36 PHI ·
Jeff Carter (18)Scott Hartnell (8), Joffrey Lupul (5)1–304:36 PHI ·
Vinny Prospal (5)Martin St. Louis (13), Steve Eminger (10)2–304:57 TBL ·
Steve Downie (1)Radek Smolenak (1), Steven Stamkos (8)3–315:25 TBL

Overtime

Mike Richards (10)Kimmo Timonen (11), Jeff Carter (7)3–402:05 PHI ·

Team stats

TBLPHI

3832

51%49%

2/63/6

1932

1114

1313

Penalties

1:58 into the first periodMike Richards · roughing2 min
1:58 into the first periodSteve Downie · roughing2 min
1:58 into the first periodSteve Downie · tripping2 min
10:18 into the first periodGlen Metropolit · holding2 min
11:53 into the first periodArron Asham · fighting5 min
11:53 into the first periodRadek Smolenak · fighting5 min
17:27 into the first periodScottie Upshall · boarding5 min
17:27 into the first periodScottie Upshall · game misconduct10 min
3:25 into the second periodDaniel Brière · hooking2 min
7:18 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
11:39 into the second periodJussi Jokinen · high sticking2 min
17:04 into the second periodEvgeny Artyukhin · hooking2 min
19:03 into the second periodLuca Sbisa · tripping2 min
2:42 into the third periodEvgeny Artyukhin · interference2 min
4:51 into the third periodOssi Vaananen · hooking2 min
8:35 into the third periodMark Recchi · slashing2 min
1:24 into overtimeRyan Malone · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

20Vinny ProspalL	1	1	2	0	4	2	0	0	50	16:15
8Mark RecchiR	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	16:44
9Steve DownieR	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	4	–	10:43
26Martin St. LouisR	0	1	1	−1	4	0	1	0	–	20:51
36Jussi JokinenL	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	57	15:41
52Radek SmolenakL	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	5	–	09:45
91Steven StamkosC	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	60	16:22
44Steve EmingerD	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	25:16
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	48	21:10
12Ryan MaloneL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	2	–	23:11
18Adam HallR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	67	10:10
38Paul SzczechuraC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	30	15:16
76Evgeny ArtyukhinR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	–	06:21
2Lukas KrajicekD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	13:11
14Andrej MeszarosD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	–	24:45
22Marek MalikD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:13
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	11:14
54Paul RangerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	–	24:42

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
37Olie KolzigG		0	0	0	–	–
41Mike SmithG	O	32	28	4	.875	62:00

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

17Jeff CarterC	2	1	3	+1	3	0	3	0	57	24:36
15Joffrey LupulL	0	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	–	17:17
18Mike RichardsC	2	0	2	+1	5	0	1	2	47	21:58
44Kimmo TimonenD	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	–	27:13
19Scott HartnellL	0	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	–	16:15
9Scottie UpshallR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	–	03:05
12Simon GagneL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	22:04
13Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	50	12:07
14Andreas NodlR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	15:00
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:50
32Riley CoteL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	04:02
45Arron AshamR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	5	–	09:50
48Daniel BrièreC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	25	07:41
3Lasse KukkonenD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:19
5Braydon CoburnD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	3	0	–	27:03
23Ossi VaananenD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	2	–	19:37
41Andrew AlbertsD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	16:04
47Luca SbisaD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	–	20:54

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
30Antero NiittymakiG		0	0	0	–	–
43Martin BironG	W	38	35	3	.921	61:52