Colorado Avalanche vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 2008 · St. Pete Times Forum

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2–1

Final/SO

SOG 35–38

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in a shootout on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Avalanche 38-35.

Goals came from Paul Stastny and Jeff Halpern.

Andrew Raycroft made 37 saves on 38 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 34 of 35.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
COL	1	0	0	0	0	2	35
TBL	0	1	0	0	0	1	38

Scoring

1st period

Paul Stastny (9)Ryan Smyth (9), Milan Hejduk (13)1–003:46 COL

2nd period

Jeff Halpern (1)Marek Malik (5), Andrej Meszaros (9)1–107:35 TBL

Team stats

COLTBL

35Shots on goal38

55%Faceoff %45%

0/5Power play0/1

4Penalty minutes20

15Hits22

12Blocked shots19

4Giveaways9

4Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 10:49Lukas Krajicek · hooking2 min
1st 13:20Scott Hannan · interference2 min
2nd 10:01Lukas Krajicek · high sticking2 min
2nd 17:07Steve Eminger · holding2 min
2nd 18:57Ryan Malone · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 19:39Ryan Smyth · interference2 min
2nd 19:56Marek Malik · holding2 min
OT 05:00Mike Smith · abuse of officials10 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

23Milan HejdukR	0	1	1	+1	5	0	1	0	–	22:05
26Paul StastnyC	1	0	1	+1	7	0	0	0	59	24:48
94Ryan SmythL	0	1	1	+1	4	0	2	2	–	22:39
8Wojtek WolskiL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	20:16
14Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	54	14:38
16Darcy TuckerR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:10
28Ben GuiteR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	07:14
37T.J. HensickC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:00
39Tyler ArnasonC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	53	16:53
42Chris StewartR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	100	13:38
54David JonesR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	17:53
55Cody McLeodL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:45
4John-Michael LilesD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	21:43
5Brett ClarkD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0	–	26:21
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	2	–	24:28
24Ruslan SaleiD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	–	16:53
44Jordan LeopoldD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	16:58
52Adam FooteD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	22:38

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Andrew RaycroftG	W	38	37	1	.974	65:00
31Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	–

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

11Jeff HalpernC	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	50	17:36
14Andrej MeszarosD	0	1	1	0	4	2	3	0	–	27:00
22Marek MalikD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	24:54
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	55	23:13
8Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	100	16:46
12Ryan MaloneL	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	2	–	17:48
18Adam HallR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	08:49
20Vinny ProspalL	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	100	19:38
24Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	13:00
26Martin St. LouisR	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	–	23:11
34Ryan CraigC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	08:18
36Jussi JokinenL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	40	11:31
38Paul SzczechuraC	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	13:12
91Steven StamkosC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	33	09:15
2Lukas KrajicekD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	–	15:16
23Jamie HewardD	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	–	11:32
44Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	23:32
54Paul RangerD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	25:33

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Karri RamoG		0	0	0	–	–
41Mike SmithG	O	35	34	1	.971	65:00