Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 2008 · St. Pete Times Forum
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 6-4 on Saturday, December 27, 2008 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Panthers 42-29.
David Booth scored twice and Vincent Lecavalier scored twice. Steven Stamkos, Evgeny Artyukhin, Nathan Horton, Ryan Malone, Martin St. Louis and Stephen Weiss also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Steven Stamkos (4)Matt Smaby (1), Jussi Jokinen (7)0–107:06 TBL
Evgeny Artyukhin (3)Mark Recchi (14), Jussi Jokinen (8)0–214:03 TBL · PPG
2nd period
David Booth (13)Unassisted1–203:09 FLA
Vincent Lecavalier (13)Martin St. Louis (16), Ryan Malone (8)1–304:52 TBL
Nathan Horton (7)Cory Stillman (6), Stephen Weiss (14)2–316:27 FLA · PPG- David Booth (14)Michael Frolik (9), Bryan McCabe (9)3–316:53 FLA · PPG
- Vincent Lecavalier (14)Martin St. Louis (17), Ryan Malone (9)3–419:54 TBL
3rd period
Ryan Malone (8)Martin St. Louis (18), Paul Ranger (9)3–504:42 TBL
Martin St. Louis (13)Vincent Lecavalier (16), Ryan Malone (10)3–607:46 TBL
Stephen Weiss (6)David Booth (4)4–613:57 FLA
Team stats
FLATBL
29Shots on goal42
43%Faceoff %57%
2/8Power play1/6
12Penalty minutes16
17Hits23
14Blocked shots11
9Giveaways8
6Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 03:20
Evgeny Artyukhin · cross checking2 min - 1st 07:33Paul Ranger · holding the stick2 min
- 1st 11:06
Jay Bouwmeester · hooking2 min - 1st 12:16Gregory Campbell · slashing2 min
- 1st 12:16Gregory Campbell · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1st 13:35Nick Boynton · interference2 min
- 1st 18:26Marek Malik · holding2 min
- 2nd 07:09Evgeny Artyukhin · charging2 min
- 2nd 10:19Andrej Meszaros · slashing2 min
- 2nd 15:16Matt Smaby · interference2 min
- 2nd 15:39Paul Ranger · tripping2 min
- 3rd 02:14Noah Welch · interference2 min
- 3rd 14:22Ryan Malone · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:58Bryan McCabe · slashing2 min
Season series
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