Boston Bruins vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Sunday, February 22, 2009 · St. Pete Times Forum
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Bruins outshot the Lightning 43–18.
Goals came from Phil Kessel, Jeff Halpern, Adam Hall, Andrew Ference, Mark Recchi, Zdeno Chara and Vinny Prospal.
Scoring
1st period
Phil Kessel (25)Marc Savard (43), Milan Lucic (20)1–001:38 BOS
Jeff Halpern (4)Matt Pettinger (5), Steve Eminger (20)1–104:44 TBL
Adam Hall (4)Ryan Craig (3), Evgeny Artyukhin (8)1–204:59 TBL
Andrew Ference (1)Marc Savard (44), Dennis Wideman (28)2–216:42 BOS ·
2nd period
Mark Recchi (13)Josef Melichar (7), David Koci (1)2–310:00 TBL
Zdeno Chara (14)Chuck Kobasew (16), Aaron Ward (6)3–315:17 BOS
3rd period
Vinny Prospal (15)Jeff Halpern (7), Martin St. Louis (36)3–418:27 TBL ·
Team stats
BOSTBL
4318
57%43%
1/51/6
2220
2330
820
57
106
Penalties
- 9:28 into the first period
Shawn Thornton · fighting5 min - 9:28 into the first period
David Koci · fighting5 min - 13:59 into the first periodAndrew Ference · tripping2 min
- 15:04 into the first periodJeff Halpern · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 17:07 into the first periodMark Stuart · fighting5 min
- 17:07 into the first periodGary Roberts · fighting5 min
- 18:05 into the first periodShawn Thornton · cross checking2 min
- 18:05 into the first periodShawn Thornton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3:52 into the second periodMarek Malik · interference2 min
- 11:36 into the second periodEvgeny Artyukhin · tripping2 min
- 2:39 into the third periodStephane Yelle · high sticking2 min
- 2:44 into the third periodRyan Malone · hooking2 min
- 5:37 into the third periodEvgeny Artyukhin · boarding2 min
- 15:15 into the third periodDavid Krejci · interference2 min
- 17:10 into the third periodAndrew Ference · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.