Tampa Bay Lightning vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Wednesday, December 2, 2009 · TD Garden
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at TD Garden. The Lightning outshot the Bruins 40-39.
Marco Sturm scored twice. Marc Savard, Patrice Bergeron and Jeff Halpern also scored.
Tim Thomas made 39 saves on 40 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 35 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marc Savard (1)Derek Morris (1), Zdeno Chara (1)0–108:05 BOS · PPG
Patrice Bergeron (1)Zdeno Chara (2), Mark Recchi (1)0–214:03 BOS
2nd period
Marco Sturm (1)Mark Recchi (2), Patrice Bergeron (1)0–313:36 BOS- Marco Sturm (2)Patrice Bergeron (2), Mark Recchi (3)0–416:09 BOS
3rd period
Jeff Halpern (1)Steve Downie (1), Ryan Malone (1)1–401:27 TBL
Team stats
TBLBOS
40Shots on goal39
41%Faceoff %59%
0/6Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes12
26Hits24
7Blocked shots9
4Giveaways4
0Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 05:14
Shawn Thornton · tripping2 min - 1st 07:24
Vincent Lecavalier · tripping2 min - 1st 18:32Mark Recchi · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 03:43Matt Walker · holding2 min
- 2nd 10:04Vladimir Sobotka · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 18:50Steve Begin · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 11:25Victor Hedman · hooking2 min
- 3rd 16:20Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 19:31Steve Begin · interference2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 9Steve DownieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:18 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:51 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22:44 |
| 13Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:41 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 23:05 |
| 28Zenon KonopkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:17 |
| 38Paul SzczechuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:16 |
| 43James WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:53 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 5 | 19:41 |
| 2Lukas KrajicekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:29 |
| 5Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:04 |
| 6Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:59 |
| 8Matt WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 14Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:50 |
| 32Matt SmabyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:23 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Mike SmithG | L | 39 | 35 | 4 | .897 | 60:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 28Mark RecchiR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 14:19 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 15:35 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 9 | 17:29 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 24:17 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:59 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:12 |
| 26Blake WheelerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16:34 |
| 27Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 60Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:14 |
| 61Byron BitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:59 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:19 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:46 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:24 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | W | 40 | 39 | 1 | .975 | 60:00 |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |