Tampa Bay Lightning vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Friday, December 18, 2009 · Scottrade Center

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6–3

Final

SOG 24–26

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Friday, December 18, 2009 at Scottrade Center. The Blues outshot the Lightning 26-24.

Steven Stamkos scored twice and Jeff Halpern scored twice. Brad Winchester, Martin St. Louis, Kurtis Foster, T.J. Oshie and Keith Tkachuk also scored.

Antero Niittymaki made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Chris Mason stopped 18 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	1	2	3	6	24
STL	1	0	2	3	26

Scoring

1st period

Brad Winchester (1)David Backes (1), Paul Kariya (1)0–110:04 STL · PPG
Martin St. Louis (1)Alex Tanguay (1), Vincent Lecavalier (1)1–110:37 TBL

2nd period

Steven Stamkos (1)Kurtis Foster (1), Martin St. Louis (1)2–100:36 TBL
Kurtis Foster (1)Victor Hedman (1), Ryan Malone (1)3–106:24 TBL

3rd period

T.J. Oshie (1)Paul Kariya (2), David Backes (2)3–203:58 STL
Jeff Halpern (1)Vincent Lecavalier (2), Alex Tanguay (2)4–204:12 TBL
Keith Tkachuk (1)Brad Boyes (1), Andy McDonald (1)4–309:03 STL · PPG
Jeff Halpern (2)Ryan Malone (2)5–311:15 TBL
Steven Stamkos (2)Martin St. Louis (2)6–319:02 TBL · EN

Team stats

TBLSTL

24Shots on goal26

57%Faceoff %43%

0/4Power play2/5

19Penalty minutes25

11Hits24

10Blocked shots10

4Giveaways10

5Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 08:15Mattias Ohlund · interference2 min
1st 12:36Jeff Halpern · hooking2 min
1st 18:32Cam Janssen · delaying game puck over glass2 min
1st 18:57Vincent Lecavalier · elbowing2 min
1st 19:53Carlo Colaiacovo · tripping2 min
2nd 02:17Vincent Lecavalier · roughing2 min
2nd 04:52Erik Johnson · holding2 min
2nd 04:52Stephane Veilleux · holding2 min
2nd 07:19Cam Janssen · holding2 min
2nd 10:03Carlo Colaiacovo · fighting5 min
2nd 10:03Carlo Colaiacovo · instigator2 min
2nd 10:03Carlo Colaiacovo · misconduct10 min
2nd 10:03Blair Jones · fighting5 min
2nd 13:45Martin St. Louis · roughing2 min
3rd 08:38Alex Tanguay · tripping2 min

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

26Martin St. LouisR	1	2	3	+4	2	0	0	2	–	20:21
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	2	2	+2	4	0	0	4	60	18:42
11Jeff HalpernC	2	0	2	+2	3	0	1	2	40	15:41
12Ryan MaloneL	0	2	2	+4	3	0	0	0	100	18:25
13Alex TanguayL	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	2	–	18:29
91Steven StamkosC	2	0	2	+2	4	0	0	0	71	21:03
6Kurtis FosterD	1	1	2	+2	3	0	3	0	–	18:02
77Victor HedmanD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	24:17
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	07:25
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	100	10:49
28Zenon KonopkaC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	20	06:45
38Paul SzczechuraC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	44	13:48
43James WrightC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	09:57
49Blair JonesC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	5	–	10:27
5Mattias OhlundD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	2	–	27:19
8Matt WalkerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	03:39
14Andrej MeszarosD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	1	0	–	23:33
21David HaleD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	0	0	–	19:04

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Antero NiittymakiG	W	26	23	3	.885	60:00
41Mike SmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

9Paul KariyaL	0	2	2	-1	2	1	0	0	100	16:47
7Keith TkachukC	1	0	1	-1	6	2	0	0	27	15:46
10Andy McDonaldC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	50	19:06
15Brad WinchesterL	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	–	08:26
22Brad BoyesR	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	67	17:51
42David BackesR	0	1	1	+1	0	7	0	0	58	20:04
74T.J. OshieC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	1	0	–	18:34
44Darryl SydorD	0	1	1	-1	2	1	2	0	–	17:37
18Jay McClementC	0	0	0	-3	2	1	1	0	38	14:19
20Alexander SteenC	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	38	16:40
26B.J. CrombeenR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	09:26
55Cam JanssenR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	4	–	03:54
57David PerronL	0	0	0	-3	1	1	0	0	–	18:02
5Barret JackmanD	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	0	–	25:53
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	–	23:56
28Carlo ColaiacovoD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	19	–	16:28
43Mike WeaverD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	12:17
46Roman PolakD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	–	15:46

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Ty ConklinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
50Chris MasonG	L	23	18	5	.783	59:08