Tampa Bay Lightning vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Sunday, February 26, 2012 · Prudential Center

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4–3

Final

SOG 16–22

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Lightning 22-16.

Martin St. Louis scored a hat trick. Alexei Ponikarovsky, Petr Sykora, Matt Gilroy and Zach Parise also scored.

Mathieu Garon made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 12 of 16.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	0	2	2	4	16
NJD	1	0	2	3	22

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alexei Ponikarovsky (1)Unassisted0–112:07 NJD

2nd period

Martin St. Louis (1)Steven Stamkos (1), Mathieu Garon (1)1–106:39 TBL
Martin St. Louis (2)Teddy Purcell (1), Steven Stamkos (2)2–114:55 TBL · PPG

3rd period

Petr Sykora (1)Steve Bernier (1), Dainius Zubrus (1)2–202:28 NJD
Matt Gilroy (1)Martin St. Louis (1), Teddy Purcell (2)3–203:09 TBL
Martin St. Louis (3)Teddy Purcell (3), Eric Brewer (1)4–210:18 TBL
Zach Parise (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (1), Patrik Elias (1)4–317:25 NJD · PPG

Team stats

TBLNJD

16Shots on goal22

49%Faceoff %51%

1/3Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes6

20Hits22

15Blocked shots6

6Giveaways11

3Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 13:04Marek Zidlicky · holding2 min
2nd 08:17Dainius Zubrus · holding the stick2 min
2nd 13:46Ilya Kovalchuk · tripping2 min
2nd 15:47Trevor Smith · hooking2 min
2nd 20:00Steven Stamkos · hooking2 min
3rd 15:36Steven Stamkos · tripping2 min
3rd 19:00Martin St. Louis · tripping2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

26Martin St. LouisR	3	1	4	+2	4	0	1	2	–	19:12
16Teddy PurcellR	0	3	3	+2	2	0	0	0	–	18:40
91Steven StamkosC	0	2	2	+2	2	1	1	4	43	19:26
2Eric BrewerD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0	–	27:39
97Matt GilroyD	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	16:40
11Tom PyattC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	13:59
12Ryan MaloneL	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	–	18:34
14Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	11:02
18Adam HallR	0	0	0	-2	1	2	1	0	55	16:56
20Tim WallaceR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	06:33
24Trevor SmithC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	33	10:37
34JT WymanR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:49
44Nate ThompsonC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	54	22:22
59Mike AngelidisL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	07:29
7Brett ClarkD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	–	24:17
27Bruno GervaisD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	16:01
29Brendan MikkelsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	3	0	–	20:30
43Evan ObergD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	–	11:25

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Dwayne RolosonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
32Mathieu GaronG	W	22	19	3	.864	60:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

8Dainius ZubrusC	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	2	44	16:31
9Zach PariseL	1	0	1	-1	5	0	0	0	–	21:47
12Alexei PonikarovskyL	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	14:19
15Petr SykoraR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	16:19
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	–	27:20
18Steve BernierR	0	1	1	+1	0	5	1	0	–	15:23
26Patrik EliasL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	47	22:27
14Adam HenriqueC	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	60	16:11
16Jacob JosefsonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	06:36
20Ryan CarterC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	04:29
23David ClarksonR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	67	19:27
25Cam JanssenR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	01:54
2Marek ZidlickyD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	19:33
5Adam LarssonD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	18:17
6Andy GreeneD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	20:01
24Bryce SalvadorD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	18:54
28Anton VolchenkovD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	–	15:36
29Mark FayneD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	21:17

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Martin BrodeurG	L	16	12	4	.750	58:30