Tampa Bay Lightning vs Dallas Stars

Regular season · Thursday, March 17, 2016 · American Airlines Center

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3–4

Final

SOG 20–33

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Game summary

The Dallas Stars beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at American Airlines Center. The Stars outshot the Lightning 33-20.

Steven Stamkos scored twice and Jamie Benn scored twice. Nikita Kucherov, Jason Spezza and Stephen Johns also scored.

Kari Lehtonen made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Ben Bishop stopped 29 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	1	2	0	3	20
DAL	1	1	2	4	33

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nikita Kucherov (26)Alex Killorn (22), Andrej Sustr (15)1–012:15 TBL
Jason Spezza (29)Valeri Nichushkin (18)1–114:09 DAL

2nd period

Steven Stamkos (32)Nikita Kucherov (31), Anton Stralman (25)2–103:15 TBL · PPG
Jamie Benn (35)Cody Eakin (17)2–205:42 DAL
Steven Stamkos (33)Alex Killorn (23), Victor Hedman (32)3–217:19 TBL

3rd period

Stephen Johns (1)Cody Eakin (18), Jamie Benn (44)3–309:42 DAL
Jamie Benn (36)Cody Eakin (19), Tyler Seguin (40)3–411:50 DAL

Team stats

TBLDAL

20Shots on goal33

47%Faceoff %53%

1/1Power play0/1

7Penalty minutes7

28Hits29

10Blocked shots20

7Giveaways11

6Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 06:42Mike Blunden · boarding2 min
1st 12:19Antoine Roussel · fighting5 min
1st 12:19Ryan Callahan · fighting5 min
2nd 01:39Valeri Nichushkin · holding2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

17Alex KillornC	0	2	2	+1	3	0	0	0	50	20:59
86Nikita KucherovR	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	21:35
91Steven StamkosC	2	0	2	+1	3	0	0	0	44	20:48
6Anton StralmanD	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	–	22:49
62Andrej SustrD	0	1	1	-2	1	1	0	0	–	18:03
77Victor HedmanD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	3	0	–	26:45
9Tyler JohnsonC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	53	15:58
11Brian BoyleC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	45	12:46
13Cedric PaquetteC	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	67	11:31
18Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	15:50
22Erik CondraR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	09:50
23JT BrownR	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	–	13:06
24Ryan CallahanR	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	5	–	16:11
46Mike BlundenR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	09:02
90Vladislav NamestnikovC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	13:23
5Jason GarrisonD	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0	–	17:05
55Braydon CoburnD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	17:15
89Nikita NesterovD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	16:27

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ben BishopG	L	33	29	4	.879	58:37
88Andrei VasilevskiyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars skaters

14Jamie BennL	2	1	3	+2	6	0	0	0	100	18:02
20Cody EakinC	0	3	3	+2	2	1	2	0	47	13:57
43Valeri NichushkinR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	14:35
90Jason SpezzaC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	40	16:40
91Tyler SeguinC	0	1	1	+2	3	5	1	0	100	18:51
28Stephen JohnsD	1	0	1	+1	2	4	2	0	–	21:58
10Patrick SharpL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	13:58
12Radek FaksaC	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	0	53	17:33
18Patrick EavesR	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	–	13:56
21Antoine RousselL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	100	14:11
22Colton SceviourC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	12:50
38Vernon FiddlerL	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	60	10:52
83Ales HemskyR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:55
2Kris RussellD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	27:18
5Jamie OleksiakD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	10:09
15Patrik NemethD	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	–	13:02
33Alex GoligoskiD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	0	–	24:38
47Johnny OduyaD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	20:59

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Antti NiemiG		0	0	0	–	00:00
32Kari LehtonenG	W	20	17	3	.850	60:00