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21/12/2011
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Tampa Bay Lightning 8 , Pittsburgh Penguins 3
Shots: 22 - 34
PP: 1 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:59/68=86 %, Challenges:28/44=62 %
PP: 3 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:74/83=89 %, Challenges:42/53=77 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (St. Pete Times Forum)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:26 1-0
Brett Connolly [5] (Vincent Lecavalier, Bruno Gervais)
09:29 2-0
Teddy Purcell [5] (Bruno Gervais, Victor Hedman)
10:35 2-1
James Neal [13] (Anze Kopitar, Travis Zajac)PP
16:45 2-2
James Neal [14] (John Madden, John-Michael Liles)PP
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28:21 2-3
Steve Sullivan [14] (Tuomo Ruutu, John-Michael Liles)PP
30:45 3-3
Steven Stamkos [20] (Nikolai Zherdev, Mattias Öhlund)
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41:56 4-3
Victor Hedman [2] (Pavel Kubina, Vincent Lecavalier)PP
44:33 5-3
Martin St. Louis [17] (Nikolai Zherdev, Victor Hedman)
45:56 6-3
Vincent Lecavalier [12] (Teddy Purcell, Martin St. Louis)
54:32 7-3
Steven Stamkos [21] (Mattias Öhlund)
59:07 8-3
Steven Stamkos [22] (Victor Hedman)
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Penalty summary:
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03:27
Pavel Kubina (2 min for hooking)
09:33
Brett Connolly (2 min for boarding)
15:22
Carter Ashton (2 min for slashing)
15:52
Mattias Öhlund (2 min for slashing)
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27:48
Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for high-sticking)
39:23
Mattias Öhlund (2 min for roughing)
39:23
James Neal (2 min for roughing)
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41:42
Tyler Kennedy (2 min for slashing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Carter Ashton 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7.40 6
R Steve Downie 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 17.00 6
R Teddy Purcell 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 14.10 8
R Martin St. Louis 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 4 18.10 9
C James Wright 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
C Vladislav Namestnikov 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.50 5
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 2 3 3 1 1 0 3 17.40 9
C Steven Stamkos 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 4 19.30 10
L Dominic Moore 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.10 5
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15.00 6
L Brett Connolly 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 14.50 7
L Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 4 18.30 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 17.20 5
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 19.50 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 2 2 2 1 0 4 4 23.00 9
D Pavel Kubina 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 17.30 5
D Bruno Gervais 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 14.40 7
D Victor Hedman 1 3 2 5 1 3 0 4 27.20 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dustin Tokarski 3 0 31 0 0 60.00 7
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Damien Brunner 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 10.20 6
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 -1 13.00 8
R Steve Sullivan 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 -4 18.20 7
R Travis Zajac 0 1 4 5 2 4 0 -1 19.50 8
C Tyler Kennedy 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 9.50 5
C John Madden 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 12.10 6
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -4 19.50 7
C Evgeni Malkin 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 -1 20.40 8
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.20 5
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -1 10.00 6
L James Neal 2 0 4 2 0 1 2 -4 19.30 9
L Jordan Staal 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 -1 20.00 8
D Matt Niskanen 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 9.50 5
D John-Michael Liles 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 -4 20.10 5
D Zbynek Michalek 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 26.00 6
D Robert Scuderi 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 10.00 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -5 21.50 6
D Kris Letang 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 -1 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 8 0 14 0 0 60.00 4
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steven Stamkos
2nd star: Victor Hedman
3rd star: Vincent Lecavalier
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Bruno Gervais notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Steven Stamkos scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Teddy Purcell notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brett Connolly ended his 6 game goal drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-John Madden ended his 8 game point drought.
-Evgeni Malkin had his 6 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 1( 6) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 4( 30)
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1-0 DTV Mitch Fadden (Radko Gudas)
1-1 WIL Danny Kristo (Teemu Ramstedt, Christopher Fischer)
1-2 WIL Jordan LaVallee (Dustin Jeffrey)
1-3 WIL Lauri Tukonen (Dustin Jeffrey)
1-4 WIL Dustin Jeffrey (John Moore, Jordan LaVallee)
Goalies: Pat Nagle - Leland Irving