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8/1/2009
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Tampa Bay Lightning 3 , New York Rangers 5
Shots: 26 - 27
PP: 1 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:57/65=87 %, Challenges:43/55=76 %
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:66/84=78 %, Challenges:39/46=83 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (St. Pete Times Forum)
Ticket income: 891086 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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12:44 0-1
Sean Avery [2] (Colton Orr)SH
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22:55 0-2
Nikolai Zherdev [14] (Chris Drury, Wade Redden)PP
31:25 0-3
Gilbert Brulé [5] (Sean Avery, Blair Betts)
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41:42 1-3
Alexander Ovechkin [21] (Martin St. Louis, Sami Salo)
44:29 2-3
Martin St. Louis [21] (Alexander Ovechkin, Vaclav Prospal)PP
47:48 3-3
Ryan Malone [17] (Ruslan Fedotenko, Alexander Ovechkin)
50:51 3-4
Nik Antropov [17] (Nikolai Zherdev, Paul Mara)
59:57 3-5
Nikolai Zherdev [15] (Patrick Rissmiller, Chris Drury) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:41
Sean Avery (2 min for tripping)
05:32
Mike Lundin (2 min for tripping)
12:27
Nik Antropov (2 min for slashing)
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22:05
Alexander Edler (2 min for hooking)
24:41
Colton Orr (2 min for tripping)
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42:46
Nik Antropov (2 min for cross-checking)
53:04
Sean Avery (2 min for cross-checking)
55:28
Blair Betts (2 min for cross-checking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.20 7
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 7
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
R Alexander Ovechkin 1 2 2 3 1 2 0 -1 20.40 10
C Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 13.20 6
C Vaclav Prospal 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
C Viktor Kozlov 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 18.20 5
L Sergei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10.00 5
L Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 6
L Ryan Malone 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 -1 16.00 7
L Martin St. Louis 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 -1 20.30 7
D Cory Murphy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24.50 7
D Noah Welch 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 6
D Alexander Edler 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -2 22.20 6
D Mike Lundin 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 12.50 6
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 17.30 6
D Sami Salo 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 -1 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 5 0 22 0 0 58.00 4
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colton Orr 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 12.20 8
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 11.30 7
R Nik Antropov 1 0 3 2 1 0 4 0 20.00 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 16.10 9
C Brandon Dubinsky 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 6.50 6
C Blair Betts 0 1 2 4 0 2 2 0 19.50 9
C Scott Gomez 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
C Chris Drury 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 16.50 8
L Gilbert Brulé 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 8.30 8
L Sean Avery 1 1 3 1 0 1 4 1 14.40 8
L Mark Bell 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 7
L Patrick Rissmiller 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.40 8
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.50 5
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 6
D Paul Mara 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 23.00 6
D Marc Staal 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 24.50 8
D Derek Morris 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 7
D Wade Redden 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Steve Valiquette 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Sean Avery
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Nikolai Zherdev scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Blair Betts ended his 5 game point drought.
-Gilbert Brulé finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Sean Avery finally ended his 35 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 3( 21) , Hartford Wolfpack 2( 11)
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0-1 HFD Chris Harrington (Jordan Eberle, Miika Wiikman)
1-1 DTV David Koci (Mathieu Roy, François-Pierre Guénette)
1-2 HFD Tomás Záborský
2-2 DTV Martins Karsums (Janne Niskala, Matt Lundin)
3-2 DTV Chris Lawrence (Peter Zingoni)
Goalies: Matt Lundin - Miika Wiikman