National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 4, Tampa Bay 2
When: 2:00 PM ET, Friday, November 28, 2008
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Bill McCreary, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Brian Mach, Andy McElman
Attendance: 18568
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 1102
Minnesota 1034
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
12:07 - Wild Owen Nolan (EV) Assists: Antti Miettinen , James Sheppard
19:20 - Lightning Radim Vrbata (PP) Assists: Steven Stamkos , Paul Ranger
Penalties
2:27 - Lightning Steven Stamkos (2) Boarding
2:27 - Lightning Bench (2) Abusive language
4:12 - Wild Antti Miettinen (2) Tripping
17:26 - Wild Antti Miettinen (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
9:51 - Lightning Ryan Malone (EV) Assists: Vincent Lecavalier , Martin St. Louis
Penalties
10:40 - Lightning Lukas Krajicek (2) Interference
18:33 - Wild Kim Johnsson (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
2:02 - Wild James Sheppard (EV) Assists: Marc-Andre Bergeron , Marek Zidlicky
6:10 - Wild Mikko Koivu (EV) Assists: Antti Miettinen , Marc-Andre Bergeron
19:37 - Wild Eric Belanger (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
14:55 - Wild Nick Schultz (2) High sticking
14:55 - Wild Mikko Koivu (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
14:55 - Wild Mikko Koivu (10) Misconduct
Tampa Bay Lightning
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Olaf Kolzig G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Smith G 0 0 0 0 0 58:57 47:18 7:39 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Lukas Krajicek D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 27 16:19 15:32 0:47 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Vincent Lecavalier C 0 1 1 E 0 6 24 21:03 14:51 5:57 0:15 0 0 - - 11 9 55
Andrew Hutchinson D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 22 13:48 13:08 0:40 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Recchi RW 0 0 0 -3 0 2 23 16:57 14:30 1:54 0:33 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Downie RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 10 6:05 6:05 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Malone RW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 25 20:53 14:37 5:12 1:04 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 31 18:38 16:06 0:39 1:53 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Radim Vrbata RW 1 0 1 E 0 1 23 14:46 13:15 1:31 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Adam Hall RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 14 7:44 6:38 0:00 1:06 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Vinny Prospal LW 0 0 0 -2 0 4 22 20:05 14:29 5:26 0:10 0 0 - - 2 2 50
Martin St. Louis RW 0 1 1 -1 0 4 24 22:23 15:26 6:19 0:38 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Craig C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 8:19 8:19 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Jussi Jokinen LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 25 17:06 14:10 0:42 2:14 0 0 - - 11 4 73
Mike Lundin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 29 17:06 15:06 0:07 1:53 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Eminger D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 32 25:01 19:02 3:52 2:07 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Ranger D 0 1 1 E 0 1 33 20:55 17:17 1:31 2:07 0 0 - - - - -
Evgeny Artyukhin RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 12 7:23 7:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steven Stamkos C 0 1 1 -2 2 3 26 20:32 16:54 3:38 0:00 0 0 - - 3 6 33
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Josh Harding G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 59:58 48:19 4:00 7:39 0 0 - - - - -
Marek Zidlicky D 0 1 1 +3 0 2 31 24:50 21:06 2:07 1:37 0 0 - - - - -
Kim Johnsson D 0 0 0 E 2 3 31 24:23 19:21 0:18 4:44 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Reitz D 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 6:46 6:46 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brent Burns D 0 0 0 E 0 3 27 18:12 13:58 2:02 2:12 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 1 0 1 +1 12 5 24 20:03 14:33 2:44 2:46 0 0 - - 6 7 46
Owen Nolan RW 1 0 1 +2 0 3 20 16:50 13:33 3:17 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Andrew Brunette LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 20 16:04 13:56 2:08 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Sheppard C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 17 12:11 11:44 0:00 0:27 0 0 - - 2 2 50
Stephane Veilleux LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 24 16:18 13:59 0:00 2:19 0 0 - - - - -
Antti Miettinen RW 0 2 2 +2 4 2 27 17:31 15:53 0:28 1:10 0 0 - - - - -
Cal Clutterbuck RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 12 6:28 6:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Boogaard LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 10 4:23 4:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Belanger C 1 0 1 E 0 4 29 20:24 14:42 1:16 4:26 0 0 - - 13 12 52
Martin Skoula D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 26 22:13 18:02 0:00 4:11 0 0 - - - - -
Marc-Andre Bergeron D 0 2 2 +3 0 1 25 16:52 14:13 2:07 0:32 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 28 21:53 17:26 0:15 4:12 0 0 - - - - -
Benoit Pouliot LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 9:54 8:26 1:28 0:00 0 0 - - 3 6 33
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 14:53 13:18 1:35 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Tampa Bay
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mike Smith L (14-18-9) 32 29 3 .906 0 58:57
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom W (37-24-8) 37 35 2 .946 0 59:58