Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning

Saturday, February 15, 2003, 7:30 PM ET St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Saturday, February 15, 2003 at home.

Final score, Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Boston Bruins	2	36-31-11-4
at Tampa Bay Lightning	5	36-25-16-5

Goals by period

Goals by period, Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Boston Bruins	1	0	1	2
Tampa Bay Lightning	1	1	3	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Boston Bruins	10	16	6	32
Tampa Bay Lightning	8	13	13	34

Scoring summary

Every goal, Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	06:17	Tampa Bay Lightning	Nikita Alexeev (3)	Vincent Lecavalier (29), Brad Richards (40)	Power play	BOS 0, TBL 1
1st	07:48	Boston Bruins	Jozef Stumpel (11)	Sean Brown (4), Nick Boynton (14)	Even strength	BOS 1, TBL 1
2nd	16:36	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vincent Lecavalier (22)	Unassisted	Even strength	BOS 1, TBL 2
3rd	02:37	Boston Bruins	Zdenek Kutlak (1)	Brian Rolston (18), Martin Lapointe (6)	Even strength	BOS 2, TBL 2
3rd	14:23	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dan Boyle (9)	Nikita Alexeev (1), Brad Richards (41)	Power play	BOS 2, TBL 3
3rd	16:41	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ben Clymer (5)	Vinny Prospal (41), Vincent Lecavalier (30)	Even strength	BOS 2, TBL 4
3rd	19:08	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dan Boyle (10)	Unassisted	Even strength, Empty net	BOS 2, TBL 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning
Stat	Boston Bruins	Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal	32	34
Power play	0 of 3	2 of 7
Penalty minutes	18	8
Hits	11	14
Blocked shots	9	13
Giveaways	13	14
Takeaways	9	15
Faceoffs won	34/59 (57.6%)	25/59 (42.4%)

Box score

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 M. Mcinnis	L	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0		14:49
Number 11 P. Axelsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2		17:33
Number 12 B. Rolston	R	0	1	1	-1	0	5	1	3	77.8%	22:26
Number 16 J. Stumpel	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	55.6%	15:37
Number 19 J. Thornton	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	54.2%	22:20
Number 20 M. Lapointe	R	0	1	1	0	4	1	4	0	50%	14:53
Number 22 M. Grosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		13:23
Number 26 M. Knuble	R	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0		17:02
Number 27 G. Murray	R	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	0	100%	20:32
Number 33 K. Oliwa	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		02:35
Number 42 P. Stock	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		03:21
Number 76 K. Vernarsky	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	50%	05:24
Number 23 S. Brown	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		14:14
Number 32 D. Sweeney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		16:15
Number 34 B. Berard	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1		21:33
Number 39 Z. Kutlak	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	1		06:45
Number 44 N. Boynton	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	1		27:54
Number 46 J. Girard	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		24:02

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 S. Shields	33	29	4	.879	59:03	Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 4 V. Lecavalier	C	1	2	3	+2	2	6	2	1	0	40%	20:12
Number 7 B. Clymer	R	1	0	1	+2	0	3	2	0	0		12:03
Number 11 C. Dingman	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0		10:53
Number 15 N. Alexeev	R	1	1	2	-1	0	1	1	0	1		12:32
Number 16 A. Svitov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	33.3%	07:49
Number 17 R. Fedotenko	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0		13:11
Number 19 B. Richards	C	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	25%	18:14
Number 20 V. Prospal	L	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	0	0		19:42
Number 25 D. Andreychuk	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	68.8%	20:02
Number 26 M. St. Louis	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		17:54
Number 27 T. Taylor	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	36.4%	12:57
Number 33 F. Modin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		17:34
Number 13 P. Kubina	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	4	0		20:46
Number 21 C. Sarich	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	2	0		18:56
Number 22 D. Boyle	D	2	0	2	+1	0	5	0	0	1		23:48
Number 37 B. Lukowich	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		16:42
Number 38 D. Rumble	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0		12:51
Number 44 N. Pratt	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	3	0		17:32

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 N. Khabibulin	32	30	2	.938	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:33	Boston Bruins	Krzysztof Oliwa	Boarding	2
1st	02:33	Boston Bruins	Krzysztof Oliwa	Roughing	2
1st	08:49	Boston Bruins	Martin Lapointe	Roughing	2
1st	17:27	Boston Bruins	Martin Lapointe	Roughing	2
2nd	03:01	Tampa Bay Lightning	Cory Sarich	High sticking	2
2nd	09:18	Boston Bruins	Marty Mcinnis	Hooking obstruction	2
2nd	17:21	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vincent Lecavalier	High sticking	2
2nd	18:28	Boston Bruins	Bryan Berard	Hooking	2
2nd	18:50	Tampa Bay Lightning	Bench	Delaying game bench (bench minor)	2
2nd	19:23	Boston Bruins	Glen Murray	Roughing	2
2nd	19:23	Tampa Bay Lightning	Pavel Kubina	Roughing	2
3rd	13:30	Boston Bruins	Mike Knuble	Holding	2
3rd	19:40	Boston Bruins	Steve Shields	Slashing	2

Game information

Boston Bruins head coach: Robbie Ftorek
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: John Tortorella
Referees: Bill McCreary, Chris Rooney
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Stephane Provost
Boston Bruins scratches: Rob Zamuner, Rich Brennan, Sean O'Donnell, Brantt Myhres, Hal Gill, Matthew Herr, Tim Thomas, Sergei Samsonov, Lee Goren, Andrew Raycroft, Martin Samuelsson, Andy Hilbert, Ivan Huml, Jarno Kultanen, Shaone Morrisonn
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Jassen Cullimore, Brian Holzinger, Kevin Hodson, Stan Neckar, Andre Roy, Sheldon Keefe, Evgeny Konstantinov, Jimmie Olvestad

2002-2003 season series

Every Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning game in the 2002-2003 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Boston Bruins 3	Final/OT	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins, Sat, Dec 7, 2002
Boston Bruins 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning, Fri, Dec 27, 2002
Boston Bruins 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat, Feb 15, 2003
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Boston Bruins 2	Final/OT	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins, Mon, Mar 31, 2003

Other NHL games on Feb 15

Other NHL games on Saturday, February 15, 2003
Matchup	Status	Details
Edmonton Oilers 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Feb 15, 2003
New York Islanders 3 at Los Angeles Kings 2	Final	Game page: New York Islanders at Los Angeles Kings, Sat, Feb 15, 2003
New York Rangers 4 at Buffalo Sabres 5	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Feb 15, 2003
Ottawa Senators 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2	Final	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Toronto Maple Leafs, Sat, Feb 15, 2003
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Philadelphia Flyers 2	Final/OT	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Feb 15, 2003
Detroit Red Wings 6 at Atlanta Thrashers 2	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Atlanta Thrashers, Sat, Feb 15, 2003
Chicago Blackhawks 7 at Columbus Blue Jackets 1	Final	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Columbus Blue Jackets, Sat, Feb 15, 2003
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at New Jersey Devils 1	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils, Sat, Feb 15, 2003
Washington Capitals 2 at Florida Panthers 1	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Florida Panthers, Sat, Feb 15, 2003
Phoenix Coyotes 5 at St. Louis Blues 3	Final	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Feb 15, 2003
Anaheim Ducks 1 at Nashville Predators 2	Final	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Nashville Predators, Sat, Feb 15, 2003
Minnesota Wild 2 at Colorado Avalanche 3	Final	Game page: Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche, Sat, Feb 15, 2003
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Calgary Flames 2	Final/OT	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames, Sat, Feb 15, 2003