Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings

Wednesday, March 5, 2003, 7:30 PM ET Joe Louis Arena, Detroit Regular Season Final

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 on Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at home.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	36-25-16-5
at Detroit Red Wings	3	48-20-10-4

Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	0	1	1	2
Detroit Red Wings	2	0	1	3

Shots on goal by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	7	18	10	35
Detroit Red Wings	7	9	6	22

Scoring summary

Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	04:51	Detroit Red Wings	Nicklas Lidstrom (14)	Brendan Shanahan (29), Pavel Datsyuk (24)	Power play	TBL 0, DET 1
1st	09:02	Detroit Red Wings	Mathieu Dandenault (4)	Igor Larionov (23), Luc Robitaille (18)	Even strength	TBL 0, DET 2
2nd	00:27	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dan Boyle (12)	Vincent Lecavalier (36)	Power play	TBL 1, DET 2
3rd	17:52	Detroit Red Wings	Brendan Shanahan (26)	Pavel Datsyuk (25), Henrik Zetterberg (16)	Even strength	TBL 1, DET 3
3rd	19:25	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vinny Prospal (17)	Vincent Lecavalier (37), Brad Richards (44)	Power play	TBL 2, DET 3

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

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	0	2	2	-1	0	5	1	0	0	14.3%	22:05
Number 7 B. Clymer	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		17:29
Number 11 C. Dingman	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		06:07
Number 15 N. Alexeev	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0		11:18
Number 16 A. Svitov	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1	0	66.7%	08:17
Number 19 B. Richards	C	0	1	1	0	4	6	1	1	0	36.4%	25:16
Number 20 V. Prospal	L	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	2	1		21:20
Number 25 D. Andreychuk	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	73.3%	18:40
Number 26 M. St. Louis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	0	50%	22:43
Number 27 T. Taylor	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	42.9%	09:33
Number 33 F. Modin	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		18:06
Number 36 A. Roy	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0		02:04
Number 2 S. Neckar	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0		16:23
Number 13 P. Kubina	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0		18:50
Number 21 C. Sarich	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2	0		15:42
Number 22 D. Boyle	D	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	2	1		28:23
Number 37 B. Lukowich	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		15:49
Number 44 N. Pratt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	4	0		13:19

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 47 J. Grahame	22	19	3	.864	58:33	Loss

Detroit Red Wings 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 8 I. Larionov	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	37.5%	13:03
Number 11 M. Dandenault	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	5	0		22:36
Number 13 P. Datsyuk	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	33.3%	14:25
Number 14 B. Shanahan	L	1	1	2	+1	2	5	1	1	0	66.7%	19:08
Number 17 B. Hull	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		17:04
Number 18 K. Maltby	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	100%	16:57
Number 19 S. Yzerman	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	68.4%	17:32
Number 20 L. Robitaille	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	0		07:58
Number 21 B. Devereaux	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		08:52
Number 25 D. McCarty	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	50%	11:09
Number 33 K. Draper	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	58.3%	15:57
Number 40 H. Zetterberg	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0	50%	16:05
Number 96 T. Holmstrom	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0		12:48
Number 5 N. Lidstrom	D	1	0	1	+2	0	3	0	1	1		30:33
Number 15 J. Woolley	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	0		17:04
Number 27 P. Boileau	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		13:42
Number 32 M. Kuznetsov	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0		16:50
Number 55 D. Bykov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		15:34

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Joseph	35	33	2	.943	60:00	Win

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	03:11	Tampa Bay Lightning	Alexander Svitov	Holding obstruction	2
1st	06:00	Detroit Red Wings	Brendan Shanahan	Hooking	2
1st	18:29	Detroit Red Wings	Maxim Kuznetsov	Interference	2
2nd	07:30	Detroit Red Wings	Steve Yzerman	Holding	2
2nd	12:04	Detroit Red Wings	Boyd Devereaux	Holding the stick	2
2nd	12:58	Detroit Red Wings	Maxim Kuznetsov	Slashing	2
2nd	19:13	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dan Boyle	Slashing	2
3rd	04:56	Detroit Red Wings	Igor Larionov	Tripping	2
3rd	06:47	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brad Richards	High sticking	2
3rd	06:47	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brad Richards	High sticking	2
3rd	10:29	Tampa Bay Lightning	John Grahame	Roughing	2
3rd	18:34	Detroit Red Wings	Jason Woolley	Cross checking	2

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: John Tortorella
Detroit Red Wings head coach: Dave Lewis
Referees: Terry Gregson, Tom Kowal
Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Lyle Seitz
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Darren Rumble, Jassen Cullimore, Brian Holzinger, Kevin Hodson, Sheldon Keefe, Evgeny Konstantinov, Jimmie Olvestad, Ruslan Fedotenko
Detroit Red Wings scratches: Chris Chelios, Sergei Fedorov, Marc Lamothe, Stacy Roest, Jesse Wallin, Jiri Fischer, Sean Avery, Jason Williams

Every Tampa Bay Lightning and Detroit Red Wings game in the 2002-2003 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Detroit Red Wings 0 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Tampa Bay Lightning, Tue, Jan 7, 2003
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Detroit Red Wings 3	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings, Wed, Mar 5, 2003

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