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Tampa Bay Lightning at Columbus Blue Jackets

Nationwide Arena, Columbus Regular Season Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at home.

Team Goals 2007-2008 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 31-42-9
at Columbus Blue Jackets 5 34-36-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 2 0 3
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 1 2 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 11 11 5 27
Columbus Blue Jackets 9 12 4 25

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 11:29 Columbus Blue Jackets David Vyborny (6) Rick Nash (22), Kris Russell (6) Even strength TBL 0, CBJ 1
1st 14:14 Tampa Bay Lightning Jeff Halpern (13) Mathieu Darche (10), Michel Ouellet (16) Even strength TBL 1, CBJ 1
1st 19:18 Columbus Blue Jackets Derek MacKenzie (1) Gilbert Brule (6), Dan Fritsche (10) Even strength TBL 1, CBJ 2
2nd 11:29 Columbus Blue Jackets Michael Peca (5) Nikolay Zherdev (32) Even strength TBL 1, CBJ 3
2nd 16:35 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis (22) Jeff Halpern (17) Even strength TBL 2, CBJ 3
2nd 17:37 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (33) Unassisted Even strength, Penalty shot TBL 3, CBJ 3
3rd 16:16 Columbus Blue Jackets Jason Chimera (14) Nikolay Zherdev (33), Dick Tarnstrom (10) Power play TBL 3, CBJ 4
3rd 19:00 Columbus Blue Jackets Jiri Novotny (8) Manny Malhotra (15), Rick Nash (23) Even strength, Empty net TBL 3, CBJ 5

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal 27 25
Power play 0 of 7 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 18 24
Hits 14 21
Blocked shots 18 6
Giveaways 5 5
Takeaways 3 2
Faceoffs won 18/51 (35.3%) 33/51 (64.7%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
4 V. Lecavalier C 1 0 1 -3 0 5 0 1 0 18.2% 20:42
7 M. Ouellet R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 16:42
10 J. Jokinen L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 10:30
11 J. Halpern C 1 1 2 +1 2 1 1 0 0 40% 19:40
16 J. Ward R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:43
21 M. Darche L 0 1 1 +2 0 3 1 0 0 100% 19:26
24 A. Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 50% 15:35
26 M. St. Louis R 1 0 1 -3 0 1 0 0 0 22:21
29 C. MacDonald C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 37.5% 14:36
42 J. Lessard R 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 10:26
61 K. Stewart L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 04:33
74 N. Tarnasky L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12:15
2 A. Picard D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 2 0 20:36
22 D. Boyle D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 28:16
39 M. Lundin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 11:18
54 P. Ranger D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 23:57
55 S. O'Brien D 0 0 0 -1 12 1 0 0 0 10:22
71 F. Kuba D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 3 0 25:31
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
41 M. Smith 24 20 4 .833 59:30 Loss

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
9 D. Vyborny R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 13:23
12 J. Novotny C 1 0 1 +2 2 1 2 1 0 46.7% 17:16
13 N. Zherdev R 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 100% 18:47
17 G. Brule C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100% 08:09
19 M. Peca C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 58.3% 21:35
25 J. Chimera L 1 0 1 0 10 1 1 0 1 100% 17:39
26 D. MacKenzie C 1 0 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 06:53
27 M. Malhotra C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 83.3% 15:30
40 J. Boll R 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 09:40
49 D. Fritsche C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:21
51 A. Murray C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 100% 10:56
61 R. Nash L 0 2 2 +2 2 6 1 0 0 20:40
2 K. Russell D 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 11:56
6 R. Hainsey D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 0 0 24:35
8 J. Hejda D 0 0 0 +3 0 2 2 2 0 22:55
23 D. Tarnstrom D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 0 0 18:53
44 A. Rome D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 16:55
97 R. Klesla D 0 0 0 +4 0 0 2 2 0 25:00
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
31 P. Leclaire 27 24 3 .889 59:57 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:09 Tampa Bay Lightning Junior Lessard High sticking 2
1st 02:49 Columbus Blue Jackets Jiri Novotny Tripping 2
1st 05:30 Columbus Blue Jackets Derek MacKenzie High sticking double minor 4
1st 09:29 Columbus Blue Jackets Jason Chimera Misconduct (misconduct) 10
1st 09:29 Tampa Bay Lightning Shane O'Brien Roughing 2
1st 09:29 Tampa Bay Lightning Shane O'Brien Misconduct (misconduct) 10
2nd 01:09 Columbus Blue Jackets Jared Boll Interference 2
2nd 11:50 Columbus Blue Jackets Ron Hainsey Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 00:16 Tampa Bay Lightning Mike Smith Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 01:40 Columbus Blue Jackets Rick Nash High sticking 2
3rd 11:31 Columbus Blue Jackets Dick Tarnstrom Interference 2
3rd 15:15 Tampa Bay Lightning Jeff Halpern Holding 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
John Tortorella
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Ken Hitchcock
Referees
Greg Kimmerly, Francois St-Laurent
Linesmen
Scott Driscoll
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Chris Gratton, Brad Lukowich, Andre Roy, Marc Denis, Jay Leach, Doug Janik, Kyle Wanvig, Ryan Craig, Matt Smaby, Blair Jones
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Freddy Modin, Duvie Westcott, Zenon Konopka, Joakim Lindstrom, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, Marc Methot, Alexandre Picard, Adam Pineault, Tomas Popperle, Steve Mason, Derick Brassard

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