New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning

St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 3–0 on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at home.

Final score, New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team Goals 2007-2008 record
New York Rangers 0 42-27-13
at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 31-42-9

Goals by period

Goals by period, New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
New York Rangers 0 0 0 0
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 1 2 3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
New York Rangers 7 4 9 20
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 16 9 30

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 19:13 Tampa Bay Lightning Alexandre Picard (2) Jeff Halpern (20), Mathieu Darche (13) Even strength NYR 0, TBL 1
3rd 06:40 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis (23) Jussi Jokinen (19), Dan Boyle (16) Power play NYR 0, TBL 2
3rd 19:02 Tampa Bay Lightning Michel Ouellet (15) Mike Smith (1) Even strength, Empty net NYR 0, TBL 3

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

Team stats

Team stats, New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Stat New York Rangers Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 20 30
Power play 0 of 3 1 of 5
Penalty minutes 10 6
Hits 15 13
Blocked shots 12 9
Giveaways 10 7
Takeaways 3 6
Faceoffs won 25/52 (48.1%) 27/52 (51.9%)

Box score

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 10 N. Dawes L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13:47
Number 14 B. Shanahan L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 100% 18:19
Number 15 B. Betts C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 60% 12:11
Number 16 S. Avery L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 15:53
Number 17 B. Dubinsky C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 47.1% 17:37
Number 19 S. Gomez C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 30% 17:01
Number 20 F. Sjostrom L 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 07:40
Number 23 C. Drury C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 50% 16:41
Number 24 R. Callahan R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 10:36
Number 28 C. Orr R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:27
Number 68 J. Jagr R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 19:27
Number 82 M. Straka C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:06
Number 3 M. Rozsival D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 1 0 23:52
Number 5 D. Girardi D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 4 0 20:46
Number 18 M. Staal D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 22:09
Number 34 J. Strudwick D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 14:52
Number 51 F. Tyutin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 22:23
Number 55 C. Backman D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 16:20
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 H. Lundqvist 29 27 2 .931 59:35 Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 4 V. Lecavalier C 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 58.8% 22:01
Number 7 M. Ouellet R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 25% 14:56
Number 10 J. Jokinen L 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 21:09
Number 11 J. Halpern C 0 1 1 +2 2 3 2 0 0 17:38
Number 16 J. Ward R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 07:05
Number 21 M. Darche L 0 1 1 +2 0 2 2 0 0 50% 18:54
Number 24 A. Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 07:23
Number 26 M. St. Louis R 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 22:16
Number 29 C. MacDonald C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 58.3% 15:49
Number 42 J. Lessard R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:34
Number 61 K. Stewart L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 04:03
Number 74 N. Tarnasky L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:28
Number 2 A. Picard D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 18:30
Number 22 D. Boyle D 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 1 0 30:19
Number 39 M. Lundin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:46
Number 54 P. Ranger D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 2 0 21:34
Number 55 S. O'Brien D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 16:43
Number 71 F. Kuba D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 4 0 27:00
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 41 M. Smith 20 20 0 1.000 59:52 Win

Penalties

Penalties, New York Rangers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:05 Tampa Bay Lightning Jeff Halpern High sticking 2
1st 15:47 New York Rangers Fredrik Sjostrom Interference 2
2nd 11:11 New York Rangers Christian Backman Interference 2
2nd 17:21 Tampa Bay Lightning Dan Boyle Hooking 2
2nd 18:39 New York Rangers Michal Rozsival Interference 2
3rd 05:04 New York Rangers Sean Avery Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd 12:24 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier Holding the stick 2
3rd 14:46 New York Rangers Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2

Game information

New York Rangers head coach
Tom Renney
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
John Tortorella
Referees
Chris Rooney, Ian Walsh
Linesmen
Vaughan Rody, Andy McElman
New York Rangers scratches
Marek Malik, Paul Mara, Ryan Hollweg, Thomas Pock, Petr Prucha, Ivan Baranka, Greg Moore, Dane Byers
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Chris Gratton, Brad Lukowich, Andre Roy, Marc Denis, Jay Leach, Doug Janik, Kyle Wanvig, Ryan Craig, Matt Smaby, Blair Jones

2007-2008 season series

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