Columbus Blue Jackets at Tampa Bay Lightning

Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 7:30 PM ET St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1 in overtime on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at home.

Final score, Columbus Blue Jackets at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Columbus Blue Jackets	1	41-31-10
at Tampa Bay Lightning	2	24-40-18

Goals by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Columbus Blue Jackets	0	0	1	0	1
Tampa Bay Lightning	0	0	1	1	2

Shots on goal by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Columbus Blue Jackets	9	8	16	1	34
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	5	7	3	17

Scoring summary

Every goal, Columbus Blue Jackets at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
3rd	04:21	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jan Hejda (3)	Jason Williams (24)	Even strength	CBJ 1, TBL 0
3rd	10:55	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ryan Malone (25)	Matt Lashoff (5), Steven Stamkos (21)	Power play	CBJ 1, TBL 1
OT	03:04	Tampa Bay Lightning	Martin St. Louis (28)	Steven Stamkos (22), Richard Petiot (3)	Even strength	CBJ 1, TBL 2

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

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 14 R. Torres	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	33.3%	13:20
Number 15 D. Dorsett	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		11:09
Number 17 A. Murray	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		11:05
Number 18 R. Umberger	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		18:23
Number 19 M. Peca	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	25%	11:44
Number 20 K. Huselius	L	0	0	0	+1	0	6	0	1		21:23
Number 27 M. Malhotra	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	15:03
Number 29 J. Williams	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	57.1%	19:28
Number 40 J. Boll	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		10:07
Number 50 A. Vermette	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57.1%	19:05
Number 61 R. Nash	L	0	0	0	+1	0	9	0	0		22:03
Number 93 J. Voracek	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		17:28
Number 3 M. Methot	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:20
Number 8 J. Hejda	D	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	4		21:49
Number 10 K. Russell	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		16:40
Number 22 M. Commodore	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		21:08
Number 51 F. Tyutin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		25:57
Number 97 R. Klesla	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	4		23:06

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 S. Mason	17	15	2	.882	63:03	OT loss

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42.9%	20:46
Number 11 J. Halpern	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57.1%	14:10
Number 12 R. Malone	L	1	0	1	-1	0	1	3	0	1		17:51
Number 18 A. Hall	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	33.3%	11:35
Number 20 V. Prospal	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0		19:48
Number 24 M. Pettinger	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		13:45
Number 26 M. St. Louis	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0		20:35
Number 33 D. Koci	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		08:07
Number 34 R. Craig	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	40%	11:50
Number 44 M. Karsums	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		15:23
Number 76 E. Artyukhin	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0		08:57
Number 91 S. Stamkos	C	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	77.8%	17:55
Number 2 L. Krajicek	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0		23:30
Number 6 J. Melichar	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0		18:35
Number 7 N. Welch	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:38
Number 32 M. Smaby	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0		23:56
Number 50 R. Petiot	D	0	1	1	-1	2	3	1	0	0		21:06
Number 55 M. Lashoff	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0		23:49

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 M. McKenna	34	33	1	.971	63:04	Win

Penalties, Columbus Blue Jackets at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	10:31	Tampa Bay Lightning	Richard Petiot	Slashing	2
2nd	13:22	Tampa Bay Lightning	Josef Melichar	Interference	2
2nd	17:22	Tampa Bay Lightning	David Koci	Roughing	2
3rd	09:56	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jan Hejda	Holding the stick	2

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: Ken Hitchcock
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Rick Tocchet
Referees: Bill McCreary, Ian Walsh
Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Michel Cormier
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: Chris Gratton, Freddy Modin, Craig MacDonald, Jason Chimera, Mike York, Christian Backman, Derek MacKenzie, Pascal Leclaire, Jiri Novotny, Fredrik Norrena, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, Aaron Rome, Alexandre Picard, Daniel Lacosta, Clay Wilson, Derick Brassard, Maksim Mayorov, Nikita Filatov
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Olie Kolzig, Gary Roberts, Marek Malik, Jason Ward, Radim Vrbata, Mike Smith, Brandon Bochenski, Brandon Segal, Zenon Konopka, Paul Ranger, Andrej Meszaros, Mike Lundin, Janne Niskala, Steve Downie, Vladimir Mihalik, Radek Smolenak, Kevin Quick, Riku Helenius, Ty Wishart, Paul Szczechura, Cory Murphy

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