Atlanta Thrashers at Tampa Bay Lightning

Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 7:30 PM ET St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at home.

Final score, Atlanta Thrashers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Atlanta Thrashers	2	35-41-6
at Tampa Bay Lightning	3	24-40-18

Goals by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	0	0	2	0	2
Tampa Bay Lightning	1	1	0	1	3

Shots on goal by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	5	13	15	0	33
Tampa Bay Lightning	18	10	8	2	38

Scoring summary

Every goal, Atlanta Thrashers at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	07:18	Tampa Bay Lightning	Mark Recchi (2)	Radim Vrbata (1), Janne Niskala (2)	Even strength	ATL 0, TBL 1
2nd	13:10	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vinny Prospal (2)	Mike Lundin (1), Martin St. Louis (3)	Even strength	ATL 0, TBL 2
3rd	06:37	Atlanta Thrashers	Colby Armstrong (2)	Todd White (5)	Even strength	ATL 1, TBL 2
3rd	19:24	Atlanta Thrashers	Todd White (2)	Mathieu Schneider (2), Ron Hainsey (4)	Even strength	ATL 2, TBL 2
OT	01:41	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vincent Lecavalier (3)	Martin St. Louis (4), Paul Ranger (1)	Power play	ATL 2, TBL 3

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

Atlanta Thrashers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 E. Christensen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	56.3%	15:45
Number 10 B. Little	C	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	25%	17:40
Number 11 E. Perrin	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		14:20
Number 12 T. White	C	1	1	2	+2	2	2	0	0	43.8%	18:33
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		16:29
Number 14 J. Williams	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	100%	11:55
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		23:10
Number 19 M. Reasoner	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	28.6%	14:15
Number 20 C. Armstrong	R	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1		18:23
Number 23 J. Slater	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	66.7%	12:08
Number 27 C. Thorburn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	100%	08:12
Number 36 E. Boulton	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		06:08
Number 2 G. Exelby	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	2		17:14
Number 4 Z. Bogosian	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2		13:38
Number 6 R. Hainsey	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		23:12
Number 18 M. Schneider	D	0	1	1	+1	0	5	2	3		22:09
Number 28 N. Havelid	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		22:11
Number 39 T. Enstrom	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		23:27

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 32 K. Lehtonen	38	35	3	.921	61:11	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	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	1	1	47.1%	18:25
Number 8 M. Recchi	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0		16:12
Number 10 G. Roberts	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0		11:36
Number 12 R. Malone	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		15:05
Number 17 R. Vrbata	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0		11:36
Number 18 A. Hall	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	50%	14:07
Number 20 V. Prospal	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0	0	100%	18:07
Number 26 M. St. Louis	R	0	2	2	+1	0	5	0	0	0		18:29
Number 36 J. Jokinen	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0	50%	18:07
Number 76 E. Artyukhin	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	1	0		11:15
Number 77 C. Gratton	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	0	64.3%	13:00
Number 91 S. Stamkos	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	46.2%	11:30
Number 2 L. Krajicek	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	4	0		16:39
Number 5 M. Carle	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	4	0		20:55
Number 14 A. Meszaros	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	4	0		26:39
Number 29 J. Niskala	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0		11:52
Number 39 M. Lundin	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0		22:45
Number 54 P. Ranger	D	0	1	1	-1	6	1	1	0	0		24:35

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 41 M. Smith	33	31	2	.939	61:31	Win

Penalties, Atlanta Thrashers at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	11:43	Atlanta Thrashers	Bryan Little	Interference	2
1st	13:39	Atlanta Thrashers	Colby Armstrong	High sticking	2
2nd	02:07	Atlanta Thrashers	Zach Bogosian	Hooking	2
2nd	02:21	Tampa Bay Lightning	Paul Ranger	Tripping	2
2nd	06:23	Tampa Bay Lightning	Paul Ranger	Holding	2
2nd	18:30	Tampa Bay Lightning	Paul Ranger	Interference	2
3rd	11:40	Atlanta Thrashers	Todd White	Hooking	2
OT	01:11	Atlanta Thrashers	Bryan Little	Tripping	2

Atlanta Thrashers head coach: John Anderson
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Barry Melrose
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Mike Hasenfratz
Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Mark Shewchyk
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Colin Stuart, Nathan Oystrick, Joey Crabb, Brett Sterling, Boris Valabik, Grant Lewis, Scott Lehman, Jordan Lavallee-Smotherman, Spencer Machacek
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Jamie Heward, Jason Ward, Jeff Halpern, Andrew Hutchinson, Matt Pettinger, David Koci, Brandon Bochenski, Brandon Segal, Zenon Konopka, Ryan Craig, Matt Smaby, Vladimir Mihalik, Kevin Quick, Ty Wishart, Paul Szczechura

Every Atlanta Thrashers and Tampa Bay Lightning game in the 2008-2009 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Atlanta Thrashers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3	Final/OT	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Tue, Oct 21, 2008
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Atlanta Thrashers 4	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Atlanta Thrashers 1	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers, Sun, Jan 4, 2009
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Tue, Feb 10, 2009
Atlanta Thrashers 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3	Final/SO	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat, Mar 21, 2009
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Atlanta Thrashers 6	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers, Sat, Apr 11, 2009

Other NHL games on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Matchup	Status	Details
Boston Bruins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 3	Final/SO	Game page: Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres, Tue, Oct 21, 2008
Anaheim Ducks 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2	Final/SO	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Toronto Maple Leafs, Tue, Oct 21, 2008
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4	Final	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Columbus Blue Jackets, Tue, Oct 21, 2008
Washington Capitals 1 at Calgary Flames 2	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Calgary Flames, Tue, Oct 21, 2008