Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers

Saturday, December 20, 2008, 7:00 PM ET Philips Arena, Atlanta Regular Season Final

Final score

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at home.

Final score, Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Tampa Bay Lightning	3	24-40-18
at Atlanta Thrashers	4	35-41-6

Goals by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	0	1	3
Atlanta Thrashers	3	0	1	4

Shots on goal by period, Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Tampa Bay Lightning	7	8	24	39
Atlanta Thrashers	11	13	6	30

Scoring summary

Every goal, Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	00:18	Atlanta Thrashers	Vyacheslav Kozlov (15)	Unassisted	Even strength	TBL 0, ATL 1
1st	03:54	Tampa Bay Lightning	Martin St. Louis (11)	Ryan Malone (6), Mark Recchi (11)	Power play	TBL 1, ATL 1
1st	08:15	Tampa Bay Lightning	Adam Hall (3)	Jussi Jokinen (5), Ryan Craig (2)	Even strength	TBL 2, ATL 1
1st	15:13	Atlanta Thrashers	Eric Perrin (3)	Boris Valabik (3), Jason Williams (8)	Even strength	TBL 2, ATL 2
1st	18:23	Atlanta Thrashers	Todd White (10)	Bryan Little (12), Ilya Kovalchuk (22)	Power play	TBL 2, ATL 3
3rd	04:06	Atlanta Thrashers	Joey Crabb (2)	Eric Boulton (3), Jim Slater (6)	Even strength	TBL 2, ATL 4
3rd	17:28	Tampa Bay Lightning	Martin St. Louis (12)	Vincent Lecavalier (15), Steven Stamkos (10)	Power play	TBL 3, ATL 4

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	1	1	-1	2	2	0	1	0	33.3%	21:53
Number 8 M. Recchi	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0		20:18
Number 11 J. Halpern	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	57.1%	17:03
Number 12 R. Malone	L	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	0	0		21:43
Number 18 A. Hall	R	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0	0	50%	10:19
Number 20 V. Prospal	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	0	100%	18:31
Number 24 M. Pettinger	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0		07:39
Number 26 M. St. Louis	R	2	0	2	-1	0	7	0	0	2		22:39
Number 34 R. Craig	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0		10:48
Number 36 J. Jokinen	L	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1	0	60%	11:37
Number 38 P. Szczechura	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0		11:54
Number 91 S. Stamkos	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	66.7%	13:22
Number 2 L. Krajicek	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		11:53
Number 14 A. Meszaros	D	0	0	0	-3	2	2	0	0	0		24:24
Number 22 M. Malik	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	3	0		20:28
Number 23 J. Heward	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		10:18
Number 44 S. Eminger	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1	0		17:07
Number 54 P. Ranger	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	0		20:47

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 41 M. Smith	30	26	4	.867	59:04	Loss

Atlanta Thrashers 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 10 B. Little	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	0	100%	14:59
Number 11 E. Perrin	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0		17:01
Number 12 T. White	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	63.6%	17:39
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0		16:04
Number 14 J. Williams	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0	25%	14:27
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0		20:19
Number 19 M. Reasoner	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	25%	15:57
Number 20 C. Armstrong	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	3	0	0		13:59
Number 23 J. Slater	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	85.7%	11:09
Number 27 C. Thorburn	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0		11:46
Number 36 E. Boulton	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		07:16
Number 42 J. Crabb	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	100%	11:45
Number 6 R. Hainsey	D	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	1	0		20:01
Number 7 N. Oystrick	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0		18:38
Number 18 M. Schneider	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0		19:23
Number 28 N. Havelid	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	0		22:29
Number 39 T. Enstrom	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	0		23:48
Number 48 B. Valabik	D	0	1	1	+2	6	1	0	0	0		11:36

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 32 K. Lehtonen	39	36	3	.923	60:00	Win

Penalties, Tampa Bay Lightning at Atlanta Thrashers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:39	Atlanta Thrashers	Boris Valabik	Interference	2
1st	15:29	Tampa Bay Lightning	Lukas Krajicek	Interference	2
1st	18:10	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vinny Prospal	Interference goalkeeper	2
1st	18:58	Atlanta Thrashers	Boris Valabik	Holding	2
2nd	05:42	Tampa Bay Lightning	Andrej Meszaros	Hooking	2
2nd	13:31	Tampa Bay Lightning	Marek Malik	Hooking	2
2nd	19:00	Atlanta Thrashers	Ron Hainsey	Holding	2
3rd	11:40	Atlanta Thrashers	Eric Perrin	Hooking	2
3rd	14:42	Atlanta Thrashers	Mathieu Schneider	Interference	2
3rd	16:59	Atlanta Thrashers	Boris Valabik	Holding	2
3rd	17:28	Atlanta Thrashers	Niclas Havelid	Slashing	2
3rd	17:28	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ryan Malone	Roughing	2
3rd	20:00	Atlanta Thrashers	Nathan Oystrick	Roughing	2
3rd	20:00	Tampa Bay Lightning	Vincent Lecavalier	Roughing	2

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Rick Tocchet
Atlanta Thrashers head coach: John Anderson
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Dan Schachte, David Brisebois
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Gary Roberts, Chris Gratton, Jason Ward, Radim Vrbata, David Koci, Evgeny Artyukhin, Brandon Bochenski, Brandon Segal, Zenon Konopka, Matt Smaby, Mike Lundin, Janne Niskala, Karri Ramo, Steve Downie, Vladimir Mihalik, Radek Smolenak, Kevin Quick, Ty Wishart
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Garnet Exelby, Colin Stuart, Erik Christensen, Brett Sterling, Grant Lewis, Scott Lehman, Ondrej Pavelec, Jordan Lavallee-Smotherman, Spencer Machacek, Zach Bogosian

Every Tampa Bay Lightning and Atlanta Thrashers 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 Saturday, December 20, 2008
Matchup	Status	Details
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Boston Bruins 4	Final	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Boston Bruins, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Washington Capitals 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 7	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Montreal Canadiens 4	Final/OT	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Dallas Stars 4 at Ottawa Senators 5	Final/OT	Game page: Dallas Stars at Ottawa Senators, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Toronto Maple Leafs 7 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Detroit Red Wings 6	Final	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Detroit Red Wings, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
New York Islanders 0 at Nashville Predators 1	Final	Game page: New York Islanders at Nashville Predators, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Minnesota Wild 2 at St. Louis Blues 4	Final	Game page: Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 at Phoenix Coyotes 2	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Phoenix Coyotes, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Chicago Blackhawks 3 at Vancouver Canucks 1	Final	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks, Sat, Dec 20, 2008
New York Rangers 2 at San Jose Sharks 3	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Dec 20, 2008