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Tampa Bay Lightning at New Jersey Devils

Prudential Center, Newark Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 on Sunday, February 26, 2012 on the road.

Team Goals 2011-2012 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 38-36-8
at New Jersey Devils 3 48-28-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 2 2 4
New Jersey Devils 1 0 2 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 6 4 16
New Jersey Devils 8 6 8 22

Three stars

  1. M. St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning (3 goals, 1 assist)
  2. T. Purcell, Tampa Bay Lightning (3 assists)
  3. Z. Parise, New Jersey Devils (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 12:07 New Jersey Devils Alexei Ponikarovsky (1) Unassisted Even strength TBL 0, NJD 1
2nd 06:39 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis (1) Steven Stamkos (1), Mathieu Garon (1) Even strength TBL 1, NJD 1
2nd 14:55 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis (2) Teddy Purcell (1), Steven Stamkos (2) Power play TBL 2, NJD 1
3rd 02:28 New Jersey Devils Petr Sykora (1) Steve Bernier (1), Dainius Zubrus (1) Even strength TBL 2, NJD 2
3rd 03:09 Tampa Bay Lightning Matt Gilroy (1) Martin St. Louis (1), Teddy Purcell (2) Even strength TBL 3, NJD 2
3rd 10:18 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis (3) Teddy Purcell (3), Eric Brewer (1) Even strength TBL 4, NJD 2
3rd 17:25 New Jersey Devils Zach Parise (1) Ilya Kovalchuk (1), Patrik Elias (1) Power play TBL 4, NJD 3

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning New Jersey Devils
Shots on goal 16 22
Power play 1 of 3 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 6
Hits 20 22
Blocked shots 15 6
Giveaways 6 11
Takeaways 3 4
Faceoffs won 26/53 (49.1%) 27/53 (50.9%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
11 T. Pyatt L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83.3% 13:59
12 R. Malone L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 0 18:34
14 B. Connolly R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:02
16 T. Purcell L 0 3 3 +2 0 2 0 0 0 18:40
18 A. Hall R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 1 0 54.5% 16:56
20 T. Wallace R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 06:33
24 T. Smith C 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0 33.3% 10:37
26 M. St. Louis R 3 1 4 +2 2 4 0 1 1 19:12
34 J. Wyman R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11:49
44 N. Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 53.8% 22:22
59 M. Angelidis L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 07:29
91 S. Stamkos C 0 2 2 +2 4 2 1 1 0 42.9% 19:26
2 E. Brewer D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 4 0 27:39
7 B. Clark D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 3 0 24:17
27 B. Gervais D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 16:01
29 B. Mikkelson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 3 0 20:30
43 E. Oberg D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 0 0 11:25
97 M. Gilroy D 1 0 1 +2 0 2 0 0 0 16:40
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
32 M. Garon 22 19 3 .864 60:00 Win

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters
Player
8 D. Zubrus C 0 1 1 +1 2 3 2 0 0 43.8% 16:31
9 Z. Parise L 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 0 1 21:47
12 A. Ponikarovsky L 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 14:19
14 A. Henrique C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 0 0 60% 16:11
15 P. Sykora R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 16:19
16 J. Josefson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 06:36
17 I. Kovalchuk L 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 27:20
18 S. Bernier R 0 1 1 +1 0 0 5 1 0 15:23
20 R. Carter L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 04:29
23 D. Clarkson R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 66.7% 19:27
25 C. Janssen R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 01:54
26 P. Elias C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 47.1% 22:27
2 M. Zidlicky D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 19:33
5 A. Larsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 18:17
6 A. Greene D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 2 0 20:01
24 B. Salvador D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18:54
28 A. Volchenkov D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 1 0 15:36
29 M. Fayne D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 21:17
New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30 M. Brodeur 16 12 4 .750 58:30 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 13:04 New Jersey Devils Marek Zidlicky Holding 2
2nd 08:17 New Jersey Devils Dainius Zubrus Holding the stick 2
2nd 13:46 New Jersey Devils Ilya Kovalchuk Tripping 2
2nd 15:47 Tampa Bay Lightning Trevor Smith Hooking 2
2nd 20:00 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos Hooking 2
3rd 15:36 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos Tripping 2
3rd 19:00 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis Tripping 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Guy Boucher
New Jersey Devils head coach
Peter DeBoer
Referees
Dan O'Rourke, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen
Greg Devorski, Ryan Galloway
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Ryan Shannon, Victor Hedman
New Jersey Devils scratches
Eric Boulton, Matt Taormina

2011-2012 season series

Matchup Status Details
New Jersey Devils 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at New Jersey Devils 3 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at New Jersey Devils 6 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Feb 26

Matchup Status Details
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Dallas Stars 3 Final/OT Game page
New York Islanders 2 at Ottawa Senators 5 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Florida Panthers 4 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at Minnesota Wild 4 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 1 at Anaheim Ducks 3 Final Game page

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