National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 3, Tampa Bay 2
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Where: Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
Referees: Frederic L'Ecuyer, Dan Marouelli
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Jay Sharrers
Attendance: 17211
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 0213
Tampa Bay 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
19:00 - Wild Marian Gaborik (4) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
3:46 - Wild Todd Fedoruk (PP) Assists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard , Kurtis Foster
4:56 - Wild Pavol Demitra (EV) Assists: Mikko Koivu
12:22 - Lightning Michel Ouellet (PP) Assists: Paul Ranger , Jeff Halpern
Penalties
3:32 - Lightning Shane O'Brien (2) Roughing
 8:04 - Wild Stephane Veilleux (2) Tripping
 10:32 - Wild Niklas Backstrom (2) Tripping
 18:56 - Wild Martin Skoula (2) Tripping
 19:57 - Lightning Dan Boyle (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
1:53 - Wild Brian Rolston (PP) Assists: Kurtis Foster , Pierre-Marc Bouchard
9:16 - Lightning Jeff Halpern (EV) Assists: Mathieu Darche , Michel Ouellet
Penalties
14:00 - Wild James Sheppard (2) Tripping
 19:00 - Wild Nick Schultz (2) Delay of game
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Josh Harding G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Niklas Backstrom G 0 0 0 2 0 60:00 46:58 1:11 11:51 0 0 - - - - -
Keith Carney D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 12:29 11:03 0:00 1:26 0 0 - - - - -
Kim Johnsson D 0 0 0 E 0 0 29 24:58 18:27 0:50 5:41 0 0 - - - - -
Brent Burns D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 29 24:39 18:13 0:07 6:19 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 35 20:42 14:02 0:57 5:43 0 0 - - 7 8 47
Marian Gaborik RW 0 0 0 +1 4 6 27 16:51 15:13 0:14 1:24 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Rolston RW 1 0 1 E 0 5 24 17:18 12:42 0:57 3:39 1 0 - - 0 1 0
Chris Simon LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13 7:42 7:42 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Sheppard C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 25 16:15 16:08 0:00 0:07 0 0 - - 6 7 46
Todd Fedoruk LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 15 8:43 8:29 0:14 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Stephane Veilleux LW 0 0 0 E 2 2 25 13:06 10:25 0:00 2:41 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Belanger C 0 0 0 E 0 0 31 18:49 15:09 0:00 3:40 0 0 - - 9 9 50
Kurtis Foster D 0 2 2 -1 0 1 17 10:19 9:15 1:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Aaron Voros LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 3:13 3:13 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Pavol Demitra LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 28 17:47 15:10 0:14 2:23 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Martin Skoula D 0 0 0 E 2 1 30 24:06 19:18 0:07 4:41 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 30 23:22 17:40 0:07 5:35 0 0 - - - - -
Branko Radivojevic RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 27 14:58 10:53 0:00 4:05 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 0 2 2 E 0 0 16 11:53 10:49 1:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tampa Bay Lightning
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Karri Ramo G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Smith G 0 0 0 0 0 58:35 46:33 10:51 1:11 0 0 - - - - -
Alexandre Picard D 0 0 0 E 0 1 25 19:54 16:00 3:40 0:14 0 0 - - - - -
Doug Janik D 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 11:39 11:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Vincent Lecavalier C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 27 27:45 17:49 9:47 0:09 0 0 - - 9 10 47
Michel Ouellet RW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 19 14:27 11:07 3:20 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Jeff Halpern C 1 1 2 +1 0 4 24 17:44 12:36 4:20 0:48 0 0 - - 8 9 47
Jason Ward RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 11 9:27 8:21 0:14 0:52 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Mathieu Darche LW 0 1 1 +1 0 4 17 11:53 11:14 0:39 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Dan Boyle D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 28 28:03 17:05 10:44 0:14 0 0 - - - - -
Andreas Karlsson C 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 6:14 5:46 0:14 0:14 0 0 - - 1 3 25
Martin St. Louis RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 28 26:19 17:41 8:33 0:05 0 0 - - - - -
Craig MacDonald C 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 11:22 11:08 0:00 0:14 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Jussi Jokinen LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 27 22:28 14:29 7:59 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Andre Roy RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 9 7:37 7:23 0:14 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Lundin D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 20 13:49 12:52 0:14 0:43 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Ranger D 0 1 1 -1 0 4 28 21:31 15:54 4:26 1:11 0 0 - - - - -
Shane O'Brien D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 25 21:57 20:26 1:31 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Tarnasky C 0 0 0 E 0 2 13 11:20 11:20 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Gratton C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 15:46 11:26 4:20 0:00 0 0 - - 7 3 70
Goaltending
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Niklas Backstrom W (33-13-8) 33 31 2 .939 2 60:00
Tampa Bay
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mike Smith L (15-19-0) 27 24 3 .889 0 58:35