National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Columbus 5, Tampa Bay 3
When: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, March 9, 2008
Where: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Francois St.Laurent
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll
Attendance: 14796
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 1203
Columbus 2125
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
11:29 - Blue Jackets David Vyborny (EV) Assists: Rick Nash , Kris Russell
14:14 - Lightning Jeff Halpern (EV) Assists: Mathieu Darche , Michel Ouellet
19:18 - Blue Jackets Derek MacKenzie (EV) Assists: Gilbert Brule , Dan Fritsche
Penalties
1:09 - Lightning Junior Lessard (2) High sticking
 2:49 - Blue Jackets Jiri Novotny (2) Tripping
 5:30 - Blue Jackets Derek MacKenzie (4) High sticking
 9:29 - Lightning Shane O'Brien (2) Roughing
 9:29 - Lightning Shane O'Brien (10) Misconduct
 9:29 - Blue Jackets Jason Chimera (10) Misconduct
2nd Period
Scoring
11:29 - Blue Jackets Michael Peca (EV) Assists: Nikolai Zherdev
16:35 - Lightning Martin St. Louis (EV) Assists: Jeff Halpern
17:37 - Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
1:09 - Blue Jackets Jared Boll (2) Interference
 11:50 - Blue Jackets Ron Hainsey (2) Delay of game
3rd Period
Scoring
16:16 - Blue Jackets Jason Chimera (PP) Assists: Nikolai Zherdev , Dick Tarnstrom
19:00 - Blue Jackets Jiri Novotny (EV) (EN) Assists: Manny Malhotra , Rick Nash
Penalties
0:16 - Lightning Mike Smith (2) Delay of game
 1:40 - Blue Jackets Rick Nash (2) High sticking
 11:31 - Blue Jackets Dick Tarnstrom (2) Interference
 15:15 - Lightning Jeff Halpern (2) Holding
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 2 0 59:30 40:23 13:03 6:04 0 0 - - - - -
Alexandre Picard D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 20:36 16:08 2:05 2:23 0 0 - - - - -
Vincent Lecavalier C 1 0 1 -3 0 5 20 20:42 11:42 7:05 1:55 0 0 - - 2 9 18
Michel Ouellet RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 22 16:42 10:59 5:43 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Halpern C 1 1 2 +1 2 1 24 19:40 12:38 5:48 1:14 0 0 - - 8 12 40
Jason Ward RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 5 6:43 6:43 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Mathieu Darche LW 0 1 1 +2 0 3 24 19:26 12:02 5:48 1:36 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Dan Boyle D 0 0 0 E 0 1 27 28:16 15:00 10:53 2:23 0 0 - - - - -
Andreas Karlsson C 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 15:35 12:22 0:18 2:55 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Martin St. Louis RW 1 0 1 -3 0 1 21 22:21 13:36 7:12 1:33 0 0 - - - - -
Craig MacDonald C 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 14:36 11:41 0:00 2:55 0 0 - - 6 10 38
Jussi Jokinen LW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 10 10:30 5:59 4:31 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Lundin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15 11:18 11:18 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Junior Lessard RW 0 0 0 E 2 2 15 10:26 8:08 2:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Ranger D 0 0 0 E 0 1 31 23:57 15:56 4:20 3:41 0 0 - - - - -
Shane O'Brien D 0 0 0 -1 12 1 12 10:22 9:47 0:35 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Karl Stewart LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 4:33 4:33 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Filip Kuba D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 29 25:31 13:37 8:13 3:41 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Tarnasky C 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 12:15 11:49 0:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Fredrik Norrena G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Pascal Leclaire G 0 0 0 0 0 59:57 40:50 6:04 13:03 0 0 - - - - -
Kris Russell D 0 1 1 E 0 0 14 11:56 9:32 1:34 0:50 0 0 - - - - -
Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 29 24:35 16:16 4:30 3:49 0 0 - - - - -
Jan Hejda D 0 0 0 +3 0 2 25 22:55 15:06 0:00 7:49 0 0 - - - - -
David Vyborny RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 19 13:23 9:57 3:17 0:09 0 0 - - - - -
Jiri Novotny C 1 0 1 +2 2 1 25 17:16 11:44 3:17 2:15 0 0 - - 7 8 47
Nikolai Zherdev RW 0 2 2 E 0 2 20 18:47 15:59 2:47 0:01 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Gilbert Brule C 0 1 1 E 0 1 12 8:09 8:09 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Michael Peca C 1 0 1 E 0 1 25 21:35 13:10 2:47 5:38 0 0 - - 7 5 58
Dick Tarnstrom D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 23 18:53 13:31 4:47 0:35 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Chimera LW 1 0 1 E 10 1 21 17:39 10:23 1:42 5:34 1 0 - - 1 0 100
Derek MacKenzie C 1 0 1 E 4 2 13 6:53 6:45 0:08 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Manny Malhotra C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 23 15:30 9:39 0:00 5:51 0 0 - - 15 3 83
Jared Boll RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 13 9:40 9:40 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Aaron Rome D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 16:55 11:19 0:00 5:36 0 0 - - - - -
Dan Fritsche RW 0 1 1 E 0 0 11 5:21 4:24 0:57 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Murray C 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 10:56 8:54 0:00 2:02 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Rick Nash LW 0 2 2 +2 2 6 30 20:40 12:47 3:17 4:36 0 0 - - - - -
Rostislav Klesla D 0 0 0 +4 0 0 27 25:00 16:16 1:17 7:27 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Tampa Bay
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mike Smith L (15-19-0) 24 20 4 .833 2 59:30
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Pascal Leclaire W (24-17-6) 27 24 3 .889 0 59:57