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9/12/2008
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Philadelphia Flyers 5 , Tampa Bay Lightning 4
Shots: 30 - 26
PP: 1 of 8 (11 shots), Passing:78/87=89 %, Challenges:40/51=76 %
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:51/68=75 %, Challenges:31/38=79 %
Attendance: 19519 of 19519 (First Union Center)
Ticket income: 909585 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:55 0-1
Evgeny Artyukhin [1] (Andrej Meszaros, Shane O'Brien)
08:38 1-1
Simon Gagné [8] (Ales Hemsky, Shawn Horcoff)
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29:45 2-1
Ales Hemsky [11] (Shawn Horcoff, Simon Gagné)
30:22 3-1
Jeff Carter [5] (Ossi Väänänen)
39:54 3-2
Gary Roberts [5] (Jason Pominville)
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44:43 3-3
Jussi Jokinen [3] (Mark Recchi, Alex Picard)
48:34 4-3
Steve Eminger [3] (Braydon Coburn, Chris Higgins)PP
49:53 4-4
Ryan Malone [10] (Vincent Lecavalier, Vaclav Prospal)
57:14 5-4
Ales Hemsky [12] (Simon Gagné, Boyd Kane)
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Penalty summary:
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02:12
Gary Roberts (2 min for high-sticking)
06:37
Steven Stamkos (2 min for hooking)
09:12
Shane O'Brien (2 min for roughing)
15:16
Gary Roberts (2 min for boarding)
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22:04
Paul Ranger (2 min for tripping)
25:01
Scottie Upshall (2 min for boarding)
30:34
Arron Asham (5 min for fighting)
30:34
Evgeny Artyukhin (5 min for fighting)
34:12
Gary Roberts (2 min for high-sticking)
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41:36
Paul Ranger (2 min for roughing)
41:36
Mike Knuble (2 min for roughing)
41:43
Scottie Upshall (2 min for elbowing)
46:55
Ryan Malone (2 min for hooking)
57:54
Alex Picard (2 min for hooking)
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Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Arron Asham 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 -1 10.00 7
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 -2 12.10 7
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 18.30 7
R Ales Hemsky 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 19.00 9
C Glen Metropolit 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.10 6
C Chris Higgins 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
C Jeff Carter 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 12.10 7
C Shawn Horcoff 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 8
L Boyd Kane 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.00 6
L Mike Knuble 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 -2 15.10 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18.50 6
L Simon Gagné 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 17.20 9
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.40 6
D Ossi Väänänen 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 12.10 7
D Steve Eminger 1 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 30.10 9
D Randy Jones 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 11.10 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 28.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 4 0 22 0 0 60.00 5
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 6.20 6
R Mark Recchi 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 9.40 6
R Jason Pominville 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 16.20 7
R Ryan Malone 1 0 3 3 0 2 2 -1 19.30 8
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6.20 6
C Nick Tarnasky 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 9.50 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -3 19.40 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 16.50 7
L Evgeny Artyukhin 1 0 1 2 2 1 5 1 14.40 6
L Jussi Jokinen 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 7
L Gary Roberts 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 -1 15.40 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 6
D Alex Picard 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 12.30 6
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 18.00 5
D Paul Ranger 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 1 28.10 8
D Shane O'Brien 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 14.30 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 21.30 6
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ales Hemsky
2nd star: Simon Gagné
3rd star: Steve Eminger
Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Ales Hemsky notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jeff Carter finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Simon Gagné finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Ossi Väänänen ended his 5 game point drought.
-Steve Eminger ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Braydon Coburn ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Mark Recchi notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ryan Malone scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Evgeny Artyukhin finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Arron Asham beat Evgeny Artyukhin in a fight.
Farm game result:
Philadelphia Phantoms 0( 21) , Detroit Vipers 2( 5)
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0-1 DTV Wyatt Smith (Jason Ward, Janne Niskala)
0-2 DTV Jesse Winchester (Wyatt Smith)
Goalies: Michael-Lee Teslak - Matt Lundin