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» Minnesota Wild 3 Tampa Bay Lightning 2

February 27,2008 (Wednesday)
in Tampa,Florida - St. Pete Times Forum

Goals/Period	1	2	3	Tot
MIN	0	2	1	3
TB	0	1	1	2

Shots	1	2	3	Tot
MIN	6	11	10	27
TB	9	15	9	33

PowerPlay	PP Game	PP Season	PK Season
MIN	2 / 2	50 / 260 (19.2%)	225 / 265 (84.9%)
TB	1 / 7	41 / 228 (18.0%)	186 / 235 (79.1%)

Start: 7:30pm
Attendance: 17,211
Referees: Frederick L'Ecuyer, Dan Marouelli
Officials: Jonny Murray, Jay Sharrers

Minnesota Wild	Game #64	36-25-3	75 Pts	Prev Game at WAS	Next Game at FLA
Tampa Bay Lightning	Game #63	25-32-6	56 Pts	Prev Game at BOS	Next Game at TOR

Three Stars: (1) Jeff Halpern (TB) (2) Pierre-Marc Bouchard (MIN) (3) Niklas Backstrom (MIN)

Goals

1st Period
No Goals
2nd Period
1.	MIN	Todd Fedoruk [3] [c20] (Powerplay) ( Pierre-Marc Bouchard [39], Kurtis Foster [10] )	3:46
2.	MIN	Pavol Demitra [13] [c279] ( Mikko Koivu [19] )	4:56
3.	TB	Michel Ouellet [9] [c44] (Powerplay) ( Paul Ranger [18], Jeff Halpern [15] )	12:22
3rd Period
4.	MIN	Brian Rolston [24] [c279] (Powerplay) (GW) ( Kurtis Foster [11], Pierre-Marc Bouchard [40] )	1:53
5.	TB	Jeff Halpern [11] [c106] ( Mathieu Darche [8] )	9:16

Goalies

Goalie	Career	Team	Decision	Min	GA	Shots	Saves	Record	sGAA
Niklas Backstrom	Career	MIN	W	60	2	33	31	24-12-4	2.52
Mike Smith	Career	TB	L	59	3	27	24	12-10-0	2.55

Penalties

1st Period
1.	MIN	Marian Gaborik	[1]	Hi stick - double minor	4	19:00
2nd Period
2.	TB	Shane O'Brien	[10]	Roughing	2	3:32
3.	MIN	Stephane Veilleux	[3]	Tripping	2	8:04
4.	MIN	Niklas Backstrom	[1]	Tripping	2	10:32
5.	MIN	Martin Skoula	[1]	Tripping	2	18:56
6.	TB	Dan Boyle	[1]	Interference	2	19:57
3rd Period
7.	MIN	James Sheppard	[2]	Tripping	2	14:00
8.	MIN	Nick Schultz	[1]	Delaying Game-Puck over glass	2	19:00

Faceoffs

Minnesota Wild
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Eric Belanger	9	9	50.0%	506	525	49.1%
Mikko Koivu	7	8	46.7%	355	338	51.2%
James Sheppard	6	7	46.2%	199	293	40.4%
Pavol Demitra	3	4	42.9%	310	385	44.6%
Branko Radivojevic	1	0	100.0%	13	16	44.8%
Brian Rolston	0	1	.0%	50	78	39.1%

	26	29	47.3%	1700	1931	46.8%

Tampa Bay Lightning
	Game			Season
Player	FW	FL	FO%	FW	FL	FO%

Vincent Lecavalier	9	10	47.4%	622	665	48.3%
Jeff Halpern	8	9	47.1%	304	261	53.8%
Chris Gratton	7	3	70.0%	330	276	54.5%
Andreas Karlsson	1	3	25.0%	103	107	49.0%
Craig MacDonald	2	0	100.0%	87	81	51.8%
Mathieu Darche	1	0	100.0%	9	7	56.2%
Jason Ward	0	1	.0%	18	26	40.9%
Jussi Jokinen	1	0	100.0%	158	138	53.4%

	29	26	52.7%	1736	1755	49.7%

Minnesota Wild Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
3	Keith Carney	D	1001	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	12:29	0:00	1:26
5	Kim Johnsson	D	580	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24:58	0:50	5:41
8	Brent Burns	D-RW	249	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	24:39	0:07	6:19
9	Mikko Koivu	C	186	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	20:42	0:57	5:43
10	Marian Gaborik	RW	467	0	0	0	1	4	6	0	0	16:51	0:14	1:24
12	Brian Rolston	RW-C	959	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	17:18	0:57	3:39
15	James Sheppard	LW-C	62	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1	16:15	0:00	0:07
16	Chris Simon	LW	773	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	7:42	0:00	0:00
17	Todd Fedoruk	LW	405	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	8:43	0:14	0:00
19	Stephane Veilleux	LW	265	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	13:06	0:00	2:41
25	Eric Belanger	C	467	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18:49	0:00	3:40
26	Kurtis Foster	D	168	0	2	2	-1	0	1	0	0	10:19	1:04	0:00
34	Aaron Voros	F	47	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3:13	0:00	0:00
38	Pavol Demitra	RW	733	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	17:47	0:14	2:23
41	Martin Skoula	D	626	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	24:06	0:07	4:41
55	Nick Schultz	D	431	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	23:22	0:07	5:35
92	Branko Radivojevic	RW	375	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	14:58	0:00	4:05
96	Pierre-Marc Bouchard	C	337	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	11:53	1:04	0:00

			8467	3	5	8	0	14	27	12	16

Tampa Bay Lightning Roster
#	Player	Pos	cGP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PM	Shots	BlSh	Hits	IceTime	PP	SH
2	Alexandre Picard	D	73	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	19:54	3:40	0:14
3	Doug Janik	D	132	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	11:39	0:00	0:00
4	Vincent Lecavalier	C	691	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	27:45	9:47	0:09
7	Michel Ouellet	RW	167	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	14:27	3:20	0:00
10	Jussi Jokinen	LW	217	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	2	22:28	7:59	0:00
11	Jeff Halpern	C	579	1	1	2	1	0	4	0	3	17:44	4:20	0:48
16	Jason Ward	RW	316	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9:27	0:14	0:52
21	Mathieu Darche	LW	82	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	3	11:53	0:39	0:00
22	Dan Boyle	D	503	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1	28:03	10:44	0:14
24	Andreas Karlsson	C	244	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6:14	0:14	0:14
26	Martin St. Louis	RW	588	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	26:19	8:33	0:05
29	Craig MacDonald	C-LW	205	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11:22	0:00	0:14
36	Andre Roy	RW	466	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7:37	0:14	0:00
39	Mike Lundin	D	62	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	13:49	0:14	0:43
54	Paul Ranger	D	209	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	1	21:31	4:26	1:11
55	Shane O'Brien	D	142	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	21:57	1:31	0:00
74	Nick Tarnasky	C	149	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	11:20	0:00	0:00
77	Chris Gratton	C	1067	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15:46	4:20	0:00

			6159	2	3	5	0	4	33	11	18

Transactions Since last game)

Minnesota Wild Transactions

Tampa Bay Lightning Transactions

Feb 25,2008 - Alexandre Picard traded
Feb 25,2008 - Dan Boyle signed
Feb 26,2008 - Mike Smith traded
Feb 26,2008 - Jeff Halpern traded
Feb 26,2008 - Jussi Jokinen traded
Feb 27,2008 - Alexandre Picard recalled from Norfolk