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8/4/2002
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Tampa Bay Lightning 6 , Washington Capitals 2
Shots: 24 - 22
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:71/91=78 %, Challenges:27/47=56 %
PP: 0 of 1 (7 shots), Passing:65/84=77 %, Challenges:17/44=37 %
Attendance: 9244 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 435392 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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11:05 1-0
Ryan Smyth [30] (Chris Gratton, Chris Kelly)
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29:26 1-1
Brooks Laich [5] (Brian Pothier, Erik Johnson)
36:06 1-2
Tom Poti [10])
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42:55 2-2
Shane O'Brien [3] (Niklas Kronwall, Chris Gratton)
48:13 3-2
Chris Kelly [12] (Ryan Smyth, Brian Lee)PP
49:02 4-2
Bobby Hughes [12] (Niklas Kronwall, Alex Picard)
49:41 5-2
Filip Kuba [10] (Ryan Smyth, Chris Gratton)
50:12 6-2
Chris Gratton [10] (Ryan Smyth, Niklas Kronwall)
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Penalty summary:
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05:49
Kyle Wanvig (5 min for fighting)
05:49
John Erskine (5 min for fighting)
16:04
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for hooking)
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22:56
Evgeny Artyukhin (2 min for roughing)
22:56
Erik Johnson (2 min for roughing)
24:17
Eric Fehr (2 min for holding the stick)
37:15
Tim Taylor (2 min for high-sticking)
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47:29
Boyd Gordon (2 min for hooking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bobby Hughes 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 9.20 6
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 15.50 7
R Kyle Wanvig 0 0 3 0 2 0 5 -1 14.00 6
R Chris Kelly 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 18.30 8
C Nick Tarnasky 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 10.10 6
C Nikita Alexeev 0 0 1 5 0 6 0 0 15.10 8
C Ryan Craig 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.00 7
C Chris Gratton 1 3 2 2 2 2 0 3 18.30 9
L Patrick Sharp 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9.00 4
L Tim Taylor 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 15.10 6
L Erik Cole 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 15.40 6
L Ryan Smyth 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 19.20 9
D Alex Picard 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.10 5
D Brian Lee 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 -1 18.20 7
D Niklas Kronwall 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 4 25.10 8
D Shane O'Brien 1 0 1 4 2 4 0 1 18.50 8
D Christoph Schubert 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 14.40 5
D Filip Kuba 1 0 2 4 3 4 0 4 28.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 0 7.20 6
R Chris Clark 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 19.00 6
R Corey Perry 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 18.10 6
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -3 17.30 5
C Michael Nylander 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 7.20 5
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 17.00 6
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.10 5
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 -4 20.40 6
L Quintin Laing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Eric Fehr 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 16.30 7
L Brooks Laich 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 14.50 7
L Matt Bradley 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -3 16.10 6
D John Erskine 0 0 1 3 2 4 5 0 15.10 7
D Erik Johnson 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 19.10 7
D Tom Poti 1 0 3 2 3 2 0 -3 25.20 6
D Ben Clymer 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17.00 6
D Brian Pothier 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 18.10 6
D Steve Eminger 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 -4 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 6 0 18 0 0 60.00 4
G Olaf Kölzig 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Gratton
2nd star: Ryan Smyth
3rd star: Chris Kelly
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Ryan Smyth scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Ryan Smyth scored the 300th goal of his career.
-Niklas Kronwall has marked a new career high in assists with 22 assists.
-Filip Kuba scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Chris Gratton scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Shane O'Brien ended his 8 game point drought.
-Filip Kuba finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Brian Pothier notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Tom Poti scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Brooks Laich finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Tom Poti ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-John Erskine beat Kyle Wanvig in a fight.
Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 2( 22) , Portland Pirates 0(
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1-0
Mathieu Darche (Michel Ouellet)
2-0
Mike Egener (Michel Ouellet)
Goalies: Marc Denis - Brent Johnson