🐆 Away Panthers 21-35-5 before this game
2–3
Final
⚡ Home Lightning 24-30-6 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
FLA 1102
TBL 0033

Panthers at Lightning

Lightning beat Panthers 3–2 at AMALIE Arena on March 2, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Mar 2, 2002 · 18:30 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Dan Boyle
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 21:58 TOI · +1
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Brad Richards
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 18:05 TOI · -1
3rd star ⚡ TBL
Jimmie Olvestad
1 G
2 shots · 17:23 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐆 Marcus Nilson Go-ahead 1st · 13:51
Assists: Lance Ward, Ivan Novoseltsev · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–0
2nd period
🐆 Valeri Bure 2nd · 16:49
Assists: Jason Wiemer · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
2–0
3rd period
⚡ Brad Richards PP 3rd · 08:40
Assists: Pavel Kubina, Dave Andreychuk · beat Roberto Luongo
2–1
⚡ Jimmie Olvestad Tying 3rd · 10:25
Assists: Dan Boyle, Juha Ylonen · beat Roberto Luongo
2–2
⚡ Dan Boyle PP Go-ahead 3rd · 15:46
Assists: Brad Richards, Sheldon Keefe · beat Roberto Luongo
2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA TBL⚡
26 Shots on goal 31
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3
19 Hits 31
7 Blocked shots 10
6 Takeaways 13
10 Giveaways 4
11 Penalty minutes 25
FLA shooting 7.7% (2/26) TBL shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
Roberto Luongo
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 58:48 TOI
⚡Lightning
Nikolai Khabibulin
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–0
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐆Panthers
L1 Wiemer · Bure · Bure 19:03
L2 Huselius · Hagman · Jokinen 15:58
L3 Nilson · Ward · Novoseltsev 13:39
L4 Worrell · Lindsay · Ritchie 10:58
L5 Tetarenko 8:34
D1 Ozolinsh · Svehla 25:03
D2 Ference · Van Impe 20:20
D3 Norton 15:07
⚡Lightning
L1 Andreychuk · Prospal · Richards 19:47
L2 Olvestad · Ylonen · Clymer 17:23
L3 Cibak · Keefe · Alexeev 12:36
L4 Afanasenkov · Tobler 6:24
D1 Kubina · Cullimore 23:48
D2 Boyle · Neckar 20:20
D3 Ledyard · Biron 12:46
D4 Sarich 10:27

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →
Feb 7, 2002
🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL
3–1 · Panthers won
Feb 6, 2002
⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA
3–2 · Lightning won
Oct 7, 2001
🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL
5–0 · Panthers won
Mar 30, 2001
⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA
4–2 · Lightning won
Jan 30, 2001
🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL
3–4 · Lightning won

❓ FLA vs TBL, answered

Who won Panthers vs Lightning on March 2, 2002?

Lightning won 3–2.

What was the final score of Panthers vs Lightning?

The final score was Panthers 2, Lightning 3.

Who scored for Panthers?

Marcus Nilson, Valeri Bure.

Who scored for Lightning?

Brad Richards, Dan Boyle, Jimmie Olvestad.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Roberto Luongo made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Panthers vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Panthers vs Lightning season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Feb 27
🐙DET @ 🐆FLA
3–2 · DET won
Next game · Mar 5
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
5–6 · PIT won
⚡Lightning
Previous game · Mar 1
🦈SJS @ ⚡TBL
2–4 · TBL won
Next game · Mar 6
🛢️EDM @ ⚡TBL
3–2 · EDM won
Also on March 2, 2002
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
4–2 final
🔔PHI @ 🗽NYR
5–6 final
⭐DAL @ 🏔️COL
2–1 final
🧥CBJ @ 👑LAK
2–0 final
🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 final
⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR
3–3 final
🦅WSH @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 final
🐦ATL @ 🏝️NYI
1–4 final
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