⭐ Away Stars 15-16-2 before this game
2–1
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⚡ Home Lightning 16-10-3 before this game
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Stars at Lightning

Stars beat Lightning 2–1 at AMALIE Arena on December 20, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Dec 20, 2003 · 18:30 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Stars lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⭐ DAL
Mike Modano
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 20:22 TOI
2nd star ⭐ DAL
Philippe Boucher
2 A
2 shots · 22:16 TOI · +1
3rd star ⭐ DAL
Brenden Morrow
1 G
2 shots · 19:13 TOI

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⭐DAL TBL⚡
22 Shots on goal 27
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/7
8 Hits 11
14 Blocked shots 8
9 Takeaways 5
12 Giveaways 12
14 Penalty minutes 6
DAL shooting 9.1% (2/22) TBL shooting 3.7% (1/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⭐Stars
Marty Turco
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Nikolai Khabibulin
20/22
.909 SV% · 2 GA · 59:11 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Stars
Stars — tied after 1st: 15-16-2 (45% win rate, 33 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 16-10-3 (55% win rate, 29 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Stars
Stars — tied after 2nd: 15-16-2 (45% win rate, 33 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 16-10-3 (55% win rate, 29 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⭐Stars
L1 Morrow · Barnes · Modano 20:22
L2 Lehtinen · DiMaio · Guerin 16:58
L3 Arnott · Turgeon · Young 14:00
L4 Kapanen · Sloan · Downey 3:25
D1 Zubov · Matvichuk 25:12
D2 Boucher · Klemm 19:58
D3 Sweeney · Daley 14:26
⚡Lightning
L1 Andreychuk · Richards · St. Louis 22:01
L2 Modin · Afanasenkov · Lecavalier 18:53
L3 Fedotenko · Dingman · Taylor 10:32
L4 Cibak · Clymer · Roy 8:49
D1 Boyle · Kubina 22:56
D2 Lukowich · Sarich 17:42
D3 Cullimore · Pratt 14:40

⚔️ Last meetings

Stars lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 24, 2003
⚡TBL @ ⭐DAL
4–1 · Lightning won
Jan 8, 2002
⭐DAL @ ⚡TBL
2–1 · Stars won
Jan 14, 2001
⭐DAL @ ⚡TBL
3–2 · Stars won
Nov 20, 2000
⚡TBL @ ⭐DAL
2–6 · Stars won
Mar 28, 2000
⭐DAL @ ⚡TBL
4–2 · Stars won

❓ DAL vs TBL, answered

Who won Stars vs Lightning on December 20, 2003?

Stars won 2–1.

What was the final score of Stars vs Lightning?

The final score was Stars 2, Lightning 1.

How did the Stars goalie play?

Marty Turco made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

Where is Stars vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Stars vs Lightning season series?

Stars lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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
⭐Stars
Previous game · Dec 19
⭐DAL @ 🐆FLA
0–1 · FLA won
Next game · Dec 22
⭐DAL @ 🌪️CAR
3–1 · DAL won
⚡Lightning
Previous game · Dec 18
⚡TBL @ 🔔PHI
5–4 · TBL won
Next game · Dec 23
⚡TBL @ 🐻BOS
1–1 · TBL won
Also on December 20, 2003
🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS
2–1 final
🏝️NYI @ 🔔PHI
1–3 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
2–4 final
🗽NYR @ 🏛️OTT
1–3 final
🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT
7–4 final
🌵PHX @ 🎵STL
1–1 final
🐙DET @ 🐯NSH
0–1 final
🧥CBJ @ 🌲MIN
2–5 final
Stars season page Lightning season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule