🏝️ Away Islanders 38-26-7 before this game

3–1

Final

⚡ Home Lightning 45-18-9 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	0	0	3
TBL	0	0	0	1

Islanders at Lightning

Islanders beat Lightning 3–1 at AMALIE Arena on March 16, 2004.

🗓 Tue, Mar 16, 2004 · 18:00 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Mattias Weinhandl

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 14:50 TOI · +2

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Justin Papineau

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 09:23 TOI · +2

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Cliff Ronning

2 A

11:11 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI TBL⚡

23 Shots on goal 20

7 Hits 11

8 Blocked shots 9

11 Takeaways 10

5 Giveaways 16

6 Penalty minutes 2

NYI shooting 13.0% (3/23) TBL shooting 5.0% (1/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Rick DiPietro

19/20

.950 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚡Lightning

Nikolai Khabibulin

20/22

.909 SV% · 2 GA · 59:09 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 38-26-7 (54% win rate, 71 games)

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 1st: 45-18-9 (62% win rate, 72 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 38-26-7 (54% win rate, 71 games)

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 2nd: 45-18-9 (62% win rate, 72 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Blake · Peca · Scatchard 18:22

L2 Kvasha · Parrish · Weinhandl 15:15

L3 Yashin · Ronning · Asham 12:19

L4 Papineau · Hunter · Czerkawski 10:47

D1 Aucoin · Niinimaa 27:37

D2 Hamrlik · Jonsson 23:12

D3 Karpovtsev · Butenschon 9:34

⚡Lightning

L1 Stillman · Richards · St. Louis 20:53

L2 Modin · Fedotenko · Lecavalier 18:25

L3 Andreychuk · Afanasenkov · Taylor 12:32

L4 Dingman · Cibak · Clymer 9:11

D1 Boyle · Sydor 21:18

D2 Sarich · Kubina 19:03

D3 Pratt · Cullimore 17:20

⚔️ Last meetings

Islanders lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ NYI vs TBL, answered

Who won Islanders vs Lightning on March 16, 2004?

Islanders won 3–1.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Lightning?

The final score was Islanders 3, Lightning 1.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Rick DiPietro made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

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

Where is Islanders vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Lightning season series?

Islanders lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Mar 12

⚡Lightning

Previous game · Mar 13

Also on March 16, 2004

Islanders season page Lightning season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule