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2007-08 regular season

Thrashers at Lightning

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 5–2

Thrashers beat Lightning 2–0 at AMALIE Arena on March 31, 2008.

ATL – TBL
24–36
Shots on goal
18–17
Hits
17–13
Blocked shots
5–4
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
2 G
4 shots · 16:34 TOI
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Chris Thorburn
2 A
2 shots · 13:15 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Kari Lehtonen
36 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

2 goals · in order
3rd period
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Go-ahead 3rd · 14:54
Assists: Chris Thorburn · beat Mike Smith
1–0
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Empty net 3rd · 19:01
Assists: Bobby Holik, Chris Thorburn
2–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Slater · Perrin · Armstrong 17:01
L2 Kovalchuk · Holik · White 16:33
L3 Kozlov · Little · Thorburn 13:15
L4 Lavallee-Smotherman · Boulton · Recchi 11:02
D1 Enstrom · Havelid 23:16
D2 Exelby · McCarthy 18:26
D3 Valabik · Kwiatkowski 16:21
⚡Lightning
L1 Darche · Lecavalier · St. Louis 23:06
L2 Jokinen · Halpern · Ouellet 19:31
L3 Tarnasky · MacDonald · Lessard 10:22
L4 Karlsson · Ward 7:41
D1 Boyle · Kuba 27:24
D2 Picard · Smaby 20:06
D3 Lundin · Lukowich 12:10
D4 Janik 4:55

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL TBL⚡
24 Shots on goal 36
18 Hits 17
17 Blocked shots 13
5 Takeaways 4
9 Giveaways 3
17 Penalty minutes 9
ATL shooting 8.3% (2/24) TBL shooting 0.0% (0/36)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen Shutout
36/36
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith
22/23
.957 SV% · 1 GA · 59:20 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 1st: 11-10-4 (44% win rate, 25 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 11-16-4 (35% win rate, 31 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 9-6-3 (50% win rate, 18 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 8-10-3 (38% win rate, 21 games)

Last meetings

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Thrashers lead the season series 5–2
Feb 92008 ⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL 1–2 OT Dec 182007 ⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL 2–6 Nov 192007 ⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL 3–4 OT Nov 32007 🐦ATL @ ⚡TBL 6–4 Oct 202007 🐦ATL @ ⚡TBL 2–6
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Who won Thrashers vs Lightning on March 31, 2008?

Thrashers won 2–0. The final score was Thrashers 2, Lightning 0.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Ilya Kovalchuk (2).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 36 saves on 36 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Thrashers vs Lightning season series?

Thrashers lead the season series 5–2 after 7 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeMar 28 🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR 1–7 AfterApr 1 🐆FLA @ 🐦ATL 3–2
⚡ Lightning
BeforeMar 29 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 1–2 AfterApr 2 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 2–6
Also on March 31
🐧PIT 1–2 🗽NYR
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