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2008-09 regular season

Wild at Lightning

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🔁 Wild lead the season series 1–0

Wild beat Lightning 1–0 in a shootout at AMALIE Arena on October 18, 2008.

MIN – TBL
21–32
Shots on goal
18–30
Hits
16–9
Blocked shots
5–9
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Niklas Backstrom
32 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

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Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Belanger · Koivu · Miettinen 23:43
L2 Brunette · Pouliot · Clutterbuck 15:40
L3 Veilleux · Sheppard · Weller 15:21
L4 Boogaard · Gillies 6:14
D1 Johnsson · Burns 26:44
D2 Schultz · Skoula 20:25
D3 Bergeron · Mojzis 15:10
D4 Reitz 10:58
⚡Lightning
L1 Prospal · Lecavalier · St. Louis 23:32
L2 Jokinen · Malone · Hall 17:17
L3 Roberts · Stamkos · Artyukhin 12:16
L4 Koci · Gratton · Recchi 9:15
D1 Ranger · Meszaros 26:20
D2 Carle · Lundin 23:50
D3 Krajicek · Niskala 14:16

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN TBL⚡
21 Shots on goal 32
18 Hits 30
16 Blocked shots 9
5 Takeaways 9
8 Giveaways 4
8 Penalty minutes 14
MIN shooting 4.8% (1/21) TBL shooting 0.0% (0/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom Shutout
32/32
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 65:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith Shutout
21/21
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 65:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 0–0
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Wild lead the season series 1–0
Feb 272008 🌲MIN @ ⚡TBL 3–2 Jan 42007 ⚡TBL @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Oct 252003 🌲MIN @ ⚡TBL 2–3 Mar 172003 🌲MIN @ ⚡TBL 3–3 OT Dec 102002 ⚡TBL @ 🌲MIN 3–5
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Who won Wild vs Lightning on October 18, 2008?

Wild won 1–0 in a shootout. The final score was Wild 1, Lightning 0.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 32 saves on 32 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 21 saves on 21 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Wild vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Wild vs Lightning season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeOct 16 🌲MIN @ 🐆FLA 6–2 AfterOct 23 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 4–3
⚡ Lightning
BeforeOct 16 🏝️NYI @ ⚡TBL 4–3 AfterOct 21 🐦ATL @ ⚡TBL 2–3
Also on October 18
🏔️COL 5–4 ⭐DAL 🍁TOR 1–4 🐧PIT 😈NJD 4–3 🦅WSH ⚔️BUF 2–3 🐦ATL 🌵PHX 1–4 🇨🇦MTL 🗽NYR 4–5 🐙DET 🐻BOS 4–2 🏛️OTT 🏝️NYI 0–2 🐆FLA
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