🐦 Away Thrashers 2-2-1
2–3
Final / OT
⚡ Home Lightning 0-2-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🐦 ATL 00202
⚡ TBL 11013

Thrashers at Lightning

Lightning beat Thrashers 3–2 in overtime at AMALIE Arena on October 21, 2008.

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Martin St. Louis
2 A
5 shots · 18:29 TOI
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Todd White
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 18:33 TOI
3rd star ⚡ TBL
Mike Smith
31 saves
0.939 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Mark Recchi Go-ahead 1st · 07:18
Assists: Radim Vrbata, Janne Niskala · beat Kari Lehtonen
0–1
2nd period
⚡ Vinny Prospal 2nd · 13:10
Assists: Mike Lundin, Martin St. Louis · beat Kari Lehtonen
0–2
3rd period
🐦 Colby Armstrong 3rd · 06:37
Assists: Todd White · beat Mike Smith
1–2
🐦 Todd White Tying 3rd · 19:24
Assists: Mathieu Schneider, Ron Hainsey · beat Mike Smith
2–2
Overtime
⚡ Vincent Lecavalier PP Go-ahead OT · 01:41
Assists: Martin St. Louis, Paul Ranger · beat Kari Lehtonen
2–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · White · Armstrong 18:33
L2 Kozlov · Little · Christensen 16:29
L3 Perrin · Reasoner · Slater 14:15
L4 Boulton · Williams · Thorburn 8:12
D1 Enstrom · Hainsey 23:20
D2 Havelid · Schneider 22:10
D3 Exelby · Bogosian 15:26
⚡Lightning
L1 Prospal · Lecavalier · St. Louis 18:25
L2 Jokinen · Malone · Recchi 16:12
L3 Roberts · Gratton · Hall 13:00
L4 Stamkos · Vrbata · Artyukhin 11:30
D1 Meszaros · Ranger 25:37
D2 Lundin · Carle 21:50
D3 Krajicek · Niskala 14:16

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL TBL⚡
33 Shots on goal 38
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
10 Hits 13
9 Blocked shots 17
6 Takeaways 7
7 Giveaways 7
10 Penalty minutes 6
ATL shooting 6.1% (2/33) TBL shooting 7.9% (3/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
35/38
.921 SV% · 3 GA · 61:11 TOI
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 61:31 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 0–2
Thrashers
Thrashers: no games found in this situation this year.
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Lightning lead the season series 1–0
Apr 52008 ⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL 1–4 Mar 312008 🐦ATL @ ⚡TBL 2–0 Feb 92008 ⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL 1–2 OT Dec 182007 ⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL 2–6 Nov 192007 ⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL 3–4 OT
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Who won Thrashers vs Lightning on October 21, 2008?

Lightning won 3–2 in overtime. The final score was Thrashers 2, Lightning 3.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Colby Armstrong, Todd White.

Who scored for Lightning?

Mark Recchi, Vincent Lecavalier, Vinny Prospal.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 35 saves on 38 shots (.921 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 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?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeOct 18 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 2–3 AfterOct 24 🐦ATL @ 🐙DET 3–5
⚡ Lightning
BeforeOct 18 🌲MIN @ ⚡TBL 1–0 AfterOct 25 🦈SJS @ ⚡TBL 3–0
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