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2008-09 regular season

Avalanche at Lightning

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0

Avalanche beat Lightning 2–1 in a shootout at AMALIE Arena on December 18, 2008.

COL – TBL
35–38
Shots on goal
15–22
Hits
12–19
Blocked shots
4–8
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Paul Stastny
1 G
7 shots · 24:48 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 A
5 shots · 22:05 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Andrew Raycroft
37 saves
0.974 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Paul Stastny Go-ahead 1st · 03:46
Assists: Ryan Smyth, Milan Hejduk · beat Mike Smith
1–0
2nd period
⚡ Jeff Halpern Tying 2nd · 07:35
Assists: Marek Malik, Andrej Meszaros · beat Andrew Raycroft
1–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Smyth · Stastny · Hejduk 22:39
L2 Wolski · Arnason · Jones 17:53
L3 Laperriere · Stewart · Tucker 13:38
L4 McLeod · Hensick · Guite 7:45
D1 Clark · Hannan 25:24
D2 Foote · Liles 22:10
D3 Leopold · Salei 16:56
⚡Lightning
L1 Prospal · Lecavalier · St. Louis 23:11
L2 Malone · Halpern · Recchi 17:36
L3 Pettinger · Jokinen · Szczechura 13:00
L4 Stamkos · Craig · Hall 8:49
D1 Meszaros · Ranger 26:16
D2 Malik · Eminger 24:13
D3 Krajicek · Heward 13:24

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL TBL⚡
35 Shots on goal 38
15 Hits 22
12 Blocked shots 19
4 Takeaways 8
4 Giveaways 9
4 Penalty minutes 20
COL shooting 5.7% (2/35) TBL shooting 2.6% (1/38)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Andrew Raycroft
37/38
.974 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-3 (50% win rate, 6 games)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-2-1 (25% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 0-6 (0% win rate, 6 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 0-2-2 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Avalanche lead the season series 2–0
Nov 292008 ⚡TBL @ 🏔️COL 3–4 Jan 152008 🏔️COL @ ⚡TBL 3–0 Jan 52007 ⚡TBL @ 🏔️COL 2–4 Mar 12004 ⚡TBL @ 🏔️COL 3–0 Jan 192004 🏔️COL @ ⚡TBL 5–4 OT
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Who won Avalanche vs Lightning on December 18, 2008?

Avalanche won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Avalanche 2, Lightning 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Paul Stastny.

Who scored for Lightning?

Jeff Halpern.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Andrew Raycroft made 37 saves on 38 shots (.974 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Lightning season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeDec 16 🏔️COL @ 🔔PHI 2–5 AfterDec 21 🏔️COL @ 🐆FLA 0–3
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 13 ⚡TBL @ 🏛️OTT 0–2 AfterDec 20 ⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL 3–4
Also on December 18
🍁TOR 5–8 🐻BOS 🎵STL 2–4 🦅WSH 🐆FLA 1–2 🌪️CAR 🐧PIT 6–3 🐦ATL 🔔PHI 2–5 🇨🇦MTL 🦈SJS 0–6 🐙DET 🧥CBJ 5–6 ⭐DAL 🐯NSH 1–2 🌵PHX
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