⚡ Away Lightning 7-15-9
3–4
Final
🐦 Home Thrashers 10-17-4
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⚡ TBL 2013
🐦 ATL 3014

Lightning at Thrashers

Thrashers beat Lightning 4–3 on December 20, 2008.

🗓 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Season series tied 1–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Martin St. Louis
2 G
7 shots · 22:39 TOI
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Joey Crabb
1 G
3 shots · 11:45 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Kari Lehtonen
36 saves
0.923 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Vyacheslav Kozlov Go-ahead 1st · 00:18
Unassisted · beat Mike Smith
0–1
⚡ Martin St. Louis PP Tying 1st · 03:54
Assists: Ryan Malone, Mark Recchi · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–1
⚡ Adam Hall Go-ahead 1st · 08:15
Assists: Jussi Jokinen, Ryan Craig · beat Kari Lehtonen
2–1
🐦 Eric Perrin Tying 1st · 15:13
Assists: Boris Valabik, Jason Williams · beat Mike Smith
2–2
🐦 Todd White PP Go-ahead 1st · 18:23
Assists: Bryan Little, Ilya Kovalchuk · beat Mike Smith
2–3
3rd period
🐦 Joey Crabb 3rd · 04:06
Assists: Eric Boulton, Jim Slater · beat Mike Smith
2–4
⚡ Martin St. Louis PP 3rd · 17:28
Assists: Vincent Lecavalier, Steven Stamkos · beat Kari Lehtonen
3–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Malone · Lecavalier · St. Louis 21:53
L2 Prospal · Halpern · Recchi 18:31
L3 Jokinen · Stamkos · Szczechura 11:54
L4 Pettinger · Craig · Hall 10:19
D1 Meszaros · Ranger 22:36
D2 Malik · Eminger 18:48
D3 Krajicek · Heward 11:06
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · White · Perrin 17:39
L2 Kozlov · Reasoner · Little 15:57
L3 Williams · Armstrong · Thorburn 13:59
L4 Boulton · Slater · Crabb 11:09
D1 Enstrom · Havelid 23:08
D2 Hainsey · Schneider 19:42
D3 Oystrick · Valabik 15:07

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL ATL🐦
39 Shots on goal 30
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
8 Hits 13
11 Blocked shots 8
4 Takeaways 9
7 Giveaways 5
12 Penalty minutes 16
TBL shooting 7.7% (3/39) ATL shooting 13.3% (4/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith
26/30
.867 SV% · 4 GA · 59:04 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
36/39
.923 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–3
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-2-2 (20% win rate, 5 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-5-2 (12% win rate, 8 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Oct 212008 🐦ATL @ ⚡TBL 2–3 OT 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
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❓ TBL vs ATL, answered

Who won Lightning vs Thrashers on December 20, 2008?

Thrashers won 4–3. The final score was Lightning 3, Thrashers 4.

Who scored for Lightning?

Martin St. Louis (2), Adam Hall.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Eric Perrin, Joey Crabb, Todd White, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 36 saves on 39 shots (.923 save percentage).

What is the Lightning vs Thrashers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 18 🏔️COL @ ⚡TBL 2–1 AfterDec 23 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 2–0
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeDec 18 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 6–3 AfterDec 22 🍁TOR @ 🐦ATL 6–2
Also on December 20
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