Lightning 4–3 Panthers — Final Score & Stats (Dec 26, 2008)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚡ TBL

Steve Eminger

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · 24:50 TOI

2nd star 🐆 FLA

Keith Ballard

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 28:57 TOI

3rd star 🐆 FLA

Cory Stillman

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 14:57 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

⚡ Steve Eminger Go-ahead 1st · 11:24

Assists: Paul Ranger · beat Tomas Vokoun

1–0

🐆 Keith Ballard Tying 1st · 18:28

Assists: Nick Boynton, Radek Dvorak · beat Mike Smith

1–1

2nd period

⚡ Mark Recchi Go-ahead 2nd · 16:53

Assists: Steve Eminger, Matt Pettinger · beat Tomas Vokoun

2–1

⚡ Evgeny Artyukhin 2nd · 18:27

Assists: Ryan Malone, Steve Eminger · beat Tomas Vokoun

3–1

3rd period

🐆 Cory Stillman PP 3rd · 13:37

Assists: Jay Bouwmeester, Keith Ballard · beat Mike Smith

3–2

🐆 Bryan McCabe Tying 3rd · 19:46

Assists: Stephen Weiss, Cory Stillman · beat Mike Smith

3–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚡Lightning

L1 Malone · Lecavalier · St. Louis 20:58

L2 Prospal · Halpern · Recchi 17:41

L3 Jokinen · Szczechura · Stamkos 14:11

L4 Pettinger · Hall · Artyukhin 10:20

D1 Ranger · Meszaros 26:47

D2 Eminger · Malik 21:44

D3 Krajicek · Heward 11:00

🐆Panthers

L1 Booth · Weiss · Horton 19:39

L2 Peltonen · Campbell · Dvorak 16:36

L3 Stillman · Kreps · Frolik 14:57

L4 Tarnasky · McLean · Zednik 10:09

D1 Bouwmeester · Ballard 29:54

D2 McCabe · Skrastins 23:09

D3 Boynton · Welch 11:54

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚡TBL FLA🐆

35 Shots on goal 28

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

29 Hits 14

25 Blocked shots 4

6 Takeaways 5

4 Giveaways 3

30 Penalty minutes 30

TBL shooting 11.4% (4/35) FLA shooting 10.7% (3/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚡Lightning

Mike Smith

25/28

.893 SV% · 3 GA · 64:47 TOI

🐆Panthers

Tomas Vokoun

24/27

.889 SV% · 3 GA · 40:00 TOI

Craig Anderson Shutout

8/8

1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 23:42 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 1st: 2-5-2 (22% win rate, 9 games)

Panthers

Panthers — tied after 1st: 9-3-1 (69% win rate, 13 games)

After 2nd — 3–1

Lightning

Lightning — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

Panthers

Panthers — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-4-1 (0% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Panthers lead the season series 2–1

Nov 182008 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 4–3 SO Nov 122008 ⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA 0–4 Mar 252008 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 1–3 Mar 222008 ⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA 2–4 Feb 22008 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 3–2

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Who won Lightning vs Panthers on December 26, 2008?

Lightning won 4–3 in a shootout. The final score was Lightning 4, Panthers 3.

Who scored for Lightning?

Evgeny Artyukhin, Mark Recchi, Steve Eminger.

Who scored for Panthers?

Bryan McCabe, Cory Stillman, Keith Ballard.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Tomas Vokoun made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Panthers played?

At Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Panthers season series?

Panthers lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚡ Lightning

BeforeDec 23 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 2–0 AfterDec 27 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 4–6

🐆 Panthers

BeforeDec 23 🐯NSH @ 🐆FLA 0–3 AfterDec 27 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 4–6

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