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2008-09 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster

50 players used · 24-40-18 record

The Tampa Bay Lightning used 50 players in the 2008-09 season, with a 24-40-18 record. Martin St. Louis led the team with 80 points (30 goals, 50 assists) in 82 games. Mike Smith played the most games in goal (41).

Points leader

80 PTS

Martin St. Louis

30 G · 50 A in 82 games

Goals leader

30 G

Martin St. Louis

7 on the power play

Assists leader

50 A

Martin St. Louis

80 points overall

Goalie wins leader

14 W

Mike Smith

2.63 GAA · 0.916 SV%

Skaters

24 forwards · 21 defence

Goalies

Mike Smith started most

207

Goals scored

in 82 games

27.1

Average age

19 to 42 years

Birth countries

22 born in Canada

24:30

Most ice time

Paul Ranger

Season

2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2008-09

All skaters45 Forwards24 Defence21

🏒 Skaters 45 players · sorted by points

#	Player — sort by name ⇅	GP — sort by games played ⇅	Streak	G — sort by goals ⇅	A — sort by assists ⇅	PTS — sort by points ▼	P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅	PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅	SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅	HIT — sort by hits ⇅	BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅	PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅	TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅
1	Martin St. Louis 🇨🇦 RW 33	82	🧊 1	30	50	80	0.98	7	262	17	48	14	21:17
2	Vincent Lecavalier 🇨🇦 C 28	77	🧊 5	29	38	67	0.87	10	291	110	29	54	20:15
3	Steven Stamkos 🇨🇦 C 19	79	🔥 3	23	23	46	0.58	9	181	75	17	39	14:56
4	Ryan Malone 🇺🇸 LW 29	70	🧊 2	26	19	45	0.64	7	124	173	23	98	17:45
5	Vinny Prospal 🇨🇿 LW 34	82	🧊 7	19	26	45	0.55	7	194	126	28	52	17:40
6	Mark Recchi 🇨🇦 RW 41	62	🔥 4	13	32	45	0.73	2	97	78	24	20	16:53
7	Steve Eminger 🇨🇦 D 25	50	🔥 1	4	19	23	0.46	2	63	55	91	36	23:33
8	Lukas Krajicek 🇨🇿 D 26	71	🧊 1	2	17	19	0.27	0	66	54	90	48	19:37
9	Jeff Halpern 🇺🇸 C 32	52	🔥 1	7	9	16	0.31	1	60	28	39	32	17:01
10	Jussi Jokinen 🇫🇮 LW 26	46	🧊 2	6	10	16	0.35	2	64	17	32	16	15:38
11	Evgeny Artyukhin 🇷🇺 RW 25	73	🧊 4	6	10	16	0.22	1	100	249	16	151	10:40
12	Andrej Meszaros 🇸🇰 D 23	52	🧊 4	2	14	16	0.31	1	87	68	98	36	24:10
13	Matt Pettinger 🇨🇦 LW 28	59	🔥 2	8	7	15	0.25	2	82	93	31	24	12:18
14	Cory Murphy 🇨🇦 D 31	25	🔥 4	5	10	15	0.60	4	47	12	27	12	20:08
15	Paul Ranger 🇨🇦 D 24	42	🧊 1	2	11	13	0.31	0	69	63	72	56	24:30
16	Adam Hall 🇺🇸 RW 28	74	🧊 8	5	5	10	0.14	1	90	85	37	29	11:11
17	Paul Szczechura 🇨🇦 C 23	31	🧊 1	4	5	9	0.29	1	51	30	23	12	13:33
18	Gary Roberts 🇨🇦 LW 42	30	🔥 1	4	3	7	0.23	2	32	38	3	27	11:38
19	Matt Lashoff 🇺🇸 D 22	12	🧊 3	0	7	7	0.58	0	19	8	15	10	23:46
20	Steve Downie 🇨🇦 RW 21	23	🧊 4	3	3	6	0.26	0	25	38	6	54	9:04
21	Radim Vrbata 🇨🇿 RW 27	18	🧊 2	3	3	6	0.33	1	41	3	5	8	14:13
22	Ryan Craig 🇨🇦 C 27	54	🧊 4	2	4	6	0.11	0	64	60	29	60	10:16
23	Martins Karsums 🇱🇻 RW 23	18	🧊 2	1	4	5	0.28	0	22	36	10	6	11:40
24	Josef Melichar 🇨🇿 D 30	24	🧊 1	0	5	5	0.21	0	16	27	34	29	16:58
25	Marek Malik 🇨🇿 D 33	42	🧊 19	0	5	5	0.12	0	22	14	43	36	19:09
26	Matt Smaby 🇺🇸 D 24	43	🧊 23	0	4	4	0.09	0	28	122	68	50	19:05
27	Janne Niskala 🇸🇪 D 27	6	🔥 1	1	2	3	0.50	1	10	5	1	6	13:42
28	Richard Petiot 🇨🇦 D 26	11	🧊 4	0	3	3	0.27	0	10	30	14	21	20:36
29	Vladimir Mihalik 🇸🇰 D 22	11	🧊 1	0	3	3	0.27	0	7	8	17	6	13:23
30	David Koci 🇨🇿 LW 27	33	🧊 7	1	1	2	0.06	0	8	30	5	132	6:14
31	Matt Carle 🇺🇸 D 24	12	🔥 1	1	1	2	0.17	0	13	4	27	6	21:57
32	Chris Gratton 🇨🇦 C 33	18	🧊 2	0	2	2	0.11	0	16	33	2	10	10:47
33	Mike Lundin 🇺🇸 D 24	25	🧊 18	0	2	2	0.08	0	8	6	43	4	16:38
34	Jamie Heward 🇨🇦 D 38	13	🧊 10	0	2	2	0.15	0	11	5	15	4	11:48
35	Radek Smolenak 🇨🇿 LW 22	6	🧊 5	0	1	1	0.17	0	14	3	3	10	8:20
36	Zenon Konopka 🇨🇦 C 28	7	🧊 1	0	1	1	0.14	0	6	6	2	29	7:00
37	Kevin Quick 🇺🇸 D 21	6	🔥 1	0	1	1	0.17	0	7	1	3	0	13:23
38	Ty Wishart 🇨🇦 D 20	5	🧊 3	0	1	1	0.20	0	2	3	4	0	10:07
39	Brandon Bochenski 🇺🇸 RW 26	7	🧊 2	0	1	1	0.14	0	11	3	3	2	10:47
40	Andrew Hutchinson 🇺🇸 D 29	2	🧊 6	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	0	0	14:43
41	Brandon Segal 🇨🇦 RW 25	2	🧊 2	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	4	1	0	13:47
42	Noah Welch 🇺🇸 D 26	17	🧊 27	0	0	0	0.00	0	11	29	23	14	16:45
43	Shane O'Brien 🇨🇦 D 25	1	🧊 17	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	1	0	14:04
44	Jason Ward 🇨🇦 RW 30	1	🧊 1	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	0	2	9:31
45	Geoff Kinrade 🇨🇦 D 23	1	🧊 1	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	2	0	17:32
	Team totals · 45 skaters	82		207	364	571	6.96	61	2337	1853	1104	1255

Click a column to sort. Ages are as of the end of the season. Totals cover the skaters shown, and the games column is the team's games played.

🧤 Goalies 5 goalies · sorted by saves

#	Goalie — sort by name ⇅	GP — sort by games played ⇅	Share of games	W — sort by wins ⇅	GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅	SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅	SV — sort by saves ▼	GA — sort by goals against ⇅	TOI
1	Mike Smith 🇨🇦 G 27	41	50% of team games	14	2.63	0.916	1174	108	—
2	Karri Ramo 🇫🇮 G 22	24	29% of team games	4	3.33	0.894	676	80	—
3	Mike McKenna 🇺🇸 G 25	15	18% of team games	4	3.07	0.887	360	46	—
4	Olie Kolzig 🇿🇦 G 38	8	10% of team games	2	3.13	0.898	220	25	—
5	Riku Helenius 🇫🇮 G 21	1	1% of team games	0	0.00	1.000	2	0	—

🌍 Where the roster was born 9 countries · against the whole NHL in 2008-09

44% of this roster was born in Canada, against 52% across the league. The team leans on Czechia: 14% of its players, against 6% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 60% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players

Country	Players	Share of roster	vs NHL	Points	Who
Canada	22	44%	-8	341 (60%)	St. Louis, Lecavalier, Stamkos, Recchi +18
United States	12	24%	+2	88 (15%)	Malone, Halpern, Hall, Lashoff +8
Czechia	7	14%	+8	83 (15%)	Prospal, Krajicek, Vrbata, Melichar +3
Finland	3	6%	+2	16 (3%)	Jokinen, Ramo, Helenius
Slovakia	2	4%	+2	19 (3%)	Meszaros, Mihalik
Latvia	1	2%	+1	5 (1%)	Karsums
Russia	1	2%	-1	16 (3%)	Artyukhin
Sweden	1	2%	-3	3 (1%)	Niskala
South Africa	1	2%	+2	0	Kolzig

By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

2008-09 Tampa Bay Lightning roster questions

Who led the Tampa Bay Lightning in scoring in 2008-09?

Martin St. Louis led the Tampa Bay Lightning in scoring in 2008-09 with 80 points — 30 goals and 50 assists in 82 games. Next came Vincent Lecavalier (67) and Steven Stamkos (46).

Who scored the most goals for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008-09?

Martin St. Louis scored 30 goals for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008-09, 7 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Tampa Bay Lightning use in 2008-09?

The Tampa Bay Lightning dressed 50 players in 2008-09: 45 skaters and 5 goalies. Together the skaters scored 207 goals.

Who was the Tampa Bay Lightning starting goalie in 2008-09?

Mike Smith played the most games in goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008-09: 41 games, 14 wins, a 0.916 save percentage and a 2.63 goals against average. Karri Ramo was the backup, in 24 games.

Who played the most minutes for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008-09?

Paul Ranger averaged 24:30 of ice time per game for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008-09, the most on the roster.

How old was the 2008-09 Tampa Bay Lightning roster?

The average age was 27.1 years. Steven Stamkos was the youngest at 19, and Gary Roberts the oldest at 42.

Where were the 2008-09 Tampa Bay Lightning players born?

The Tampa Bay Lightning used 50 players in 2008-09 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 22 in Canada, 12 in the United States and 7 in Czechia. The other 9 came from Finland, Slovakia, Latvia, Russia, Sweden and South Africa. League-wide that season, 52% of players were born in Canada, against 44% on this roster.

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