The Do-Over: Lightning at Florida Panthers game preview
Lets try this again, shall we? This time with feeling. Tampa Bay visits the Florida Panthers in the second-half of a back-to-back, home-and-home series.
| Final - 1.14.2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Stories
Friday Caterwaul - Panthers Open Forum
Rusty's "streak" mirrors Horton, Vokoun looking good, and Ellerby gets his chance
Tampa Bay Lightning Game 46: versus the Florida Panthers
The Tampa Bay Lightning played the first of a home-and-home series against the Florida Panthers. Did they win?
Olesz plays hero as Panthers win close one in Tampa Bay over Lightning
Cats grab statistical tie with cross-state rivals
In the course of Humane Society events: Lightning host Panthers
The Kitties are coming! The Kitties are coming! The in state rival Florida Panthers make a trip to Tampa for the first-half of a back-to-back series between the two teams.
Thursday Caterwaul - Panthers Open Forum and Post Mortem
Not much to say other than they blew it against a very good team. They let crumble a three-goal lead only to lose in the shootout at home. Of course, it's not that coach Pete is engineering...
Visiting Capitals easily shun three-goal deficit, defeat Panthers 5-4 (SO)
Florida surrenders after first period
Happenings at Times Palace: Operation: Spare Change, Pucks for Paws [UPDATED]
There are a pair of different awareness events at the St. Pete Times forum this week (and month) that fans planning to attend may want to help out with. We have some of the details ehre.
GameThreads
Lightning Fans GameThread on Raw Charge
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Panthers Fans GameThread on Litter Box Cats
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Boxscore
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Tampa Bay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| First Period |
|---|
| - 1, Florida Goal - Nathan Horton (16), from Stephen Weiss and Michael Frolik at 5:58. 2, Tampa Bay Goal - Jeff Halpern (9), from Vincent Lecavalier and Alex Tanguay at 9:40. 3, Tampa Bay Goal - Steve Downie (10), from Ryan Malone and Paul Szczechura at 12:40. Penalties - Steve MacIntyre, Florida (Hi-sticking), 13:13; Andrej Meszaros, Tampa Bay (Slashing), 14:47. |
| Second Period |
| - No scoring. Penalties - Steve Downie, Tampa Bay (Roughing), 2:30; Stephen Weiss, Florida (Roughing), 2:30; Steve Downie, Tampa Bay (Roughing), 2:30; Stephen Weiss, Florida (Holding), 2:30. |
| Third Period |
| - 4, Florida Goal - Cory Stillman (7), from Steven Reinprecht and Radek Dvorak at 8:53. 5, Florida Goal - Rostislav Olesz (11), unassisted at 12:21. Penalties - Mike Lundin, Tampa Bay (Hooking), 14:26. |
Shots on Goal:
Florida 6 + 10 + 13 = 29.
Tampa Bay 14 + 7 + 9 = 30.
Power Play Conversion: Florida 0-2. Tampa Bay 0-1.
Goaltenders: Florida, Tomas Vokoun 2-30-.933. Tampa Bay, Antero Niittymaki 3-29-.897.
Referees: Marc Joannette, Greg Kimmerly
Linesmen: Steve Miller, Mark Shewchyk
Power Play Conversion: Florida 0-2. Tampa Bay 0-1.
Goaltenders: Florida, Tomas Vokoun 2-30-.933. Tampa Bay, Antero Niittymaki 3-29-.897.
Referees: Marc Joannette, Greg Kimmerly
Linesmen: Steve Miller, Mark Shewchyk
