GAME THREAD: NHL: TAMPA BAY (13-16) at TORONTO (12-18)

NHL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL TAMPA BAY 1
TORONTO 4
2ND PRD: TAM - MICHEL OUELLET 6 (FILIP KUBA, CHRIS GRATTON) 19:00</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
TAMPA BAY 0 1 1
TORONTO 0 4 4 END OF THE 2ND

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: TOR - JASON BLAKE 5 (KYLE WELLWOOD, ANDY WOZNIEWSKI) 10:09
TOR - (PP) MATS SUNDIN 15 (TOMAS KABERLE, VESA TOSKALA)
12:32
TOR - (PP) NIK ANTROPOV 15 (KYLE WELLWOOD, MATS SUNDIN)
14:07
TOR - CHAD KILGER 6 (PAVEL KUBINA, MARK BELL) 14:41
TAM - MICHEL OUELLET 6 (FILIP KUBA, CHRIS GRATTON) 19:00

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
TAM 8 6 14
TOR 7 16 23

GOALIES: TAM - JOHAN HOLMQVIST, MARC DENIS
(14:41, 2ND)
TOR - VESA TOSKALA</div>

 

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Tampa Bay 0 1 --1
Toronto 0 4 --4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: B Devereaux, Tor (tripping), 6:18; P
Kubina, Tor (holding), 14:38.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Jason Blake 5 (Kyle Wellwood, Andy
Wozniewski), 10:09. 2, Toronto, Mats Sundin 15 (power play) (Tomas
Kaberle, Vesa Toskala), 12:32. 3, Toronto, Nik Antropov 15 (power
play) (Kyle Wellwood, Mats Sundin), 14:07. 4, Toronto, Chad Kilger 6
(Pavel Kubina, Mark Bell), 14:41. 5, Tampa Bay, Michel Ouellet 6
(Filip Kuba, Chris Gratton), 19:00. Penalties: W Belak, Tor
(boarding), 3:42; J Ward, Tam (slashing), 11:37; F Kuba, Tam
(tripping), 13:47; S O'Brien, Tam (tripping), 19:24.

Shots on goal:
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Tampa Bay 8 6 --14
Toronto 7 16 --23
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Goalies : Tampa Bay, Johan Holmqvist (21 shots, 17 saves), Marc Denis
(14:41 of 2nd period, 2, 2). Toronto, Vesa Toskala (14 shots, 13
saves). Referees: Chris Rooney, Greg Kimmerly. Linesmen: Mark
Wheeler, Vaughan Rody.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL TAMPA BAY 1
TORONTO 4 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL TAMPA BAY 1
TORONTO 4 17:38 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

NHL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL TAMPA BAY 1
TORONTO 5
3RD PRD: TOR - MATT STAJAN 8 (BOYD DEVEREAUX, HAL GILL) 5:15</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL TAMPA BAY 1
TORONTO 5 11:15 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL TAMPA BAY 1
TORONTO 5 9:05 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL TAMPA BAY 1
TORONTO 6
3RD PRD: TOR - CHAD KILGER 7 (NIK ANTROPOV, HAL GILL) 12:12</div>

 

NHL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL TAMPA BAY 1
TORONTO 6 2:30 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 1
TORONTO 0 4 2 6 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: TOR - JASON BLAKE 5 (KYLE WELLWOOD, ANDY WOZNIEWSKI) 10:09
TOR - (PP) MATS SUNDIN 15 (TOMAS KABERLE, VESA TOSKALA)
12:32
TOR - (PP) NIK ANTROPOV 15 (KYLE WELLWOOD, MATS SUNDIN)
14:07
TOR - CHAD KILGER 6 (PAVEL KUBINA, MARK BELL) 14:41
TAM - MICHEL OUELLET 6 (FILIP KUBA, CHRIS GRATTON) 19:00
3RD PRD: TOR - MATT STAJAN 8 (BOYD DEVEREAUX, HAL GILL) 5:15
TOR - CHAD KILGER 7 (NIK ANTROPOV, HAL GILL) 12:12

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: TAM - 0 OF 4, TOR - 2 OF 3.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
TAM 8 6 13 27
TOR 7 16 6 29

GOALIES: TAM - JOHAN HOLMQVIST, MARC DENIS
(14:41, 2ND)
TOR - VESA TOSKALA

OFFICIALS: REF - CHRIS ROONEY, GREG KIMMERLY
LIN - MARK WHEELER, VAUGHAN RODY

ATT: 19,454</div>

 

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Tampa Bay 0 1 0 --1
Toronto 0 4 2 --6
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: B Devereaux, Tor (tripping), 6:18; P
Kubina, Tor (holding), 14:38.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Jason Blake 5 (Kyle Wellwood, Andy
Wozniewski), 10:09. 2, Toronto, Mats Sundin 15 (power play) (Tomas
Kaberle, Vesa Toskala), 12:32. 3, Toronto, Nik Antropov 15 (power
play) (Kyle Wellwood, Mats Sundin), 14:07. 4, Toronto, Chad Kilger 6
(Pavel Kubina, Mark Bell), 14:41. 5, Tampa Bay, Michel Ouellet 6
(Filip Kuba, Chris Gratton), 19:00. Penalties: W Belak, Tor
(boarding), 3:42; J Ward, Tam (slashing), 11:37; F Kuba, Tam
(tripping), 13:47; S O'Brien, Tam (tripping), 19:24.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Toronto, Matt Stajan 8 (Boyd Devereaux, Hal
Gill), 5:15. 7, Toronto, Chad Kilger 7 (Nik Antropov, Hal Gill),
12:12. Penalties: C Kilger, Tor (holding), 10:06; A Wozniewski, Tor
(hooking), 15:31.

Shots on goal:
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Tampa Bay 8 6 13 --27
Toronto 7 16 6 --29
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Power-play Conversions: Tampa Bay - 0 of 4, Toronto - 2 of 3. Goalies
: Tampa Bay, Johan Holmqvist (22 shots, 18 saves; record: 13-10-3),
Marc Denis (14:41 of 2nd period, 7, 5). Toronto, Vesa Toskala (27
shots, 26 saves; record: 11-9-3). A: 19,454. Referees: Chris Rooney,
Greg Kimmerly. Linesmen: Mark Wheeler, Vaughan Rody.</div>

 

TORONTO (Ticker) -- After a major injury, the Tampa BayLightning surrendered four quick goals and their road strugglescontinued with a 6-1 loss to the surging Toronto Maple Leafs onMonday night.


Captain Mats Sundin scored a goal and set up another and VesaToskala made 26 saves for the Maple Leafs, who have won five ofsix games.


With the contest still scoreless, the Lightning suffered asetback midway through the second period when Brad Richardscrashed awkwardly into the boards after taking a hit from MapleLeafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle in front of the net. He did notreturn.


Richards, who has missed just two games in his six-year careerdue to a death in the family, was down on the ice for anextended period of time. He appeared to be favoring his leftleg while getting helped back to the locker room.


Reports from the locker room indicated that the injury might nothave been nearly as bad as it initially looked.


After Richards' injury, though, momentum shifted to Toronto,which notched four goals in just over 4 1/2 minutes. JasonBlake started the scoring onslaught when he deflected KyleWellwood's blast from the high slot past Tampa Bay netminderJohan Holmqvist with 9:51 remaining.


The Maple Leafs grabbed a 2-0 edge when Sundin took a longoutlet pass from Kaberle that sprung him on a breakaway. Hedeked and fired a backhander over Holmqvist's left pad for apower-play goal with 7:28 left in the middle session.

For Kaberle, it was his 303rd career assist, moving him past IanTurnbull to third on the all-time list for a Torontodefenseman.


Less than two minutes later, the Maple Leafs struck again on aman advantage. Nik Antropov corralled a pass from Wellwood andlaunched a quick shot to the top shelf past Holmqvist to extendthe advantage to 3-0.


Chad Kilger finished off the scoring flurry just 34 ticks laterwhen his wrister from the blue line floated over Holmqvist'sglove. That tally ended the night for Holmqvist, who was pulledfor Marc Denis after giving up the four goals on 22 shots.

For Toronto, the four goals were the most in one period thisseason.


Tampa Bay got on the scoresheet with a minute remaining in thesecond when Michel Ouellet deflected in Filip Kuba's shot to cutthe deficit to 4-1.


It did nothing to turn the momentum as the Maple Leafs added twomore goals in the third period to provide the final margin.

The Lightning have been struggling on the road all season, goingjust 2-11-1 away from St. Pete Times Forum.

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
TAMPA BAY 1
TORONTO 6</div>

 

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Tampa Bay 0 1 0 --1
Toronto 0 4 2 --6
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: B Devereaux, Tor (tripping), 6:18; P
Kubina, Tor (holding), 14:38.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Jason Blake 5 (Kyle Wellwood, Andy
Wozniewski), 10:09. 2, Toronto, Mats Sundin 15 (power play) (Tomas
Kaberle, Vesa Toskala), 12:32. 3, Toronto, Nik Antropov 15 (power
play) (Kyle Wellwood, Mats Sundin), 14:07. 4, Toronto, Chad Kilger 6
(Pavel Kubina, Mark Bell), 14:41. 5, Tampa Bay, Michel Ouellet 6
(Filip Kuba, Chris Gratton), 19:00. Penalties: W Belak, Tor
(boarding), 3:42; J Ward, Tam (slashing), 11:37; F Kuba, Tam
(tripping), 13:47; S O'Brien, Tam (tripping), 19:24.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Toronto, Matt Stajan 8 (Boyd Devereaux, Hal
Gill), 5:15. 7, Toronto, Chad Kilger 7 (Nik Antropov, Hal Gill),
12:12. Penalties: C Kilger, Tor (holding), 10:06; A Wozniewski, Tor
(hooking), 15:31.

Shots on goal:
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Tampa Bay 8 6 13 --27
Toronto 7 16 6 --29
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Power-play Conversions: Tampa Bay - 0 of 5, Toronto - 2 of 3. Goalies
: Tampa Bay, Johan Holmqvist (22 shots, 18 saves; record: 13-10-3),
Marc Denis (14:41 of 2nd period, 7, 5). Toronto, Vesa Toskala (27
shots, 26 saves; record: 11-9-3). A: 19,454. Referees: Chris Rooney,
Greg Kimmerly. Linesmen: Mark Wheeler, Vaughan Rody.</div>

 

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TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 --1
TORONTO 0 4 2 --6
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: B Devereaux, Tor (tripping), 6:18; P
Kubina, Tor (holding), 14:38.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Toronto, Jason Blake 5 (Kyle Wellwood, Andy
Wozniewski), 10:09. 2, Toronto, Mats Sundin 15 (power play) (Tomas
Kaberle, Vesa Toskala), 12:32. 3, Toronto, Nik Antropov 15 (power
play) (Kyle Wellwood, Mats Sundin), 14:07. 4, Toronto, Chad Kilger 6
(Pavel Kubina, Mark Bell), 14:41. 5, Tampa Bay, Michel Ouellet 6
(Filip Kuba, Chris Gratton), 19:00. Penalties: W Belak, Tor
(boarding), 3:42; J Ward, Tam (slashing), 11:37; F Kuba, Tam
(tripping), 13:47; S O'Brien, Tam (tripping), 19:24.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Toronto, Matt Stajan 8 (Boyd Devereaux, Hal
Gill), 5:15. 7, Toronto, Chad Kilger 7 (Nik Antropov, Hal Gill),
12:12. Penalties: C Kilger, Tor (holding), 10:06; A Wozniewski, Tor
(hooking), 15:31.

Shots on goal:
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TAMPA BAY 8 6 13 --27
TORONTO 7 16 6 --29
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Power-play Conversions: TAM - 0 of 5, TOR - 2 of 3. Goalies : Tampa
Bay, Johan Holmqvist (22 shots, 18 saves; record: 13-10-3), Marc Denis
(14:41 of 2nd period, 7, 5). Toronto, Vesa Toskala (27 shots, 26
saves; record: 11-9-3). A: 19,454. Referees: Chris Rooney, Greg
Kimmerly. Linesmen: Mark Wheeler, Vaughan Rody.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

TAMPA BAY TORONTO
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
J Ward 0 0 even 1 A Steen 0 0 +1 0
J Hlavac 0 0 -1 3 M Sundin 1 1 even 2
B Richards 0 0 even 3 M Stajan 1 0 +1 1
V Prospal 0 0 -1 3 T Kaberle 0 1 +1 2
M Darche 0 0 -2 1 D Tucker 0 0 +1 1
A Karlsson 0 0 -2 1 C Kilger 2 0 +1 2
M St. Louis 0 0 -1 2 B Devereaux 0 1 +2 3
D Janik 0 0 even 1 A Ponikarovsky 0 0 even 1
A Roy 0 0 even 0 B McCabe 0 0 even 2
B Lukowich 0 0 even 1 H Gill 0 2 +1 0
M Lundin 0 0 -4 2 W Belak 0 0 even 0
V Lecavalier 0 0 -1 2 P Kubina 0 1 +1 1
P Ranger 0 0 even 1 V Toskala 0 1 -- 0
S O'Brien 0 0 -2 0 K Wellwood 0 2 +1 1
M Ouellet 1 0 even 2 J Blake 1 0 +1 5
F Kuba 0 1 even 1 A Wozniewski 0 1 +2 2
N Tarnasky 0 0 -1 1 I White 0 0 +1 1
C Gratton 0 1 even 2 N Antropov 1 1 +1 5
C MacDonald HEALTHY M Bell 0 1 even 0
B Battaglia HEALTHY
J Pohl HEALTHY</div>

 

TORONTO (Ticker) -- After a major injury, the Tampa BayLightning surrendered four quick goals and their road strugglescontinued with a 6-1 loss to the surging Toronto Maple Leafs onMonday night.


Captain Mats Sundin scored a goal and set up another and VesaToskala made 26 saves for the Maple Leafs, who have won five ofsix games.


With the contest still scoreless, the Lightning suffered asetback midway through the second period when Brad Richardscrashed awkwardly into the boards after taking a hit from MapleLeafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle in front of the net. He did notreturn.


"He's a big part of the team, anytime you lose a key player, aleader, it's obviously tough," Vincent Lecavalier said.

Richards, who has missed just two games in his six-year careerdue to a death in the family, was down on the ice for anextended period of time. He appeared to be favoring his leftleg while getting helped back to the locker room.


Reports from the locker room indicated that the injury might nothave been nearly as bad as it initially looked. His status forthe Lightning's next game against the Montreal Canadiens onTuesday is still uncertain.


After Richards' injury, though, momentum shifted to Toronto,which notched four goals in just over 4 1/2 minutes. JasonBlake started the scoring onslaught when he deflected KyleWellwood's blast from the high slot past Tampa Bay netminderJohan Holmqvist with 9:51 remaining.


The Maple Leafs grabbed a 2-0 edge when Sundin took a longoutlet pass from Kaberle that sprung him on a breakaway. Hedeked and fired a backhander over Holmqvist's left pad for apower-play goal with 7:28 left in the middle session.

"Tomas made a good read, I was hoping he was going to see mebecause they gave me a big hole in the middle," Sundin said."Tomas looked up - I told him before to turn the puck up rightaway because there are going to be plays up ice - and he made aperfect pass."


For Kaberle, it was his 303rd career assist, moving him past IanTurnbull to third on the all-time list for a Torontodefenseman.


Less than two minutes later, the Maple Leafs struck again on aman advantage. Nik Antropov corralled a pass from Wellwood andlaunched a quick shot to the top shelf past Holmqvist to extendthe advantage to 3-0.


"We haven't had very many set plays this year, so it was nice toget that goal by Nikky," Wellwood said.


Chad Kilger finished off the scoring flurry just 34 ticks laterwhen his wrister from the blue line floated over Holmqvist'sglove. That tally ended the night for Holmqvist, who was pulledfor Marc Denis after giving up the four goals on 22 shots.

"We knew they were a real aggressive team, they skate hard andforecheck hard," Kilger said. "We needed to make plays and makethem quick and if we could do that we could expose the holesbehind them."


For Toronto, the four goals were the most in one period thisseason.


"If you look at the second period the last six or seven games,the second period has been our best," Antropov said.

Tampa Bay got on the scoresheet with a minute remaining in thesecond when Michel Ouellet deflected in Filip Kuba's shot to cutthe deficit to 4-1.


It did nothing to turn the momentum as the Maple Leafs added twomore goals in the third period to provide the final margin.

"It was a good old-fashioned (beating), let's just leave it atthat," Tampa Bay coach John Tortorella said.


The Lightning have been struggling on the road all season, goingjust 2-11-1 away from St. Pete Times Forum.


"We've had a very tough time on the road this year," Lecavaliersaid. "We've got to get a win to get that confidence up forroad games."