Tampa Bay Lightning @ Minnesota Wild GameThread, Nov 28, 2008 1:00 PM CST

Minnesota Wild vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game 21

by nathaneide on Nov 28, 2008 11:15 AM CST in Events Comment 53 comments

Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild, Nov 28, 2008 1:00 PM CST

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Tamp Bay Lightning (6-8-7) @ Minnesota Wild (12-7-1)

Xcel Energy Center @ 1:00 CST

Television: FSN (HD)
Listen live on WCCO.com, or locally at 830 AM

For the Lightning perspective, check out Bolts Blog or Boltsmag.

Tonight's lines:

Minnesota Wild

Tampa Bay Lightning

Veilleux - Koivu - Mittens
Brunette - Belanger - Nolan
Burns - Sheppard - Bouchard
Boogaard - Pouliot - Clutterbuck

Johnsson - Schultz
Zidlicky - Skoula
Reitz - Bergeron

Backstrom
Harding

Stamkos - Lecavalier - St. Louis
Malone - Prospal - Vrbata
Artyukhin - Jokinen - Recchi
Downie - Craig - Hall

Meszaros - Lundin
Eminger - Ranger
Heward - Smaby

Smith
Kolzig

Injuries: Minnesota Wild

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Marian Gaborik	lower body	10.15.2008
Kurtis Foster	left leg surgery	9.20.2008

Injuries: Tampa Bay Lightning

Questionable

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Marek Malik	lower body	11.28.2008
Matt Pettinger	right knee	11.28.2008

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Chris Gratton	lower body	11.19.2008
Gary Roberts	upper body	11.19.2008
Jeff Halpern	right knee surgery	9.18.2008

Notes

Welcome to Wes Walz Day!
The Wild lead the all-time series 6-2-0 with a tie.
Despite its recent struggles, Minnesota has still allowed a Western Conference-low 43 goals.

Questions to Answer

Can the Wild bounce back from a weak finish against Dallas?
Any chance they can actually keep a lead and play out the entire 60 minutes?
How long will Gillies stay in the dog house?
Burns return to the blue line? Please?
Does the crowd have a turkey hangover? I know I do!

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Gotta Love the Day Games..

Especially in HD!

by Tony_O on Nov 28, 2008 12:31 PM CST reply actions

Lemme take just a second....

To say thank you to Wes Walz for the years of blood, sweat, and tears. Consumate professional.

Thanks Wes. Sorry your new team has to gets their butts kicked today.

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Nov 28, 2008 12:51 PM CST reply actions

Agreed.

by Tony_O on Nov 28, 2008 12:56 PM CST up reply actions

Wes Walz was one of the best players this franchise has had.

by Tony_O on Nov 28, 2008 1:10 PM CST reply actions

Hey Lemaire?

Are you ever going to start Colton Gillies?….Your Ruining This Kids Confidence by continuing to bench him!

by Tony_O on Nov 28, 2008 1:25 PM CST reply actions

Said he didn’t have much to learn in juniors… not much to learn in the NHL if you don;t get to play though either…

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Nov 28, 2008 1:27 PM CST reply actions

Gotta Keep Clutterbuck in the Lineup

But i dont see the point in Playing Boogard day after day.

by Tony_O on Nov 28, 2008 1:29 PM CST reply actions

Oh… absolutely. Gotta keep C-Buck in there.

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Nov 28, 2008 1:31 PM CST up reply actions

Gotta think he should have had a chance against Tampa, no? Boogey not really the type of player we need in this match up.

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Nov 28, 2008 1:41 PM CST up reply actions

I Think its Nice to have the Power out there

But we need goal production….Not Power

by Tony_O on Nov 28, 2008 1:44 PM CST up reply actions

WILD GOAL!!!!!!!

OWEN NOLAN!!!!!!!!!!

by Tony_O on Nov 28, 2008 1:29 PM CST reply actions

Nice.

Good to see him scoring.

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Nov 28, 2008 1:30 PM CST reply actions

1-0 Wild

Owen Nolan from Antti Miettinen and James Shepard…Time of the goal 12:07 of the first period.

by Tony_O on Nov 28, 2008 1:31 PM CST reply actions

Ugh.

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Nov 28, 2008 1:43 PM CST reply actions

Tampa Ties it up.

by Tony_O on Nov 28, 2008 1:44 PM CST reply actions

Boogey should have broke his jaw earlier.

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Nov 28, 2008 1:44 PM CST reply actions

Steven Stamkos on the Goal.

by Tony_O on Nov 28, 2008 1:44 PM CST reply actions

Agreed.

by Tony_O on Nov 28, 2008 1:44 PM CST reply actions

Goal taken from Stamkos

Awarded to Vrbata from Stamkos and Ranger.

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Nov 28, 2008 2:12 PM CST reply actions

Bad play. Bad Call.

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Nov 28, 2008 2:18 PM CST reply actions

Blech

Not the way I was expecting this game to go.

by nathaneide on Nov 28, 2008 2:46 PM CST reply actions

I know what you mean. This is painful.

The only way to avoid failure, is to learn from it.

by BReynolds on Nov 28, 2008 2:50 PM CST up reply actions

Scoring Summary
1st Period
Minnesota 12:07, Owen Nolan 3 (Antti Miettinen, James Sheppard)
Tampa Bay 19:20, Radim Vrbata 3 (power play) (Steven Stamkos, Paul Ranger)
2nd Period
Tampa Bay 9:51, Ryan Malone 6 (Vincent Lecavalier)

Penalty Summary
1st Period
Tampa Bay boarding – 2 min 2:27, S. Stamkos
Tampa Bay abuse of officials – 2 min 2:27, Bench served by R. Vrbata
Minnesota tripping – 2 min 4:12, A. Miettinen
Minnesota hooking – 2 min 17:26, A. Miettinen
2nd Period
Tampa Bay interference – 2 min 10:40, L. Krajicek
Minnesota interference – 2 min 18:33, K. Johnsson

Shots on Goal
Tampa Bay – 8-10
Minnesota – 11-8

Faceoffs Won
Tampa Bay – 17
Minnesota – 13

Power Play Conversions
Tampa Bay – 1/3
Minnesota – 0/3

by nathaneide on Nov 28, 2008 2:52 PM CST reply actions

And here we go

3rd period underway

by nathaneide on Nov 28, 2008 2:53 PM CST reply actions

Harding

Has anyone heard if he’s hurt or something? I thought today would have been a good chance to give Backstrom a day off. He’s been mediocre for a week, and I can’t imagine it would be much worse to have Harding in there.

by nathaneide on Nov 28, 2008 2:55 PM CST reply actions