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New Jersey 3, Tampa Bay 2

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play Conversation

	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	2	0	3
TAM	0	2	0	2

Final

1:00 PM ET, April 22, 2007

St. Pete Times Forum

Tampa, Florida

THREE STARS

B. Gionta
Devils (RW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

B. Richards
Lightning (C )

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

P. Elias
Devils (LW)

Goals: 0
Assists: 3

Game Information
Arena: St. Pete Times Forum Location: Tampa, Florida	Referees: Eric Furlatt, Bill McCreary Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Scott Driscoll
Attendance: 20,019 (101.3% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

New Jersey

Tampa Bay

Total Shots
	26
	34

PIM
	18
	16

Hits
	10
	19

Giveaways
	5
	9

Takeaways
	5
	8

Faceoffs Won
	27
	22

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
14:29		Brian Gionta (4) (Power Play) Assists: Patrik Elias, Brian Rafalski	New Jersey 1-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:38		Sergei Brylin: 2 Minutes for Hooking
13:36		Shane O'Brien: 2 Minutes for Roughing
13:36		Shane O'Brien: 2 Minutes for Roughing
13:36		Scott Gomez: 2 Minutes for Roughing
18:28		Brian Rafalski: 2 Minutes for Hooking
18:28		Paul Ranger: 2 Minutes for Roughing
18:28		Patrik Elias: 2 Minutes for Roughing
19:27		Vincent Lecavalier: 2 Minutes for Cross checking
19:27		Martin St. Louis: 2 Minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct
19:27		John Madden: 2 Minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
1:21		Brian Rafalski (2) (Power Play) Assists: Patrik Elias, Scott Gomez	New Jersey 2-0
5:10		Brad Richards (2) (Power Play) Assists: Filip Kuba, Vaclav Prospal	New Jersey 2-1
5:49		Brian Gionta (5) Assists: Patrik Elias, Scott Gomez	New Jersey 3-1
10:46		Brad Richards (3) (Power Play) Assists: Filip Kuba, Vincent Lecavalier	New Jersey 3-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:08		Jason Ward: 2 Minutes for Hooking
2:28		Brian Rafalski: 2 Minutes for Hooking
4:47		2 Minute Bench Penalty for Too Many Men on the Ice (Served by Scott Gomez)
10:38		Zach Parise: 2 Minutes for Tripping
16:30		Shane O'Brien: 2 Minutes for Tripping
16:30		Travis Zajac: 2 Minutes for Unsportsmanlike - Diving

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:09		Jay Pandolfo: 2 Minutes for High-sticking
6:17		Shane O'Brien: 2 Minutes for Cross checking

Player Summary

New Jersey Devils												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
S. Brylin LW	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	2	0	30	20:29	2:00	1:30	16:59	1	0	100.0
J. Dowd C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4:02	0:00	2:21	1:41	2	0	100.0
P. Elias LW	0	3	1	5	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	27	16:44	1:36	1:43	13:25	1	0	100.0
B. Gionta RW	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	16:29	1:41	0:00	14:48	0	0	00.0
S. Gomez C	0	2	1	5	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	23	16:56	1:47	0:00	15:09	7	5	58.3
A. Greene D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	14:09	2:06	0:00	12:03	0	0	00.0
J. Langenbrunner RW	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	16:53	3:19	0:14	13:20	0	0	00.0
B. Lukowich D	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	28	17:41	0:34	2:23	14:44	0	0	00.0
J. Madden C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	33	22:21	0:00	4:29	17:52	11	12	47.8
P. Martin D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	36	30:03	1:46	5:13	23:04	0	0	00.0
R. Matvichuk D	0	0	1	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	29	22:34	0:00	4:57	17:37	0	0	00.0
J. Oduya D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	12:25	0:00	0:00	0:00	0	0	00.0
J. Pandolfo LW	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	32	21:43	0:00	3:10	18:33	0	0	00.0
Z. Parise LW	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	24	15:54	3:03	0:00	12:51	1	1	50.0
B. Rafalski D	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	25	20:16	3:07	0:00	17:09	0	0	00.0
E. Rasmussen C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1:37	0:00	0:00	1:37	0	0	00.0
M. Rupp C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	1:10	0:00	0:00	1:10	0	0	00.0
T. Zajac C	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	22	14:28	2:59	0:13	11:16	4	4	50.0

Tampa Bay Lightning												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
D. Boyle D	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	2	1	2	24	31:49	5:08	1:04	25:37	0	0	00.0
R. Craig C	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	4:41	1:37	1:04	2:00	0	0	00.0
D. Janik D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	3:42	0:00	0:00	3:42	0	0	00.0
A. Karlsson C	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	22	17:01	1:52	0:00	15:09	0	0	00.0
F. Kuba D	0	2	-1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	24	24:06	1:40	2:35	19:51	0	0	00.0
V. Lecavalier C	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	26	26:44	4:58	1:13	20:33	12	13	48.0
S. O'Brien D	0	0	-1	1	0	0	4	8	2	0	0	17	13:20	0:02	0:49	12:29	0	0	00.0
E. Perrin C	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	18	12:33	1:01	0:42	10:50	1	3	25.0
N. Pratt D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8:21	0:00	1:28	6:53	0	0	00.0
V. Prospal C	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	24	25:00	5:15	0:00	19:45	0	0	00.0
P. Ranger D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	24	18:14	0:00	1:20	16:54	0	0	00.0
B. Richards C	2	0	0	7	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	30	29:02	6:50	2:05	20:07	8	9	47.1
A. Roy LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0:36	0:00	0:00	0:36	0	0	00.0
C. Sarich D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	12:47	0:00	1:54	10:53	0	0	00.0
M. St. Louis RW	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	26	31:35	5:39	0:40	25:16	0	0	00.0
N. Tarnasky C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	10	7:24	0:00	0:00	7:24	0	0	00.0
T. Taylor C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	10:26	0:00	2:05	8:21	1	2	33.3
J. Ward RW	0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	20	12:15	0:06	1:17	10:52	0	0	00.0

Goaltending Summary

New Jersey Devils Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Brodeur	34	2	32	.941	60:00	0

Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
J. Holmqvist	26	3	23	.885	58:56	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
New Jersey	9	10	7	26
Tampa Bay	11	13	10	34

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
New Jersey	2 of 0
Tampa Bay	2 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

Playoff Series

New Jersey won 4-2

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NHL Scores

Sunday, April 22nd

New Jersey	3	Final
Tampa Bay	2

Detroit	2	Final
Calgary	1	2OT

ESPN NHL

New Jersey 3, Tampa Bay 2

Final

Playoff Series

NHL Scores

Sunday, April 22nd