NHL: Devils fall to Lightning, series tied at 1-1
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Series even at 1-1. (Best of Seven) The Tampa Bay Lightning got back into the best-of-seven series, tonight, drawing even with the Devils at one game apiece. Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis, and Filip Kuba all scored for the Lightning. Offense plus sturdy goaltending by Johan Holmqvist equaled a win for the Lightning, which will return home to the St. Pete Times Forum for the next two games of the series. Both Lecavalier and Devils center Zach Parise have three goals in the past two games. Tampa and Jersey will face each other at least
Series even at 1-1. (Best of Seven)
The Tampa Bay Lightning got back into the best-of-seven series, tonight, drawing even with the Devils at one game apiece. Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis, and Filip Kuba all scored for the Lightning. Offense plus sturdy goaltending by Johan Holmqvist equaled a win for the Lightning, which will return home to the St. Pete Times Forum for the next two games of the series.
Both Lecavalier and Devils center Zach Parise have three goals in the past two games.
Tampa and Jersey will face each other at least three more times in the opening round of the NHL Playoffs. The next meeting between the two clubs will be Monday, April 16, at 7:00 pm EDT, when the teams will meet again at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida.
Scoring Summary
Scoring Summary No. Period Time Team Scorer (No.) Assists Score1 1st 9:02 TB Filip Kuba (1) SH Eric Perrin, Brad Richards 1-02 1st 18:11 NJ Zach Parise (3) PP Brian Rafalski, Jamie Langenbrunner 1-13 2nd 16:19 TB Jamie Langenbrunner (1) PP Brian Gionta, Patrik Elias 1-24 2nd 19:11 TB Martin St. Louis (2) Brad Richards, Jason Ward 2-25 3rd 1:42 TB Vincent Lecavalier (3) Paul Ranger, Vaclav Prospal 3-2
Goaltending
Goaltending Team Player Shots Saves Save Pct. NJ Martin Brodeur 20 17 .850TB Johan Holmqvist 36 34 .944
Three Stars of the Game
#1 = Vincent Lecavalier, C, Tampa Bay Lightnung - 1 Goal
#2 = Johan Holmqvist, G, Tampa Bay Lightning - 34 saves, .944 SV%
#3 = Zach Parise, C, New Jersey Deivls - 1 Goal
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