clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

Bruins in Tampa to take on Lightning

Skyline-with-lightning-st-petersburg-florida-large_medium

The Bruins will finish up their 5 game road trip with a late afternoon (5:00) matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Bruins will took to end their road trip on a high note, while the Lightning will try to snap a 4 game losing streak (0-3-1).

Just who are these (is that?) Lightning you speak of?
Tampa Bay Lightning 19-28-12; 50 pts (4th in Southeast, 13th in East)

Leading Scorers


G A P +/- PIM
2008 - Vincent Lecavalier 25 29 54 0 46


G A P +/- PIM
2008 - Ryan Malone 21 12 33 3 75



G A P +/- PIM
2008 - Martin St. Louis 20 35 55 6 10



Goaltending


GP MIN W L T EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2008 - Mike McKenna 7 352 2 3 1 1 17 2.90 175 158 .903 1


GP MIN W L T EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2008 - Karri Ramo 7 341 1 3 1 0 24 4.22 216 192 .889 0

Guys That Like to Drop the Gloves
Ryan Malone: 5 Fighting Majors
Ryan Craig: 4 Fighting Majors

'08-'09 Season Series
Bruins Record vs. Tampa Bay: 2-0-0
12/4 @ TB 3-1 W
12/8 vs. TB 5-3 W

Injury Report

Boston
LW Marco Sturm: IR (Knee)
RW Michael Ryder: IR (Face)
F Petteri Nokelainen: Doubtful (Eye)

Tampa Bay Lightning


Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

Questionable

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Marek Malik other-excused 02/21/2009

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Mike Smith concussion 01/30/2009
Olaf Kolzig biceps 01/27/2009
Andrej Meszaros shoulder 02/05/2009
Jamie Heward concussion 01/02/2009
Paul Ranger shoulder 02/08/2009


Notes:

- I wrote this yesterday afternoon, so I don't know who will get the start in goal for the Bruins. I would expect to see Manny Fernandez get the start since Tim Thomas got the start last night.

- The Lightning's #1 and #2 goaltenders are both hurt.

- Jeremy Jacobs can't like this: You can get 2 tickets, 2 beers, 2 hot dogs, and a parking pass to a Tampa Bay Lightning game for $39.

- The Lightning are 14-21-8 under Rick Tocchet who took over for the fired Barry Melrose (5-7-4).

- Game starts at 5:00, open thread starts at 4:00