It's about time.
ATL-2
TB-3 (OT)
Mike Smith [6] stopped 31 of 33 shots for his first win of the season.
First Period
07:18 TB Mark Recchi [7], (Radim Vrbata [8], Janne Niskala [9])
Second Period
13:10 TB Vaclav Prospal [10], (Mike Lundin [11], Martin St. Louis [12])
Third Period
06:37 ATL Colby Armstrong, (Todd White)
19:24 ATL Todd White, (Mathieu Schneider, Ron Hainsey)
Overtime
01:41 TB Vincent Lecavalier [13], (Martin St. Louis, Paul Ranger [14])(PP)
Congratulations to Barry Melrose on his first win in the NHL in 13 years, and Oren Koules and Len Barrie on their first win as NHL owners.
Janne Niskala [9] had 1 assist, 2 shots, and was +1 in 11:52.
Steven Stamkos [15] had 4 shots, 2 hits, and was 46% on draws in 11:30.
Box score [16] and extended statistics [17] from NHL.com.
