Lightning at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Lightning 5 6 6 0 17
Sabres 13 7 9 0 29
Goals
123OTT
Lightning 0 1 1 0 2
Sabres 3 1 1 0 5


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, JANNEY 16 (SHEPPARD, TKACHUK), 06:09
2. SABRES, SHEPPARD 25 (CÔTÉ) (PP), 14:28
3. SABRES, BRUNETTE 11 (LARIONOV, DAIGNEAULT), 17:58

PENALTIES: S. GRIMSON TB (, ) 02:08, D. CHYNOWETH BUF (, ) 02:08, S. MCCARTHY TB (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 03:46, K. OLIWA TB (ELBOWING, Minor) 09:44, S. CLOUTIER TB (HOOKING, Minor) 13:39

Period 2
4. SABRES, JANNEY 17 (TKACHUK, CÔTÉ) (PP), 02:06
5. LIGHTNING, DRIVER 2 (GAGNE, SVEJKOVSKY) (PP), 17:18

PENALTIES: J. RICHARD TB (ELBOWING, Major) 00:27, S. KLIMOVICH TB (BOARDING, Minor) 03:26, S. WALKER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 05:16, D. SHANK TB (BOARDING, Minor) 08:10, E. BELFOUR BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 16:52 (Served by Keith Tkachuk), G. HAWGOOD BUF (SPEARING, Major) 17:42, S. CLOUTIER TB (HOOKING, Minor) 19:54

Period 3
6. LIGHTNING, SHANK 7 (UNASSISTED), 03:54
7. SABRES, HAWGOOD 8 (JANNEY, MURPHY), 11:17

PENALTIES: A. PEDERSEN TB (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 04:56, S. MOGER BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 04:56, J. BEUKEBOOM TB (FIGHTING) 13:49, K. TKACHUK BUF (FIGHTING) 13:49, A. BRUNETTE BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 14:24

Goalie Statistics

Jean-Claude Bergeron (TB ), 20 saves out of 25 shots, L, 5-32-4
Bruce Racine (TB ), 4 saves out of 4 shots
Ed Belfour (BUF), 15 saves out of 17 shots, W, 27-6-0

Power Play Conversions

Lightning 1 for 4
Sabres 2 for 7

Game Stars

1 - Craig Janney (BUF)
2 - Ray Sheppard (BUF)
3 - Keith Tkachuk (BUF)

Player Statistics

Lightning

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Simon Gagne           0  1  1    +1   0  0   2 18
Jaroslav Svejkovsky   0  1  1    +1   0  2   1 21
Allen Pedersen        0  0  0    -1   2  0   0 17
Ken Daneyko           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 19
Steve Webb            0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  4
Jean-Marc Richard     0  0  0    -2   5  1   0 21
Sergei Klimovich      0  0  0    -2   2  2   2 18
Brad Berry            0  0  0    -1   0  1   2 15
Daniel Shank          1  0  1    +1   2  1   0 15
Krzysztof Oliwa       0  0  0    -2   2  2   4 22
Jeff Beukeboom        0  0  0    -1   5  1   2 19
Sylvain Cloutier      0  0  0    -1   4  3   0 21
Mark Vermette         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  1
Robin Bawa            0  0  0    -2   0  0   0 18
Stu Grimson           0  0  0    -1   5  1   2 11
Sandy McCarthy        0  0  0    -1   2  0   0  9
Bruce Driver          1  0  1    +1   0  3   1 25
Jason McBain          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 11
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Keith Tkachuk         0  2  2    +2   5  4   3 19
Scott Walker          0  0  0  Even   2  0   2 19
Craig Janney          2  1  3    +2   0  4   0 20
Tony Amonte           0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 21
Bill Houlder          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 18
Jyrki Lumme           0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 22
Andrew Brunette       1  0  1  Even   2  3   2  9
Igor Larionov         0  1  1  Even   0  2   0 18
Larry Murphy          0  1  1    +1   0  1   1 22
John Cullen           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  5
Ray Sheppard          1  1  2    +2   0  5   5 21
Sylvain Côté          0  2  2  Even   0  1   1 17
Rod Brind'Amour       0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 21
J.J. Daigneault       0  1  1    +1   0  0   0 15
Dean Chynoweth        0  0  0  Even   5  0   0  7
Sandy Moger           0  0  0  Even   2  2   2  5
Jere Lehtinen         0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 14
Greg Hawgood          1  0  1    +2   5  2   2 19
   

Financial

Attendance: 13390
Net Profit: $702 975,00

Game Notes

Stu Grimson and Dean Chynoweth fight to a draw
Bruce Racine enters game at 11:17 of 3rd period
Jeff Beukeboom and Keith Tkachuk fight to a draw

Minor League Box Score

Atlanta        1
Rochester      3
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Ivan Ciernik 11 (Jeff Lank, Mario Doyon)

Scott Thomas 15 (Rudy Poeschek, Alain Côté)
Alain Côté 7 (Todd Ewen, Peter Schaefer)
Rudy Poeschek 6 (Jean-François Quintin, Terry Yake)

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Goalies
Atlanta: Pauli Jaks
Rochester: Steve Guenette
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