Sabres at Lightning

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 15 8 12 0 35
Lightning 8 8 12 2 30
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 3 1 1 0 5
Lightning 1 1 3 0 5


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, BACKSTROM 6 (KANE, SEIDENBERG), 00:34
2. SABRES, WIEMER 8 (SEIDENBERG, BYFUGLIEN), 03:26
3. LIGHTNING, HALPERN 5 (KOIVU, JACKMAN), 12:20
4. SABRES, DINGMAN 2 (BYFUGLIEN, PARROS), 16:16

PENALTIES: P. SYKORA TB (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 00:51, G. PARROS BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 18:50, J. KARALAHTI TB (ELBOWING, Minor) 18:50

Period 2
5. SABRES, BYFUGLIEN 6 (YANDLE, WIEMER) (PP), 04:56
6. LIGHTNING, MURLEY 1 (GONCHAR, THORNTON) (SH), 19:40

PENALTIES: T. KABERLE TB (HEAD-BUTTING, Major) 03:57, A. LADD BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 08:36, J. THORNTON TB (BOARDING, Minor) 15:51, J. KARALAHTI TB (CHARGING, Minor) 18:42

Period 3
7. LIGHTNING, GONCHAR 2 (THORNTON, MURLEY), 01:08
8. SABRES, DOUGHTY 2 (BACKSTROM, NEAL), 06:26
9. LIGHTNING, YASHIN 12 (IGINLA, TIMONEN) (PP), 11:06
10. LIGHTNING, KARALAHTI 2 (MUCKALT, DVORAK), 18:13

PENALTIES: D. SEIDENBERG BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 01:14, M. MURLEY TB (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 01:57, D. LING BUF (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 08:00, J. RUUTU BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 09:53

Overtime
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: J. RUUTU BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 03:24, D. PURINTON BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 03:44, A. YASHIN TB (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 03:44

Goalie Statistics

Sebastien Charpentier (BUF), 2 saves out of 2 shots
Marc Lamothe (BUF), 23 saves out of 28 shots, T, 4-7-3
Jonas Hiller (TB ), 8 saves out of 8 shots, T, 1-1-1
Ryan Miller (TB ), 22 saves out of 27 shots

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 1 for 5
Lightning 1 for 5

Game Stars

1 - Dustin Byfuglien (BUF)
2 - Nicklas Backstrom (BUF)
3 - Dennis Seidenberg (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     1  1  2    +1   0  5   0 21
Peter Worrell         0  0  0    -1   0  1   4  8
Dennis Seidenberg     0  2  2    +2   2  5   2 24
David Backes          0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 10
Andrew Ladd           0  0  0    -1   2  2   1 13
James Neal            0  1  1  Even   0  0   1 17
Keith Yandle          0  1  1    -1   0  2   1 24
Jack Johnson          0  0  0    -1   0  2   2 20
Alexander Edler       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  2
Dustin Byfuglien      1  2  3    +1   0  4   2 24
Dale Purinton         0  0  0  Even   2  0   4 17
Jarko Ruutu           0  0  0  Even   4  0   4 22
Chris Dingman         1  0  1    +1   0  3   2 19
Jason Wiemer          1  1  2    +2   0  4   3 22
Matt Johnson          0  0  0    +2   0  2   8 19
Patrick Kane          0  1  1    +1   0  1   0  1
Georges Parros        0  1  1  Even   2  2   5 18
Drew Doughty          1  0  1    +1   0  2   1 19
Ryan Kesler           0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 11
David Ling            0  0  0  Even   4  0   0  4
   
Lightning

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Joe Thornton          0  2  2  Even   2  1   6 28
Bill Muckalt          0  1  1    +1   0  4   6 27
Ric Jackman           0  1  1    +1   0  3   0 13
Michael Peca          0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 12
Jarome Iginla         0  1  1  Even   0  0   1 21
Alexei Yashin         1  0  1    -2   2  3   1 21
Sergei Gonchar        1  1  2  Even   0  2   0 19
Kimmo Timonen         0  1  1  Even   0  4   2 25
Thomas Kaberle        0  0  0    -1   5  1   3 16
Kim Johnsson          0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 22
Michal Grosek         0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 12
Radek Dvorak          0  1  1  Even   0  1   2 10
Matt Murley           1  1  2    -1   2  2   1 26
Jere Karalahti        1  0  1  Even   4  3   1 17
Jeff Halpern          1  0  1    +1   0  1   0  5
Petr Sykora           0  0  0    -2   2  2   0 17
Saku Koivu            0  1  1    +1   0  0   0  5
Jay McKee             0  0  0    -2   0  2   1 19
   

Financial

Attendance: 14578
Net Profit: $1 102 097,00

Game Notes

Patrick Kane injured at 02:33 of the 1st Period
Michal Grosek injured at 09:10 of the 2nd Period
Jonas Hiller enters game at 06:26 of 3rd period
Sebastien Charpentier enters game at 18:13 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Portland       1
Norfolk        3
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Patrick Fischer 4 (Luke Schenn, Tony Salmelainen)

Konstantin Koltsov 3 (Dave Morissette, Josh Holden)
T.J. Hensick 2 (Joe DiPenta, Aaron Gavey)
Brian Lee 2 (Martin Cibak, Jeff Lank)

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Goalies
Portland: Stefan Liv
Norfolk: Stephane Fiset
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