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Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres

HSBC Arena, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 8–5 on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at home.

Team Goals 2005-2006 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 43-33-6
at Buffalo Sabres 8 52-24-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 2 1 5
Buffalo Sabres 2 3 3 8

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 17 10 13 40
Buffalo Sabres 9 7 7 23

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:27 Buffalo Sabres J-P Dumont (12) Daniel Brière (15), Henrik Tallinder (9) Even strength TBL 0, BUF 1
1st 12:56 Tampa Bay Lightning Brad Richards (19) Pavel Kubina (27), Martin St. Louis (27) Power play TBL 1, BUF 1
1st 15:11 Tampa Bay Lightning Ruslan Fedotenko (19) Freddy Modin (15), Brad Richards (46) Power play TBL 2, BUF 1
1st 18:04 Buffalo Sabres J-P Dumont (13) Daniel Brière (16), Brian Campbell (26) Power play TBL 2, BUF 2
2nd 08:04 Buffalo Sabres Paul Gaustad (8) Chris Drury (27), Mike Grier (9) Even strength TBL 2, BUF 3
2nd 09:15 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (27) Pavel Kubina (28), Vinny Prospal (41) Even strength TBL 3, BUF 3
2nd 15:45 Buffalo Sabres Ales Kotalik (22) Jason Pominville (11), Tim Connolly (30) Even strength TBL 3, BUF 4
2nd 17:35 Tampa Bay Lightning Vinny Prospal (22) Pavel Kubina (29), Brad Richards (47) Power play TBL 4, BUF 4
2nd 19:19 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy (11) Jochen Hecht (19), Henrik Tallinder (10) Shorthanded TBL 4, BUF 5
3rd 08:43 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis (19) Brad Richards (48), Paul Ranger (14) Even strength TBL 5, BUF 5
3rd 10:38 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek (21) Derek Roy (23), Teppo Numminen (32) Even strength TBL 5, BUF 6
3rd 17:12 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy (12) Mike Grier (10) Even strength TBL 5, BUF 7
3rd 19:16 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy (13) Mike Grier (11), Henrik Tallinder (11) Even strength, Empty net TBL 5, BUF 8

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 40 23
Power play 3 of 7 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 14
Hits 8 15
Blocked shots 10 17
Giveaways 9 17
Takeaways 5 4
Faceoffs won 25/53 (47.2%) 28/53 (52.8%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
4 V. Lecavalier C 1 0 1 -1 0 8 0 0 0 47.1% 22:31
8 M. Cibak C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 07:20
17 R. Fedotenko L 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 18:50
19 B. Richards C 1 3 4 -2 2 7 0 1 1 27.3% 21:53
20 V. Prospal L 1 1 2 -2 0 6 0 1 1 100% 21:58
26 M. St. Louis R 1 1 2 -3 2 3 1 2 0 21:45
27 T. Taylor C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 1 0 52.9% 15:48
29 D. Afanasenkov L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 11:54
33 F. Modin L 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 0 0 75% 19:08
34 R. Craig C 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 0 0 50% 18:26
46 D. Reid R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 02:44
74 N. Tarnasky L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:46
5 D. Sydor D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 0 0 17:19
13 P. Kubina D 0 3 3 -1 0 1 2 1 0 16:56
21 C. Sarich D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 1 0 17:22
22 D. Boyle D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 26:59
44 N. Pratt D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15:26
54 P. Ranger D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 18:43
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
1 S. Burke 6 4 2 .667 19:12 Loss
47 J. Grahame 16 11 5 .688 40:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 D. Roy C 3 1 4 +5 2 6 0 0 0 40% 15:20
12 A. Kotalik R 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 14:55
17 J. Dumont R 2 0 2 +1 0 5 1 0 1 15:28
19 T. Connolly C 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 41.7% 14:13
23 C. Drury C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 46.2% 14:52
25 M. Grier R 0 3 3 +3 0 1 2 2 0 16:23
26 T. Vanek L 1 0 1 +1 2 1 0 0 0 12:23
28 P. Gaustad C 1 0 1 +3 0 2 2 0 0 100% 14:21
29 J. Pominville R 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 13:13
48 D. Brière C 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 66.7% 15:04
55 J. Hecht C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 16:50
61 M. Afinogenov R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:57
5 T. Lydman D 0 0 0 +3 0 1 2 3 0 21:36
10 H. Tallinder D 0 3 3 +3 0 0 1 1 0 20:15
27 T. Numminen D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 2 0 21:42
45 D. Kalinin D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 4 0 17:16
51 B. Campbell D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 1 0 16:55
74 J. McKee D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 4 0 18:25
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30 R. Miller 40 35 5 .875 59:58 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 09:19 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek Interference 2
1st 12:43 Buffalo Sabres Daniel Brière Tripping 2
1st 14:58 Buffalo Sabres Tim Connolly Hooking 2
1st 17:47 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis Holding the stick 2
2nd 01:28 Buffalo Sabres Jason Pominville Interference 2
2nd 02:49 Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Craig Cross checking 2
2nd 11:24 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy Tripping 2
2nd 17:07 Buffalo Sabres Dmitri Kalinin Hooking 2
2nd 17:27 Buffalo Sabres Tim Connolly Hooking 2
3rd 01:02 Tampa Bay Lightning Darryl Sydor Tripping 2
3rd 19:16 Tampa Bay Lightning Brad Richards Unsportsmanlike conduct 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
John Tortorella
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Kevin Pollock, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen
Greg Devorski, Scott Driscoll
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Dave Andreychuk, Rob DiMaio, Jim Campbell, Chris Dingman, Norman Milley, Timo Helbling, Brian Eklund, Evgeny Artyukhin, Doug O'Brien, Gerald Coleman
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Rory Fitzpatrick, Mika Noronen, Adam Mair, Andrew Peters, Taylor Pyatt, Jeff Jillson, Michael Leighton, Jiri Novotny, Chris Thorburn, Nathan Paetsch, Daniel Paille

2005-2006 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final/SO Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Buffalo Sabres 8 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 9

Matchup Status Details
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Boston Bruins 0 Final Game page
Phoenix Coyotes 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 5 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Detroit Red Wings 7 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 1 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 0 at Calgary Flames 1 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 3 at Vancouver Canucks 2 Final/OT Game page
Edmonton Oilers 2 at San Jose Sharks 5 Final Game page

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