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Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning

St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–1 on Friday, December 23, 2005 on the road.

Team Goals 2005-2006 record
Buffalo Sabres 4 52-24-6
at Tampa Bay Lightning 1 43-33-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 2 1 4
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 0 0 1

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 10 13 8 31
Tampa Bay Lightning 10 13 8 31

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:17 Tampa Bay Lightning Vinny Prospal (16) Ruslan Fedotenko (7), Nolan Pratt (5) Even strength BUF 0, TBL 1
1st 06:15 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek (9) Derek Roy (10), Henrik Tallinder (5) Power play BUF 1, TBL 1
2nd 06:41 Buffalo Sabres Chris Drury (12) Jochen Hecht (10), Teppo Numminen (21) Even strength BUF 2, TBL 1
2nd 10:04 Buffalo Sabres Henrik Tallinder (2) Paul Gaustad (7), Daniel Paille (1) Even strength BUF 3, TBL 1
3rd 17:30 Buffalo Sabres Ales Kotalik (16) Paul Gaustad (8), Tim Connolly (19) Even strength, Empty net BUF 4, TBL 1

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 31 31
Power play 1 of 5 0 of 7
Penalty minutes 14 10
Hits 11 12
Blocked shots 14 3
Giveaways 4 16
Takeaways 7 5
Faceoffs won 30/57 (52.6%) 27/57 (47.4%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 D. Roy C 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 0 0 53.8% 18:48
12 A. Kotalik R 1 0 1 +1 0 6 0 0 0 12:18
19 T. Connolly C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 1 0 42.9% 18:30
20 D. Paille L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 0 0 10:27
22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 0 0 07:31
23 C. Drury C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 52.9% 16:36
25 M. Grier R 0 0 0 +2 2 1 2 1 0 14:30
26 T. Vanek L 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 13:05
28 P. Gaustad C 0 2 2 +2 0 1 0 0 0 61.5% 11:12
29 J. Pominville R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 12:23
55 J. Hecht C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 0 17:26
61 M. Afinogenov R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 1 0 15:18
5 T. Lydman D 0 0 0 +2 2 2 0 3 0 19:00
8 R. Fitzpatrick D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 0 21:51
10 H. Tallinder D 1 1 2 +2 2 4 0 2 0 19:21
27 T. Numminen D 0 1 1 +1 4 1 0 0 0 17:33
51 B. Campbell D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 0 16:43
74 J. McKee D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 1 0 21:14
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30 R. Miller 31 30 1 .968 60:00 Win

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
8 M. Cibak C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 06:44
11 C. Dingman L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:20
17 R. Fedotenko L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 0 0 13:22
18 R. DiMaio R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 19:13
19 B. Richards C 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 0 0 50% 27:34
20 V. Prospal L 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 0 0 46.7% 22:35
25 D. Andreychuk L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 53.3% 11:46
26 M. St. Louis R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 20:44
27 T. Taylor C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 50% 08:41
33 F. Modin L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 0 0 50% 25:48
34 R. Craig C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10:08
46 D. Reid R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:43
76 E. Artyukhin R 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 06:26
5 D. Sydor D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 1 0 18:30
21 C. Sarich D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 22:35
22 D. Boyle D 0 0 0 -2 0 6 1 0 0 28:56
44 N. Pratt D 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 14:52
54 P. Ranger D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 20:18
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
47 J. Grahame 30 27 3 .900 59:45 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 04:19 Tampa Bay Lightning Evgeny Artyukhin Hooking 2
1st 16:43 Buffalo Sabres Toni Lydman Hooking 2
1st 18:48 Buffalo Sabres Teppo Numminen Hooking 2
2nd 00:57 Buffalo Sabres Mike Grier Boarding 2
2nd 07:29 Tampa Bay Lightning Paul Ranger Holding 2
2nd 11:18 Tampa Bay Lightning Darryl Sydor Interference 2
2nd 13:03 Tampa Bay Lightning Freddy Modin Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
2nd 14:27 Buffalo Sabres Jason Pominville High sticking 2
2nd 14:34 Tampa Bay Lightning Cory Sarich Interference 2
2nd 14:38 Buffalo Sabres Teppo Numminen Tripping 2
3rd 00:22 Buffalo Sabres Henrik Tallinder Interference 2
3rd 11:36 Buffalo Sabres Adam Mair Boarding 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
John Tortorella
Referees
Don Koharski, Rob Martell
Linesmen
Pierre Racicot, Jonny Murray
Buffalo Sabres scratches
J-P Dumont, Daniel Brière, Mika Noronen, Dmitri Kalinin, Andrew Peters, Taylor Pyatt, Jeff Jillson, Michael Leighton, Jiri Novotny, Chris Thorburn, Nathan Paetsch
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Jim Campbell, Pavel Kubina, Vincent Lecavalier, Norman Milley, Dimitri Afanasenkov, Timo Helbling, Brian Eklund, Doug O'Brien, Gerald Coleman, Nick Tarnasky

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 Dec 23

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 4 at New York Islanders 2 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Washington Capitals 4 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 4 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 5 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4 Final Game page
Atlanta Thrashers 1 at New Jersey Devils 0 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 5 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Minnesota Wild 5 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Chicago Blackhawks 2 Final/OT Game page
Phoenix Coyotes 3 at Dallas Stars 2 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Edmonton Oilers 5 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 6 at Vancouver Canucks 5 Final/SO Game page
St. Louis Blues 2 at San Jose Sharks 1 Final/SO Game page

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