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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 7–4 on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at home.

Team Goals 2007-2008 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 31-42-9
at Buffalo Sabres 7 39-31-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 2 0 4
Buffalo Sabres 1 0 6 7

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 7 8 4 19
Buffalo Sabres 14 2 16 32

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:50 Tampa Bay Lightning Jeff Halpern (16) Paul Ranger (20) Even strength TBL 1, BUF 0
1st 10:36 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis (24) Dan Boyle (17), Vincent Lecavalier (49) Power play TBL 2, BUF 0
1st 13:07 Buffalo Sabres Jason Pominville (25) Jochen Hecht (25), Henrik Tallinder (16) Even strength TBL 2, BUF 1
2nd 05:06 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (38) Jussi Jokinen (20), Martin St. Louis (55) Even strength TBL 3, BUF 1
2nd 18:11 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (39) Junior Lessard (1), Paul Ranger (21) Even strength TBL 4, BUF 1
3rd 05:03 Buffalo Sabres Jason Pominville (26) Paul Gaustad (23) Even strength TBL 4, BUF 2
3rd 05:19 Buffalo Sabres Jochen Hecht (20) Paul Gaustad (24), Jason Pominville (47) Even strength TBL 4, BUF 3
3rd 08:25 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek (29) Derek Roy (38), Drew Stafford (19) Even strength TBL 4, BUF 4
3rd 13:14 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek (30) Derek Roy (39), Drew Stafford (20) Even strength TBL 4, BUF 5
3rd 16:07 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek (31) Derek Roy (40), Drew Stafford (21) Even strength TBL 4, BUF 6
3rd 19:54 Buffalo Sabres Jochen Hecht (21) Jason Pominville (48) Shorthanded, Empty net TBL 4, BUF 7

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 19 32
Power play 1 of 2 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 8 6
Hits 34 18
Blocked shots 12 13
Giveaways 10 16
Takeaways 5 1
Faceoffs won 29/62 (46.8%) 33/62 (53.2%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
4 V. Lecavalier C 2 1 3 -1 0 4 4 0 0 40% 19:13
7 M. Ouellet R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 75% 16:55
10 J. Jokinen L 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0 100% 18:22
11 J. Halpern C 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 20:05
16 J. Ward R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 05:17
21 M. Darche L 0 0 0 +1 0 2 3 4 0 40% 20:22
24 A. Karlsson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 83.3% 07:24
26 M. St. Louis R 1 1 2 -2 0 5 0 0 1 18:42
29 C. MacDonald C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 0 0 25% 17:39
42 J. Lessard R 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 0 0 14:10
61 K. Stewart L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 04:52
74 N. Tarnasky L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 0 0 12:52
2 A. Picard D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 17:46
22 D. Boyle D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 2 2 0 26:11
32 M. Smaby D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 0 0 12:17
54 P. Ranger D 0 2 2 -1 0 0 3 2 0 18:58
55 S. O'Brien D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 0 0 20:01
71 F. Kuba D 0 0 0 -4 0 1 1 1 0 24:37
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
31 K. Ramo 31 25 6 .807 58:17 Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 D. Roy C 0 3 3 +2 0 2 0 1 0 50% 18:31
12 A. Kotalik R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 50% 14:42
20 D. Paille L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14:37
21 D. Stafford R 0 3 3 +2 2 2 1 0 0 12:21
22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 42.9% 07:50
26 T. Vanek L 3 0 3 +1 0 3 0 0 0 15:13
28 P. Gaustad C 0 2 2 +3 0 3 4 0 0 78.6% 21:19
29 J. Pominville R 2 2 4 +4 0 3 0 1 0 23:24
36 P. Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 06:32
55 J. Hecht C 2 1 3 +4 0 7 0 1 0 41.7% 22:29
56 S. Bernier R 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 14:05
61 M. Afinogenov R 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 0 0 12:13
3 M. Funk D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 0 11:36
4 N. Pratt D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 3 0 12:16
5 T. Lydman D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 24:57
10 H. Tallinder D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 21:12
34 M. Weber D 0 0 0 +5 0 1 5 1 0 20:48
44 A. Sekera D 0 0 0 +5 0 1 0 2 0 23:01
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30 R. Miller 19 15 4 .790 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 07:29 Tampa Bay Lightning Dan Boyle Hooking 2
1st 09:18 Buffalo Sabres Maxim Afinogenov Roughing 2
1st 09:18 Buffalo Sabres Steve Bernier Roughing 2
1st 09:18 Tampa Bay Lightning Alexandre Picard Roughing 2
2nd 00:52 Tampa Bay Lightning Shane O'Brien Tripping 2
2nd 18:40 Tampa Bay Lightning Jeff Halpern Tripping 2
3rd 18:24 Buffalo Sabres Drew Stafford Tripping 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
John Tortorella
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Kevin Pollock, Dean Warren
Linesmen
Shane Heyer, David Brisebois
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Chris Gratton, Brad Lukowich, Andre Roy, Marc Denis, Jay Leach, Doug Janik, Kyle Wanvig, Ryan Craig, Mike Lundin, Blair Jones
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Teppo Numminen, Dmitri Kalinin, Andrew Peters, Jaroslav Spacek, Tim Connolly, Michael Ryan, Nathan Paetsch, Clarke MacArthur, Marc-Andre Gragnani

2007-2008 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final/OT Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Buffalo Sabres 4 Final/OT Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Buffalo Sabres 7 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 19

Matchup Status Details
New York Rangers 2 at New Jersey Devils 1 Final/SO Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 5 at Atlanta Thrashers 3 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 0 at Chicago Blackhawks 5 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 2 at Dallas Stars 1 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 3 at San Jose Sharks 4 Final/SO Game page

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