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Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning

St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at home.

Team Goals 2008-2009 record
Buffalo Sabres 3 41-32-9
at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 24-40-18

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 0 3 0 3
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 3 0 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 5 20 9 34
Tampa Bay Lightning 7 14 5 26

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:45 Tampa Bay Lightning Steve Eminger (4) Jeff Halpern (5) Power play BUF 0, TBL 1
1st 05:19 Tampa Bay Lightning Steve Downie (2) Cory Murphy (3), Matt Pettinger (4) Even strength BUF 0, TBL 2
2nd 00:19 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy (17) Jason Pominville (24), Toni Lydman (12) Even strength BUF 1, TBL 2
2nd 01:23 Tampa Bay Lightning Lukas Krajicek (1) Andrej Meszaros (13), Vinny Prospal (19) Even strength BUF 1, TBL 3
2nd 04:04 Buffalo Sabres Ales Kotalik (10) Craig Rivet (7), Paul Gaustad (7) Power play BUF 2, TBL 3
2nd 13:52 Tampa Bay Lightning Jeff Halpern (3) Mark Recchi (20), Ty Wishart (1) Even strength BUF 2, TBL 4
2nd 16:55 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy (18) Thomas Vanek (15), Jason Pominville (25) Power play BUF 3, TBL 4
2nd 19:54 Tampa Bay Lightning Cory Murphy (1) Mark Recchi (21) Power play BUF 3, TBL 5

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 34 26
Power play 2 of 5 2 of 4
Penalty minutes 10 12
Hits 17 23
Blocked shots 8 8
Giveaways 13 10
Takeaways 3 8
Faceoffs won 35/70 (50%) 35/70 (50%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 D. Roy C 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 44.8% 21:48
12 A. Kotalik R 1 0 1 -1 0 1 2 0 1 100% 12:08
19 T. Connolly C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 0 0 70% 18:31
20 D. Paille L 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 08:44
21 D. Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 18:38
22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 11:05
26 T. Vanek L 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 15:22
28 P. Gaustad C 0 1 1 -1 2 1 2 0 0 31.3% 17:49
29 J. Pominville R 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 21:28
37 M. Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:57
41 C. MacArthur L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 11:10
55 J. Hecht C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 50% 15:12
5 T. Lydman D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 2 1 0 23:59
6 J. Spacek D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:27
10 H. Tallinder D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 1 0 11:42
34 C. Butler D 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 20:29
38 N. Paetsch D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10:57
52 C. Rivet D 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 24:18
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30 R. Miller 26 21 5 .808 58:24 Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
4 V. Lecavalier C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 40.9% 19:32
8 M. Recchi R 0 2 2 +1 0 1 0 0 0 50% 13:56
9 S. Downie R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 3 0 0 09:25
11 J. Halpern C 1 1 2 +1 2 1 0 0 0 47.6% 16:57
12 R. Malone L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 16:52
18 A. Hall R 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 100% 12:31
20 V. Prospal L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 33.3% 15:24
24 M. Pettinger L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 12:15
26 M. St. Louis R 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 18:49
33 D. Koci L 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 04:32
34 R. Craig C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 60% 09:25
36 J. Jokinen L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 75% 13:37
91 S. Stamkos C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 100% 11:42
2 L. Krajicek D 1 0 1 +2 2 1 0 1 0 24:23
3 T. Wishart D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 09:43
14 A. Meszaros D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 2 0 25:42
21 C. Murphy D 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 24:32
44 S. Eminger D 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 29:40
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
41 M. Smith 34 31 3 .912 59:59 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:53 Buffalo Sabres Daniel Paille Hooking 2
1st 19:44 Buffalo Sabres Adam Mair Elbowing 2
1st 19:53 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis Tripping 2
2nd 02:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Jeff Halpern High sticking 2
2nd 06:52 Tampa Bay Lightning David Koci Roughing 2
2nd 09:12 Buffalo Sabres Paul Gaustad Roughing 2
2nd 09:12 Tampa Bay Lightning David Koci Roughing 2
2nd 15:25 Tampa Bay Lightning David Koci Interference 2
2nd 18:54 Buffalo Sabres Chris Butler Tripping 2
2nd 19:22 Buffalo Sabres Henrik Tallinder Tripping 2
3rd 06:16 Tampa Bay Lightning Lukas Krajicek Interference 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Rick Tocchet
Referees
Brad Watson, Ian Walsh
Linesmen
Darren Gibbs, Ryan Galloway
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Teppo Numminen, Maxim Afinogenov, Andrew Peters, Andrej Sekera, Patrick Kaleta, Mark Mancari, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Nathan Gerbe, Tim Kennedy, Mike Weber
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Gary Roberts, Jamie Heward, Chris Gratton, Marek Malik, Jason Ward, Radim Vrbata, Evgeny Artyukhin, Brandon Bochenski, Brandon Segal, Zenon Konopka, Paul Ranger, Matt Smaby, Mike Lundin, Janne Niskala, Karri Ramo, Vladimir Mihalik, Radek Smolenak, Kevin Quick, Paul Szczechura

2008-2009 season series

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Buffalo Sabres 2 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Buffalo Sabres 4 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Jan 21

Matchup Status Details
Montreal Canadiens 2 at New Jersey Devils 5 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 1 at New York Islanders 2 Final Game page
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 5 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 4 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3 Final/SO Game page
Dallas Stars 4 at Florida Panthers 1 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 0 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 6 at Colorado Avalanche 5 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 at Calgary Flames 5 Final/SO Game page

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