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Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres

First Niagara Center, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 on the road.

Team Goals 2011-2012 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 38-36-8
at Buffalo Sabres 3 39-32-11

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 1 1 4
Buffalo Sabres 2 0 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 10 6 7 23
Buffalo Sabres 15 7 17 39

Three stars

  1. M. Garon, Tampa Bay Lightning (goaltender)
  2. T. Vanek, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
  3. S. Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:56 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek (1) Jason Pominville (1), Luke Adam (1) Even strength TBL 0, BUF 1
1st 02:31 Buffalo Sabres Brad Boyes (1) Cody McCormick (1), Matt Ellis (1) Even strength TBL 0, BUF 2
1st 13:03 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (1) Martin St. Louis (1) Even strength TBL 1, BUF 2
1st 19:00 Tampa Bay Lightning Nate Thompson (1) Tom Pyatt (1), Dominic Moore (1) Even strength TBL 2, BUF 2
2nd 04:42 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos (1) Matt Gilroy (1), Marc-Andre Bergeron (1) Even strength TBL 3, BUF 2
3rd 18:37 Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Malone (1) Brett Clark (1) Even strength TBL 4, BUF 2
3rd 19:10 Buffalo Sabres Nathan Gerbe (1) Brad Boyes (1), Paul Gaustad (1) Even strength TBL 4, BUF 3

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 23 39
Power play 0 of 3 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 13 13
Hits 16 18
Blocked shots 14 7
Giveaways 7 4
Takeaways 5 11
Faceoffs won 26/62 (41.9%) 36/62 (58.1%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
4 V. Lecavalier C 1 0 1 +1 2 4 1 0 44.4% 17:19
9 S. Downie R 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 0 100% 13:08
11 T. Pyatt L 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 11:59
12 R. Malone L 1 0 1 0 2 3 2 0 13:03
14 B. Connolly R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 15:17
16 T. Purcell L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 11:37
18 A. Hall R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 63.6% 12:40
19 D. Moore C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 44.4% 17:16
26 M. St. Louis R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 20:11
44 N. Thompson C 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 17:48
49 B. Jones C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 40% 07:18
91 S. Stamkos C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 3 1 30.8% 18:26
2 E. Brewer D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 22:19
7 B. Clark D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 19:04
13 P. Kubina D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20:19
47 M. Bergeron D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 18:07
77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 20:47
97 M. Gilroy D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 1 15:22
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
32 M. Garon 39 36 3 .923 60:00 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
8 C. McCormick C 0 1 1 +1 2 2 3 0 06:45
9 D. Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 66.7% 20:05
21 D. Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 1 16:21
22 B. Boyes R 1 1 2 +2 0 1 0 0 100% 12:16
23 V. Leino L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 15:56
26 T. Vanek L 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 19:00
28 P. Gaustad C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 56.3% 13:33
29 J. Pominville R 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 1 54.5% 21:29
36 P. Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 0 12:30
37 M. Ellis L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 1 33.3% 06:49
42 N. Gerbe C 1 0 1 +1 0 6 2 0 13:19
72 L. Adam C 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 1 55.6% 15:56
3 J. Leopold D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16:15
10 C. Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 23:51
17 M. Gragnani D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 0 0 17:18
24 R. Regehr D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 19:46
44 A. Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 19:33
57 T. Myers D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 2 22:08
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30 R. Miller 23 19 4 .826 59:10 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 09:12 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek Hooking 2
1st 13:20 Buffalo Sabres Patrick Kaleta Fighting (major) 5
1st 13:20 Tampa Bay Lightning Steve Downie Fighting (major) 5
2nd 04:37 Buffalo Sabres Robyn Regehr Roughing 2
2nd 04:37 Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Malone Roughing 2
2nd 05:12 Tampa Bay Lightning Nate Thompson Tripping 2
2nd 09:39 Tampa Bay Lightning Victor Hedman Hooking 2
2nd 11:15 Buffalo Sabres Drew Stafford Tripping 2
3rd 06:27 Buffalo Sabres Cody McCormick Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd 14:07 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier Hooking 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Guy Boucher
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Jean Hebert, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen
Scott Cherrey, David Brisebois
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Bruno Gervais, Ryan Shannon, Mattias Ritola
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Jochen Hecht, Mike Weber, Tyler Ennis

2011-2012 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 0 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Buffalo Sabres 1 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 7 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Oct 25

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at New York Islanders 0 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 2 Final/SO Game page
Detroit Red Wings 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at Nashville Predators 1 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 3 Final/SO Game page
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Edmonton Oilers 3 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 3 at Phoenix Coyotes 2 Final/SO Game page
New Jersey Devils 3 at Los Angeles Kings 0 Final Game page

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