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Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres

First Niagara Center, Buffalo Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 in a shootout on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at home.

Team Goals 2014-2015 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 50-24-8
at Buffalo Sabres 2 23-51-8

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 16 7 2 0 27
Buffalo Sabres 7 4 8 3 0 22

Three stars

  1. J. Enroth, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
  2. Z. Girgensons, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
  3. T. Ennis, Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
3rd 09:52 Tampa Bay Lightning Ondrej Palat (7) Tyler Johnson (19), Nikita Kucherov (13) Even strength TBL 1, BUF 0
3rd 16:06 Buffalo Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (8) Tyler Myers (5), Josh Gorges (2) Even strength TBL 1, BUF 1

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

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Buffalo Sabres Cody Hodgson Goal (winner)
1 Tampa Bay Lightning Ondrej Palat Saved
2 Buffalo Sabres Tyler Ennis Goal
2 Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Callahan Saved

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 27 22
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 4
Hits 14 19
Blocked shots 11 22
Giveaways 6 2
Takeaways 2 6
Faceoffs won 23/55 (41.8%) 32/55 (58.2%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
9 T. Johnson C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 38.5% 16:40
11 B. Boyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 53.8% 12:42
13 C. Paquette C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 0 12:35
14 B. Connolly R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:53
17 A. Killorn L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 33.3% 19:48
18 O. Palat L 1 0 1 +1 0 1 2 1 17:41
23 J. Brown R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 11:17
24 R. Callahan R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 23:29
51 V. Filppula C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 50% 15:33
86 N. Kucherov R 0 1 1 +1 2 2 2 1 14:57
90 V. Namestnikov C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:52
91 S. Stamkos C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 40% 22:51
5 J. Garrison D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23:12
6 A. Stralman D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22:47
7 R. Gudas D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 16:13
8 M. Barberio D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:47
25 M. Carle D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 22:36
77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 26:07
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
20 E. Nabokov 22 21 1 .955 65:00 OT loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
12 B. Gionta R 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 18:23
17 T. Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 57.9% 20:03
19 C. Hodgson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 54.5% 15:54
26 M. Moulson L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 18:53
28 Z. Girgensons C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 60% 23:41
36 P. Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:56
44 N. Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 12:18
59 T. Schaller L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 75% 06:50
63 T. Ennis R 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 2 19:32
65 B. Flynn C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:23
80 C. Stewart R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 17:13
82 M. Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 1 12:53
4 J. Gorges D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 5 25:41
6 M. Weber D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 2 17:45
24 T. Strachan D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 17:26
51 N. Zadorov D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 22:02
55 R. Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 20:50
57 T. Myers D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 3 26:16
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1 J. Enroth 27 26 1 .963 65:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:35 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov Interference 2
1st 05:43 Tampa Bay Lightning Cedric Paquette High sticking 2
2nd 17:51 Buffalo Sabres Mike Weber Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 04:35 Buffalo Sabres Brian Gionta Hooking 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Ted Nolan
Referees
Francis Charron, Brad Watson
Linesmen
Trent Knorr, Brian Murphy
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Brenden Morrow, Andrej Sustr, Jonathan Drouin
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Andre Benoit, Drew Stafford, Andrej Meszaros

2014-2015 season series

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Buffalo Sabres 2 Final/SO Game page
Buffalo Sabres 0 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Buffalo Sabres 1 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 0 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 2

Matchup Status Details
Ottawa Senators 2 at New York Islanders 3 Final/OT Game page
New Jersey Devils 0 at Pittsburgh Penguins 1 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 4 at Washington Capitals 3 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 2 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 5 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 4 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final Game page
Arizona Coyotes 2 at Calgary Flames 5 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 1 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 0 at Los Angeles Kings 2 Final Game page

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