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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 5–1 on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 on the road.

Team Goals 2014-2015 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 50-24-8
at Buffalo Sabres 1 23-51-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 1 3 5
Buffalo Sabres 1 0 0 1

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 5 14 25
Buffalo Sabres 4 6 1 11

Three stars

  1. O. Palat, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 3 assists)
  2. N. Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 goals, 1 assist)
  3. T. Johnson, Tampa Bay Lightning (3 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 07:48 Tampa Bay Lightning Matt Carle (4) Ondrej Palat (16) Even strength TBL 1, BUF 0
1st 12:33 Buffalo Sabres Tyler Ennis (9) Nikita Zadorov (4), Matt Moulson (10) Power play TBL 1, BUF 1
2nd 19:02 Tampa Bay Lightning Ondrej Palat (9) Tyler Johnson (25), Nikita Kucherov (20) Power play TBL 2, BUF 1
3rd 05:20 Tampa Bay Lightning Brett Connolly (7) Anton Stralman (13), Ondrej Palat (17) Even strength TBL 3, BUF 1
3rd 08:40 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (16) Tyler Johnson (26), Anton Stralman (14) Even strength TBL 4, BUF 1
3rd 18:05 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (17) Ondrej Palat (18), Tyler Johnson (27) Even strength TBL 5, BUF 1

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 25 11
Power play 1 of 3 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 6
Hits 12 24
Blocked shots 11 15
Giveaways 3 3
Takeaways 3 3
Faceoffs won 23/60 (38.3%) 37/60 (61.7%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
9 T. Johnson C 0 3 3 +4 0 1 0 0 0 55.6% 16:11
10 B. Morrow L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:46
11 B. Boyle C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 42.9% 12:57
13 C. Paquette C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 40% 17:00
14 B. Connolly R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 0 0 11:05
17 A. Killorn L 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 16:43
18 O. Palat L 1 3 4 +4 0 3 1 0 1 16:13
24 R. Callahan R 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 100% 18:02
27 J. Drouin L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:08
51 V. Filppula C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 17:21
86 N. Kucherov R 2 1 3 +4 0 5 0 0 0 14:51
91 S. Stamkos C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.7% 17:21
6 A. Stralman D 0 2 2 +3 0 3 0 0 0 21:01
8 M. Barberio D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 14:30
25 M. Carle D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 3 0 22:28
62 A. Sustr D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 20:05
77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 2 0 21:42
89 N. Nesterov D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 15:02
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 11 10 1 .909 60:00 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
8 C. McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 1 0 70% 12:06
19 C. Hodgson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:52
21 D. Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 16:30
22 J. Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:55
25 M. Grigorenko C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 68.8% 16:42
26 M. Moulson L 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 0 0 17:57
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 0 0 71.4% 18:27
36 P. Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0 0 10:32
44 N. Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 4 0 5 0 0 11:01
63 T. Ennis R 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 0 1 18:20
65 B. Flynn C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 50% 14:42
80 C. Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 16:38
3 M. Pysyk D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 18:34
4 J. Gorges D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 5 0 23:02
6 M. Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 3 0 18:19
24 T. Strachan D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 3 0 19:41
41 A. Meszaros D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 18:07
51 N. Zadorov D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 1 0 20:42
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1 J. Enroth 25 20 5 .800 60:00 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 10:59 Tampa Bay Lightning Alex Killorn Hooking 2
1st 13:22 Buffalo Sabres Patrick Kaleta Interference 2
2nd 05:03 Tampa Bay Lightning Alex Killorn Tripping 2
2nd 18:09 Buffalo Sabres Nicolas Deslauriers Tripping 2
3rd 03:11 Buffalo Sabres Nicolas Deslauriers Holding 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Ted Nolan
Referees
Greg Kimmerly, Chris Lee
Linesmen
Michel Cormier, Jean Morin
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Ben Bishop, Radko Gudas, JT Brown
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Brian Gionta, Andre Benoit, Rasmus Ristolainen

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 31

Matchup Status Details
New York Islanders 5 at Winnipeg Jets 2 Final Game page
New York Rangers 5 at Florida Panthers 2 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Boston Bruins 3 Final/SO Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 1 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at Anaheim Ducks 0 Final Game page
Arizona Coyotes 0 at Dallas Stars 6 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 3 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final/OT Game page
Edmonton Oilers 3 at Calgary Flames 4 Final/OT Game page

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