Buffalo Sabres 4 , Tampa Bay Lightning 1
Shots: 28 - 17
PP: 4 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:88/109=80 %, Challenges:51/61=82 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:54/68=79 %, Challenges:25/37=65 %
Attendance: 18690 of 18690 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 584997 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:43 1-0
Tim Connolly [24] (Ales Hemsky, Ladislav Nagy)PP
13:11 2-0
Bobby Sanguinetti [9] (Tim Connolly)PP
19:58 2-1
Jason Pominville [14] (Nikita Alexeev, Maxim Afinogenov)
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24:29 3-1
Tim Connolly [25] (Ronald Petrovicky, Jason Spezza)PP
26:13 4-1
Joe Thornton [33] (Jason Spezza, Ronald Petrovicky)PP
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:37
Jacob Josefson (2 min for hooking)
13:08
Jacob Josefson (2 min for high-sticking)
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21:43
Gilbert Brulé (2 min for roughing)
21:43
Joe Thornton (2 min for roughing)
22:12
Kimmo Puurunen (5 min for fighting)
22:12
Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
23:19
Brett Sterling (2 min for hooking)
25:26
Ian White (2 min for elbowing)
30:14
Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
30:14
Kimmo Puurunen (5 min for fighting)
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43:37
Lauri Tukonen (5 min for fighting)
43:37
Kimmo Puurunen (5 min for fighting)
43:37
Kimmo Puurunen (10 min game misconduct)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kyle Beach 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 4
L Chad Kilger 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 13.10 7
R Ales Hemsky 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 18.10 8
R Jason Spezza 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 8
C Tristan Pagé 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.20 6
C James Sheppard 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 13.10 7
C Tim Connolly 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 9
C Joe Thornton 1 0 5 1 1 0 2 -1 20.20 9
L Matt Cullen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.20 5
L Nikita Filatov 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 13.20 6
L Ronald Petrovicky 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 16.50 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 -1 21.30 7
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 16.00 7
D Jakub Kindl 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 16.20 7
D Anton Myllari 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 -1 28.30 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 18.50 5
D Kimmo Puurunen 0 0 0 3 1 0 25 0 10.20 6
D Bobby Sanguinetti 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 30.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 1 0 16 0 0 60.00 8
G Jimmy Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 8.50 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 0 12.20 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 1 19.30 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 8
C Jacob Josefson 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 8.10 6
C Angelo Esposito 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.10 6
C Jason Pominville 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.50 5
C Krys Kolanos 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 19.00 8
L Brett Sterling 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 9.10 4
L Gilbert Brulé 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 12.10 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
L Peter Mueller 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 19.30 6
D Keith Yandle 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 14.30 5
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 18.10 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 27.10 5
D Willie Mitchell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 21.50 6
D Ian White 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 23.10 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fredrik Norrena 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 4
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tim Connolly
2nd star: Jason Spezza
3rd star: Joe Thornton
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Tim Connolly scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Jason Spezza notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Ronald Petrovicky had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Bobby Sanguinetti finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Maxim Afinogenov notched his 20th assist of the season.
Other notes:
-Kimmo Puurunen beat Chris Clark in a fight.
-Chris Clark fought Kimmo Puurunen in a fight.
-Lauri Tukonen fought Kimmo Puurunen in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 8( 20) , Norfolk Admirals 2( 26)
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1-0 POR Juraj Kolnik (Richie Regehr, Brandon Reid)
1-1 NOR Blake Wheeler (Jonas Junland)
2-1 POR Christoph Gawlik (Ville Leino, Micki Dupont)
3-1 POR Christoph Gawlik (Justin McCrae, Micki Dupont)
4-1 POR Alexei Smirnov (Prab Rai)
5-1 POR Prab Rai (Alexei Smirnov, Theo Peckham)
6-1 POR Brandon Reid (Juraj Kolnik)
7-1 POR Alexei Smirnov
8-1 POR Alexei Smirnov (Justin McCrae)
8-2 NOR Tomás Kána (Matt Lashoff)