National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4,
Tampa Bay 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, October 27, 2007
Where: Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
Referees: Chris Lee, Brad Meier
Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Brian Murphy
Attendance: 19804
Where: Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
Referees: Chris Lee, Brad Meier
Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Brian Murphy
Attendance: 19804
Final Scoring Summary
Scoring/Penalty Summary
| 1st Period |
| Scoring |
| No Scoring. |
| Penalties |
|
3:29 -
Lightning Vincent Lecavalier
(2)
Tripping 9:15 - Sabres Andrew Peters (5) Fighting 9:15 - Lightning Andre Roy (5) Fighting 16:14 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (2) Holding |
| 2nd Period |
| Scoring |
|
3:25 -
Lightning Vinny Prospal
(EV) Assists:
Vincent Lecavalier
, Martin St. Louis
4:45 - Lightning Michel Ouellet (EV) Assists: Chris Gratton , Mathieu Darche 9:30 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (EV) Assists: Thomas Vanek , Nathan Paetsch 14:28 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (PP) Assists: Tim Connolly , Brian Campbell |
| Penalties |
|
13:34 -
Lightning Jason Ward
(2)
Delay of game 15:54 - Lightning Chris Gratton (2) Holding |
| 3rd Period |
| Scoring |
|
6:14 -
Lightning Vincent Lecavalier
(PP) Assists:
Martin St. Louis
, Brad Richards
13:13 - Sabres Nathan Paetsch (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Jochen Hecht |
| Penalties |
|
4:28 -
Sabres Ales Kotalik
(2)
Cross checking 5:10 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Interference 16:20 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Hooking |
| Overtime |
| Scoring |
|
4:19 -
Sabres Thomas Vanek
(EV) Unassisted
|
| Penalties |
| None. |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Ryan Miller | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64:19 | 52:02 | 4:54 | 7:23 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Toni Lydman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 0 | 33 | 28:28 | 21:56 | 2:09 | 4:23 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Derek Roy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 18:37 | 13:57 | 1:59 | 2:41 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 10 | 38 |
| Henrik Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 27:43 | 22:06 | 0:03 | 5:34 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ales Kotalik | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 4 | 1 | 22 | 16:41 | 14:07 | 2:34 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Connolly | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 2 | 27 | 21:19 | 15:14 | 2:52 | 3:13 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Daniel Paille | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 23 | 18:04 | 17:03 | 0:21 | 0:40 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Drew Stafford | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8:56 | 8:53 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Adam Mair | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10:16 | 10:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Thomas Vanek | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11:31 | 9:14 | 2:17 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Gaustad | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | E | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19:01 | 15:47 | 2:34 | 0:40 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 9 | 44 |
| Jason Pominville | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 3 | 26 | 19:17 | 14:19 | 1:40 | 3:18 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 50 |
| Mike Weber | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11:17 | 11:04 | 0:00 | 0:13 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nathan Paetsch | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 15:09 | 12:08 | 1:59 | 1:02 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andrej Sekera | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 27 | 17:45 | 16:09 | 0:00 | 1:36 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brian Campbell | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 26:58 | 21:03 | 3:57 | 1:58 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jochen Hecht | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 4 | 30 | 21:03 | 17:50 | 0:03 | 3:10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 11 | 39 |
| Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | E | 0 | 4 | 19 | 14:10 | 12:11 | 1:59 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andrew Peters | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2:34 | 2:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Marc Denis | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Johan Holmqvist | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64:04 | 51:47 | 7:23 | 4:54 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Doug Janik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5:31 | 5:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vincent Lecavalier | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | E | 2 | 2 | 28 | 26:39 | 20:21 | 4:54 | 1:24 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 8 | 65 |
| Michel Ouellet | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | E | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12:49 | 9:43 | 3:06 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Jason Ward | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 19:24 | 17:42 | 0:00 | 1:42 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jan Hlavac | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 20:36 | 18:27 | 2:09 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brad Richards | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 28:21 | 19:15 | 6:42 | 2:24 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 6 | 54 |
| Vinny Prospal | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 25:03 | 20:26 | 4:32 | 0:05 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 80 |
| Mathieu Darche | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12:39 | 10:26 | 1:31 | 0:42 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Martin St. Louis | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | E | 0 | 3 | 28 | 26:35 | 20:33 | 4:32 | 1:30 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Craig MacDonald | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5:02 | 4:01 | 0:00 | 1:01 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 67 |
| Andre Roy | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2:20 | 2:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brad Lukowich | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15:21 | 12:39 | 0:13 | 2:29 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Lundin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 19:29 | 19:22 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Ranger | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 26:12 | 22:27 | 1:20 | 2:25 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shane O'Brien | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 26:44 | 23:47 | 0:28 | 2:29 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Filip Kuba | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 25:03 | 17:46 | 4:52 | 2:25 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nick Tarnasky | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2:20 | 2:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chris Gratton | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 2 | 1 | 18 | 12:29 | 9:00 | 2:29 | 1:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 53 |
Goaltending
| Buffalo | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Ryan Miller W (36-27-10) | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 0 | 64:19 |
| Tampa Bay | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Johan Holmqvist L (21-16-6) | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 0 | 64:04 |