National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, Tampa Bay 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, December 6, 2008
Where: Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Marc Joannette
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Pierre Racicot
Attendance: 17154
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1214
Tampa Bay 1203
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
10:02 - Sabres Drew Stafford (EV) Assists: Paul Gaustad
13:05 - Lightning Martin St. Louis (EV) Assists: Vincent Lecavalier , Lukas Krajicek
Penalties
3:35 - Sabres Jason Pominville (2) Interference
 6:09 - Lightning Lukas Krajicek (2) Tripping
 7:42 - Sabres Nathan Gerbe (2) Hooking
 16:46 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (5) Fighting
 16:46 - Lightning Radek Smolenak (5) Fighting
 17:53 - Sabres Adam Mair (5) Fighting
 17:53 - Lightning Steve Downie (5) Fighting
2nd Period
Scoring
9:46 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Derek Roy , Drew Stafford
10:21 - Lightning Paul Ranger (EV) Assists: Vincent Lecavalier , Vinny Prospal
14:41 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (EV) Assists: Adam Mair , Toni Lydman
15:20 - Lightning Vinny Prospal (EV) Assists: Marek Malik , Martin St. Louis
Penalties
0:50 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (2) Hooking
 4:08 - Lightning Matt Smaby (2) Tripping
 12:33 - Lightning Steve Eminger (2) Hooking
 16:31 - Lightning Paul Ranger (2) Hooking
 17:34 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Boarding
 17:34 - Lightning Steve Eminger (2) Roughing
 17:57 - Sabres Derek Roy (2) Delay of game
 19:22 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (5) Fighting
 19:22 - Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (5) Fighting
3rd Period
Scoring
10:03 - Sabres Derek Roy (EV) Assists: Teppo Numminen , Drew Stafford
Penalties
1:36 - Lightning Paul Szczechura (2) Hooking
 7:24 - Sabres Adam Mair (2) Holding
 11:30 - Lightning Lukas Krajicek (2) Boarding
 14:17 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (2) High sticking
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 59:58 37:49 10:59 11:10 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Lalime G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 25 19:22 12:02 0:45 6:35 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 E 0 2 29 22:55 17:41 3:58 1:16 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 1 1 2 +2 2 2 28 19:51 12:12 4:06 3:33 0 0 - - 6 13 32
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 18 10:48 8:12 0:00 2:36 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 17 14:13 8:27 5:46 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 12:23 7:05 0:29 4:49 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 1 2 3 +3 0 4 19 16:06 10:46 5:04 0:16 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 1 1 E 7 1 16 9:59 8:57 0:29 0:33 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Thomas Vanek LW 1 0 1 E 0 2 23 15:09 9:02 4:36 1:31 0 0 - - - - -
Teppo Numminen D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 21 17:33 9:26 6:04 2:03 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 1 1 E 7 3 21 17:58 6:46 6:46 4:26 0 0 - - 4 10 29
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 -1 2 0 32 20:32 12:03 4:37 3:52 0 0 - - - - -
Clarke MacArthur LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 11 8:28 5:56 1:47 0:45 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 +2 2 4 20 15:09 12:33 2:17 0:19 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 18:42 12:38 1:27 4:37 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 25 21:00 15:31 0:16 5:13 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 1 0 1 -1 9 2 21 14:34 11:19 0:59 2:16 0 0 - - 4 6 40
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 12:46 7:40 5:06 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%
Olaf Kolzig G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Smith G 0 0 0 0 0 58:57 36:48 11:10 10:59 0 0 - - - - -
Lukas Krajicek D 0 1 1 -2 4 0 22 14:08 11:18 0:59 1:51 0 0 - - - - -
Vincent Lecavalier C 0 2 2 +2 5 1 27 21:53 11:16 7:37 3:00 0 0 - - 13 8 62
Mark Recchi RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 25 16:29 9:29 3:25 3:35 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Downie RW 0 0 0 -1 5 0 13 9:24 9:21 0:03 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 34 24:45 15:20 4:39 4:46 0 0 - - - - -
Radim Vrbata RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 17 10:26 7:46 2:40 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Vinny Prospal LW 1 1 2 +1 0 3 23 19:11 12:11 6:53 0:07 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Marek Malik D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 27 19:16 13:51 0:23 5:02 0 0 - - - - -
Martin St. Louis RW 1 1 2 +3 0 5 30 23:55 12:44 7:40 3:31 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Smaby D 0 0 0 E 2 0 15 8:32 8:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Craig C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 12:57 7:12 0:51 4:54 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Jussi Jokinen LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 26 16:45 9:14 3:25 4:06 0 0 - - 10 5 67
Paul Szczechura C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 23 15:21 11:57 0:39 2:45 0 0 - - 5 2 71
Steve Eminger D 0 0 0 -2 4 0 27 22:08 11:37 5:44 4:47 0 0 - - - - -
Radek Smolenak C 0 0 0 E 5 1 6 4:36 4:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Ranger D 1 0 1 +1 2 3 30 23:05 14:41 2:52 5:32 0 0 - - - - -
Evgeny Artyukhin RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8 6:44 6:44 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steven Stamkos C 0 0 0 E 0 4 19 19:28 11:28 8:00 0:00 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (34-18-6) 23 20 3 .870 0 59:58
Tampa Bay
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mike Smith L (14-18-9) 27 23 4 .852 0 58:57