National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 5, Buffalo 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Where: Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
Referees: Ian Walsh, Brad Watson
Linesmen: Ryan Galloway, Darren Gibbs
Attendance: 15611
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0303
Tampa Bay 2305
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
4:45 - Lightning Steve Eminger (PP) Assists: Jeff Halpern
5:19 - Lightning Steve Downie (EV) Assists: Cory Murphy , Matt Pettinger
Penalties
2:53 - Sabres Daniel Paille (2) Hooking
 19:44 - Sabres Adam Mair (2) Elbowing
 19:53 - Lightning Martin St. Louis (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
0:19 - Sabres Derek Roy (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Toni Lydman
1:23 - Lightning Lukas Krajicek (EV) Assists: Andrej Meszaros , Vinny Prospal
4:04 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (PP) Assists: Craig Rivet , Paul Gaustad
13:52 - Lightning Jeff Halpern (EV) Assists: Mark Recchi , Ty Wishart
16:55 - Sabres Derek Roy (PP) Assists: Thomas Vanek , Jason Pominville
19:54 - Lightning Cory Murphy (PP) Assists: Mark Recchi
Penalties
2:30 - Lightning Jeff Halpern (2) High sticking
 6:52 - Lightning David Koci (2) Roughing
 9:12 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Roughing
 9:12 - Lightning David Koci (2) Roughing
 15:25 - Lightning David Koci (2) Interference
 18:54 - Sabres Chris Butler (2) Tripping
 19:22 - Sabres Henrik Tallinder (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
6:16 - Lightning Lukas Krajicek (2) Interference
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 58:24 46:42 7:13 4:29 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 -2 0 3 30 23:59 17:17 3:57 2:45 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 19:27 16:38 0:25 2:24 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 2 0 2 E 0 3 26 21:48 14:12 4:44 2:52 1 0 - - 13 16 45
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 19 11:42 10:14 0:00 1:28 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 1 0 1 -1 0 1 15 12:08 9:48 2:20 0:00 1 0 - - 2 0 100
Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 24 18:31 14:33 2:43 1:15 0 0 - - 14 6 70
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 10 8:44 8:44 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 21 18:38 14:33 4:05 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 E 2 2 12 11:05 10:56 0:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Thomas Vanek LW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 20 15:22 11:14 4:08 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 1 1 -1 2 1 24 17:49 13:00 3:05 1:44 0 0 - - 5 11 31
Jason Pominville RW 0 2 2 E 0 6 24 21:28 14:40 4:49 1:59 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Butler D 0 0 0 E 2 2 26 20:29 19:43 0:09 0:37 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Ellis LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 9:57 9:57 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 0 E 0 2 16 10:57 10:57 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Clarke MacArthur LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 11:10 10:27 0:43 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Rivet D 0 1 1 E 0 3 30 24:18 19:18 3:16 1:44 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 15:12 13:04 1:32 0:36 0 0 - - 1 1 50
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 59:59 48:17 4:29 7:13 0 0 - - - - -
Lukas Krajicek D 1 0 1 +2 2 1 37 24:23 21:49 0:00 2:34 0 0 - - - - -
Ty Wishart D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 14 9:43 9:36 0:00 0:07 0 0 - - - - -
Vincent Lecavalier C 0 0 0 E 0 4 27 19:32 13:40 3:07 2:45 0 0 - - 9 13 41
Mark Recchi RW 0 2 2 +1 0 1 20 13:56 10:49 3:07 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Steve Downie RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 17 9:25 9:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Halpern C 1 1 2 +1 2 1 28 16:57 12:56 1:48 2:13 0 0 - - 10 11 48
Ryan Malone RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 16:52 13:08 1:16 2:28 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Andrej Meszaros D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 39 25:42 20:51 1:22 3:29 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Hall RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 12:31 10:39 0:06 1:46 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Vinny Prospal LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 21 15:24 12:49 2:35 0:00 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Cory Murphy D 1 1 2 E 0 2 35 24:32 17:28 3:20 3:44 1 0 - - - - -
Matt Pettinger C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 19 12:15 10:45 0:06 1:24 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Martin St. Louis RW 0 0 0 E 2 2 24 18:49 13:11 3:07 2:31 0 0 - - - - -
David Koci C 0 0 0 E 6 1 8 4:32 4:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Craig C 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 9:25 9:19 0:06 0:00 0 0 - - 6 4 60
Jussi Jokinen LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22 13:37 12:03 0:15 1:19 0 0 - - 3 1 75
Steve Eminger D 1 0 1 E 0 4 37 29:40 23:59 1:09 4:32 1 0 - - - - -
Steven Stamkos C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 11:42 10:41 1:01 0:00 0 0 - - 3 0 100
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (34-18-6) 26 21 5 .808 0 58:24
Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 .000 0 0:00
Tampa Bay
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mike Smith W (14-18-9) 34 31 3 .912 0 59:59
Olaf Kolzig 0 0 0 .000 0 0:00