National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 7, Tampa Bay 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Kevin Pollock, Dean Warren
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Shane Heyer
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 2204
Buffalo 1067
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:50 - Lightning Jeff Halpern (EV) Assists: Paul Ranger
10:36 - Lightning Martin St. Louis (PP) Assists: Dan Boyle , Vincent Lecavalier
13:07 - Sabres Jason Pominville (EV) Assists: Jochen Hecht , Henrik Tallinder
Penalties
7:29 - Lightning Dan Boyle (2) Hooking
 9:18 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (2) Roughing
 9:18 - Sabres Steve Bernier (2) Roughing
 9:18 - Lightning Alexandre Picard (2) Roughing
2nd Period
Scoring
5:06 - Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (EV) Assists: Jussi Jokinen , Martin St. Louis
18:11 - Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (EV) Assists: Junior Lessard , Paul Ranger
Penalties
0:52 - Lightning Shane O'Brien (2) Tripping
 18:40 - Lightning Jeff Halpern (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
5:03 - Sabres Jason Pominville (EV) Assists: Paul Gaustad
5:19 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (EV) Assists: Paul Gaustad , Jason Pominville
8:25 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Derek Roy , Drew Stafford
13:14 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Derek Roy , Drew Stafford
16:07 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Derek Roy , Drew Stafford
19:54 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (SH) (EN) Assists: Jason Pominville
Penalties
18:24 - Sabres Drew Stafford (2) Tripping
Tampa Bay Lightning
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Karri Ramo G 0 0 0 0 0 58:17 48:44 3:44 5:49 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Smith G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alexandre Picard D 0 0 0 E 2 0 22 17:46 15:05 0:06 2:35 0 0 - - - - -
Vincent Lecavalier C 2 1 3 -1 0 4 25 19:13 15:32 3:08 0:33 0 0 - - 10 15 40
Michel Ouellet RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 21 16:55 15:56 0:59 0:00 0 0 - - 6 2 75
Jeff Halpern C 1 0 1 E 2 2 25 20:05 15:57 2:29 1:39 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Ward RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 5:17 5:08 0:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mathieu Darche LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 24 20:22 17:04 0:59 2:19 0 0 - - 4 6 40
Dan Boyle D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 28 26:11 21:13 3:21 1:37 0 0 - - - - -
Andreas Karlsson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12 7:24 4:25 0:09 2:50 0 0 - - 5 1 83
Martin St. Louis RW 1 1 2 -2 0 5 25 18:42 14:22 3:08 1:12 1 0 - - - - -
Craig MacDonald C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 25 17:39 13:36 0:58 3:05 0 0 - - 3 9 25
Matt Smaby D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 12:17 11:29 0:48 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jussi Jokinen LW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 24 18:22 15:14 3:08 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Junior Lessard RW 0 1 1 -2 0 0 18 14:10 13:12 0:58 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Ranger D 0 2 2 -1 0 0 24 18:58 14:43 1:05 3:10 0 0 - - - - -
Shane O'Brien D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 24 20:01 17:32 1:23 1:06 0 0 - - - - -
Karl Stewart LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 4:52 4:43 0:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Filip Kuba D 0 0 0 -4 0 1 30 24:37 17:42 3:45 3:10 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Tarnasky C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 17 12:52 11:54 0:58 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
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 60:00 48:57 5:49 5:14 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Funk D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 14 11:36 10:44 0:00 0:52 0 0 - - - - -
Nolan Pratt D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15 12:16 11:06 0:00 1:10 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 E 0 2 29 24:57 18:14 3:36 3:07 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 3 3 +2 0 2 23 18:31 13:17 3:20 1:54 0 0 - - 8 8 50
Henrik Tallinder D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 25 21:12 18:01 0:00 3:11 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 14:42 11:59 2:43 0:00 0 0 - - 6 6 50
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 14:37 12:53 0:00 1:44 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 3 3 +2 2 2 15 12:21 11:25 0:07 0:49 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 10 7:50 7:01 0:00 0:49 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Thomas Vanek LW 3 0 3 +1 0 3 24 15:13 11:47 3:20 0:06 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Bernier RW 0 0 0 E 2 2 17 14:05 10:02 2:29 1:34 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Paul Gaustad C 0 2 2 +3 0 3 26 21:19 18:10 2:29 0:40 0 0 - - 11 3 79
Jason Pominville RW 2 2 4 +4 0 3 26 23:24 17:47 3:06 2:31 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 +5 0 1 27 20:48 19:51 0:00 0:57 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 8 6:32 5:33 0:00 0:59 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 +5 0 1 30 23:01 19:37 2:13 1:11 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 2 1 3 +4 0 7 27 22:29 17:23 3:13 1:53 0 1 - - 5 7 42
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 0 0 -2 2 2 16 12:13 9:44 2:29 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Tampa Bay
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Karri Ramo L (7-11-3) 31 25 6 .806 0 58:17
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (36-27-10) 19 15 4 .789 0 60:00