Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Friday, December 23, 2005 · St. Pete Times Forum

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4–1

Final

SOG 31–31

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Friday, December 23, 2005 at St. Pete Times Forum.

Goals came from Vinny Prospal, Thomas Vanek, Chris Drury, Henrik Tallinder and Ales Kotalik.

Ryan Miller made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; John Grahame stopped 27 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	2	1	4	31
TBL	1	0	0	1	31

Scoring

1st period

Vinny Prospal (16)Ruslan Fedotenko (7), Nolan Pratt (5)0–102:17 TBL
Thomas Vanek (9)Derek Roy (10), Henrik Tallinder (5)1–106:15 BUF · PPG

2nd period

Chris Drury (12)Jochen Hecht (10), Teppo Numminen (21)2–106:41 BUF
Henrik Tallinder (2)Paul Gaustad (7), Daniel Paille (1)3–110:04 BUF

3rd period

Ales Kotalik (16)Paul Gaustad (8), Tim Connolly (19)4–117:30 BUF · EN

Team stats

BUFTBL

31Shots on goal31

53%Faceoff %47%

1/5Power play0/7

14Penalty minutes10

11Hits12

14Blocked shots3

4Giveaways16

7Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 04:19Evgeny Artyukhin · hooking2 min
1st 16:43Toni Lydman · hooking2 min
1st 18:48Teppo Numminen · hooking2 min
2nd 00:57Mike Grier · boarding2 min
2nd 07:29Paul Ranger · holding2 min
2nd 11:18Darryl Sydor · interference2 min
2nd 13:03Freddy Modin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 14:27Jason Pominville · high sticking2 min
2nd 14:34Cory Sarich · interference2 min
2nd 14:38Teppo Numminen · tripping2 min
3rd 00:22Henrik Tallinder · interference2 min
3rd 11:36Adam Mair · boarding2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

28Paul GaustadC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	62	11:12
10Henrik TallinderD	1	1	2	+2	4	0	2	2	–	19:21
9Derek RoyC	0	1	1	-1	4	2	0	0	54	18:48
12Ales KotalikR	1	0	1	+1	6	0	0	0	–	12:18
19Tim ConnollyC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	43	18:30
20Daniel PailleL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	10:27
23Chris DruryC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	53	16:36
26Thomas VanekL	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	13:05
55Jochen HechtC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	17:26
27Teppo NumminenD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	4	–	17:33
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	07:31
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	+2	1	2	1	2	–	14:30
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	12:23
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	–	15:18
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	3	2	–	19:00
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	21:51
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	16:43
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	21:14

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

17Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	–	13:22
20Vinny ProspalL	1	0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	47	22:35
44Nolan PrattD	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	14:52
8Martin CibakC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	06:44
11Chris DingmanL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:20
18Rob DiMaioR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	19:13
19Brad RichardsC	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	50	27:34
25Dave AndreychukL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	53	11:46
26Martin St. LouisR	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	20:44
27Tim TaylorC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	50	08:41
33Freddy ModinL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	50	25:48
34Ryan CraigC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	10:08
46Darren ReidR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:43
76Evgeny ArtyukhinR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	06:26
5Darryl SydorD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	–	18:30
21Cory SarichD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	22:35
22Dan BoyleD	0	0	0	-2	6	1	0	0	–	28:56
54Paul RangerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	20:18

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Sean BurkeG		0	0	0	–	–
47John GrahameG	L	30	27	3	.900	59:45