Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, March 9, 2006 · HSBC Arena

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5–8

Final

SOG 40–23

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 8-5 on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at HSBC Arena. The Lightning outshot the Sabres 40-23.

J-P Dumont scored twice and Derek Roy scored a hat trick. Brad Richards, Ruslan Fedotenko, Paul Gaustad, Vincent Lecavalier, Ales Kotalik, Vinny Prospal, Martin St. Louis and Thomas Vanek also scored.

Ryan Miller made 35 saves on 40 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 4 of 6.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	2	2	1	5	40
BUF	2	3	3	8	23

Scoring

1st period

J-P Dumont (12)Daniel Brière (15), Henrik Tallinder (9)0–100:27 BUF
Brad Richards (19)Pavel Kubina (27), Martin St. Louis (27)1–112:56 TBL · PPG
Ruslan Fedotenko (19)Freddy Modin (15), Brad Richards (46)2–115:11 TBL · PPG
J-P Dumont (13)Daniel Brière (16), Brian Campbell (26)2–218:04 BUF · PPG

2nd period

Paul Gaustad (8)Chris Drury (27), Mike Grier (9)2–308:04 BUF
Vincent Lecavalier (27)Pavel Kubina (28), Vinny Prospal (41)3–309:15 TBL
Ales Kotalik (22)Jason Pominville (11), Tim Connolly (30)3–415:45 BUF
Vinny Prospal (22)Pavel Kubina (29), Brad Richards (47)4–417:35 TBL · PPG
Derek Roy (11)Jochen Hecht (19), Henrik Tallinder (10)4–519:19 BUF · SHG

3rd period

Martin St. Louis (19)Brad Richards (48), Paul Ranger (14)5–508:43 TBL
Thomas Vanek (21)Derek Roy (23), Teppo Numminen (32)5–610:38 BUF
Derek Roy (12)Mike Grier (10)5–717:12 BUF
Derek Roy (13)Mike Grier (11), Henrik Tallinder (11)5–819:16 BUF · EN

Team stats

TBLBUF

40Shots on goal23

47%Faceoff %53%

3/7Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes14

8Hits15

10Blocked shots17

9Giveaways17

5Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 09:19Thomas Vanek · interference2 min
1st 12:43Daniel Brière · tripping2 min
1st 14:58Tim Connolly · hooking2 min
1st 17:47Martin St. Louis · holding the stick2 min
2nd 01:28Jason Pominville · interference2 min
2nd 02:49Ryan Craig · cross checking2 min
2nd 11:24Derek Roy · tripping2 min
2nd 17:07Dmitri Kalinin · hooking2 min
2nd 17:27Tim Connolly · hooking2 min
3rd 01:02Darryl Sydor · tripping2 min
3rd 19:16Brad Richards · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

19Brad RichardsC	1	3	4	-2	7	0	1	2	27	21:53
13Pavel KubinaD	0	3	3	-1	1	2	1	0	–	16:56
20Vinny ProspalL	1	1	2	-2	6	0	1	0	100	21:58
26Martin St. LouisR	1	1	2	-3	3	1	2	2	–	21:45
4Vincent LecavalierC	1	0	1	-1	8	0	0	0	47	22:31
17Ruslan FedotenkoL	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:50
33Freddy ModinL	0	1	1	-2	3	0	0	0	75	19:08
54Paul RangerD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	–	18:43
8Martin CibakC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	07:20
27Tim TaylorC	0	0	0	-3	2	0	1	0	53	15:48
29Dimitri AfanasenkovL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	11:54
34Ryan CraigC	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0	2	50	18:26
46Darren ReidR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	02:44
74Nick TarnaskyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:46
5Darryl SydorD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	–	17:19
21Cory SarichD	0	0	0	-3	1	0	1	0	–	17:22
22Dan BoyleD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	26:59
44Nolan PrattD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	15:26

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Sean BurkeG	L	6	4	2	.667	19:12
47John GrahameG		16	11	5	.688	40:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Derek RoyC	3	1	4	+5	6	0	0	2	40	15:20
25Mike GrierR	0	3	3	+3	1	2	2	0	–	16:23
10Henrik TallinderD	0	3	3	+3	0	1	1	0	–	20:15
17J-P DumontR	2	0	2	+1	5	1	0	0	–	15:28
48Daniel BrièreC	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	67	15:04
12Ales KotalikR	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	14:55
19Tim ConnollyC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	42	14:13
23Chris DruryC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	46	14:52
26Thomas VanekL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	12:23
28Paul GaustadC	1	0	1	+3	2	2	0	0	100	14:21
29Jason PominvilleR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	–	13:13
55Jochen HechtC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	16:50
27Teppo NumminenD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	21:42
51Brian CampbellD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	–	16:55
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:57
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	+3	1	2	3	0	–	21:36
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	2	–	17:16
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	–	18:25

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	W	40	35	5	.875	59:58
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–