Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, October 27, 2007 · St. Pete Times Forum

BuffaloSabresAway

4–3

Final/OT

SOG 26–34

Tampa BayLightningHome

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 in overtime on Saturday, October 27, 2007 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Sabres 34-26.

Goals came from Vinny Prospal, Michel Ouellet, Maxim Afinogenov, Paul Gaustad, Vincent Lecavalier, Nathan Paetsch and Thomas Vanek.

Ryan Miller made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Johan Holmqvist stopped 22 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	0	2	1	1	4	26
TBL	0	2	1	0	3	34

Scoring

2nd period

Vinny Prospal (9)Vincent Lecavalier (6), Martin St. Louis (8)0–103:25 TBL
Michel Ouellet (2)Chris Gratton (3), Mathieu Darche (3)0–204:45 TBL
Maxim Afinogenov (2)Thomas Vanek (5), Nathan Paetsch (2)1–209:30 BUF
Paul Gaustad (3)Tim Connolly (10), Brian Campbell (10)2–214:28 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Vincent Lecavalier (5)Martin St. Louis (9), Brad Richards (7)2–306:14 TBL · PPG
Nathan Paetsch (1)Jason Pominville (5), Jochen Hecht (4)3–313:13 BUF

OT period

Thomas Vanek (3)Unassisted4–304:19 BUF

Team stats

BUFTBL

26Shots on goal34

38%Faceoff %62%

1/3Power play1/4

13Penalty minutes11

18Hits21

19Blocked shots10

6Giveaways6

3Takeaways16

Penalties

1st 03:29Vincent Lecavalier · tripping2 min
1st 09:15Andrew Peters · fighting5 min
1st 09:15Andre Roy · fighting5 min
1st 16:14Ales Kotalik · holding2 min
2nd 13:34Jason Ward · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 15:54Chris Gratton · holding2 min
3rd 04:28Ales Kotalik · cross checking2 min
3rd 05:10Toni Lydman · interference2 min
3rd 16:20Paul Gaustad · hooking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

26Thomas VanekL	1	1	2	+2	1	2	0	0	–	11:31
38Nathan PaetschD	1	1	2	+2	2	0	2	0	–	15:09
19Tim ConnollyC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	21:19
28Paul GaustadC	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	2	44	19:01
29Jason PominvilleR	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	50	19:17
55Jochen HechtC	0	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	39	21:03
61Maxim AfinogenovR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	14:10
51Brian CampbellD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	4	0	–	26:58
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	38	18:37
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	–	16:41
20Daniel PailleL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	18:04
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100	08:56
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	-1	1	5	0	0	–	10:16
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	02:34
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	–	28:28
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	27:43
34Mike WeberD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	11:17
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	17:45

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	W	34	31	3	.912	64:19
35Jocelyn ThibaultG		0	0	0	–	–

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

4Vincent LecavalierC	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	2	65	26:39
26Martin St. LouisR	0	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	–	26:35
7Michel OuelletR	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	100	12:49
19Brad RichardsC	0	1	1	-2	5	0	0	0	54	28:21
20Vinny ProspalL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	80	25:03
21Mathieu DarcheL	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	100	12:39
77Chris GrattonC	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	53	12:29
16Jason WardR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	2	–	19:24
17Jan HlavacL	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	–	20:36
29Craig MacDonaldC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	67	05:02
36Andre RoyR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	–	02:20
74Nick TarnaskyL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	02:20
3Doug JanikD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	05:31
37Brad LukowichD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	3	0	–	15:21
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	19:29
54Paul RangerD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	1	0	–	26:12
55Shane O'BrienD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	26:44
71Filip KubaD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	1	0	–	25:03

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Marc DenisG		0	0	0	–	–
40Johan HolmqvistG	O	26	22	4	.846	64:04