Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, February 20, 2008 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Lightning 46-25.
Thomas Vanek scored a hat trick. Chris Gratton, Brad Richards, Derek Roy and Vinny Prospal also scored.
Ryan Miller made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Johan Holmqvist stopped 42 of 46.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Gratton (10)Filip Kuba (19), Craig MacDonald (8)1–004:02 TBL
3rd period
Brad Richards (18)Jan Hlavac (12)2–001:03 TBL
Derek Roy (22)Jaroslav Spacek (16), Tim Connolly (27)2–103:03 BUF
Vinny Prospal (28)Dan Boyle (7), Vincent Lecavalier (45)3–113:12 TBL
Thomas Vanek (23)Tim Connolly (28), Toni Lydman (15)3–217:39 BUF- Thomas Vanek (24)Tim Connolly (29), Derek Roy (28)3–318:15 BUF
OT period
- Thomas Vanek (25)Jaroslav Spacek (17), Jason Pominville (37)3–402:25 BUF · PPG
Team stats
TBLBUF
25Shots on goal46
51%Faceoff %49%
0/2Power play1/6
12Penalty minutes4
13Hits21
18Blocked shots10
9Giveaways9
2Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 01:13
Filip Kuba · tripping2 min - 1st 08:55Jan Hlavac · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:07
Brian Campbell · hooking2 min - 2nd 01:24Toni Lydman · hooking2 min
- 2nd 12:15Martin St. Louis · hooking2 min
- 2nd 15:02Jan Hlavac · hooking2 min
- 3rd 04:21Filip Kuba · tripping2 min
- OT 01:26Dan Boyle · hooking2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 23:51 |
| 17Jan HlavacL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:31 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:35 |
| 20Vinny ProspalL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:37 |
| 29Craig MacDonaldC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:48 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 33:08 |
| 71Filip KubaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:49 |
| 7Michel OuelletR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:01 |
| 16Jason WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:58 |
| 21Mathieu DarcheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:45 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 26:02 |
| 36Andre RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:49 |
| 74Nick TarnaskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:53 |
| 3Doug JanikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:43 |
| 39Mike LundinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:19 |
| 54Paul RangerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28:09 |
| 55Shane O'BrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Karri RamoG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 40Johan HolmqvistG | O | 46 | 42 | 4 | .913 | 62:12 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 22:16 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 23:20 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 22:40 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 22:39 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 24:03 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:44 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:55 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 06:09 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:01 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:18 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:52 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:59 |
| 4Nolan PrattD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:01 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:38 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 61:41 |
| 35Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |