Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, March 19, 2008 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7–4 on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Lightning 32–19.
Jason Pominville scored twice, Vincent Lecavalier scored twice, Jochen Hecht scored twice and Thomas Vanek scored a hat trick. Jeff Halpern and Martin St. Louis also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Halpern (16)Paul Ranger (20)1–002:50 TBL
Martin St. Louis (24)Dan Boyle (17), Vincent Lecavalier (49)2–010:36 TBL · 
Jason Pominville (25)Jochen Hecht (25), Henrik Tallinder (16)2–113:07 BUF
2nd period
Vincent Lecavalier (38)Jussi Jokinen (20), Martin St. Louis (55)3–105:06 TBL- Vincent Lecavalier (39)Junior Lessard (1), Paul Ranger (21)4–118:11 TBL
3rd period
- Jason Pominville (26)Paul Gaustad (23)4–205:03 BUF
Jochen Hecht (20)Paul Gaustad (24), Jason Pominville (47)4–305:19 BUF
Thomas Vanek (29)Derek Roy (38), Drew Stafford (19)4–408:25 BUF- Thomas Vanek (30)Derek Roy (39), Drew Stafford (20)4–513:14 BUF
- Thomas Vanek (31)Derek Roy (40), Drew Stafford (21)4–616:07 BUF
- Jochen Hecht (21)Jason Pominville (48)4–719:54 BUF · ·
Team stats
TBLBUF
1932
47%53%
1/20/3
86
3418
1213
1016
51
Penalties
- 7:29 into the first period
Dan Boyle · hooking2 min - 9:18 into the first period
Maxim Afinogenov · roughing2 min - 9:18 into the first periodSteve Bernier · roughing2 min
- 9:18 into the first periodAlexandre Picard · roughing2 min
- 0:52 into the second periodShane O'Brien · tripping2 min
- 18:40 into the second periodJeff Halpern · tripping2 min
- 18:24 into the third periodDrew Stafford · tripping2 min
Season series
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