Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, December 6, 2008 · St. Pete Times Forum

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4–3

Final

SOG 27–23

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Sabres outshot the Lightning 27-23.

Goals came from Drew Stafford, Martin St. Louis, Thomas Vanek, Paul Ranger, Jochen Hecht, Vinny Prospal and Derek Roy.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	2	1	4	27
TBL	1	2	0	3	23

Scoring

1st period

Drew Stafford (4)Paul Gaustad (3)1–010:02 BUF
Martin St. Louis (7)Vincent Lecavalier (12), Lukas Krajicek (4)1–113:05 TBL

2nd period

Thomas Vanek (19)Derek Roy (13), Drew Stafford (6)2–109:46 BUF
Paul Ranger (2)Vincent Lecavalier (13), Vinny Prospal (11)2–210:21 TBL
Jochen Hecht (3)Adam Mair (3), Toni Lydman (7)3–214:41 BUF
Vinny Prospal (6)Marek Malik (3), Martin St. Louis (14)3–315:20 TBL

3rd period

Derek Roy (7)Teppo Numminen (6), Drew Stafford (7)4–310:03 BUF

Team stats

BUFTBL

27Shots on goal23

36%Faceoff %64%

0/6Power play0/6

29Penalty minutes29

12Hits25

11Blocked shots17

4Giveaways13

8Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 03:35Jason Pominville · interference2 min
1st 06:09Lukas Krajicek · tripping2 min
1st 07:42Nathan Gerbe · hooking2 min
1st 16:46Paul Gaustad · fighting5 min
1st 16:46Radek Smolenak · fighting5 min
1st 17:53Adam Mair · fighting5 min
1st 17:53Steve Downie · fighting5 min
2nd 00:50Jochen Hecht · hooking2 min
2nd 04:08Matt Smaby · tripping2 min
2nd 12:33Steve Eminger · hooking2 min
2nd 16:31Paul Ranger · hooking2 min
2nd 17:34Paul Gaustad · boarding2 min
2nd 17:34Steve Eminger · roughing2 min
2nd 17:57Derek Roy · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 19:22Jochen Hecht · fighting5 min
2nd 19:22Vincent Lecavalier · fighting5 min
3rd 01:36Paul Szczechura · hooking2 min
3rd 07:24Adam Mair · holding2 min
3rd 11:30Lukas Krajicek · boarding2 min
3rd 14:17Jochen Hecht · high sticking2 min

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