Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Wednesday, January 21, 2009 · St. Pete Times Forum

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34–26

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Sabres outshot the Lightning 34–26.

Derek Roy scored twice. Steve Eminger, Steve Downie, Lukas Krajicek, Ales Kotalik, Jeff Halpern and Cory Murphy also scored.

Mike Smith made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 21 of 26.

Goals
BUF	0	3	0	3	34
TBL	2	3	0	5	26

Scoring

1st period

Steve Eminger (4)Jeff Halpern (5)0–104:45 TBL ·
Steve Downie (2)Cory Murphy (3), Matt Pettinger (4)0–205:19 TBL

2nd period

Derek Roy (17)Jason Pominville (24), Toni Lydman (12)1–200:19 BUF
Lukas Krajicek (1)Andrej Meszaros (13), Vinny Prospal (19)1–301:23 TBL
Ales Kotalik (10)Craig Rivet (7), Paul Gaustad (7)2–304:04 BUF ·
Jeff Halpern (3)Mark Recchi (20), Ty Wishart (1)2–413:52 TBL
Derek Roy (18)Thomas Vanek (15), Jason Pominville (25)3–416:55 BUF ·
Cory Murphy (1)Mark Recchi (21)3–519:54 TBL ·

Team stats

BUFTBL

3426

50%50%

2/52/4

1012

1723

88

1310

38

Penalties

2:53 into the first periodDaniel Paille · hooking2 min
19:44 into the first periodAdam Mair · elbowing2 min
19:53 into the first periodMartin St. Louis · tripping2 min
2:30 into the second periodJeff Halpern · high sticking2 min
6:52 into the second periodDavid Koci · roughing2 min
9:12 into the second periodPaul Gaustad · roughing2 min
9:12 into the second periodDavid Koci · roughing2 min
15:25 into the second periodDavid Koci · interference2 min
18:54 into the second periodChris Butler · tripping2 min
19:22 into the second periodHenrik Tallinder · tripping2 min
6:16 into the third periodLukas Krajicek · interference2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Derek RoyC	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	45	21:48
29Jason PominvilleR	0	2	2	0	6	0	1	0	–	21:28
12Ales KotalikR	1	0	1	−1	1	2	0	0	100	12:08
26Thomas VanekL	0	1	1	−1	0	0	0	0	–	15:22
28Paul GaustadC	0	1	1	−1	1	2	0	2	31	17:49
5Toni LydmanD	0	1	1	−2	3	2	1	0	–	23:59
52Craig RivetD	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	–	24:18
19Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	−1	5	1	0	0	70	18:31
20Daniel PailleL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	08:44
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	18:38
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	–	11:05
37Matt EllisL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	09:57
41Clarke MacArthurL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	11:10
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	50	15:12
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	19:27
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	1	2	–	11:42
34Chris ButlerD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	–	20:29
38Nathan PaetschD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	10:57

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG	L	26	21	5	.808	58:24
40Patrick LalimeG		0	0	0	–	–

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

8Mark RecchiR	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	50	13:56
11Jeff HalpernC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	2	48	16:57
21Cory MurphyD	1	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	–	24:32
9Steve DownieR	1	0	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	09:25
20Vinny ProspalL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	33	15:24
24Matt PettingerL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	12:15
2Lukas KrajicekD	1	0	1	+2	1	0	1	2	–	24:23
3Ty WishartD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	09:43
14Andrej MeszarosD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	2	0	–	25:42
44Steve EmingerD	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	–	29:40
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	41	19:32
12Ryan MaloneL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	16:52
18Adam HallR	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	100	12:31
26Martin St. LouisR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	–	18:49
33David KociL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	–	04:32
34Ryan CraigC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	60	09:25
36Jussi JokinenL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	75	13:37
91Steven StamkosC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	100	11:42

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
37Olie KolzigG		0	0	0	–	–
41Mike SmithG	W	34	31	3	.912	59:59