Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, October 24, 2009 · St. Pete Times Forum

BuffaloSabresAway

3–2

Final/SO

SOG 32–26

Tampa BayLightningHome

MSG-B · WTOG

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Sabres outshot the Lightning 32-26.

Goals came from Vincent Lecavalier, Mike Grier, Steven Stamkos and Drew Stafford.

Ryan Miller made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 30 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	1	0	0	3	32
TBL	1	0	1	0	0	2	26

Scoring

1st period

Vincent Lecavalier (1)James Wright (1), Martin St. Louis (1)0–119:59 TBL

2nd period

Mike Grier (1)Tim Kennedy (1)1–119:14 BUF

3rd period

Steven Stamkos (1)Unassisted1–204:26 TBL
Drew Stafford (1)Derek Roy (1), Craig Rivet (1)2–219:43 BUF

Team stats

BUFTBL

32Shots on goal26

53%Faceoff %47%

0/3Power play0/2

6Penalty minutes8

17Hits20

8Blocked shots17

7Giveaways8

5Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 06:04Kurtis Foster · holding2 min
1st 06:04Patrick Kaleta · diving2 min
1st 07:57Tyler Myers · holding2 min
2nd 01:38Steven Stamkos · hooking2 min
2nd 05:40Thomas Vanek · holding the stick2 min
2nd 10:29Andrej Meszaros · hooking2 min
3rd 14:45Mattias Ohlund · cross checking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Derek RoyC	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	47	21:07
13Tim KennedyL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	29	12:32
21Drew StaffordR	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	–	17:44
25Mike GrierR	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	0	–	15:17
52Craig RivetD	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	26:11
19Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	60	18:15
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	18:06
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	75	15:48
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	50	20:49
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	08:52
37Matt EllisL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	07:32
41Clarke MacArthurL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	–	15:34
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	43	16:49
4Steve MontadorD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	15:15
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	20:57
34Chris ButlerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	29:18
38Nathan PaetschD	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	–	13:09
57Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	2	–	21:42

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	W	26	24	2	.923	64:03
40Patrick LalimeG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

4Vincent LecavalierC	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	48	21:31
26Martin St. LouisR	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	–	22:04
43James WrightC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0	–	17:05
91Steven StamkosC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	2	42	20:53
9Steve DownieR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:43
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	46	13:59
12Ryan MaloneL	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	–	20:19
13Alex TanguayL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100	14:38
16Drew MillerL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	12:08
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	08:58
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	13:06
28Zenon KonopkaC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	86	07:34
5Mattias OhlundD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	–	27:25
6Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	18:13
8Matt WalkerD	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	–	18:05
14Andrej MeszarosD	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	–	16:00
21David HaleD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	21:00
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	28:19

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Antero NiittymakiG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Mike SmithG	O	32	30	2	.938	65:00