Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, January 6, 2010 · HSBC Arena
XM 204 · MSG-B (HD) · SUN
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at HSBC Arena. The Lightning outshot the Sabres 39–35.
Goals came from Tyler Myers, Jochen Hecht, Clarke MacArthur, Martin St. Louis, Victor Hedman, Drew Stafford, Vincent Lecavalier and Jason Pominville.
Ryan Miller made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Tyler Myers (1)Tim Connolly (1)0–100:23 BUF
Jochen Hecht (1)Craig Rivet (1), Henrik Tallinder (1)0–201:11 BUF
Clarke MacArthur (1)Adam Mair (1), Toni Lydman (1)0–302:11 BUF
Martin St. Louis (1)Steven Stamkos (1), Ryan Malone (1)1–312:03 TBL
Victor Hedman (1)Unassisted2–313:25 TBL
2nd period
Drew Stafford (1)Derek Roy (1), Craig Rivet (2)2–401:19 BUF · 
Vincent Lecavalier (1)Steve Downie (1), Mike Lundin (1)3–405:34 TBL
Jason Pominville (1)Toni Lydman (2), Tim Connolly (2)3–507:25 BUF
Team stats
TBLBUF
3935
57%43%
0/31/3
88
1413
1412
89
13
Penalties
- 16:54 into the first period
Steve Montador · hooking2 min - 17:45 into the first periodPaul Gaustad · roughing2 min
- 17:45 into the first period
Ryan Malone · roughing2 min - 19:22 into the first periodVincent Lecavalier · holding2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodThomas Vanek · slashing2 min
- 2:11 into the third periodStephane Veilleux · tripping2 min
- 7:23 into the third periodRyan Malone · cross checking2 min
- 13:14 into the third periodSteve Montador · hooking2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:56 |
| 9Steve DownieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:33 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:16 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:26 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 20:21 |
| 39Mike LundinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:39 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:48 |
| 13Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:43 |
| 27Brandon BochenskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 28Zenon KonopkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:06 |
| 38Paul SzczechuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:43 |
| 43James WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:31 |
| 49Blair JonesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:53 |
| 5Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 24:56 |
| 6Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 18:23 |
| 14Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 32Matt SmabyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Mike SmithG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 18:37 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:28 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 18:41 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 16:37 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | 15:15 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:33 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:05 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 16:05 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:57 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:57 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:07 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 15:24 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:06 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:50 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:09 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 39 | 3 | .923 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | – |