Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Thursday, March 18, 2010 · St. Pete Times Forum
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Sabres outshot the Lightning 28–25.
Jason Pominville scored a hat trick. Tyler Myers, Derek Roy, Steve Downie, Vincent Lecavalier and Thomas Vanek also scored.
Ryan Miller made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Antero Niittymaki stopped 22 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jason Pominville (1)Derek Roy (1), Toni Lydman (1)1–005:19 BUF · 
Tyler Myers (1)Jochen Hecht (1)2–013:56 BUF- Jason Pominville (2)Henrik Tallinder (1)3–016:23 BUF
2nd period
Derek Roy (1)Unassisted4–009:25 BUF ·
3rd period
Steve Downie (1)Steven Stamkos (1), Martin St. Louis (1)4–108:06 TBL
Vincent Lecavalier (1)Steven Stamkos (2), Teddy Purcell (1)4–217:22 TBL · 
Thomas Vanek (1)Derek Roy (2)5–218:14 BUF · - Jason Pominville (3)Tim Connolly (1), Toni Lydman (2)6–219:26 BUF
Team stats
BUFTBL
2825
59%41%
1/71/4
2519
128
1612
512
311
Penalties
- 2:07 into the first period
Craig Rivet · instigator2 min - 2:07 into the first period
Todd Fedoruk · fighting5 min - 2:07 into the first periodCraig Rivet · fighting5 min
- 2:07 into the first periodCraig Rivet · misconduct10 min
- 4:48 into the first periodMatt Walker · interference2 min
- 9:22 into the first periodPatrick Kaleta · roughing2 min
- 11:48 into the first periodTodd Fedoruk · interference2 min
- 12:28 into the first periodJason Pominville · slashing2 min
- 12:49 into the first periodAndrej Meszaros · hooking2 min
- 3:14 into the second periodSteven Stamkos · tripping2 min
- 8:51 into the second periodTyler Myers · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 12:11 into the second periodNate Thompson · roughing2 min
- 15:33 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2:26 into the third periodVictor Hedman · tripping2 min
- 16:37 into the third periodTim Connolly · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 21:07 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 7 | 18:16 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 25:47 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 17:55 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:39 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 18:06 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:10 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:53 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 17Raffi TorresL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:24 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:58 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:31 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:25 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:54 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:11 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | – |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 3 | 19:23 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 7 | 21:27 |
| 9Steve DownieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:19 |
| 16Teddy PurcellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 13:54 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 13Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 17Todd FedorukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:26 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 27Brandon BochenskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 37Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 38Paul SzczechuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:13 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 6Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 21:38 |
| 8Matt WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:07 |
| 14Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 32Matt SmabyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 39Mike LundinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:30 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 41Mike SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |