Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, March 27, 2010 · HSBC Arena
MSG-B (HD) · SUN
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7–1 on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Lightning 26–23.
Derek Roy scored a hat trick. Paul Gaustad, Jochen Hecht, Jason Pominville, Adam Mair and Steve Downie also scored.
Patrick Lalime made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Antero Niittymaki stopped 3 of 6.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Gaustad (1)Craig Rivet (1), Mike Grier (1)0–102:24 BUF
Derek Roy (1)Tyler Ennis (1), Jason Pominville (1)0–208:02 BUF · 
Jochen Hecht (1)Tyler Myers (1), Chris Butler (1)0–308:52 BUF ·
2nd period
Jason Pominville (1)Henrik Tallinder (1), Derek Roy (1)0–406:57 BUF- Derek Roy (2)Tim Kennedy (1), Thomas Vanek (1)0–509:45 BUF
Adam Mair (1)Tyler Ennis (2), Matt Ellis (1)0–611:16 BUF
Steve Downie (1)Mike Lundin (1)1–619:17 TBL
3rd period
- Derek Roy (3)Jason Pominville (2)1–706:10 BUF ·
Team stats
TBLBUF
2326
60%40%
0/23/4
174
2113
1412
411
66
Penalties
- 6:35 into the first period
Vincent Lecavalier · spearing5 min - 6:35 into the first periodVincent Lecavalier · misconduct10 min
- 18:19 into the first period
Toni Lydman · interference2 min - 19:59 into the second periodPaul Gaustad · cross checking2 min
- 5:16 into the third periodAndrej Meszaros · cross checking2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 9Steve DownieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 12:33 |
| 39Mike LundinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:52 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:37 |
| 13Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 16Teddy PurcellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:03 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 22:41 |
| 28Zenon KonopkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 37Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 38Paul SzczechuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:05 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:05 |
| 5Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 8Matt WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 14Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 32Matt SmabyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:56 |
| 56Vladimir MihalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:10 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 20:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | L | 6 | 3 | .500 |
| 41Mike SmithG | 20 | 4 | .800 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 5 | 20:51 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 19:44 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:26 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 22Adam MairC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:25 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:19 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 10:10 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:39 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:15 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:55 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:06 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:24 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:41 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:39 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:12 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |