Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, October 25, 2011 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Lightning 39-23.
Goals came from Thomas Vanek, Brad Boyes, Vincent Lecavalier, Nate Thompson, Steven Stamkos, Ryan Malone and Nathan Gerbe.
Mathieu Garon made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 19 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Thomas Vanek (1)Jason Pominville (1), Luke Adam (1)0–101:56 BUF
Brad Boyes (1)Cody McCormick (1), Matt Ellis (1)0–202:31 BUF
Vincent Lecavalier (1)Martin St. Louis (1)1–213:03 TBL
Nate Thompson (1)Tom Pyatt (1), Dominic Moore (1)2–219:00 TBL
2nd period
Steven Stamkos (1)Matt Gilroy (1), Marc-Andre Bergeron (1)3–204:42 TBL
3rd period
Ryan Malone (1)Brett Clark (1)4–218:37 TBL
Nathan Gerbe (1)Brad Boyes (1), Paul Gaustad (1)4–319:10 BUF
Team stats
TBLBUF
23Shots on goal39
42%Faceoff %58%
0/3Power play0/3
13Penalty minutes13
16Hits18
14Blocked shots7
7Giveaways4
5Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 09:12
Thomas Vanek · hooking2 min - 1st 13:20Patrick Kaleta · fighting5 min
- 1st 13:20
Steve Downie · fighting5 min - 2nd 04:37Robyn Regehr · roughing2 min
- 2nd 04:37Ryan Malone · roughing2 min
- 2nd 05:12Nate Thompson · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:39Victor Hedman · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:15Drew Stafford · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:27Cody McCormick · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 14:07Vincent Lecavalier · hooking2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:19 |
| 11Tom PyattC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:59 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:03 |
| 19Dominic MooreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:16 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:11 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:26 |
| 7Brett ClarkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:04 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:07 |
| 97Matt GilroyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 9Steve DownieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:08 |
| 14Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:17 |
| 16Teddy PurcellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 11:37 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:40 |
| 49Blair JonesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:18 |
| 2Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:19 |
| 13Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:19 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Mathieu GaronG | W | 39 | 36 | 3 | .923 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Brad BoyesR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 06:45 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:00 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:33 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 21:29 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:49 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 13:19 |
| 72Luke AdamC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 15:56 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:05 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:56 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:30 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:15 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:51 |
| 17Marc-Andre GragnaniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:46 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 22:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 59:10 |