Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, February 11, 2012 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at First Niagara Center. The Lightning outshot the Sabres 28-27.
Goals came from Steve Downie, Steven Stamkos and Jason Pominville.
Mathieu Garon made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 26 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Steve Downie (1)Victor Hedman (1), Steven Stamkos (1)1–007:31 TBL
Steven Stamkos (1)Teddy Purcell (1)2–013:16 TBL
3rd period
Jason Pominville (1)Thomas Vanek (1), Mike Weber (1)2–107:07 BUF
Team stats
TBLBUF
28Shots on goal27
44%Faceoff %56%
0/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
5Hits18
16Blocked shots17
6Giveaways6
2Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 18:17
Christian Ehrhoff · tripping2 min - 2nd 00:42Jordan Leopold · tripping2 min
- 3rd 12:05Zack Kassian · slashing2 min
- 3rd 15:27
JT Wyman · tripping2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 91Steven StamkosC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 24:44 |
| 9Steve DownieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 16:09 |
| 16Teddy PurcellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:41 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 25:18 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:55 |
| 11Tom PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 14Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:26 |
| 19Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:52 |
| 22Ryan ShannonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 21:45 |
| 34JT WymanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:47 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 |
| 2Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:34 |
| 7Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 13Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:58 |
| 27Bruno GervaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:08 |
| 29Brendan MikkelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:20 |
| 97Matt GilroyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Mathieu GaronG | W | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:00 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:38 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 22Brad BoyesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:51 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:03 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:05 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:20 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:33 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 54Zack KassianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:44 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:04 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:17 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 58:40 |