Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 2014 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at First Niagara Center. The Lightning outshot the Sabres 25-11.
Nikita Kucherov scored twice. Matt Carle, Tyler Ennis, Ondrej Palat and Brett Connolly also scored.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 10 saves on 11 shots for the win; Jhonas Enroth stopped 20 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt Carle (4)Ondrej Palat (16)1–007:48 TBL
Tyler Ennis (9)Nikita Zadorov (4), Matt Moulson (10)1–112:33 BUF · PPG
2nd period
Ondrej Palat (9)Tyler Johnson (25), Nikita Kucherov (20)2–119:02 TBL · PPG
3rd period
Brett Connolly (7)Anton Stralman (13), Ondrej Palat (17)3–105:20 TBL
Nikita Kucherov (16)Tyler Johnson (26), Anton Stralman (14)4–108:40 TBL- Nikita Kucherov (17)Ondrej Palat (18), Tyler Johnson (27)5–118:05 TBL
Team stats
TBLBUF
25Shots on goal11
38%Faceoff %62%
1/3Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes6
12Hits24
11Blocked shots15
3Giveaways3
3Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 10:59
Alex Killorn · hooking2 min - 1st 13:22
Patrick Kaleta · interference2 min - 2nd 05:03Alex Killorn · tripping2 min
- 2nd 18:09Nicolas Deslauriers · tripping2 min
- 3rd 03:11Nicolas Deslauriers · holding2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 3 | 16:13 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 5 | 14:51 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 21:01 |
| 14Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:05 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:28 |
| 10Brenden MorrowL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:46 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:00 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:43 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:21 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 8Mark BarberioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:30 |
| 62Andrej SustrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:05 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:42 |
| 89Nikita NesterovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | W | 11 | 10 | 1 | .909 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 18:20 |
| 51Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 20:42 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:55 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:42 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:32 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:01 |
| 65Brian FlynnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 80Chris StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:38 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:34 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:02 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:19 |
| 24Tyson StrachanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:41 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | L | 25 | 20 | 5 | .800 | 60:00 |
| 34Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |