National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, Tampa Bay 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Dan O'Halloran
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Greg Devorski
Attendance: 18431
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 2002
Buffalo 1214
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
10:21 - Lightning Martin St. Louis (EV) Assists: Steven Stamkos
16:18 - Lightning Mark Recchi (EV) Assists: Paul Ranger , Paul Szczechura
19:22 - Sabres Drew Stafford (PP) Assists: Jaroslav Spacek , Jason Pominville
Penalties
14:51 - Lightning Zenon Konopka (2) Interference
 16:13 - Sabres Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 18:18 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (5) Fighting
 18:18 - Sabres Daniel Paille (2) Roughing
 18:18 - Lightning Ryan Craig (5) Fighting
 18:18 - Lightning Ryan Craig (2) Delay of game
 18:18 - Lightning Ryan Craig (2) Roughing
 18:18 - Lightning Evgeny Artyukhin (2) Roughing
2nd Period
Scoring
11:52 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Ales Kotalik
19:45 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (PP) Assists: Derek Roy , Jason Pominville
Penalties
3:52 - Sabres Adam Mair (5) Fighting
 3:52 - Lightning Zenon Konopka (5) Fighting
 8:13 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (2) Tripping
 18:59 - Lightning Evgeny Artyukhin (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
19:47 - Sabres Jason Pominville (SH) (EN) Assists: Jochen Hecht
Penalties
4:57 - Sabres Ryan Miller (2) Delay of game
 7:09 - Lightning Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 17:07 - Lightning Marek Malik (2) Holding
 19:15 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (2) Boarding
Tampa Bay Lightning
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Olaf Kolzig G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Smith G 0 0 0 0 0 59:17 44:33 5:35 9:09 0 0 - - - - -
Lukas Krajicek D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 20 11:34 10:54 0:13 0:27 0 0 - - - - -
Vincent Lecavalier C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 26 22:45 15:38 3:24 3:43 0 0 - - 16 10 62
Mark Recchi RW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 24 18:35 12:41 2:34 3:20 0 0 - - 0 3 0
Steve Downie RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 11 6:47 6:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 E 0 2 31 29:51 20:00 3:43 6:08 0 0 - - - - -
Vinny Prospal LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 21 18:26 15:29 2:57 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Marek Malik D 0 0 0 E 2 0 31 22:01 17:15 1:58 2:48 0 0 - - - - -
Martin St. Louis RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 29 22:22 15:42 3:14 3:26 0 0 - - - - -
Zenon Konopka C 0 0 0 E 7 0 3 0:47 0:42 0:05 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Ryan Craig C 0 0 0 +1 9 1 19 14:18 9:21 2:48 2:09 0 0 - - 2 2 50
Jussi Jokinen LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 25 16:48 10:59 2:38 3:11 0 0 - - 5 2 71
Paul Szczechura C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 21 16:19 13:23 0:18 2:38 0 0 - - 5 12 29
Mike Lundin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 6:11 6:11 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Eminger D 0 0 0 E 0 0 31 20:05 16:38 1:00 2:27 0 0 - - - - -
Radek Smolenak C 0 0 0 E 0 3 12 8:24 8:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Ranger D 0 1 1 E 0 2 34 27:06 18:27 2:05 6:34 0 0 - - - - -
Evgeny Artyukhin RW 0 0 0 E 4 2 16 10:19 9:51 0:28 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steven Stamkos C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 21 18:15 14:33 3:42 0:00 0 0 - - 3 1 75
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 2 0 59:58 44:39 9:12 6:07 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Lalime G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 22:22 18:25 0:38 3:19 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 1 1 E 0 1 23 21:53 13:20 6:32 2:01 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 25 18:27 10:41 6:46 1:00 0 0 - - 9 8 53
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 14:35 13:01 0:11 1:23 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 1 1 E 2 4 23 14:08 11:30 2:38 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 14 11:10 9:01 0:00 2:09 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 20 14:59 8:36 6:23 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 E 5 0 15 9:12 9:01 0:11 0:00 0 0 - - 3 6 33
Thomas Vanek LW 2 0 2 +1 0 4 24 21:02 14:43 5:43 0:36 1 0 - - - - -
Teppo Numminen D 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 17:27 14:38 2:02 0:47 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 E 5 4 21 15:30 10:09 2:19 3:02 0 0 - - 6 3 67
Jason Pominville RW 1 2 3 +1 0 4 24 21:49 12:59 6:32 2:18 0 1 - - 0 1 0
Clarke MacArthur LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 10:57 10:01 0:45 0:11 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18 11:57 10:57 1:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 E 0 2 28 22:36 16:48 2:29 3:19 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 14:35 13:10 0:00 1:25 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 1 1 +2 0 3 24 19:13 15:02 1:13 2:58 0 0 - - 13 13 50
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 0 0 -1 2 3 19 11:41 11:03 0:38 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Tampa Bay
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mike Smith L (14-18-9) 36 33 3 .917 0 59:17
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (34-18-6) 28 26 2 .929 2 59:58