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Buffalo 4, Tampa Bay 3

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
BUF(41-32-9)	1	2	1	4
TAM(24-40-18)	1	2	0	3

Final

7:30 PM ET, December 6, 2008

St. Pete Times Forum

Tampa, Florida

THREE STARS

D. Roy
Sabres (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

D. Stafford
Sabres (RW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 2

M. St. Louis
Lightning (RW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

Game Information
Arena: St. Pete Times Forum Location: Tampa, Florida	Referees: Gord Dwyer, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 17,154 (86.8% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Buffalo

Tampa Bay

Total Shots
	27
	23

PIM
	29
	29

Hits
	12
	25

Giveaways
	4
	13

Takeaways
	8
	7

Faceoffs Won
	18
	32

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
10:02		Drew Stafford (4) Assists: Paul Gaustad	Buffalo 1-0
13:05		Martin St. Louis (7) Assists: Vincent Lecavalier, Lukas Krajicek	Game tied 1-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:35		Jason Pominville: 2 Minutes for Interference of Ryan Craig
6:09		Lukas Krajicek: 2 Minutes for Tripping Nathan Gerbe
7:42		Nathan Gerbe: 2 Minutes for Hooking Paul Ranger
16:46		Radek Smolenak: 5 Minutes for Fighting Paul Gaustad
16:46		Paul Gaustad: 5 Minutes for Fighting Radek Smolenak
17:53		Steve Downie: 5 Minutes for Fighting Adam Mair
17:53		Adam Mair: 5 Minutes for Fighting Steve Downie

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
9:46		Thomas Vanek (19) Assists: Derek Roy, Drew Stafford	Buffalo 2-1
10:21		Paul Ranger (2) Assists: Vincent Lecavalier, Vaclav Prospal	Game tied 2-2
14:41		Jochen Hecht (3) Assists: Adam Mair, Toni Lydman	Buffalo 3-2
15:20		Vaclav Prospal (6) Assists: Marek Malik, Martin St. Louis	Game tied 3-3
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
0:50		Jochen Hecht: 2 Minutes for Hooking Vaclav Prospal
4:08		Matt Smaby: 2 Minutes for Tripping Maxim Afinogenov
12:33		Steve Eminger: 2 Minutes for Hooking Derek Roy
16:31		Paul Ranger: 2 Minutes for Hooking Derek Roy
17:34		Paul Gaustad: 2 Minutes for Boarding Mark Recchi
17:34		Steve Eminger: 2 Minutes for Roughing Paul Gaustad
17:57		Derek Roy: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass
19:22		Vincent Lecavalier: 5 Minutes for Fighting Jochen Hecht
19:22		Jochen Hecht: 5 Minutes for Fighting Vincent Lecavalier

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
10:03		Derek Roy (8) Assists: Teppo Numminen, Drew Stafford	Buffalo 4-3
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:36		Paul Szczechura: 2 Minutes for Hooking Andrej Sekera
7:24		Adam Mair: 2 Minutes for Holding Mark Recchi
11:30		Lukas Krajicek: 2 Minutes for Boarding Daniel Paille
14:17		Jochen Hecht: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Mark Recchi

Player Summary

Buffalo Sabres												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
M. Afinogenov RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	15	12:46	5:06	0:00	7:40	0	0	00.0
P. Gaustad C	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	7	1	0	0	21	17:58	6:46	4:26	6:46	4	10	28.6
N. Gerbe C	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	20	15:09	2:17	0:19	12:33	1	0	100.0
J. Hecht C	1	0	-1	2	0	2	3	9	1	0	1	21	14:34	0:59	2:16	11:19	4	6	40.0
A. Kotalik RW	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	14:13	5:46	0:00	8:27	0	0	00.0
T. Lydman D	0	1	-1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	25	19:22	0:45	6:35	12:02	0	0	00.0
C. MacArthur LW	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	8:28	1:47	0:45	5:56	0	1	00.0
A. Mair C	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	7	1	0	0	16	9:59	0:29	0:33	8:57	3	2	60.0
T. Numminen D	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	21	17:33	6:04	2:03	9:26	0	0	00.0
D. Paille LW	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	17	12:23	0:29	4:49	7:05	0	0	00.0
J. Pominville RW	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	32	20:32	4:37	3:52	12:03	0	0	00.0
C. Rivet D	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	25	21:00	0:16	5:13	15:31	0	0	00.0
D. Roy C	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	28	19:51	4:06	3:33	12:12	6	13	31.6
A. Sekera D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	25	18:42	1:27	4:37	12:38	0	0	00.0
J. Spacek D	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	29	22:55	3:58	1:16	17:41	0	0	00.0
D. Stafford RW	1	2	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	16:06	5:04	0:16	10:46	0	0	00.0
H. Tallinder D	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	10:48	0:00	2:36	8:12	0	0	00.0
T. Vanek LW	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	23	15:09	4:36	1:31	9:02	0	0	00.0
Buffalo Sabres Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
N Paetsch									Healthy
A Peters									Healthy

Tampa Bay Lightning												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
E. Artyukhin RW	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	6:44	0:00	0:00	6:44	0	0	00.0
R. Craig C	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	12:57	0:51	4:54	7:12	1	2	33.3
S. Downie RW	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	5	4	1	0	13	9:24	0:03	0:00	9:21	0	0	00.0
S. Eminger D	0	0	-2	0	0	3	2	4	2	0	0	27	22:08	5:44	4:47	11:37	0	0	00.0
J. Jokinen LW	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	26	16:45	3:25	4:06	9:14	10	5	66.7
L. Krajicek D	0	1	-2	0	1	3	2	4	0	0	0	22	14:08	0:59	1:51	11:18	0	0	00.0
V. Lecavalier C	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	5	2	1	1	27	21:53	7:37	3:00	11:16	13	8	61.9
M. Malik D	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	19:16	0:23	5:02	13:51	0	0	00.0
A. Meszaros D	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	34	24:45	4:39	4:46	15:20	0	0	00.0
V. Prospal C	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	23	19:11	6:53	0:07	12:11	1	0	100.0
P. Ranger D	1	0	1	3	0	2	1	2	4	1	1	30	23:05	2:52	5:32	14:41	0	0	00.0
M. Recchi RW	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	25	16:29	3:25	3:35	9:29	0	0	00.0
M. Smaby D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	15	8:32	0:00	0:00	8:32	0	0	00.0
R. Smolenak LW	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	6	4:36	0:00	0:00	4:36	0	0	00.0
M. St. Louis RW	1	1	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	30	23:55	7:40	3:31	12:44	0	0	00.0
S. Stamkos C	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	19:28	8:00	0:00	11:28	2	1	66.7
P. Szczechura C	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	23	15:21	0:39	2:45	11:57	5	2	71.4
R. Vrbata RW	0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	17	10:26	2:40	0:00	7:46	0	0	00.0
Tampa Bay Lightning Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
A Hall									Healthy
R Malone									Healthy
M Lundin									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Buffalo Sabres Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
R. Miller	23	3	20	.87	59:58	0

Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Smith	27	4	23	.852	58:57	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Buffalo	9	7	11	27
Tampa Bay	9	6	8	23

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Buffalo	0 of 0
Tampa Bay	0 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Saturday, December 6th

Pittsburgh	2	Final
Ottawa	3

Chicago	4	Final
Detroit	5	SO

Philadelphia	2	Final
Carolina	1	OT

New Jersey	2	Final
Montreal	1	OT

Atlanta	5	Final
NY Islanders	1

Washington	2	Final
Toronto	1

Boston	4	Final
Florida	0

Buffalo	4	Final
Tampa Bay	3

Minnesota	0	Final
Nashville	1

Phoenix	3	Final
St. Louis	4

Edmonton	3	Final
San Jose	2	OT

Columbus	0	Final
Los Angeles	3

ESPN NHL

Buffalo 4, Tampa Bay 3

Final

NHL Scores

Saturday, December 6th