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28/3/2009
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Tampa Bay Lightning 6 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 31 - 33
PP: 2 of 10 (12 shots), Passing:54/69=78 %, Challenges:35/37=92 %
PP: 1 of 10 (26 shots), Passing:71/86=82 %, Challenges:36/41=85 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:13 0-1
Drew Stafford [12] (Maxim Afinogenov)
11:32 0-2
Tim Kennedy [9] (Clarke MacArthur, Dan Paillé)
19:46 1-2
Paul Ranger [7] (Lukas Krajicek, Vincent Lecavalier)
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23:11 1-3
Tim Connolly [32] (Thomas Vanek, Derek Roy)PP
27:58 1-4
Tim Connolly [33] (Derek Roy, Teppo Numminen)
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41:49 2-4
James Sheppard [28] (Cory Murphy, Steven Stamkos )PP
44:28 3-4
Vincent Lecavalier [43] (Andrej Meszaros)
44:41 4-4
Cory Murphy [13] (Paul Ranger, Matt Cullen)
45:15 5-4
Vaclav Prospal [28] (Andrej Meszaros, Paul Ranger)
49:45 6-4
Vaclav Prospal [29] (Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis)PP
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Penalty summary:
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00:54
Paul Ranger (2 min for slashing)
04:25
Cory Murphy (2 min for high-sticking)
06:45
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for roughing)
09:11
Martin St. Louis (2 min for tripping)
13:02
Tim Connolly (2 min for tripping)
15:01
Vincent Lecavalier (2 min for high-sticking)
17:24
Thomas Vanek (2 min for elbowing)
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20:07
Steven Stamkos (2 min for elbowing)
21:29
Lukas Krajicek (2 min for slashing)
23:25
Dustin Penner (2 min for high-sticking)
29:37
James Sheppard (2 min for hooking)
32:48
Cory Murphy (2 min for boarding)
38:08
Marek Zidlicky (2 min for holding the stick)
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41:17
Dustin Penner (2 min for hooking)
42:07
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for cross-checking)
48:53
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for elbowing)
51:48
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for tripping)
53:12
Dustin Penner (2 min for high-sticking)
57:36
Radim Vrbata (2 min for hooking)
59:56
Tim Connolly (2 min for holding the stick)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 5.30 7
R Bill Guerin 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 6.50 7
R Claude Giroux 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 7
R Martin St. Louis 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 20.00 8
C Matt Cullen 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
C Ryan Craig 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 19.00 7
C Steven Stamkos 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 15.00 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 2 5 3 0 0 2 1 20.10 9
L Brendan Morrison 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5.50 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 6
L James Sheppard 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 8.30 7
L Vaclav Prospal 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 8
D Vladimir Mihalik 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7.40 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 26.50 7
D Paul Ranger 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 1 27.50 9
D Cory Murphy 1 1 2 0 1 1 4 1 12.20 8
D Lukas Krajicek 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 16.10 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 29.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Karri Rämö 4 0 29 0 0 60.00 6
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tim Kennedy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 5
R Dustin Penner 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 -1 13.30 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.30 6
R Thomas Vanek 0 1 4 3 2 0 2 0 15.40 7
C Dan Paillé 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 5
C Drew Stafford 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 21.00 6
C Robert Nilsson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 5
C Tim Connolly 2 0 4 1 0 0 4 -1 20.50 8
L Clarke MacArthur 0 1 1 3 0 0 8 0 5.20 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 13.50 4
L Gilbert Brulé 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 20.10 6
L Derek Roy 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.40 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 26.50 9
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 22.40 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 19.20 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 6
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 6 0 25 0 0 60.00 4
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vincent Lecavalier
2nd star: Vaclav Prospal
3rd star: Paul Ranger
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-James Sheppard finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Paul Ranger finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Derek Roy notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Thomas Vanek had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Clarke MacArthur finally ended his 17 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 2( 20) , Rochester Americans 1( 18)
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0-1
Denis Ezhov (Marek Zagrapan, Jeff Jillson)
1-1
Maxime Boisclair (Andre Roy)
2-1
Junior Lessard (Maxime Boisclair, David Koci)
Goalies: Riku Helenius - Jhonas Enroth