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14/11/2009
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Tampa Bay Lightning 6
Shots: 27 - 25
PP: 1 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:61/78=78 %, Challenges:32/38=82 %
PP: 3 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:70/86=81 %, Challenges:38/45=82 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 829336 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:46 0-1
Steven Stamkos [10] (Brandon Bochenski, Andrej Meszaros)PP
13:32 0-2
Stéphane Veilleux [2] (Brandon Bochenski, Kurtis Foster)PP
19:43 1-2
Zack Kassian [5] (Dion Phaneuf, Mathieu Schneider)
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27:58 2-2
Dion Phaneuf [4] (Zack Kassian, Thomas Vanek)
30:45 3-2
Thomas Vanek [9] (Jason Pominville, Craig Rivet)PP
32:25 3-3
Martin St. Louis [7] (Ryan Craig, Mattias Öhlund)PP
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40:56 3-4
Steven Stamkos [11] (Todd Fedoruk, Victor Hedman)
43:24 3-5
Brandon Bochenski [7] (Stéphane Veilleux, Ryan Craig)
45:03 3-6
Adam Hall [2] (Lauri Tukonen, Todd Fedoruk)
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Penalty summary:
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00:59
Todd Fedoruk (5 min for fighting)
00:59
Zack Kassian (5 min for fighting)
04:13
Lauri Tukonen (2 min for elbowing)
09:57
Craig Rivet (2 min for high-sticking)
11:56
Mark Mancari (2 min for tripping)
14:24
Francis Wathier (2 min for roughing)
14:24
Joe DiPenta (2 min for roughing)
15:15
Jochen Hecht (2 min for high-sticking)
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30:08
Jeff Halpern (2 min for hooking)
31:13
Joe DiPenta (2 min for slashing)
38:18
Francis Wathier (2 min for tripping)
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43:59
Paul Ranger (2 min for roughing)
43:59
Jason Pominville (2 min for roughing)
47:26
Dion Phaneuf (2 min for roughing)
47:26
Martin St. Louis (2 min for roughing)
48:58
Todd Fedoruk (2 min for tripping)
52:52
Andrej Meszaros (2 min for hooking)
53:54
Jeff Halpern (2 min for tripping)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 6.40 4
R Brandon Prust 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 14.20 6
R Jason Pominville 0 1 3 2 1 0 2 -1 21.00 8
R Zack Kassian 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 12.00 7
C Matt Ellis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
C Cody McCormick 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12.10 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 15.40 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 10.40 6
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.10 6
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 16.40 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 -1 20.30 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Tyler Myers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.30 4
D Mathieu Schneider 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 17.10 8
D Joe DiPenta 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 0 12.10 7
D Craig Rivet 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 -2 29.30 8
D Dion Phaneuf 1 1 3 10 0 3 2 0 29.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jonathan Bernier 6 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lauri Tukonen 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.10 6
R Todd Fedoruk 0 2 1 1 0 0 7 1 15.30 8
R Brandon Bochenski 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 8
R Martin St. Louis 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 17.50 9
C Adam Hall 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12.30 7
C Steven Stamkos 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 11.50 8
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 19.50 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.10 7
L Francis Wathier 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 8.10 6
L Radek Smolenak 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9.50 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
L Ryan Craig 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 17.30 8
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 10.40 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 21.40 7
D Victor Hedman 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 12.20 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 28.30 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 29.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brandon Bochenski
2nd star: Steven Stamkos
3rd star: Stéphane Veilleux
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Dion Phaneuf notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Derek Roy had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Derek Roy had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Steven Stamkos scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Mattias Öhlund notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Martin St. Louis scored the 600th point of his career.
-Vincent Lecavalier had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Stéphane Veilleux finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Todd Fedoruk beat Zack Kassian in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 1( 19) , Detroit Vipers 2( 17)
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1-0
Paul Byron (Niko Snellman)
1-1
Michal Kazatel (Steve Downie)
1-2
David Hale (Zenon Konopka, Patrick Davis)
Goalies: Jhonas Enroth - Karri Rämö