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31/1/2010
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Tampa Bay Lightning 6 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 32 - 24
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:60/72=83 %, Challenges:37/46=78 %
PP: 1 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:71/87=81 %, Challenges:26/39=65 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 938505 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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11:28 1-0
Steven Stamkos [14] (Ryan Malone, Andrej Meszaros)
16:19 2-0
Ryan Malone [25] (Andrej Meszaros, Lukas Krajicek)PP
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22:58 3-0
Ryan Craig [4] (Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman)
26:12 3-1
Mark Mancari [3] (Drew Stafford, Paul Gaustad)
31:19 4-1
Victor Hedman [3] (Ryan Craig, Ryan Malone)
32:29 4-2
Drew Stafford [10] (Jochen Hecht, Tim Connolly)
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44:16 5-2
Martin St. Louis [26] (Andrej Meszaros, Paul Ranger)
46:24 5-3
Tim Connolly [19] (Drew Stafford, Jason Pominville)
56:23 5-4
Jason Pominville [21] (Tim Connolly, Chris Butler)PP
59:18 6-4
Jeff Halpern [17] (Ryan Malone, Paul Ranger) EN
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Penalty summary:
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09:13
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for tripping)
15:51
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for high-sticking)
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23:57
Jochen Hecht (2 min for hooking)
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41:38
Jeff Halpern (2 min for elbowing)
50:16
Steven Stamkos (2 min for tripping)
54:45
Paul Ranger (2 min for high-sticking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Downie 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 8.00 7
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 11.30 6
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 7
R Martin St. Louis 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 -1 18.30 7
C Adam Hall 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9.40 5
C Steven Stamkos 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 13.00 8
C Jeff Halpern 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 18.30 7
C Scott Gomez 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 20.30 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 8.00 6
L Ryan Craig 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 11.50 8
L Ryan Malone 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 20.00 9
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.30 6
D Victor Hedman 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 12.30 8
D Paul Ranger 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 22.10 7
D Andrej Meszaros 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 1 27.40 10
D Lukas Krajicek 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 3 14.40 8
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 23.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 4 0 20 0 0 60.00 5
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 7.20 6
C Nathan Gerbe 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 11.00 4
R Drew Stafford 1 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 20.30 8
R Jason Pominville 1 1 5 3 1 0 0 -3 21.10 8
R Adam Mair 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7.20 5
C Tyler Ennis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.40 5
L Tim Connolly 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 8
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -4 21.00 7
C Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 7.00 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.00 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 15.00 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 -3 20.50 5
D Chris Butler 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 -1 18.50 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 25.50 6
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 14.20 7
D Tyler Myers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 22.10 4
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 23.30 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jhonas Enroth 6 0 26 0 0 59.20 4
G Ryan Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Malone
2nd star: Andrej Meszaros
3rd star: Drew Stafford
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Ryan Malone scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Steven Stamkos has marked a new career high in assists with 24 assists.
-Andrej Meszaros has marked a new career high in points with 40 points.
-Brandon Bochenski had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Victor Hedman ended his 5 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Paul Gaustad notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Drew Stafford scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Tim Connolly has marked a new career high in goals with 19 tallies.
-Mark Mancari finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Tim Connolly ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Paul Gaustad finally ended his 12 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 6( 15) , Rochester Americans 3( 15)
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0-1 ROC Tim Kennedy (Andrej Sekera, Matt Generous)
1-1 DTV Rastislav Konecný (Stephen Gionta, Blair Jones)
2-1 DTV Drew Miller (Paul Szczechura)
3-1 DTV Radek Smolenak (Dana Tyrell, Vladimir Mihalik)
4-1 DTV Radek Smolenak (Bill Thomas, Dana Tyrell)
5-1 DTV Michal Kazatel (Mitch Fadden)
5-2 ROC Vladimir Voronkov