The Lightning Visit Buffalo - Game Thread

[SkateZilla]

(Last Updated 09:20 PM EST)
My Notes:
BUF:
Dumont - Out, Abdominal Injury, Sports Hernia
Briere - Out, Abdominal Injury, Sports Hernia
Kalinin - Dressed, Questionable - Playing
Pyatt - Out, Fractured Wrist


Useful Links:
NHL.com RECAP (http://www.nhl.com/scores/recaps/597_2_recap.html)
NHL.com Preview (http://www.nhl.com/scores/previews/597_2_preview.html)
NHL.com Official Score Sheet (http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20052006/GS020597.HTM)
NHL.com Official Super Stats (http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20052006/ES020597.HTM)
WGR-550 AM Stream (http://wgr550.com/sabres/live.php)

FINAL

Tampa Bay
Lightning - 1
(GP-41, 21-17-3, 45 pts, Win % .512) (GF-123,GA-126)(Div:2nd, Con:7th, Lg:15th)
Special Teams : Power Play = 13.9% (35 For 251, 27th), Penalty Killing 82.1% (174 For 212, 16th)

Buffalo
Sabres - 3
(GP-40, 26-12-2, 54 pts, Win % .650) (GF-131, GA-120)(Div:2nd, Con: 4th, Lg:5th)
Special Teams : Power Play = 21.6% (51 For 236, 3rd), Penalty Killing 84.6% (182 For 215, T-7th)



Goalies:
T.B-Burke (5-3-2, 0 SO, 2.70 GAA) , Grahame (16-13-1, 2 SO, 2.84 GAA)
BUF-Miller (10-5-0, 0 SO, 2.37 GAA), Biron (15-5-2, 0 SO, 3.07 GAA)




1st Period Scoring:
19:41-BUF-J. HECHT (9), Assists : B. CAMPBELL (17), T. CONNOLLY (25) - PP - 5 On 4[/SIZE]

2nd Period Scoring:
10:10-BUF-C. DRURY (15), Assists : J. HECHT (12), J. POMINVILLE (6) - PP - 5 On 4
12:23-T.B-M. ST. LOUIS (15), Assists : V. LECAVALIER (22), R. CRAIG (1) - Ev - 5 On 5

3rd Period Scoring:
02:15-BUF-H. TALLINDER (5), Assists : A. MAIR (5), P. GAUSTAD (9) - Ev - 5 On 5


Shots On Goal (by Period)
Team: 1st-2nd-3rd-OT
T.B: 03+13+06 - Total : 22
BUF: 14+07+10 - Total : 31

T.B-Burke: 1/14, 1/06, 1/07 - 3/31
BUF-Miller: 0/03, 1/13, 0/06 - 1/22

Power Plays (by Period)
Team: 1st-2nd-3rd-OT
T.B: 0 For 0, 0 For 3, 0 For 1 - Total : 0 For 04 ( 00%)
BUF: 1 For 2, 1 For 2, 0 For 3 - Total : 2 For 07 ( 28%)

Penalties In Minutes (by Period)
T.B: 2 For 04, 2 For 04, 3 For 06 - Total : 07 For 14
BUF: 0 For 00, 3 For 06, 1 For 02 - Total : 04 For 08

Penalty Summary:
T.B:
1st-12:13-V. PROSPAL-2:00-Delaying Game-Puck over glass
1st-18:47-D. SYDOR-2:00-Tripping
2nd-08:40-C. SARICH-2:00-Interference
2nd-19:34-E. ARTYUKHIN-2:00-Interference - Goaltender
3rd-06:02-P. KUBINA-2:00-Hooking
3rd-08:47-V. PROSPAL-2:00-Holding
3rd-13:45-M. ST. LOUIS-2:00-Tripping

BUF:
2nd-05:48-T. VANEK-2:00-Hooking
2nd-15:25-T. CONNOLLY-2:00-Holding
2nd-17:41-T. NUMMINEN-2:00-Tripping
3rd-17:21-J. MCKEE-2:00-Hooking

3 Stars:
1. R. Miller (BUF)
2. H. Tallinder (BUF)
3. J. Hecht (BUF)

Officials:
Referee: Stephane Auger
Referee: Dan O'Rourke
Linesman: Steve Barton
Linesman: Brad Kovachik

[The_Philster]

Nice goal to put us up 1-0 :clap:

[The_Philster]

Drury on the Power play 2-0 :party:

[The_Philster]

Tallinder 3-1!!

[Typ0]

we're playing very well tonight.

[The_Philster]

yeah...not surprised, either...especially after all that time off....really needed to recharge

[SkateZilla]

Bs Win 4-2 To Give Sens A Loss.....

[pyrrhonist]

Another quality win for Buffalo.

Miller was again top-notch (Once again, I must call out those who doubted him, even while Biron was "on fire"), but what's new for Ryan in net this year? The offense worked its ass off all night, and the defense was once again good enough to get the job done. The ends of 2 PPs allowed 2 breakaways for Tampa, but Miller shut them down both times.

The only potential minus of the night is the groin injury to Drury. Ruff said it was minor in the press conference, though, so I hope that is true. If he misses the game against NJ this weekend, the Sabres don't play again until the following Thursday, anyways, so he'll have the time to recover.

[SkateZilla]

the only goal miller let in was opne that bounced up and st luois went unchalleneged around hte net to slap it out of mid air..

I Recored the Hockey nite segment,

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Melrose Likes Ruff........ :coocoo:

[SkateZilla]

ESPNews Hockey Night Video...
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[Typ0]

again the only goal that got past Miller no one was going to save. I've seen that so many times this season and I would really like to see him get a shut out. He deserved it last night not because of his performance but because of the rest of the teams performance and the fact that he was there when called on.