NHL Tampa Bay @ Buffalo (Oct 25, 2011) - sportsnet.ca

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Final	1	2	3	T
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	1	1	4
Buffalo Sabres	2	0	1	3

- Location:
  
  First Niagara Center
  Buffalo, New York
- Attendance:
  
  18,690
- Referees:
  
  Jean Hebert, Kevin Pollock
- Linesmen:
  
  David Brisebois, Scott Cherrey

Three Stars

Mathieu Garon G, Tampa Bay Saves: 36 (.923)
Thomas Vanek LW, Buffalo Goals: 1 Assists: 0
Steven Stamkos C, Tampa Bay Goals: 1 Assists: 0

1st Period

Time	Team	Scoring	Score
01:56		Thomas Vanek Assists: Pominville, Adam	1-0 Buffalo
02:31		Brad Boyes Assists: Ellis, McCormick	2-0 Buffalo
13:03		Vincent Lecavalier Assists: St. Louis	2-1 Buffalo
19:00		Nate Thompson Assists: Moore, Pyatt	2-2 tie

Time	Team	Penalty
09:12		Thomas Vanek: 2 minutes for Hooking
13:20		Steve Downie: 5 minutes for Fighting
13:20		Patrick Kaleta: 5 minutes for Fighting

2nd Period

Time	Team	Scoring	Score
04:42		Steven Stamkos Assists: Bergeron, Gilroy	3-2 Tampa Bay

Time	Team	Penalty
04:37		Robyn Regehr: 2 minutes for Roughing
04:37		Ryan Malone: 2 minutes for Roughing
05:12		Nate Thompson: 2 minutes for Tripping
09:39		Victor Hedman: 2 minutes for Hooking
11:15		Drew Stafford: 2 minutes for Tripping

3rd Period

Time	Team	Scoring	Score
18:37		Ryan Malone Assists: Clark	4-2 Tampa Bay
19:10		Nathan Gerbe Assists: Boyes, Gaustad	4-3 Tampa Bay

Time	Team	Penalty
06:27		Cody McCormick: 2 minutes for Goaltender Interference
14:07		Vincent Lecavalier: 2 minutes for Hooking

Tampa Bay skaters

Player	POS	G	A	PTS	+/-	SH	PIM	SHF	MINS	FOW	FOL
Ryan Malone	LW	1	0	1	0	3	2	19	13:03	0	0
Vincent Lecavalier	C	1	0	1	+1	4	2	22	17:19	8	10
Steven Stamkos	C	1	0	1	+1	4	0	23	18:26	4	9
Nate Thompson	C	1	0	1	0	2	2	23	17:48	0	3
Matt Gilroy	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	21	15:22	0	0
Tom Pyatt	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	20	11:59	0	1
Brett Clark	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	27	19:04	0	0
Marc-Andre Bergeron	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	19	18:07	0	0
Dominic Moore	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	24	17:16	4	5
Martin St. Louis	RW	0	1	1	+1	2	0	21	20:11	0	0
Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	27	20:47	0	0
Pavel Kubina	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	20:19	0	0
Teddy Purcell	RW	0	0	0	-1	3	0	18	11:37	0	0
Eric Brewer	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	22:19	0	0
Blair Jones	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	10	7:18	2	3
Steve Downie	RW	0	0	0	-1	0	5	16	13:08	1	0
Mathieu Garon	G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0	0
Adam Hall	RW	0	0	0	+1	1	0	18	12:40	7	4
Brett Connolly	RW	0	0	0	+1	0	0	18	15:17	0	1

Buffalo skaters

Player	POS	G	A	PTS	+/-	SH	PIM	SHF	MINS	FOW	FOL
Brad Boyes	RW	1	1	2	+2	1	0	16	12:16	1	0
Thomas Vanek	LW	1	0	1	0	4	2	23	19:00	0	0
Nathan Gerbe	C	1	0	1	+1	6	0	18	13:19	0	1
Luke Adam	C	0	1	1	-1	4	0	24	15:56	5	4
Cody McCormick	C	0	1	1	+1	2	2	12	6:45	0	0
Matt Ellis	LW	0	1	1	+1	1	0	11	6:49	1	2
Paul Gaustad	C	0	1	1	0	3	0	22	13:33	9	7
Jason Pominville	RW	0	1	1	-1	4	0	25	21:29	6	5
Ville Leino	LW	0	0	0	-2	0	0	19	15:56	0	0
Marc-Andre Gragnani	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	20	17:18	0	0
Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	25	22:08	0	0
Andrej Sekera	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	19:33	0	0
Patrick Kaleta	RW	0	0	0	0	3	5	20	12:30	0	0
Drew Stafford	RW	0	0	0	-1	1	2	21	16:21	0	0
Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	27	23:51	0	0
Derek Roy	C	0	0	0	-1	3	0	24	20:05	14	7
Ryan Miller	G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59:10	0	0
Jordan Leopold	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	20	16:15	0	0
Robyn Regehr	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	22	19:46	0	0

Tampa Bay goalies

Player	SHA	GA	SV	SV%	MINS
Dwayne Roloson	0	0	0	.000	0:00
Mathieu Garon	39	3	36	.923	60:00

Buffalo goalies

Player	SHA	GA	SV	SV%	MINS
Jhonas Enroth	0	0	0	.000	0:00
Ryan Miller	23	4	19	.826	59:10

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