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25/1/2010
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Tampa Bay Lightning 6 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 26 - 31
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:69/73=94 %, Challenges:36/52=67 %
PP: 1 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:72/88=81 %, Challenges:41/45=89 %
Attendance: 18405 of 19500 (St. Pete Times Forum)
Ticket income: 898164 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:47 1-0
Steven Stamkos [12] (Alex Tanguay, Kristian Huselius)
16:52 2-0
Radim Vrbata [12] (Steven Stamkos, Alex Tanguay)
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22:54 3-0
Lauri Tukonen [7] (Ladislav Nagy, Steven Stamkos)
26:43 3-1
Alex Kovalev [10] (Tyler Arnason, Andrej Sekera)PP
30:47 3-2
Jordan Leopold [3] (Hal Gill, Tyler Arnason)
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42:17 4-2
Jarome Iginla [21] (Vincent Lecavalier, Jeff Halpern)
46:21 5-2
Mattias Öhlund [5] (Kristian Huselius, Steven Stamkos)PP
49:03 5-3
Patrick Marleau [14] (Tim Connolly, Alex Kovalev)
49:23 6-3
Keith Carney [2] (Alex Tanguay, Steven Stamkos)
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Penalty summary:
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25:11
Jeff Halpern (2 min for slashing)
31:56
Andrej Meszaros (2 min for holding the stick)
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46:15
Brandon Pirri (2 min for tripping)
50:41
Craig Rivet (5 min for spearing)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.30 5
R Lauri Tukonen 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.40 7
R Radim Vrbata 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 11.20 8
R Jarome Iginla 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.40 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 1 2 3 2 1 2 0 14.10 6
C Ladislav Nagy 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 23.00 6
C Steven Stamkos 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 11.40 9
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 16.40 7
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.50 5
L Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.10 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 11.00 8
L Kristian Huselius 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 13.40 7
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23.20 6
D Keith Carney 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 17.50 8
D Andrej Meszaros 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17.10 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 21.10 6
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 11.50 8
D Mattias Öhlund 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 27.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 7
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Neil 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 11.40 6
R Radek Dvorak 0 0 3 4 1 4 0 1 13.10 9
R Nik Antropov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
R Alex Kovalev 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 -3 18.00 8
C Brandon Pirri 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 9.20 5
C Tyler Arnason 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 16.20 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 -1 19.00 8
C Tim Connolly 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -3 15.20 8
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 3 4 0 3 0 0 10.40 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13.40 6
L Martin Straka 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
L Patrick Marleau 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -3 18.00 8
D Hal Gill 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 14.50 7
D Matt Carle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 22.50 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 22.50 6
D Jordan Leopold 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 15.00 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 -1 20.40 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 -3 23.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 6 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Steven Stamkos
2nd star: Alex Tanguay
3rd star: Lauri Tukonen
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Kristian Huselius notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Vincent Lecavalier notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Steven Stamkos notched his 20th assist of the season.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Alex Kovalev scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Alex Kovalev notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Martin Straka had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Patrick Marleau finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Springfield Falcons 2( 24) , Rochester Americans 0( 9)
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1-0 SPR Radek Smolenak (Nikita Filatov, Steve Downie)
2-0 SPR Radek Smolenak (Steve Downie)
Goalies: Devan Dubnyk - Jhonas Enroth