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8/5/2015
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Tampa Bay Lightning 2
Shots: 29 - 21
PP: 0 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:71/83=85 %, Challenges:28/42=65 %
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:70/90=77 %, Challenges:28/37=73 %
Attendance: 9252 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 564372 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:59 1-0
Marcus Foligno [8] (Martin Havlat, Tyler Myers)
03:22 1-1
Alexei Ponikarovsky [2] (Mattias Öhlund, Matt Greene)
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21:42 2-1
Luke Adam [3])
33:55 3-1
Cody Hodgson [5] (Martin Havlat, Marc-André Bergeron)
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50:33 3-2
Richard Panik [8] (Vladislav Namestnikov, Sean Couturier)
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Penalty summary:
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08:55
Ryan Malone (2 min for hooking)
13:11
Marco Scandella (2 min for roughing)
15:33
Tyler Ennis (2 min for high-sticking)
19:13
Marc-André Bergeron (2 min for diving)
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24:36
Marcus Foligno (2 min for hooking)
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40:21
Ryan Malone (2 min for hooking)
51:11
Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for slashing)
53:58
Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for tripping)
57:01
Mattias Öhlund (2 min for slashing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ben Eager 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 7.40 6
R Johan Larsson 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 20.40 7
R Martin Havlat 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 17.40 8
R Tyler Ennis 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 -1 19.20 6
C Zemgus Girgensons 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.20 6
C Mike Fisher 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
C Cody Hodgson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 11.50 8
C Mikhail Grigorenko 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 11.20 6
L John Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
L Luke Adam 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 15.20 9
L Marcus Foligno 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 2 17.40 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 -1 19.20 6
D Tim Erixon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
D Tyler Myers 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 19.30 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 -1 26.20 7
D Douglas Murray 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 16.10 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 21.50 7
D Nikita Zadorov 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 -1 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Matt Hackett 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Jhonas Enroth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R B.J. Crombeen 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4.10 5
R Ryan Malone 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 12.40 6
R Richard Panik 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 16.30 6
R Brett Connolly 0 0 4 3 2 3 0 -1 19.20 7
C Nate Thompson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11.30 5
C Tom Pyatt 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 12.40 5
C Sean Couturier 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -1 18.50 8
C Claude Giroux 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 17.00 7
L Matt Cooke 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 11.30 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 12.10 8
L Vladislav Namestnikov 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.40 7
L Jonathan Drouin 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 17.30 7
D Matt Greene 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 17.20 7
D Hampus Lindholm 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 24.00 7
D Eric Brewer 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 25.30 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 13.30 6
D Marco Scandella 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16.50 6
D Drew Doughty 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 22.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Andrei Vasilevski 3 0 26 0 0 59.50 7
G Ben Bishop 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Martin Havlat
2nd star: Cody Hodgson
3rd star: Luke Adam
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Mike Fisher had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Brett Connolly had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Alexei Ponikarovsky ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Matt Greene ended his 5 game point drought.
-Mattias Öhlund ended his 7 game point drought.
Other notes: