Sabres 4–1 Lightning — Final Score & Stats (Dec 23, 2005)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Henrik Tallinder

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 19:21 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Paul Gaustad

2 A

1 shots · 11:12 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Ryan Miller

30 saves

0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

⚡ Vinny Prospal Go-ahead 1st · 02:17

Assists: Ruslan Fedotenko, Nolan Pratt · beat Ryan Miller

0–1

⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP Tying 1st · 06:15

Assists: Derek Roy, Henrik Tallinder · beat John Grahame

1–1

2nd period

⚔️ Chris Drury Go-ahead 2nd · 06:41

Assists: Jochen Hecht, Teppo Numminen · beat John Grahame

2–1

⚔️ Henrik Tallinder 2nd · 10:04

Assists: Paul Gaustad, Daniel Paille · beat John Grahame

3–1

3rd period

⚔️ Ales Kotalik Empty net 3rd · 17:30

Assists: Paul Gaustad, Tim Connolly

4–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Roy · Connolly · Hecht 18:30

L2 Drury · Afinogenov · Grier 15:18

L3 Vanek · Pominville · Kotalik 12:23

L4 Paille · Gaustad · Mair 10:27

D1 Fitzpatrick · McKee 21:32

D2 Tallinder · Lydman 19:10

D3 Numminen · Campbell 17:08

⚡Lightning

L1 Modin · Prospal · Richards 25:48

L2 Fedotenko · St. Louis · DiMaio 19:13

L3 Andreychuk · Craig · Taylor 10:08

L4 Cibak · Reid · Artyukhin 6:44

L5 Dingman 2:20

D1 Boyle · Sarich 25:46

D2 Ranger · Sydor 19:24

D3 Pratt 14:52

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF TBL⚡

31 Shots on goal 31

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/7

11 Hits 12

14 Blocked shots 3

7 Takeaways 5

4 Giveaways 16

14 Penalty minutes 10

BUF shooting 12.9% (4/31) TBL shooting 3.2% (1/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

30/31

.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚡Lightning

John Grahame

27/30

.900 SV% · 3 GA · 59:45 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 13-5-1 (68% win rate, 19 games)

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 1st: 8-6-2 (50% win rate, 16 games)

After 2nd — 3–1

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Lightning

Lightning — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 2–0

Oct 132005 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 4–3 SO Mar 182004 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 1–3 Feb 202004 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 OT Dec 62003 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 3–1 Nov 222003 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 1–2

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Who won Sabres vs Lightning on December 23, 2005?

Sabres won 4–1. The final score was Sabres 4, Lightning 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik, Chris Drury, Henrik Tallinder, Thomas Vanek.

Who scored for Lightning?

Vinny Prospal.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

John Grahame made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Lightning season series?

Sabres lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeDec 22 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 1–4 AfterDec 26 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 3–6

⚡ Lightning

BeforeDec 22 ⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR 2–4 AfterDec 26 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 4–5

Also on December 23

🏛️OTT 4–2 🏝️NYI 🐆FLA 3–4 🌪️CAR 🐯NSH 5–4 🧥CBJ 🐻BOS 1–2 🍁TOR 🇨🇦MTL 2–4 🦅WSH 🔔PHI 5–4 🐧PIT 🐦ATL 1–0 😈NJD 🏔️COL 3–5 🌲MIN

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