⚡ Away Lightning 33-25-4
5–8
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 39-16-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚡ TBL 2215
⚔️ BUF 2338

Lightning at Sabres

Sabres beat Lightning 8–5 at KeyBank Center on March 9, 2006.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 4–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Derek Roy
3 G, 1 A
6 shots · 15:20 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Brad Richards
1 G, 3 A
7 shots · 21:53 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
35 saves
0.875 SV% · 5 GA

🚨 Scoring

13 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ J-P Dumont Go-ahead 1st · 00:27
Assists: Daniel Brière, Henrik Tallinder · beat John Grahame
0–1
⚡ Brad Richards PP Tying 1st · 12:56
Assists: Pavel Kubina, Martin St. Louis · beat Ryan Miller
1–1
⚡ Ruslan Fedotenko PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:11
Assists: Freddy Modin, Brad Richards · beat Ryan Miller
2–1
⚔️ J-P Dumont PP Tying 1st · 18:04
Assists: Daniel Brière, Brian Campbell · beat John Grahame
2–2
2nd period
⚔️ Paul Gaustad Go-ahead 2nd · 08:04
Assists: Chris Drury, Mike Grier · beat John Grahame
2–3
⚡ Vincent Lecavalier Tying 2nd · 09:15
Assists: Pavel Kubina, Vinny Prospal · beat Ryan Miller
3–3
⚔️ Ales Kotalik Go-ahead 2nd · 15:45
Assists: Jason Pominville, Tim Connolly · beat John Grahame
3–4
⚡ Vinny Prospal PP Tying 2nd · 17:35
Assists: Pavel Kubina, Brad Richards · beat Ryan Miller
4–4
⚔️ Derek Roy SH Go-ahead 2nd · 19:19
Assists: Jochen Hecht, Henrik Tallinder · beat John Grahame
4–5
3rd period
⚡ Martin St. Louis Tying 3rd · 08:43
Assists: Brad Richards, Paul Ranger · beat Ryan Miller
5–5
⚔️ Thomas Vanek Go-ahead 3rd · 10:38
Assists: Derek Roy, Teppo Numminen · beat Sean Burke
5–6
⚔️ Derek Roy 3rd · 17:12
Assists: Mike Grier · beat Sean Burke
5–7
⚔️ Derek Roy Empty net 3rd · 19:16
Assists: Mike Grier, Henrik Tallinder
5–8

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Prospal · Lecavalier · Richards 21:58
L2 Modin · Fedotenko · St. Louis 19:08
L3 Afanasenkov · Craig · Taylor 15:48
L4 Tarnasky · Cibak · Reid 2:44
D1 Boyle · Ranger 22:51
D2 Sarich · Sydor 17:20
D3 Kubina · Pratt 16:11
⚔️Sabres
L1 Hecht · Grier · Dumont 16:23
L2 Roy · Brière · Kotalik 15:04
L3 Drury · Gaustad · Connolly 14:21
L4 Vanek · Pominville · Afinogenov 12:23
D1 Numminen · Lydman 21:39
D2 Tallinder · McKee 19:20
D3 Kalinin · Campbell 17:06

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL BUF⚔️
40 Shots on goal 23
3/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
8 Hits 15
10 Blocked shots 17
5 Takeaways 4
9 Giveaways 17
8 Penalty minutes 14
TBL shooting 12.5% (5/40) BUF shooting 34.8% (8/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
John Grahame
11/16
.688 SV% · 5 GA · 40:00 TOI
Sean Burke
4/6
.667 SV% · 2 GA · 19:12 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
35/40
.875 SV% · 5 GA · 59:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–2
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 14-9-3 (54% win rate, 26 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 19-8-1 (68% win rate, 28 games)
After 2nd — 4–5
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-7-1 (33% win rate, 12 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 15-1-2 (83% win rate, 18 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 4–0
Jan 52006 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 1–3 Dec 232005 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 4–1 Oct 132005 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 4–3 SO Mar 182004 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 1–3 Feb 202004 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 OT
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Who won Lightning vs Sabres on March 9, 2006?

Sabres won 8–5. The final score was Lightning 5, Sabres 8.

Who scored for Lightning?

Brad Richards, Martin St. Louis, Ruslan Fedotenko, Vincent Lecavalier, Vinny Prospal.

Who scored for Sabres?

Derek Roy (3), J-P Dumont (2), Ales Kotalik, Paul Gaustad, Thomas Vanek.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

John Grahame made 11 saves on 16 shots (.688 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 35 saves on 40 shots (.875 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 4–0 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeMar 7 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 5–4 AfterMar 11 ⚡TBL @ 🍁TOR 1–5
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 7 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 AfterMar 11 ⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI 6–5
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