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2006-07 regular season

Sabres at Lightning

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–1

Sabres beat Lightning 3–2 at AMALIE Arena on March 16, 2007.

BUF – TBL
20–37
Shots on goal
10–21
Hits
12–4
Blocked shots
4–12
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
2 G
3 shots · 17:13 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Daniel Brière
2 A
2 shots · 18:10 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
35 saves
0.946 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Vincent Lecavalier Go-ahead 1st · 02:11
Assists: Martin St. Louis, Vinny Prospal · beat Ryan Miller
0–1
⚔️ Jason Pominville Tying 1st · 07:29
Assists: Nathan Paetsch, Daniel Brière · beat Marc Denis
1–1
⚔️ Derek Roy Go-ahead 1st · 08:05
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Drew Stafford · beat Marc Denis
2–1
⚔️ Jason Pominville 1st · 10:24
Assists: Daniel Brière, Jochen Hecht · beat Marc Denis
3–1
3rd period
⚡ Vincent Lecavalier 3rd · 04:38
Assists: Vinny Prospal, Dan Boyle · beat Ryan Miller
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Hecht · Drury · Zubrus 20:29
L2 Brière · Ryan · Pominville 17:35
L3 Vanek · Roy · Stafford 13:12
L4 MacArthur · Peters · Mair 6:16
D1 Campbell · Tallinder 27:45
D2 Numminen · Kalinin 20:12
D3 Spacek · Paetsch 11:24
⚡Lightning
L1 Richards · Lecavalier · St. Louis 27:12
L2 Prospal · Perrin · Ward 20:05
L3 Fedotenko · Craig · Karlsson 13:51
L4 Tarnasky · Taylor · Roy 1:49
D1 Boyle · Kuba 24:52
D2 O'Brien · Janik 17:08
D3 Sarich · Pratt 13:22

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF TBL⚡
20 Shots on goal 37
10 Hits 21
12 Blocked shots 4
4 Takeaways 12
10 Giveaways 15
15 Penalty minutes 11
BUF shooting 15.0% (3/20) TBL shooting 5.4% (2/37)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
35/37
.946 SV% · 2 GA · 59:55 TOI
⚡Lightning
Marc Denis
17/20
.850 SV% · 3 GA · 58:35 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 3–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 2-5 (29% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 9-0 (100% win rate, 9 games)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 3–1
Jan 132007 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Dec 52006 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 4–1 Nov 202006 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–7 Mar 92006 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 5–8 Jan 52006 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 1–3
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Who won Sabres vs Lightning on March 16, 2007?

Sabres won 3–2. The final score was Sabres 3, Lightning 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Pominville (2), Derek Roy.

Who scored for Lightning?

Vincent Lecavalier (2).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 35 saves on 37 shots (.946 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Marc Denis made 17 saves on 20 shots (.850 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 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 15 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 5–3 AfterMar 18 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 3–4
⚡ Lightning
BeforeMar 13 ⚡TBL @ 🍁TOR 2–3 AfterMar 18 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 1–7
Also on March 16
🍁TOR 1–5 🦅WSH 🇨🇦MTL 3–6 🐧PIT 🗽NYR 1–2 🐦ATL 🪶CHI 2–5 🦆ANA 🧥CBJ 0–3 🦈SJS
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