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2009-10 regular season

Sabres at Lightning

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Lightning 3–2 in a shootout at AMALIE Arena on October 24, 2009.

BUF – TBL
32–26
Shots on goal
17–20
Hits
8–17
Blocked shots
5–8
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Drew Stafford
1 G
5 shots · 17:44 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Mike Grier
1 G
2 shots · 15:17 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Derek Roy
1 A
2 shots · 21:07 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Vincent Lecavalier Go-ahead 1st · 19:59
Assists: James Wright, Martin St. Louis · beat Ryan Miller
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Mike Grier Tying 2nd · 19:14
Assists: Tim Kennedy · beat Mike Smith
1–1
3rd period
⚡ Steven Stamkos Go-ahead 3rd · 04:26
Unassisted · beat Ryan Miller
1–2
⚔️ Drew Stafford Tying 3rd · 19:43
Assists: Derek Roy, Craig Rivet · beat Mike Smith
2–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Connolly · Pominville 20:49
L2 Vanek · Hecht · Stafford 17:44
L3 MacArthur · Gaustad · Grier 15:34
L4 Kennedy · Ellis · Kaleta 8:52
D1 Butler · Rivet 27:44
D2 Myers · Tallinder 21:20
D3 Montador · Paetsch 14:12
⚡Lightning
L1 Lecavalier · Stamkos · St. Louis 21:31
L2 Malone · Tanguay · Wright 17:05
L3 Veilleux · Miller · Halpern 13:06
L4 Fedoruk · Konopka · Downie 8:58
D1 Hedman · Ohlund 27:52
D2 Hale · Foster 19:36
D3 Walker · Meszaros 17:02

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF TBL⚡
32 Shots on goal 26
17 Hits 20
8 Blocked shots 17
5 Takeaways 8
7 Giveaways 8
6 Penalty minutes 8
BUF shooting 9.4% (3/32) TBL shooting 7.7% (2/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 64:03 TOI
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Vincent Lecavalier · 1st 19:59 · 0–1 Mike Grier · 2nd 19:14 · 1–1 Steven Stamkos · 3rd 04:26 · 1–2 Drew Stafford · 3rd 19:43 · 2–2
BUF TBL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 2-0-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Jan 212009 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 3–5 Dec 102008 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Dec 62008 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 4–3 Oct 302008 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 5–2 Mar 192008 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 4–7
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Who won Sabres vs Lightning on October 24, 2009?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

Drew Stafford, Mike Grier.

Who scored for Lightning?

Steven Stamkos, Vincent Lecavalier.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 21 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 5–2 AfterOct 28 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 4–1
⚡ Lightning
BeforeOct 22 🦈SJS @ ⚡TBL 2–5 AfterOct 29 🏛️OTT @ ⚡TBL 2–5
Also on October 24
🗽NYR 4–5 🇨🇦MTL 🐻BOS 4–3 🏛️OTT 🦅WSH 3–2 🏝️NYI 🐆FLA 1–5 🔔PHI 🦈SJS 4–3 🐦ATL 🍁TOR 1–3 🐋VAN 😈NJD 4–1 🐧PIT ⭐DAL 4–1 🎵STL
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