Sabres 6–2 Lightning — Final Score & Stats (Mar 18, 2010)

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

Jason Pominville

3 G

7 shots · 18:16 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Derek Roy

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · 21:07 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Toni Lydman

2 A

1 shots · 25:47 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Jason Pominville PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:19

Assists: Derek Roy, Toni Lydman · beat Antero Niittymaki

1–0

⚔️ Tyler Myers 1st · 13:56

Assists: Jochen Hecht · beat Antero Niittymaki

2–0

⚔️ Jason Pominville 1st · 16:23

Assists: Henrik Tallinder · beat Antero Niittymaki

3–0

2nd period

⚔️ Derek Roy SH 2nd · 09:25

Unassisted · beat Antero Niittymaki

4–0

3rd period

⚡ Steve Downie 3rd · 08:06

Assists: Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis · beat Ryan Miller

4–1

⚡ Vincent Lecavalier PP 3rd · 17:22

Assists: Steven Stamkos, Teddy Purcell · beat Ryan Miller

4–2

⚔️ Thomas Vanek Empty net 3rd · 18:14

Assists: Derek Roy

5–2

⚔️ Jason Pominville 3rd · 19:26

Assists: Tim Connolly, Toni Lydman · beat Antero Niittymaki

6–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Vanek · Roy · Pominville 18:39

L2 Kennedy · Hecht · Connolly 17:55

L3 Torres · Ellis · Grier 13:26

L4 Gaustad · Mair · Kaleta 9:25

D1 Lydman · Myers 25:20

D2 Montador · Tallinder 21:10

D3 Butler · Rivet 10:24

⚡Lightning

L1 Lecavalier · Stamkos · St. Louis 19:23

L2 Veilleux · Parrish · Downie 15:19

L3 Purcell · Thompson · Szczechura 13:39

L4 Tanguay · Fedoruk · Bochenski 11:23

D1 Lundin · Foster 22:04

D2 Walker · Hedman 19:54

D3 Meszaros · Smaby 14:44

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF TBL⚡

28 Shots on goal 25

1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

12 Hits 8

16 Blocked shots 12

3 Takeaways 11

5 Giveaways 12

25 Penalty minutes 19

BUF shooting 21.4% (6/28) TBL shooting 8.0% (2/25)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

23/25

.920 SV% · 2 GA · 59:57 TOI

⚡Lightning

Antero Niittymaki

22/27

.815 SV% · 5 GA · 58:36 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located

BUF TBL

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Period by period

After 1st — 3–0

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Lightning

Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–0

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

Lightning

Lightning — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 3–0

Jan 62010 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 3–5 Oct 242009 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 3–2 SO Jan 212009 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 3–5 Dec 102008 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Dec 62008 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 4–3

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Who won Sabres vs Lightning on March 18, 2010?

Sabres won 6–2. The final score was Sabres 6, Lightning 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Pominville (3), Derek Roy, Thomas Vanek, Tyler Myers.

Who scored for Lightning?

Steve Downie, Vincent Lecavalier.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Antero Niittymaki made 22 saves on 27 shots (.815 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeMar 16 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 3–4 AfterMar 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 3–1

⚡ Lightning

BeforeMar 16 🌵PHX @ ⚡TBL 2–1 AfterMar 20 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 3–1

Also on March 18

🐧PIT 3–0 🐻BOS 🏛️OTT 3–6 🐦ATL 🦅WSH 3–4 🌪️CAR 🎵STL 4–3 🗽NYR 😈NJD 1–2 🍁TOR 🌵PHX 4–3 🐆FLA 🌲MIN 0–5 🐯NSH 🔔PHI 3–2 ⭐DAL

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