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2011-12 regular season

Sabres at Lightning

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

Sabres beat Lightning 7–3 at AMALIE Arena on March 19, 2012.

BUF – TBL
38–27
Shots on goal
2/4–0/2
Power play
20–26
Hits
10–21
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Drew Stafford
1 G, 2 A
5 shots · 17:30 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
2 G
6 shots · 17:14 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Marcus Foligno
2 G
2 shots · 17:07 TOI

Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Drew Stafford Go-ahead 1st · 11:31
Assists: Christian Ehrhoff · beat Dustin Tokarski
1–0
⚔️ Jason Pominville PP 1st · 15:50
Assists: Cody Hodgson, Thomas Vanek · beat Dustin Tokarski
2–0
2nd period
⚔️ Marcus Foligno 2nd · 01:09
Assists: Tyler Ennis, Drew Stafford · beat Dustin Tokarski
3–0
⚡ Bruno Gervais 2nd · 07:12
Assists: Teddy Purcell · beat Ryan Miller
3–1
⚔️ Corey Tropp 2nd · 08:16
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Cody Hodgson · beat Dustin Tokarski
4–1
⚡ Trevor Smith 2nd · 14:14
Assists: Ryan Malone, Bruno Gervais · beat Ryan Miller
4–2
⚔️ Marcus Foligno PP 2nd · 16:22
Assists: Drew Stafford, Tyler Ennis · beat Dwayne Roloson
5–2
⚔️ Brad Boyes 2nd · 17:00
Assists: Cody McCormick, Alexander Sulzer · beat Dwayne Roloson
6–2
3rd period
⚔️ Jason Pominville 3rd · 00:17
Unassisted · beat Dwayne Roloson
7–2
⚡ Ryan Malone 3rd · 14:57
Assists: Eric Brewer · beat Ryan Miller
7–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Stafford · Pominville 17:30
L2 Foligno · Hodgson · Ennis 16:16
L3 Vanek · Leino · Tropp 15:19
L4 McCormick · Kaleta · Boyes 10:57
D1 Ehrhoff · Sekera 22:00
D2 Leopold · Sulzer 19:29
D3 Regehr · Weber 17:30
⚡Lightning
L1 Malone · Stamkos · St. Louis 21:46
L2 Purcell · Pyatt · Smith 18:00
L3 Connolly · Wyman · Wallace 12:12
L4 Labrie · Segal 9:26
D1 Brewer · Hedman 22:30
D2 Clark · Lee 17:22
D3 Aulie · Gervais 12:56
D4 Mikkelson 11:00

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF TBL⚡
38 Shots on goal 27
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
20 Hits 26
10 Blocked shots 21
10 Takeaways 6
10 Giveaways 6
4 Penalty minutes 8
BUF shooting 18.4% (7/38) TBL shooting 11.1% (3/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 59:23 TOI
⚡Lightning
Dustin Tokarski
11/15
.733 SV% · 4 GA · 28:16 TOI
Dwayne Roloson
20/23
.870 SV% · 3 GA · 31:44 TOI

Where the goals came from

10 of 10 goals located
Drew Stafford · 1st 11:31 · 1–0 Jason Pominville · 1st 15:50 · 2–0 Marcus Foligno · 2nd 01:09 · 3–0 Bruno Gervais · 2nd 07:12 · 3–1 Corey Tropp · 2nd 08:16 · 4–1 Trevor Smith · 2nd 14:14 · 4–2 Marcus Foligno · 2nd 16:22 · 5–2 Brad Boyes · 2nd 17:00 · 6–2 Jason Pominville · 3rd 00:17 · 7–2 Ryan Malone · 3rd 14:57 · 7–3
BUF TBL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 7-1-2 (70% win rate, 10 games)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-8-1 (0% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 6–2
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Lightning lead the season series 3–1
Feb 112012 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 Oct 252011 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 Oct 222011 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 0–3 Apr 52011 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Feb 82011 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 7–4
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Who won Sabres vs Lightning on March 19, 2012?

Sabres won 7–3. The final score was Sabres 7, Lightning 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Pominville (2), Marcus Foligno (2), Brad Boyes, Corey Tropp, Drew Stafford.

Who scored for Lightning?

Bruno Gervais, Ryan Malone, Trevor Smith.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Dustin Tokarski made 11 saves on 15 shots (.733 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?

Lightning lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 17 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 2–3 AfterMar 21 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 0–3
⚡ Lightning
BeforeMar 17 🎵STL @ ⚡TBL 3–1 AfterMar 22 🛢️EDM @ ⚡TBL 2–3
Also on March 19
🍁TOR 0–8 🐻BOS 😈NJD 2–4 🗽NYR 🦅WSH 5–3 🐙DET 🐋VAN 0–2 🌲MIN 🦆ANA 5–3 🦈SJS
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