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2012-13 regular season

Sabres at Lightning

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

Sabres beat Lightning 2–1 at AMALIE Arena on February 26, 2013.

BUF – TBL
21–31
Shots on goal
20–21
Hits
14–8
Blocked shots
3–5
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

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
Cody Hodgson
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 19:51 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Thomas Vanek
2 A
2 shots · 18:18 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Steven Stamkos Go-ahead 1st · 01:24
Assists: Teddy Purcell, Cory Conacher · beat Ryan Miller
0–1
⚔️ Cody Hodgson Tying 1st · 10:02
Assists: Andrej Sekera, Thomas Vanek · beat Mathieu Garon
1–1
3rd period
⚔️ Tyler Myers Go-ahead 3rd · 00:52
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Cody Hodgson · beat Mathieu Garon
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Hodgson · Ott · Pominville 19:51
L2 Vanek · Porter · Ennis 15:27
L3 Gerbe · Stafford · Kaleta 13:41
L4 Foligno · Hecht · Grigorenko 5:52
D1 Regehr · Sekera 23:22
D2 Ehrhoff · Weber 19:56
D3 Myers · Pardy 16:34
⚡Lightning
L1 Stamkos · Lecavalier · St. Louis 23:01
L2 Purcell · Pouliot · Conacher 19:02
L3 Pyatt · Killorn · Thompson 13:25
L4 Crombeen · Panik 8:50
D1 Hedman · Carle 23:50
D2 Brewer · Bergeron 18:04
D3 Lee · Aulie 11:57
D4 Salo 9:19

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF TBL⚡
21 Shots on goal 31
20 Hits 21
14 Blocked shots 8
3 Takeaways 5
9 Giveaways 10
12 Penalty minutes 2
BUF shooting 9.5% (2/21) TBL shooting 3.2% (1/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Mathieu Garon
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 58:41 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Steven Stamkos · 1st 01:24 · 0–1 Cody Hodgson · 1st 10:02 · 1–1 Tyler Myers · 3rd 00:52 · 2–1
BUF TBL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 4-6-1 (36% win rate, 11 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 1-5 (17% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 3-4 (43% win rate, 7 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Mar 192012 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 7–3 Feb 112012 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 Oct 252011 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 Oct 222011 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 0–3 Apr 52011 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–4
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Who won Sabres vs Lightning on February 26, 2013?

Sabres won 2–1. The final score was Sabres 2, Lightning 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Cody Hodgson, Tyler Myers.

Who scored for Lightning?

Steven Stamkos.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mathieu Garon made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 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
BeforeFeb 23 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 4–0 AfterFeb 28 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 4–3
⚡ Lightning
BeforeFeb 24 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 3–5 AfterFeb 28 ⚡TBL @ 🗽NYR 1–4
Also on February 26
✈️WPG 4–3 🗽NYR 🌪️CAR 0–3 🦅WSH ⭐DAL 5–4 🧥CBJ 🐻BOS 4–1 🏝️NYI 🐧PIT 4–6 🐆FLA 🔥CGY 1–2 🌲MIN 🌵PHX 4–2 🐋VAN 🏔️COL 2–3 🦈SJS
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