Lightning 5–1 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Dec 31, 2014)

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 ⚡ TBL

Ondrej Palat

1 G, 3 A

3 shots · 16:13 TOI

2nd star ⚡ TBL

Nikita Kucherov

2 G, 1 A

5 shots · 14:51 TOI

3rd star ⚡ TBL

Tyler Johnson

3 A

1 shots · 16:11 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

⚡ Matt Carle Go-ahead 1st · 07:48

Assists: Ondrej Palat · beat Jhonas Enroth

1–0

⚔️ Tyler Ennis PP Tying 1st · 12:33

Assists: Nikita Zadorov, Matt Moulson · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy

1–1

2nd period

⚡ Ondrej Palat PP Go-ahead 2nd · 19:02

Assists: Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov · beat Jhonas Enroth

2–1

3rd period

⚡ Brett Connolly 3rd · 05:20

Assists: Anton Stralman, Ondrej Palat · beat Jhonas Enroth

3–1

⚡ Nikita Kucherov 3rd · 08:40

Assists: Tyler Johnson, Anton Stralman · beat Jhonas Enroth

4–1

⚡ Nikita Kucherov 3rd · 18:05

Assists: Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson · beat Jhonas Enroth

5–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚡Lightning

L1 Filppula · Stamkos · Callahan 17:21

L2 Killorn · Palat · Paquette 16:43

L3 Drouin · Johnson · Kucherov 14:51

L4 Morrow · Boyle · Connolly 11:05

D1 Carle · Hedman 22:05

D2 Stralman · Sustr 20:33

D3 Nesterov · Barberio 14:46

⚔️Sabres

L1 Moulson · Girgensons · Ennis 18:20

L2 Hodgson · Grigorenko · Stewart 16:42

L3 Flynn · McCormick · Stafford 14:42

L4 Deslauriers · Larsson · Kaleta 10:32

D1 Gorges · Zadorov 21:52

D2 Strachan · Pysyk 19:08

D3 Weber · Meszaros 18:13

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚡TBL BUF⚔️

25 Shots on goal 11

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

12 Hits 24

11 Blocked shots 15

3 Takeaways 3

3 Giveaways 3

4 Penalty minutes 6

TBL shooting 20.0% (5/25) BUF shooting 9.1% (1/11)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚡Lightning

Andrei Vasilevskiy

10/11

.909 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Jhonas Enroth

20/25

.800 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

TBL BUF

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 1st: 9-7-1 (53% win rate, 17 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 7-5-2 (50% win rate, 14 games)

After 2nd — 2–1

Lightning

Lightning — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 8-0-1 (89% win rate, 9 games)

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Lightning lead the season series 2–1

Dec 42014 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 0–5 Dec 22014 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 SO Mar 292014 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 OT Mar 62014 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 3–1 Oct 262013 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 2–3

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Who won Lightning vs Sabres on December 31, 2014?

Lightning won 5–1. The final score was Lightning 5, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Lightning?

Nikita Kucherov (2), Brett Connolly, Matt Carle, Ondrej Palat.

Who scored for Sabres?

Tyler Ennis.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 10 saves on 11 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Jhonas Enroth made 20 saves on 25 shots (.800 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Sabres season series?

Lightning lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚡ Lightning

BeforeDec 29 🍁TOR @ ⚡TBL 2–3 AfterJan 2 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 3–6

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeDec 29 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 2–5 AfterJan 2 🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF 2–0

Also on December 31

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