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National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 5, Buffalo 1
When: 6:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Chris Lee
Linesmen: Jean Morin, Michel Cormier
Attendance: 19070
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 1135
Buffalo 1001
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
7:48 - Lightning Matt Carle (EV) Assists: Ondrej Palat
12:33 - Sabres Tyler Ennis (PP) Assists: Nikita Zadorov , Matt Moulson
Penalties
10:59 - Lightning Alex Killorn (2) Hooking
 13:22 - Sabres Patrick Kaleta (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
19:02 - Lightning Ondrej Palat (PP) Assists: Tyler Johnson , Nikita Kucherov
Penalties
5:03 - Lightning Alex Killorn (2) Tripping
 18:09 - Sabres Nicolas Deslauriers (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
5:20 - Lightning Brett Connolly (EV) Assists: Anton Stralman , Ondrej Palat
8:40 - Lightning Nikita Kucherov (EV) Assists: Tyler Johnson , Anton Stralman
18:05 - Lightning Nikita Kucherov (EV) Assists: Ondrej Palat , Tyler Johnson
Penalties
3:11 - Sabres Nicolas Deslauriers (2) Holding
Tampa Bay Lightning
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Evgeni Nabokov G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Vasilevskiy G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:33 4:53 3:34 0 0 - - - - -
Anton Stralman D 0 2 2 +3 0 3 25 21:01 16:12 2:47 2:02 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Barberio D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21 14:30 13:57 0:00 0:33 0 0 - - - - -
Tyler Johnson C 0 3 3 +4 0 1 21 16:11 11:42 2:57 1:32 0 0 - - 10 8 56
Brenden Morrow LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 9:46 9:46 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 12:57 10:55 0:00 2:02 0 0 1 - 3 4 43
Cedric Paquette C 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 17:00 14:58 0:00 2:02 0 0 3 1 2 3 40
Brett Connolly RW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 15 11:05 8:08 2:57 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Alex Killorn C 0 0 0 E 4 0 20 16:43 14:47 1:56 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Ondrej Palat LW 1 3 4 +4 0 3 21 16:13 11:44 2:57 1:32 1 0 1 - - - -
Ryan Callahan RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 18:02 16:06 1:56 0:00 0 0 5 1 3 0 100
Matt Carle D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 26 22:28 20:59 0:00 1:29 0 0 - 3 - - -
Jonathan Drouin LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 14:08 14:08 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Valtteri Filppula C 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 17:21 15:25 1:56 0:00 0 0 - - 3 12 20
Andrej Sustr D 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 20:05 18:33 0:00 1:32 0 0 1 3 - - -
Victor Hedman D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 26 21:42 18:04 2:06 1:32 0 0 - 2 - - -
Nikita Kucherov RW 2 1 3 +4 0 5 19 14:51 11:54 2:57 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nikita Nesterov D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17 15:02 15:02 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steven Stamkos C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 17:21 15:25 1:56 0:00 0 0 - - 2 10 17
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jhonas Enroth G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:33 3:34 4:53 0 0 - - - - -
Michal Neuvirth G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 23 18:34 18:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 28 23:02 17:27 2:01 3:34 0 0 4 5 - - -
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 18:19 16:55 0:05 1:19 0 0 2 3 - - -
Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 12:06 10:18 0:00 1:48 0 0 2 1 7 3 70
Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 16:52 15:13 1:39 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 16:30 14:29 1:28 0:33 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Johan Larsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 6:55 6:55 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 19:41 16:19 0:00 3:22 0 0 - 3 - - -
Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 16:42 15:51 0:51 0:00 0 0 1 1 11 5 69
Matt Moulson LW 0 1 1 -2 0 1 20 17:57 16:02 1:55 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 23 18:27 14:22 1:28 2:37 0 0 - - 10 4 71
Patrick Kaleta RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 19 10:32 9:25 0:00 1:07 0 0 1 - - - -
Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 18:07 16:28 1:39 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Nicolas Deslauriers LW 0 0 0 -1 4 0 16 11:01 10:25 0:00 0:36 0 0 5 - - - -
Nikita Zadorov D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 24 20:42 17:16 1:55 1:31 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tyler Ennis C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 21 18:20 16:25 1:55 0:00 1 0 1 - 0 1 0
Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 14:42 10:49 0:48 3:05 0 0 - 1 8 8 50
Chris Stewart RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 16:38 14:32 2:06 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Goaltending
Tampa Bay
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy W (3-1-0) 11 10 1 .909 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jhonas Enroth L (11-13-2) 25 20 5 .800 0 60:00