National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 5, Buffalo 1
Wednesday, December 31, 2014 6:00 PM
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 TOI
Evgeni Nabokov G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Andrei Vasilevskiy G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Anton Stralman D 0 2 2 +3 0 3 21:01
Mark Barberio D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 14:30
Tyler Johnson C 0 3 3 +4 0 1 16:11
Brenden Morrow LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9:46
Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 E 0 2 12:57
Cedric Paquette C 0 0 0 E 0 0 17:00
Brett Connolly RW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 11:05
Alex Killorn C 0 0 0 E 4 0 16:43
Ondrej Palat LW 1 3 4 +4 0 3 16:13
Ryan Callahan RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18:02
Matt Carle D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 22:28
Jonathan Drouin LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14:08
Valtteri Filppula C 0 0 0 E 0 0 17:21
Andrej Sustr D 0 0 0 E 0 0 20:05
Victor Hedman D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 21:42
Nikita Kucherov RW 2 1 3 +4 0 5 14:51
Nikita Nesterov D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 15:02
Steven Stamkos C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17:21
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Jhonas Enroth G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Michal Neuvirth G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 18:34
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 23:02
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18:19
Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12:06
Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 E 0 2 16:52
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16:30
Johan Larsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 6:55
Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19:41
Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 0 0 E 0 0 16:42
Matt Moulson LW 0 1 1 -2 0 1 17:57
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 18:27
Patrick Kaleta RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 10:32
Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 E 0 1 18:07
Nicolas Deslauriers LW 0 0 0 -1 4 0 11:01
Nikita Zadorov D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 20:42
Tyler Ennis C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 18:20
Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14:42
Chris Stewart RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 16:38
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