The Tampa Bay Lightning came up just a bit short against the Buffalo Sabres, 4 to 3, on December 6, 2008.

Final

Sabres

12-11-3

4

Lightning

6-12-8

3

Team

BUF

TBL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

TBL

Drew Stafford (EV) assisted by Paul Gaustad

Martin St. Louis (EV) assisted by Vincent Lecavalier and Lukas Krajicek

2nd period

BUF

TBL

Thomas Vanek (EV) assisted by Derek Roy and Drew Stafford

Paul Ranger (EV) assisted by Vincent Lecavalier and Vinny Prospal

Jochen Hecht (EV) assisted by Adam Mair and Toni Lydman

Vinny Prospal (EV) assisted by Marek Malik and Martin St. Louis

3rd period

BUF

TBL

Derek Roy (EV) assisted by Teppo Numminen and Drew Stafford

Sabres

Lightning

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Lightning

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ryan Miller (W) R. Miller	1	0	0	23	20	.870	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Maxim Afinogenov M. Afinogenov	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	12:46
Paul Gaustad P. Gaustad	0	1	1	0	7	0	3	0.0	4	14	28.6	1	0	0	0	17:58
Nathan Gerbe N. Gerbe	0	0	0	+2	2	0	4	0.0	1	1	100.0	0	0	1	0	15:09
Jochen Hecht J. Hecht	1	0	1	-1	9	0	2	50.0	4	10	40.0	1	2	0	1	14:34
Ales Kotalik A. Kotalik	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	14:13
Toni Lydman T. Lydman	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	2	0	19:22
Clarke MacArthur C. MacArthur	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0		0	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	8:28
Adam Mair A. Mair	0	1	1	0	7	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	1	0	0	0	9:59
Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	1	2	17:33
Daniel Paille D. Paille	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0		0	0		3	1	1	0	12:23
Jason Pominville J. Pominville	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0		0	0		0	1	0	0	20:32
Craig Rivet C. Rivet	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	0	21:00
Derek Roy D. Roy	1	1	2	+2	2	1	2	50.0	6	19	31.6	1	0	0	0	19:51
Andrej Sekera A. Sekera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	0	0	18:42
Jaroslav Spacek J. Spacek	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	1	2	0	22:55
Drew Stafford D. Stafford	1	2	3	+3	0	0	4	25.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	16:06
Henrik Tallinder H. Tallinder	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	10:48
Thomas Vanek T. Vanek	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	15:09

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Smith (L) M. Smith	0	1	0	27	23	.852	4	4.07	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Evgeny Artyukhin E. Artyukhin	0	0	0	-1	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	6:44
Ryan Craig R. Craig	0	0	0	-1	0	0		1	3	33.3	1	1	0	0	12:57
Steve Downie S. Downie	0	0	0	-1	5	0		0	0		4	0	1	0	9:24
Steve Eminger S. Eminger	0	0	0	-2	4	0		0	0		2	3	0	0	22:08
Jussi Jokinen J. Jokinen	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0	10	15	66.7	2	1	1	0	16:45
Lukas Krajicek L. Krajicek	0	1	1	-2	4	0		0	0		0	3	0	0	14:08
Vincent Lecavalier V. Lecavalier	0	2	2	+2	5	1	0.0	13	21	61.9	2	0	1	1	21:53
Marek Malik M. Malik	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	19:16
Andrej Meszaros A. Meszaros	0	0	0	+1	0	0		0	0		2	2	0	3	24:45
Vinny Prospal V. Prospal	1	1	2	+1	0	3	33.3	1	1	100.0	2	0	0	1	19:11
Paul Ranger P. Ranger	1	0	1	+1	2	3	33.3	0	0		4	2	1	1	23:05
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	0	0	0	-1	0	0		0	0		2	2	0	2	16:29
Matt Smaby M. Smaby	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0		1	0	1	0	8:32
Radek Smolenak R. Smolenak	0	0	0	0	5	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	4:36
Martin St. Louis M. St. Louis	1	1	2	+3	0	5	20.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	23:55
Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	2	3	66.7	0	0	0	0	19:28
Paul Szczechura P. Szczechura	0	0	0	-1	2	0		5	7	71.4	1	1	0	1	15:21
Radim Vrbata R. Vrbata	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	1	2	0	10:26