Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres

Wed, Dec 31, 2014 · First Niagara Center · 2014–15 Regular Season

Tampa Bay Lightning

5 – 1

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at First Niagara Center. Nikita Kucherov scored twice. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 10 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–11.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	1	1	3	5	25
BUF	1	0	0	1	11

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	07:48	TBL	EV	Matt Carle (4) · slap	Ondrej Palat (16)	1–0
1st	12:33	BUF	PP	Tyler Ennis (9) · slap	Nikita Zadorov (4), Matt Moulson (10)	1–1
2nd	19:02	TBL	PP	Ondrej Palat (9) · wrist	Tyler Johnson (25), Nikita Kucherov (20)	2–1
3rd	05:20	TBL	EV	Brett Connolly (7) · backhand	Anton Stralman (13), Ondrej Palat (17)	3–1
3rd	08:40	TBL	EV	Nikita Kucherov (16) · backhand	Tyler Johnson (26), Anton Stralman (14)	4–1
3rd	18:05	TBL	EV	Nikita Kucherov (17) · snap	Ondrej Palat (18), Tyler Johnson (27)	5–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:59	TBL	Alex Killorn	hooking	2
1st	13:22	BUF	Patrick Kaleta	interference	2
2nd	05:03	TBL	Alex Killorn	tripping	2
2nd	18:09	BUF	Nicolas Deslauriers	tripping	2
3rd	03:11	BUF	Nicolas Deslauriers	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: TBL 2.18 · BUF 0.82 · xG% TBL 72.8

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
18	Ondrej Palat	L	1	3	4	+4	0	3	1	0		16:13	21
9	Tyler Johnson	C	0	3	3	+4	0	1	0	0	55.6	16:11	21
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	2	1	3	+4	0	5	0	0		14:51	19
6	Anton Stralman	D	0	2	2	+3	0	3	0	0		21:01	25
25	Matt Carle	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	3		22:28	26
14	Brett Connolly	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0		11:05	15
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2		21:42	26
62	Andrej Sustr	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3		20:05	25
24	Ryan Callahan	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	100.0	18:02	19
51	Valtteri Filppula	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	17:21	19
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16.7	17:21	17
13	Cedric Paquette	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	40.0	17:00	20
17	Alex Killorn	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1		16:43	20
89	Nikita Nesterov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		15:02	17
8	Mark Barberio	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		14:30	21
27	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:08	14
11	Brian Boyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	42.9	12:57	18
10	Brenden Morrow	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9:46	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	W	11	10	1	.909	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
51	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	1		20:42	24
63	Tyler Ennis	R	1	0	1	-2	0	3	1	0		18:20	21
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	1	1	-2	0	1	1	0		17:57	20
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	5		23:02	28
24	Tyson Strachan	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3		19:41	22
3	Mark Pysyk	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		18:34	23
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0	71.4	18:27	23
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	3		18:19	22
41	Andrej Meszaros	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		18:07	19
19	Cody Hodgson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		16:52	19
25	Mikhail Grigorenko	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	68.8	16:42	18
80	Chris Stewart	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		16:38	19
21	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	33.3	16:30	22
65	Brian Flynn	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	50.0	14:42	20
8	Cody McCormick	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	70.0	12:06	19
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	-1	4	0	5	0		11:01	16
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		10:32	19
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6:55	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Jhonas Enroth	L	25	20	5	.800	60:00