Sabres Build Early Lead to Beat Lightning
Jan 30, 2008 NHL
Ryan Miller weathered an early barrage from the Tampa Bay Lightning, then MacArthur, Hecht and Pominville took over from there to lead Buffalo to the 4-2 win. Pominville made a nice pass on the break to MacArthur for his 6th goal of the year, and Clarke returned the favor later in the first to build the 2-0 lead. Halfway through the second, Lydman shot from the point, the puck ricocheted off Stafford in front for the third goal. Roy followed that with a rebound score that Holmqvist really needed to stop to make it 4-0.
Penalties gave the Lightning a shot to come back late in the second, with Brad Richards scoring on a 5-3 opportunity, and tradebait Vinny Prospal scored in the third. Still, I liked a lot of what I saw in the game, it seemed to me that the Sabres were working extremely hard, and got the bounces to go their way because of it. One scary moment when Vanek went down awkwardly after a hit, but after a bit of wincing for the camera, he came back out and looked none the worse for it.
The Sabres continue on to play the Panthers tonight at 7:30pm. They are 4 points out of a playoff spot heading into this game.
Tags: B-Lo Sports, Drew Stafford, hecht, Hockey, holmqvist, lightning, lydman, macarthur, NHL, pominville, prospal, richards, roy, Ryan Miller, sabres, tampa bay, Thomas Vanek
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