Final
Pominville scores twice as Sabres defeat Lightning
Mar 17, 2007 - 2:38 AM TAMPA, Florida (Ticker) -- Jason Pominville is heating up for the Buffalo Sabres.Pominville scored two goals, including the eventual game-winner, as the Sabres posted a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The right wing has scored in three straight games for Buffalo (46-19-6), which extended its lead to four points over the idle New Jersey Devils (43-20-8) for first place in the Eastern Conference.
Pominville netted the clincher when he took a pass from Daniel Briere and beat Tampa Bay goaltender Marc Denis between the pads to give Buffalo a 3-1 lead at 10:24 of the first period.
Vincent Lecavalier scored twice for the Lightning (39-29-4), who fell four points behind the Atlanta Thrashers for first place in the Southeast Division.
Lecavalier, who leads the league with a career-high 48 goals, has six tallies in his last five contests.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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BUFFALO 3 0 0 3
TAMPA BAY 1 0 1 2 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: TAM - VINCENT LECAVALIER 47 (MARTIN ST. LOUIS, VACLAV
PROSPAL) 2:11
BUF - JASON POMINVILLE 30 (NATHAN PAETSCH, DANIEL BRIERE)
7:29
BUF - DEREK ROY 14 (THOMAS VANEK, DREW STAFFORD) 8:05
BUF - JASON POMINVILLE 31 (NAT
Mar 16 10:30 PM - NHL
BUFFALO 3
TAMPA BAY 2
3RD PRD: TAM - VINCENT LECAVALIER 48 (VACLAV PROSPAL, DAN BOYLE) 4:38
Sabres vs. LightningMar 16 10:04 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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BUFFALO 3 0 3
TAMPA BAY 1 0 1 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: TAM - VINCENT LECAVALIER 47 (MARTIN ST. LOUIS, VACLAV
PROSPAL) 2:11
BUF - JASON POMINVILLE 30 (NATHAN PAETSCH, DANIEL BRIERE)
7:29
BUF - DEREK ROY 14 (THOMAS VANEK, DREW STAFFORD) 8:05
BUF - JASON POMIN
Mar 16 9:38 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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BUFFALO 3 3
TAMPA BAY 1 1 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: TAM - VINCENT LECAVALIER 47 (MARTIN ST. LOUIS, VACLAV
PROSPAL) 2:11
BUF - JASON POMINVILLE 30 (NATHAN PAETSCH, DANIEL BRIERE)
7:29
BUF - DEREK ROY 14 (THOMAS VANEK, DREW STAFFORD) 8:05
BUF - JASON POMIN
Mar 16 8:46 PM - NHL
BUFFALO 3
TAMPA BAY 1
1ST PRD: BUF - JASON POMINVILLE 31 (NATHAN PAETSCH, JOCHEN HECHT)
10:24
Sabres vs. LightningMar 16 8:30 PM - NHL
BUFFALO 2
TAMPA BAY 1
1ST PRD: BUF - DEREK ROY 14 (THOMAS VANEK, DREW STAFFORD) 8:05
Sabres vs. LightningMar 16 8:27 PM - NHL
BUFFALO 1
TAMPA BAY 1
1ST PRD: BUF - JASON POMINVILLE 30 (NATHAN PAETSCH, DANIEL BRIERE)
7:29
Sabres vs. LightningMar 16 8:23 PM - NHL
BUFFALO 0
TAMPA BAY 1
1ST PRD: TAM - VINCENT LECAVALIER 47 (MARTIN ST. LOUIS, VACLAV
PROSPAL) 2:11
Sabres vs. LightningMar 16 8:13 PM
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