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Sabres 4, Lightning 3
Hasek gets first win of season
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Dominik Hasek recorded his first win of the season and Buffalo defenseman James Patrick scored the game-winner with 5:13 to play for a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night.
Hasek allowed three goals in a span of 3:28 in the second period as Tampa Bay went up 3-2, but Curtis Brown tied it for Buffalo late in the period and Patrick got the game-winner on an unassisted goal.
Patrick backhanded the puck over Dan Cloutier's shoulder for the victory, only Buffalo's second of the season.
Michal Grosek and Michael Peca also scored for Buffalo (2-6-2). Chris Gratton scored a goal and had two assists, and Stan Drulia and Vincent Lecavalier also scored for Tampa Bay (2-5-1).
Hasek was booed when he gave up his third goal and allowed three goals on 18 shots. Hasek (1-4-1) still hasn't returned to the form that allowed him to capture his fifth Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goalie in the last six years.
The Sabres outshot the Lightning 12-4 in the first period and went up 2-0. Grosek scored first at 3:39, taking a pass from Peca behind the net and knocking it past Dan Cloutier.
Grosek hit the post a few minutes later, and Cloutier robbed Wayne Primeau in front.
Cloutier couldn't stop Peca with 4.9 seconds in the period. Peca knocked in a rebound of a shot by Geoff Sanderson that Cloutier left sitting in the crease.
Tampa Bay's burst of goals began with Gratton's unassisted tally at 2:46 of the second. Gratton picked up a loose puck and slapped it past Hasek.
Gratton gloved a clearing attempt by Alexei Zhitnik and Drulia went in and flipped the puck over the prone Hasek's glove at 5:08.
Gratton then set up the go-ahead goal with a pass to Lecavalier for an easy tap-in on the power play.
It was the quickest three goals Hasek had allowed since he gave up three in a span of 2:06 early in the third period of a 6-2 loss at Washington on Oct. 3, 1997.
Brown scored to tie the game at 3-3 at 6:35 of the second period, on a slap shot from the left circle set up by Grosek.
Cloutier made 23 saves.
Summary
NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
TAMPA BAY 0 3 0 3
BUFFALO 2 1 1 4 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: BUF - MICHAL GROSEK 3 (MICHAEL PECA, VACLAV VARADA) 3:39
BUF - MICHAEL PECA 2 (GEOFF SANDERSON) 19:55
2ND PRD: TAM - CHRIS GRATTON 3 (UNASSISTED) 2:46
TAM - STAN DRULIA 2 (CHRIS GRATTON) 5:08
TAM - (PP) VINCENT LECAVALIER 2 (CHRIS GRATTON, MICHAEL
NYLANDER) 6:14
BUF - CURTIS BROWN 5 (MICHAL GROSEK, JAMES PATRICK) 6:35
3RD PRD: BUF - JAMES PATRICK 1 (UNASSISTED) 14:47
POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: TAM - 1 OF 3, BUF - 0 OF 4.
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
TAM 4 7 7 18
BUF 12 9 6 27
GOALIES: TAM - DAN CLOUTIER
BUF - DOMINIK HASEK
OFFICIALS: REF - FRASER, JOANNETTE
LIN - AMELL, NOWAK
ATT: 14,494
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