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1 Tampa Bay Lightning Game Notes Sat, Oct 6, 0 NHL Game #59 Tampa Bay Lightning ( pts) Buffalo Sabres (5 pts) Team Game: 0 Home Game: (Home) (Road) Team Game: Road Game: (Home) (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 0 Ben Bishop Anders Lindback # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Eric Brewer D Keith Aulie D Sami Salo D Radko Gudas D Mark Barberio C Tyler Johnson L Ryan Malone R Teddy Purcell C Alex Killorn L Ondrej Palat R B.J. Crombeen D Matthew Carle (A) R Martin St Louis (C) C Nate Thompson (A) C Valtteri Filppula D Andrej Sustr R Richard Panik L Pierre-Cedric Labrie D Victor Hedman C Steven Stamkos (A) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% Jhonas Enroth Ryan Miller # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Mark Pysyk D Jamie McBain D Mike Weber C Cody McCormick C Steve Ott (C) D Christian Ehrhoff (A) C Cody Hodgson D Henrik Tallinder R Drew Stafford - 4 L Johan Larsson C Mikhail Grigorenko L Thomas Vanek (C) C Zemgus Girgensons -4 L John Scott R Patrick Kaleta D Rasmus Ristolainen D Tyler Myers D Nikita Zadorov 0-6 C Tyler Ennis C Brian Flynn L Marcus Foligno Vice President, General Manager Assistant General Managers Senior Advisor to the General Manager Head Coach Associate / Assistant Coaches Steve Yzerman Julien BriseBois, Pat Verbeek Tom Kurvers Jon Cooper Rick Bowness / Steve Thomas, George Gwozdecky Owner President General Manager Head Coach Coaching Staff Terry Pegula Ted Black Darcy Regier Ron Rolston Joe Sacco (Assistant), Teppo Numminen (Assistant), Jerry Forton (Assistant), Jim Corsi (Goaltender) Tonight's Officials Referees Wes McCauley (4), Don VanMassenhoven () Linesmen Michel Cormier (76), Andy McElman (90) Ntl. Anthem Vanessa Rodriguez w/ organist Krystof Srebrakowski Video Judge Gerry Dollmont Today's Schedule PHX : :00 DAL : 6:00 BOS : 7:00 TOR : 7:00 MTL : 7:00 DET : 7:00 TBL : 7:00 NYI : 7:00 CHI : 7:00 NSH : 7:00 CGY : 8:00

2 Tampa Bay Lightning: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Eric Brewer D 6' 4" 6 Apr 7, 979 Vernon, BC, CAN Keith Aulie D 6' 6" 8 Jun, 989 Rouleau, SK, CAN 6 Sami Salo D 6' " 5 Sep, 974 Turku, FIN 7 Radko Gudas D 6' 0" 04 Jun 5, 990 Prague, CZE 8 Mark Barberio D 6' " 85 Mar, 990 Montreal, QC, CAN 9 Tyler Johnson C 5' 9" 8 Jul 9, 990 Spokane, WA, USA Ryan Malone L 6' 4" 4 Dec, 979 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 6 Teddy Purcell R 6' " 0 Sep 8, 985 St. John's, NL, CAN 7 Alex Killorn C 6' " 05 Sep 4, 989 Halifax, NS, CAN 8 Ondrej Palat L 6' 0" 80 Mar 8, 99 Frydek-Mistek, CZE 9 B.J. Crombeen R 6' " 09 Jul 0, 985 Denver, CO, USA 5 Matthew Carle D 6' 0" 05 Sep 5, 984 Anchorage, AK, USA 6 Martin St Louis R 5' 8" 80 Jun 8, 975 Laval, QC, CAN 0 Ben Bishop G 6' 7" 4 Nov, 986 Denver, CO, USA 9 Anders Lindback G 6' 6" 0 May, 988 Gävle, SWE 44 Nate Thompson C 6' 0" Oct 5, 984 Anchorage, AK, USA 5 Valtteri Filppula C 6' 0" 95 Mar 0, 984 Vantaa, FIN 6 Andrej Sustr D 6' 8" 5 Nov 9, 990 Plzen, CZE 7 Richard Panik R 6' " 08 Feb 7, 99 Martin, SVK 76 Pierre-Cedric Labrie L 6' " 4 Dec 6, 986 Baie-Comeau, QC, CAN 77 Victor Hedman D 6' 6" Dec 8, 990 Ornskoldsvik, SWE 9 Steven Stamkos C 6' 0" 90 Feb 7, 990 Markham, ON, CAN Players Total Avg: 6' " 07 Age: 7.4 Injured Reserve List ( Players) 5 Mattias Ohlund D 6' 4" Sep 9, 976 Pitea, SWE Tom Pyatt C 5' " 88 Feb 4, 987 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 5 Brian Lee D 6' " 00 Mar 6, 987 Moorhead, MN, USA Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks No active streaks Point Streaks No active streaks Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Jhonas Enroth G 5' 0" 66 Jun 5, 988 Stockholm, SWE Mark Pysyk D 6' " 9 Jan, 99 Sherwood Park, AB, CAN 4 Jamie McBain D 6' " 8 Feb 5, 988 Edina, MN, USA 6 Mike Weber D 6' " Dec 6, 987 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 8 Cody McCormick C 6' " 4 Apr 8, 98 London, ON, CAN 9 Steve Ott C 6' 0" 89 Aug 9, 98 Summerside, PE, CAN 0 Christian Ehrhoff D 6' " 96 Jul 6, 98 Moers, DEU 9 Cody Hodgson C 6' 0" 9 Feb 8, 990 Toronto, ON, CAN 0 Henrik Tallinder D 6' 4" 09 Jan 0, 979 Stockholm, SWE Drew Stafford R 6' " 4 Oct 0, 985 Milwaukee, WI, USA Johan Larsson L 5' " 06 Jul 5, 99 Lau, SWE 5 Mikhail Grigorenko C 6' " 09 May 6, 994 Khabarovsk, RUS 6 Thomas Vanek L 6' " 7 Jan 9, 984 Vienna, AUT 8 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' " 90 Jan 5, 994 Riga, LVA 0 Ryan Miller G 6' " 68 Jul 7, 980 East Lansing, MI, USA John Scott L 6' 8" 59 Sep 6, 98 Edmonton, AB, CAN 6 Patrick Kaleta R 6' " 98 Jun 8, 986 Buffalo, NY, USA 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 9 Oct 7, 994 Turku, FIN 57 Tyler Myers D 6' 8" 9 Feb, 990 Houston, TX, USA 6 Nikita Zadorov D 6' 5" 0 Apr 6, 995 Moscow, RUS 6 Tyler Ennis C 5' 9" 69 Oct 6, 989 Edmonton, AB, CAN 65 Brian Flynn C 6' " 80 Jul 6, 988 Lynnfield, MA, USA 8 Marcus Foligno L 6' " Aug 0, 99 Buffalo, NY, USA Players Total Avg: 6' " 0 Age: 5.8 Injured Reserve List ( Players) Ville Leino L 6' " 8 Oct 6, 98 Savonlinna, FIN Goal Streaks CODY HODGSON ( / Games) Assist Streaks THOMAS VANEK ( / Games) MARCUS FOLIGNO ( / Games) Point Streaks MARCUS FOLIGNO (--4 / Games) CODY HODGSON (-0- / Games) THOMAS VANEK (0-- / Games) STEVE OTT (-- / Games)

3 Tampa Bay Lightning: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 9 Steven Stamkos : R 6 Martin St Louis : R 6 Teddy Purcell : C 5 Valtteri Filppula : C 7 Alex Killorn : D 5 Matthew Carle : D 77 Victor Hedman : D 6 Sami Salo : L 8 Ondrej Palat : C 9 Tyler Johnson : L Ryan Malone : R 7 Richard Panik : D 7 Radko Gudas : D 6 Andrej Sustr : D Eric Brewer : C 44 Nate Thompson : R 9 B.J. Crombeen : L 76 Pierre-Cedric Labrie : D 8 Mark Barberio : C Tom Pyatt : D Keith Aulie : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 0 Ben Bishop Anders Lindback Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 9 Cody Hodgson : L 6 Thomas Vanek : L 8 Marcus Foligno : D 4 Jamie McBain : C 9 Steve Ott : R Drew Stafford : D 0 Christian Ehrhoff : C 65 Brian Flynn : C 8 Zemgus Girgensons : D 57 Tyler Myers : D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen : D 6 Nikita Zadorov : C 6 Tyler Ennis : D Mark Pysyk : C 8 Cody McCormick : D 0 Henrik Tallinder : C 5 Mikhail Grigorenko : R 6 Patrick Kaleta : D 6 Mike Weber : L Johan Larsson : L Ville Leino : L John Scott : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 0 Ryan Miller Jhonas Enroth

4 Buffalo Tampa Bay Lightning Team Records Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning Last game: Friday AT FLORIDA (- W) Thursday VS CHICAGO (6-5 W) Next game: Monday VS DALLAS Sunday AT FLORIDA Overall record/streak: / Win / Undef / Win / Undef Home record/streak: / Lost / Win / Undef Road record/streak: / Win / Undef / Win / Undef Last 5 Games: Last 0 Games: Goal Games: Goal Games - - -Goal Games Scoring first Opponent scoring first Leading after period Trailing after period Tied after period Leading after periods Trailing after periods Tied after periods OT Record - This Season: OT Record - Franchise: Shootout Record - This Season: Shootout Record - Franchise: Outshooting opponent: Outshot by opponent: Even shots: vs. Atlantic: vs. Metropolitan: vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: vs. Central: vs. Pacific: vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: Month by Month Record Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: November: December: January: February: March: April: Totals:

5 Buffalo Tampa Bay Lightning Situations Goals by Period OT T Avg Buffalo Sabres: (.4 avg.) Opponents: (.8 avg.) Tampa Bay Lightning: 7 9 (.4 avg.) Opponents: (.9 avg.) Shots by Period OT T Avg Buffalo Sabres: (5. avg.) Opponents: (5.4 avg.) Tampa Bay Lightning: (5.8 avg.) Opponents: (8.4 avg.) Power Play Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning G Att % G Att % Overall: (8th NHL) (7th NHL) Home:.6 (st NHL) (T-th NHL) Road: (6th NHL) 9. (T-9th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-5th NHL) Penalty Killing Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning G Att % G Att % Overall: (0th NHL) (9th NHL) Home: (6th NHL) (0th NHL) Road: (9th NHL) 75.0 (T-9th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-8th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-4th NHL) Penalties Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 50.5 (T-9th NHL) (7th NHL) Goal Situations Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning For Against For Against 5 on 5: on 4: on : on 4: on : on : on 4: on 5: on 5: Empty Net: 0 Penalty Shots: 0 0 Total: 7 4 6

6 Buffalo Tampa Bay Lightning Situations Individual Leaders Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning Points: C. HODGSON (9),T. VANEK (8),M. FOLIGNO (5) S. STAMKOS (4),M. ST LOUIS (),V. FILPPULA (8) Goals: C. HODGSON (4),T. VANEK (),M. FOLIGNO () S. STAMKOS (7),M. ST LOUIS (5),V. FILPPULA (4) Assists: T. VANEK (5),C. HODGSON (5),C. EHRHOFF () M. ST LOUIS (7),S. STAMKOS (7),M. CARLE (5) PP Goals: C. HODGSON (),T. VANEK (),J. MCBAIN () T. PURCELL (),S. STAMKOS (),V. FILPPULA () SH Goals: N. THOMPSON (),S. STAMKOS () GW Goals: S. OTT () S. STAMKOS (),M. ST LOUIS (),T. PURCELL () + Goals: S. STAMKOS() PIM: M. WEBER (),C. MCCORMICK (0),J. SCOTT (9) R. GUDAS (),R. MALONE (6),V. HEDMAN () Shots: T. VANEK (44),D. STAFFORD (),C. HODGSON () S. STAMKOS (8),A. KILLORN (4),M. ST LOUIS () +/-: C. EHRHOFF (0),V. LEINO (0),M. FOLIGNO (0) M. ST LOUIS (+8),S. STAMKOS (+7),E. BREWER (+6) Shootout Buffalo Sabres Shooter G/S % GDG Thomas Vanek / Tyler Ennis / 00.0 Goaltender Rec. G/S % Ryan Miller - 0 /.667 Tampa Bay Lightning Shooter G/S % GDG Valtteri Filppula / 00.0 Victor Hedman 0 / Goaltender Rec. G/S % Ben Bishop - 0 0/.000 Power Play Buffalo Sabres Player G A P Cody Hodgson 4 Thomas Vanek 4 Jamie McBain Christian Ehrhoff 0 Marcus Foligno 0 Tampa Bay Lightning Player G A P Teddy Purcell 4 Valtteri Filppula 4 Steven Stamkos Richard Panik 0 Martin St Louis 0 Matthew Carle Alex Killorn Tyler Johnson Sami Salo 0 Ryan Malone 0 Short Handed Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning Player G A P Player G A P Nate Thompson 0 Steven Stamkos 0 Martin St Louis 0 B.J. Crombeen 0 Victor Hedman 0 Andrej Sustr 0

7 Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning (-0) Season Series Buffalo Lightning Sabres Attend Goaltenders W. Goal Oct 8, 0 8,4 Ben Bishop / Jhonas Enroth Alexander Killorn Sabres Head To Head Stats Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S % Jamie McBain Cody Hodgson Thomas Vanek Mark Pysyk Drew Stafford Brian Flynn Kevin Porter Zemgus Girgensons Patrick Kaleta Mikhail Grigorenko Mike Weber Rasmus Ristolainen John Scott Tyler Myers Steve Ott Tyler Ennis Christian Ehrhoff Marcus Foligno Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV% Jhonas Enroth Power play - 4 (50%) Penalty Killing - (66.7%) Lightning Head To Head Stats Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S % Tyler Johnson Teddy Purcell Alexander Killorn Martin St Louis Ryan Malone Valtteri Filppula Victor Hedman Ondrej Palat Eric Brewer Steven Stamkos Matt Carle Radko Gudas Brandon Crombeen Nate Thompson Tom Pyatt Sami Salo Keith Aulie Pierre-Cedric Labrie Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV% Ben Bishop Power play - (.%) Penalty Killing - 4 (50%)

8 Tampa Bay Lightning: Media Notes LAST GAME Thursday, October 5 - Tampa Bay 6 vs. Chicago 5 OT Martin St. Louis' overtime-winner capped an exciting 6-5 victory for the Lightning over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night at the Tampa Bay Times Forum...Despite being out shot 4-5 in the game, the Bolts escaped with the win...steven Stamkos finished the night with two goals and two assists, earning second star honors...matt Carle, Nate Thompson and Victor Hedman scored the other Bolt goals...thompson's second period shorthanded goal was his first of the season...ben Bishop made 8 saves for his sixth win of the season...the Lightning improved their record to -0-0 in extra time. SOG: TBL (5), CHI (4) PP: TBL (-4), CHI (-6) TONIGHT'S MATCHUP The Lightning finish their season-long, seven-game homestand tonight when they host the Buffalo Sabres...The Bolts have gone 4--0 during their homestand and have scored 5 goals during that stretch...tampa Bay is looking for their seventh win over their past nine games tonight...the Lightning came from behind against the Sabres for a - overtime win in Buffalo on Oct. 8...Teddy Purcell scored a third period goal to knot the game at - and Alex Killorn delivered the game-winning tally in the overtime period...the Sabres and Bolts will meet two more times this season after tonight (Mar. 6 and Mar. 9, 04)...Three of the last four meetings between the two clubs have been decided by a goal...only 5 goals have been scored between the Sabres and Lightning over the past four games. TONIGHT'S STORYLINES The Lightning have played solid hockey on home ice since the end of last season, going 0-5- over their past 6 home contests...tampa Bay will be looking to finish their homestand on a strong note before hitting the road for three straight games beginning on Sunday against the Panthers...The Lightning are averaging 4. goals on home ice this season, while the Sabres are averaging.4 goals per game this season...tampa Bay will play their first back-to-back scenerio of the season on Saturday (vs. Buffalo and Sunday at Florida)...The Lightning's power-play enters the game tonight ranked seventh in the league (4.%), while the Sabres rank 8th in that category (0.%). CAPTAIN MARTY The Lightning introduced Martin St. Louis as the franchise's ninth captain on Oct. at the Mahaffey Theater in downtown St. Petersburg. St. Louis is the Lightning's all-time leader for points with 904, assists with 56 and shorthanded goals with 8. He ranks second in franchise history for games played with 99, goals with 4, power-play goals with 87 and game-winning goals with 60. The three alternate captains this season will be defenseman Matt Carle and forwards Steven Stamkos and Nate Thompson. BISH PLEASE Ben Bishop has been solid for the Lightning so far this season, registering a record of 6--0 in seven starts...bishop ranks tied for third in the league in wins with six...on Thursday night against the Chicago Blackhawks, Bishop made 8 saves in the Lightning's overtime victory...he has allowed more than two goals in a game only twice this season...his five consecutive wins to start the 0-4 campaign is his best in his career to begin a season and also marks his longest career winning streak...the Lightning's goaltending combo of Bishop (6-foot-7) and Anders Lindback (6-foot-6) is the tallest duo in the NHL. STAMMER TIME Steven Stamkos recorded his second four-point performance of the season on Thursday night, registering two goals and two assists... Stamkos scored the go-ahead goal in the third period against Chicago on the power-play and was also named the game's second star...he scored his sixth career hat trick and added an assist with a + rating on Oct. 0 against the Panthers...Stamkos ranks first in the NHL with home points, sixth for goals with seven and tied for fourth in the league for points with 4...He became the first player in Lightning history to notch a power-play, shorthanded and even-strength goal in a game on Oct. 0 vs. FLA...He is the only player to rank in the Top 5 in league scoring over the past four seasons. THE AGELESS WONDER Martin St. Louis has recorded points (five goals, seven assists) over his past eight games...he netted the game-winner in overtime on Thursday night against the Blackhawks and was the game's first star...st. Louis also scored twice, added an assist and tallied a + rating against the Kings on Oct 5, earning first star honors...st. Louis ranks first on the Lightning with a +8 rating, which also ranks third (tie) in the NHL among forwards...he recorded his 900th career point in a Lightning uniform on Oct. 5 vs. LAK in the first period with an assist on Ryan Malone's goal...the Lightning captain has notched five multi-point games over his past eight contests. MOVING UP THE CHARTS Martin St. Louis moved into the Top-00 on the NHL's all-time points list and now sits at 94 career points, ranking 9rd all-time. St. Louis passed Neal Broten on Oct. 4 vs. CHI with his overtime goal...he now sits nine points behind Lightning assistant coach Steve Thomas...Below is the list of the players St. Louis is closest to passing:

9 NHL All-TIme Rank / Player All-Time NHL Points 9. Patrik Elias Steve Thomas 9 9. Martin St. Louis 94 NOTEWORTHY The Lightning have won eight straight games when scoring a shorthanded goal...radko Gudas ranks seventh in the NHL with 8 hits... Gudas ranks sixth in the NHL for penalty minutes with...teddy Purcell enters tonight's game with points in five of his past eight games (four goals, four assists)...the Lightning rank second in the NHL with 5 goals on home ice, despite having only played six games at home so far...the Lightning have outscored their opponents 7- in the opening period this season...valtteri Filppula ranks ninth in the NHL in face-off percentage (57.8)...Filppula recorded two assists on Thursday night and went -for- (6%) in the faceoff circle...eric Brewer has recorded either a plus or even rating in all nine games so far this season and ranks third on the team with a +6...The Lightning are against the Western Conference and are also -0-0 in extra time this season...tampa Bay is 5--0 when they record a power-play goal. COMEBACK KIDS The Lightning have won two games this season when trailing heading into the third period...they rank tied for first in the NHL with two third period comeback victories... of the Lightning's goals this year have come during the third period...tampa Bay ranks tied for fourth in the NHL with third period tallies...last season the Bolts scored 66 of their 47 total goals during the third period, ranking first in the NHL in third period goals. INJURIES 0-4 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 0 Current Injuries: Player Injury Status Games Lost Brian Lee Knee (IR) 9 Tom Pyatt Broken Collar Bone (IR) 6 RECENT TRANSACTIONS October 9 - Lightning reassigned Brett Connolly to the Syracuse Crunch THE GOAL STANDARD Steven Stamkos leads all NHL players with the most goals since the start of the season. The Lightning are when he scores a goal since the start of the season. Player Team Goals Since Steven Stamkos TBL 9 Alex Ovechkin WSH 6 Patrick Marleau SJS 6 MILESTONES Steven Stamkos became the first player in Lightning history to record a power-play, shorthanded and even-strength goal in team history on Oct. 0 vs. FLA...Martin St. Louis was named the ninth captain of the Lightning on Oct....St. Louis recorded his 900th point as a Bolt on Oct. 5 vs. LAK...Eric Brewer is three games shy of 900 in his NHL career...b.j. Crombeen recorded his 700th career penalty minute on Oct. 9 vs. BOS...Valtteri Filppula is eight games shy of 500 in his NHL career...victor Hedman is six points shy of 00 in his NHL career...sami Salo is four goals away from 00 in his NHL career. 0-4 INDIVIDUAL HIGHS AND LOWS Most Goals, Game: (Stamkos - 0/0 vs. FLA) Most Assists, Game: (Purcell - 0/0 vs. FLA) Most Points, Game: 4 (Stamkos (twice), Last - 0/4 vs. CHI) Most Goals, Period: (Filppula - 0/0 vs. FLA) Most Assists, Period: (Multiple Players: Last - St. Louis on 0/ vs. PIT - nd period) Most Points, Period: (Multiple Players - Last: 0/ vs. PIT)

10 Most SOG, Game: 6 (Killorn - 0/5 vs. LAK) Most PIM, Game: 5 (Malone - 0/ vs. PIT) Most TOI, Game: 5: (Filppula - 0/ vs. PIT) Best +/-, Game: + (Multiple Players) Most PPGs, Game: (Multiple Players - Last: 0/4 vs. CHI - Stamkos) Most Consecutive Games With A Goal: (Multiple Players - Last: Purcell - 0/ vs. PIT - 0/5 vs. LAK) Most Consecutive Games With An Assist: 5 (St. Louis - 0/5-0/5 vs. LAK) Most Consecutive Games With A Point: 5 (St. Louis &Purcell - 0/5-0/5 vs. LAK) 0-4 TEAM HIGHS AND LOWS Most Goals Scored, Period: (0/0 vs. FLA) Most Goals Scored, Game: 7 (0/0 vs. FLA) Most Goals Allowed, Period: (Multiple Times, Last: 0/4 vs. CHI - nd period) Most Goals Allowed, Game: 5 (Multiple Times, Last: 0/4 vs. CHI) Most PPGs For, Game: (Multiple Times - Last: 0/4 vs. CHI) Most PPGs Against, Game: (0/ vs. PIT) Most PPs For, Game: 7 (0/7 vs. MIN) Most PPs Against, Game: 5 (Multiple Times - Last: 0/5 vs. LAK) Most SOG, Game: 4 (0/8 at BUF) Most SOG, Period: 5 (0/ at BOS - st period) Fewest SOG, Game: 6 (0/5 at CHI) Fewest SOG, Period: 0 (0/5 at CHI, st period) Most SOG Allowed, Game: 4 (0/4 vs. CHI - Bishop) Most SOG Allowed, Period: 5 (Multiple Times, Last: 0/4 vs. CHI - rd period) Fewest SOG Allowed, Game: (0/0 vs. FLA) Fewest SOG Allowed, Period: (0/7 vs. MIN, rd period) Most Blk/S, Game: 7 (Multiple Times - Last: 0/5 vs. LAK) Fewest Blk/S, Game: 9 (Multiple Times: Last - 0/ vs. PIT) Most Lightning PIM, Game: 5 (Multiple Times, Last: 0/9 vs. BOS) Fewest Lightning PIM, Game: 8 (0/7 vs. MIN) Largest Margin Of Victory: 5 (0/0 vs. FLA) Largest Margin Of Defeat: 5 (0/9 vs. BOS)

11 Tampa Bay Lightning: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. Boston Bruins L / Chicago Blackhawks W** ,6p / Buffalo Sabres W* ,6p, / /0/0 Florida Panthers W ,9s,9,8,5p,5,9p / //0 Pittsburgh Penguins L ,9,6p,7p / /5/0 Los Angeles Kings W ,6,6,6, / /7/0 Minnesota Wild W p,9, / /9/0 Boston Bruins L / /4/0 Chicago Blackhawks W* p,44s,9,77,9p, / /6/0 Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers New Jersey Devils Carolina Hurricanes 4 /0/0 St. Louis Blues 5 /07/0 Edmonton Oilers 6 Detroit Red Wings 7 Boston Bruins 8 Montréal Canadiens 9 /4/0 Anaheim Ducks 0 Phoenix Coyotes Los Angeles Kings San Jose Sharks Anaheim Ducks 4 /5/0 New York Rangers 5 /7/0 Philadelphia Flyers 6 /9/0 Pittsburgh Penguins 7 Columbus Blue Jackets 8 /05/0 Ottawa Senators 9 /07/0 Winnipeg Jets 0 Washington Capitals //0 Detroit Red Wings New Jersey Devils Detroit Red Wings 4 New York Islanders 5 /9/0 Nashville Predators 6 //0 Carolina Hurricanes 7 Florida Panthers 8 /8/0 Montréal Canadiens 9 /9/0 New York Rangers 40 Vancouver Canucks 4 Calgary Flames 4 Edmonton Oilers 4 Winnipeg Jets 44 0/09/04 Washington Capitals 45 Philadelphia Flyers 46 Columbus Blue Jackets 47 New York Rangers 48 0/6/04 New York Islanders 49 0/8/04 San Jose Sharks 50 Carolina Hurricanes 5 0//04 Ottawa Senators 5 0/5/04 Colorado Avalanche 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 54 Ottawa Senators 55 Montréal Canadiens 56 Minnesota Wild 57 0/06/04 Toronto Maple Leafs 58 0/08/04 Detroit Red Wings 59 Nashville Predators 60 Dallas Stars 6 Colorado Avalanche 6 St. Louis Blues 6 0/06/04 Buffalo Sabres 64 0/08/04 Boston Bruins 65 0/0/04 Phoenix Coyotes 66 0//04 Florida Panthers 67 0/5/04 New Jersey Devils 68 0/7/04 Vancouver Canucks 69 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 Ottawa Senators 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 7 0/4/04 Ottawa Senators 7 0/7/04 New York Islanders 74 Buffalo Sabres 75 Detroit Red Wings 76 04/0/04 Montréal Canadiens 77 04/0/04 Calgary Flames 78 04/05/04 Dallas Stars 79 04/08/04 Toronto Maple Leafs 80 04/0/04 Philadelphia Flyers 8 04//04 Columbus Blue Jackets 8 Washington Capitals

12 Tampa Bay Lightning: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played Date Opp. BREWER # AULIE # SALO #6 GUDAS #7 BARBERIO #8 JOHNSON #9 BOS 0-0/ 6: DND DND 0-0 0/- 7:7 0-0 / 6:6 0-0 /- 5:46 DND Oct CHI 0-0 0/0 7:5 DND 0-0 /- :9 0-0 / :45 DND 0-0 0/0 5:0 DND Oct BUF 0- / 6: /0 :4 0-0 /0 4: 0-0 0/ :5 DND -0 4/ 4:9 0-0 /0 :5 Oct 0 Vs FLA 0-0 0/ 8:09 DND 0- / 9:4 0-0 / 9:4 DND 0-0 /0 :59 INJ Oct Vs PIT 0-0 0/0 4:04 DND 0-0/ 9:0 0-0 /- 4: DND 0- /0 4:04 INJ Oct 5 Vs L.A 0-0 0/ 6:7 DND 0-0/ 8: /0 0:8 DND 0- / 4:07 INJ Oct 7 Vs MIN 0-0 0/ 4:5 DND -0 / :56 0-0/0 6:0 DND -0 /0 7:4 INJ Oct 9 Vs BOS 0-0 /0 7:0 DND 0-0 /- 5: /- 0:06 DND 0-0 /- 9:7 INJ Oct 4 Vs CHI 0-0 0/0 4:5 DND 0-0 0/ :50 0- /- 9:6 DND 0-0 /- 6:59 INJ PYATT # Date Opp. MALONE # CONNOLLY #4 PURCELL #6 KILLORN #7 PALAT #8 CROMBEEN #9 BOS 0-0 /0 0: MIN 0-0 5/ 7: 0- / 5:0 0-0 /- : 0-0 0/0 8:7 0-0 /- :58 Oct CHI 0-0 0/0 6:5 MIN -0 /0 :7 0-0 /- 7: 0-0 0/0 : /0 :50 0- / 4:8 Oct BUF 0- /0 4:7 MIN -0 / 4:50-0 (W) 4/ 8:4 0-4/ 4: /0 9:4 0-0 / :57 Oct 0 Vs FLA 0- / 6:4 MIN 0-0/ :0 0- / 7:6-0 / 0: /0 9:49 0- / :6 Oct Vs PIT 0-0 /0 :08 MIN -0 /0 4:57 - /0 : /0 : /0 5: /- 4:9 Oct 5 Vs L.A - / 8:9 MIN - (W) / : /0 4:8 - / 0:7 0-0 /- :5 0-0/ :7 Oct 7 Vs MIN 0-0 /0 8: /0 9: /0 7: /0 4: /0 5: /0 7: 0- /0 0:4 Oct 9 Vs BOS 0-0 /- :5 DND 0-0 /- 5:5 0-0 /0 5: /- 5:9 0-0 /- :7 0-0 /- 4: Oct 4 Vs CHI 0-0 / 6: MIN 0-0 0/- : /- 8: /- 5:5 0-0/ 8:4-0 /- :09 CARLE #5 Date Opp. ST LOUIS #6 THOMPSON #44 FILPPULA #5 SUSTR #6 PANIK #7 LABRIE #76 HEDMAN #77 BOS 0-0 /0 :5 0-0 /0 9:0-0 / 4: /- 0: /- 5:0 0-0 /0 8:6 0-0 /- 8:57 Oct CHI - /0 9:4 0-0 / 5: /0 9: 0-0 /0 8: /0 0: /0 8: /- : Oct BUF 0- /0 :6 0-0 /0 :08 0- / 0:09 DND DND 0-0 0/0 8:5 0- / 0:50 Oct 0 Vs FLA - 4/ : /0 0:56-0 / 0:5 0-0 / 6: /- 7: /0 8:45 0- / 7:0 Oct Vs PIT 0- /0 :0 0-0 / 8: -0 /0 5: 0-0 /0 :9 0-0/- 0: /0 4:05 0- / 7:4 Oct 5 Vs L.A - 4/ 0: 0-0 0/- : / 7:9 0-0/ 6:7 0-0 /0 : /- 9: / 0:0 Oct 7 Vs MIN 0-0 / : /0 9:4 0- /0 8: /0 4: 0- /0 :7 DND 0-0 /0 : Oct 9 Vs BOS 0-0 /- 7: /- 0: /- 7:5 0-0 /0 7: /- 4:0 0-0 /- 9: /-5 9:4 Oct 4 Vs CHI - (W) / 0:55-0 / 9:49 0-0/- 8:4 0- /0 4:4 0-0/- 5: /0 :46 - / :47 Date Opp. STAMKOS #9 OHLUND # BISHOP #0 DESJARDINS # LINDBACK #9 BOS 0-0 /0 4:4 INJ DNP MIN /5L 58 Oct CHI 0- /0 9:0 INJ /9W 65 MIN DNP Oct BUF 0-0 /0 9:54 INJ /W 6 MIN DNP Oct 0 Vs FLA - (W) 4/ 8: INJ /W 60 MIN DNP Oct Vs PIT -0 /0 9: INJ DND DNP 5/6L 60 Oct 5 Vs L.A 0-4/ 0:5 INJ /W 60 MIN DNP Oct 7 Vs MIN -0 (W) 4/ 0:46 INJ /6W 59 MIN DNP Oct 9 Vs BOS 0-0 /- 6:55 INJ 4/7L 6 MIN /5 4 Oct 4 Vs CHI - 4/ 9: INJ 5/4W 6 MIN DNP

13 Tampa Bay Lightning: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Jon Cooper Cooper was named the franchise's eighth head coach on March 6, 0. Cooper joined the Lightning after having spent the previous three seasons behind the bench of Tampa Bay's top minor league affiliates, the Norfolk Admirals from 00- and the 0- season with the Syracuse Crunch, compiling a record of -6-6 (.66) in AHL games. Cooper made his NHL head coaching debut with the Lightning on March 9, 0 in a 5-4 shootout victory against the New Jersey Devils at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. He guided the Lightning to a record of 5-8- over their final 6 games of the 0- season after replacing Guy Boucher. In the summer of 0, Cooper served as a coaching assistant at USA Hockey's National Junior Evaluation Camp in Lake Placid, NY. #0: Ben Bishop (G) 6' 7", 4 lbs. / Nov, 986 (6 years and months) Drafted: St. Louis' third round pick (85th overall) Acquired: Trade from Ottawa on April, 0 5th NHL / nd TBL Season Last Win: OCT 4, 0 vs CHICAGO Last SO: APR 4, CAROLINA (5) Career Shootouts: 7/9 (.69), 6-4 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves 4 8 0/4 vs. CHI 0/4 vs. CHI - Won his sixth game in seven starts, making 8 saves on Oct. 4 vs. CHI - Has won six of his seven starts on the season, owning a record of His start to the 0-4 season was his best career start to a season and is also a career-best winning streak - Has only allowed two or more goals in a game twice this season - Missed game on Oct. with lower body injury - Recorded his first assist of the season on Ondrej Palat's second period goal on Oct. 0 vs. FLA #9: Anders Lindback (G) 6' 6", 0 lbs. / May, 988 (5 years and 5 months) Drafted: Nashville's seventh choice, 07th overall (seventh round), in the 008 Entry Draft. Acquired: By Tampa Bay in a trade from Nashville, along with forward Kyle Wilson and the Predators' 7th round selection in the 0 NHL Draft for Sebastien Caron, Minnesota's nd round selection (previously acquired) in the 0 Draft, Philadelphia's nd round selection (previously acquired) in the 0 Draft and Tampa Bay's rd round selection in the 0 NHL Draft on June 5, 0 4th NHL / nd TBL Season Last Win: MAR 8, 0 vs PHILADELPHIA (7) Last SO: DEC, 00 vs NY ISLANDERS (5) Career Shootouts: 4/5 (.800), - GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves 6 0/ vs. PIT 0/ vs. BOS - Started in the season opener, making saves in a - loss on Oct. at BOS

14 #: Eric Brewer (D) 6' 4", 6 lbs. / Apr 7, 979 (4 years and 6 months) Drafted: Selected by the NY Islanders in the first round, fifth overall, at the 997 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Acquired from St. Louis in exchange for Brock Beukeboom and a thirdround draft pick at the 0 NHL Entry Draft on February 8, 0. 5th NHL / 4th TBL Season Last Goal: FEB 4, PITTSBURGH (9) Last Assist: OCT 8, BUFFALO (6) Season Career Career vs. Opp : x x 0/9 vs. BOS 0/0 vs. FLA 0/8 vs. BUF 0/5 vs. CHI 0/5 vs. LAK - Ranks third on the team with a +6 rating - Has been a plus or even player in all eight games this season - Notched an assist on Alex Killorn's overtime goal on Oct. 8 at BUF - Recorded an assist on the Lightning's first goal of the season on Oct. at BOS #: Keith Aulie (D) 6' 6", 8 lbs. / Jun, 989 (4 years and 4 months) Drafted: Originally Calgary's third choice, 6th overall, in the 007 Entry Draft. Acquired: From Toronto on February 7, 0 in exchange for Carter Ashton 4th NHL / rd TBL Season Last Goal: APR 4, CAROLINA () Last Assist: APR 4, 0 vs TORONTO () Season Career Career vs. Opp : /8 vs. BUF 0/8 vs. BUF - Made his season debut, registering :4 TOI on Oct. 8 at BUF #5: Mattias Ohlund (D) (*Injured) 6' 4", lbs. / Sep 9, 976 (7 years and month) (OH-luhnd, mat-tee-uhs) Drafted: Selected by Vancouver in the first round, th overall, at the 994 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July, 009 6th NHL / 5th TBL Season Last Goal: - Last Assist: - Career Shootouts: / (50%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp Has missed nine games this season due to knee surgery

15 #6: Sami Salo (D) 6' ", 5 lbs. / Sep, 974 (9 years and month) Drafted: Selected by NY Rangers in the fourth round, 07th overall, at the 005 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July 6, 0 5th NHL / rd TBL Season Last Goal: OCT 7, 0 vs MINNESOTA () Last Assist: OCT 5, 0 vs LOS ANGELES () Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : + 0/7 vs. MIN 0/0 vs. FLA 0/0 vs. FLA 0/5 vs. LAK 0/8 vs. BUF 0/0 vs. FLA 4x 0/5 vs. LAK - Has recorded five points (one goal, four assists) over his past six games - Scored his first goal of the season on Oct. 7 vs. MIN - Recorded two assists against Florida on Oct. 0 - Led the Lightning in TOI (4:) and blocked shots with three on Oct. 8 at BUF - Missed the season opener in Boston with an upper body injury #7: Radko Gudas (D) 6' 0", 04 lbs. / Jun 5, 990 ( years and 4 months) Drafted: Selected by Tampa Bay in the third round, 66th overall, at the 00 NHL Draft nd NHL / nd TBL Season Last Goal: APR 4, 0 vs TORONTO (0) Last Assist: OCT 4, 0 vs CHICAGO Season Career Career vs. Opp : 8 + x x 0/8 vs. BUF 0/ vs. PIT 0/4 vs. CHI 0/0 vs. FLA 0/0 vs. FLA - Recorded an assist to go along with four blocked shots and four hits on Oct. 4 vs. CHI - Skated in a career-high 4: TOI on Oct. vs. PIT - Ranks seventh in the NHL with 8 hits - Ranks sixth in the NHL with penalty minutes - Leads all Bolts skaters with blocked shots #8: Mark Barberio (D) 6' ", 85 lbs. / Mar, 990 ( years and 7 months) Drafted: Selected by the Lightning in the sixth round, 5nd overall, in the 008 NHL Entry Draft nd NHL / nd TBL Season Last Goal: Last Assist: Season Career Career vs. Opp : / vs. BOS 0/ vs. BOS 0/ vs. BOS - Recorded a + rating in the Lightning season opener on Oct. at BOS

16 #9: Tyler Johnson (C) 5' 9", 8 lbs. / Jul 9, 990 ( years and months) Drafted: Undrafted Acquired: Signed as free agent on March 7, 0 nd NHL / nd TBL Season Last Goal: OCT 7, 0 vs MINNESOTA () Last Assist: OCT 5, 0 vs LOS ANGELES () Season Career Career vs. Opp :7 4 + x x 4x 0/9 vs. BOS 0/8 vs. BUF 0/0 vs. FLA 0/5 vs. LAK - Has recorded a goal and two assists over his past five games - Ranks 0th in the NHL in face-off percentage (57.4) - Scored his first goal of the season on Oct. 8 at BUF #: Tom Pyatt (C) (*Injured) 5' ", 88 lbs. / Feb 4, 987 (6 years and 8 months) Drafted: Selected by NY Rangers in the fourth round, 07th overall, at the 005 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July 6, 0 5th NHL / rd TBL Season Last Goal: APR 4, CAROLINA (9) Last Assist: APR, WASHINGTON (6) Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :5-0/8 vs. BUF 0/8 vs. BUF 0/8 vs. BUF - Broke his collar bone on Oct. 8 at BUF and is out indefinitely - Made his season debut against the Sabres on Oct. 8 #: Ryan Malone (L) 6' 4", 4 lbs. / Dec, 979 ( years and 0 months) (MA-lohn, RIGH-uhn) Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh in the fourth round, 5th overall, at the 999 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: From PIT with Gary Roberts in exchange for a third-round pick in the 009 NHL Entry Draft on June 8, th NHL / 6th TBL Season Last Goal: OCT 5, 0 vs LOS ANGELES () Last Assist: OCT 5, 0 vs LOS ANGELES () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : 5 + 0/5 vs. LAK x 0/5 vs. LAK 0/ vs. PIT 0/ vs. BOS 5x 0/4 vs. CHI 0/5 vs. LAK - Landed a game-high five hits on Oct. 4 vs. CHI - Scored the game's first goal and added a helper to go along with a + rating on Oct. 5 vs. LAK - Recorded his first + game on Oct. 5 vs. LAK since Dec. 8, 009 at STL (+4) - Skated in 0: TOI on the Bolts season opener on Oct. at BOS

17 #5: Brian Lee (D) (*Injured) 6' ", 00 lbs. / Mar 6, 987 (6 years and 7 months) Drafted: Ottawa's first round pick (ninth overall) Acquired: From Ottawa on February 6, 0 in exchange for Matt Gilroy 7th NHL / rd TBL Season Last Goal: FEB 0, NY ISLANDERS (44) Last Assist: APR 7, WINNIPEG () Season Career Career vs. Opp Has missed nine games with a knee injury #6: Teddy Purcell (R) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Sep 8, 985 (8 years and month) Drafted: Undrafted Acquired: From LAK along with a third round pick in the 00 Entry Draft in exchange for Jeff Halpern on March, 00. 7th NHL / 5th TBL Season Last Goal: OCT 5, 0 vs LOS ANGELES () Last Assist: OCT 5, 0 vs LOS ANGELES () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : x 0/0 vs. FLA 0/0 vs. FLA 0/7 vs. MIN 0/ vs. BOS x x - Has recorded four goals and four assists over his past eight games - Ranks tied for fourth in the NHL with three power-play goals - Tied a career-best with three assists on Oct. 0 vs. FLA - Scored his first goal of the season while on the power-play on Oct. 5 at CHI #7: Alex Killorn (C) 6' ", 05 lbs. / Sep 4, 989 (4 years and month) Drafted: Selected by the Lightning in the rd Rd, 77th overall, at the 007 NHL Entry Draft nd NHL / nd TBL Season Last Goal: OCT, 0 vs PITTSBURGH (4) Last Assist: OCT, 0 vs PITTSBURGH (4) Season Career Career vs. Opp : x 0/0 vs. FLA x x 0/ vs. PIT 0/5 vs. LAK 0/9 vs. BOS x - Recorded a three game point streak from Oct. 8- (two goals, three assists) - Tied his career-high with two assists in a game on Oct. 0 vs. FLA - Scored his first goal of the season, the overtime winner on Oct. 8 at BUF #8: Ondrej Palat (L) 6' 0", 80 lbs. / Mar 8, 99 ( years and 6 months) Drafted: Selected by Tampa Bay in the seventh round, 08th overall, in the 0 NHL Entry Draft nd NHL / nd TBL Season Last Goal: OCT 5, 0 vs LOS ANGELES () Last Assist: OCT 5, 0 vs LOS ANGELES () Season Career Career vs. Opp :5 4 + x x 0/5 vs. LAK 0/4 vs. CHI 0/8 vs. BUF x 0/5 vs. LAK - Recorded his first career multi-point game with a goal and an assist on Oct. 5 vs. LAK - Scored his first goal of the season on Oct. 0 vs. FLA - Tallied his first point (assist) of the season and led the Bolts in hits with three on Oct. 8 at BUF #9: B.J. Crombeen (R) 6' ", 09 lbs. / Jul 0, 985 (8 years and months) Drafted: June, 00 - Dallas' second round selection, 54th overall Acquired: Acquired from St. Louis on July 0, 0 along with a 04 fifth round draft pick in exchange for Tampa Bay's 0 and 04 fourth round picks 7th NHL / nd TBL Season Last Goal: MAR 5, NEW JERSEY () Last Assist: OCT 4, 0 vs CHICAGO Season Career Career vs. Opp : /4 vs. CHI 0/4 vs. CHI x 0/5 vs. CHI 0/8 vs. BUF 0/5 vs. CHI 0/4 vs. CHI - Recorded his first point (assist) of the season on Oct. 4 vs. CHI - Registered his second fighting major of the season on Oct. 9 vs. BOS - Skated in a season-high :50 TOI on Oct. 5 at CHI

18 #5: Matthew Carle (D) 6' 0", 05 lbs. / Sep 5, 984 (9 years and month) Drafted: by San Jose - nd Round (47th overall) in 00 Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July 4, 0 9th NHL / rd TBL Season Last Goal: OCT 4, 0 vs CHICAGO Last Assist: OCT 7, 0 vs MINNESOTA () Season Career Career vs. Opp :8 + 0/4 vs. CHI 0/0 vs. FLA 0/0 vs. FLA x 0/5 vs. CHI x 0/ vs. BOS 0/0 vs. FLA - Scored his first goal of the season on Oct. 4 vs. CHI - Has recorded five points (one goals, four assists) over the past six games - Ranks first on the Lightning in average TOI (:59) - Ranks first among Lightning defensemen for points (six) - Ranks second on the Lightning with 5 blocked shots this season #6: Martin St Louis (R) 5' 8", 80 lbs. / Jun 8, 975 (8 years and 4 months) (SAINT loo-ee, mahr-tehn) Drafted: Undrafted Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July, 000 5th NHL / th TBL Season Last Goal: OCT 4, 0 vs CHICAGO Last Assist: OCT 4, 0 vs CHICAGO Career Shootouts: 7/ (%), 4 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : /5 vs. LAK 0/ vs. PIT 0/5 vs. LAK 0/ vs. BOS x x x - Scored the winning goal in overtime and also collected an assist on Oct. 4 vs. CHI - Has recorded five goals and seven assists over his past eight games - Has recorded four multi-point games over his past six contests - Ranks tied for seventh in the NHL with points - Ranks tied for fifth in the league with nine home points (four goals, five assists) - Scored twice, added an assist and was a + on Oct. 5 vs. LAK

19 #44: Nate Thompson (C) 6' 0", lbs. / Oct 5, 984 (9 years) Drafted: Selected by Boston in the sixth round, 8rd overall. at the 00 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Claimed off waivers from NYI on January, 00 7th NHL / 5th TBL Season Last Goal: OCT 4, 0 vs CHICAGO Last Assist: APR 4, 0 vs TORONTO () Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :0 + 0/4 vs. CHI 0/4 vs. CHI 0/9 vs. BOS 0/5 vs. CHI x 0/9 vs. BOS 0/4 vs. CHI - Scored his first goal of the season while shorthanded on Oct. 4 vs. CHI - His goal on Thursday night against Chicago was his third career shorthanded tally - Ranks third on the Lightning in face-off percentage at 56.8% (min. five face-offs taken) - Named a Lightning assistant captain at the beginning of the season #5: Valtteri Filppula (C) 6' 0", 95 lbs. / Mar 0, 984 (9 years and 7 months) Drafted: rd round (95th overall) by DET in the 00 Entry Draft 8th NHL / st TBL Season Last Goal: OCT, 0 vs PITTSBURGH (4) Last Assist: OCT 4, 0 vs CHICAGO Career Shootouts: / (7%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : + 0/0 vs. FLA 0/4 vs. CHI x x 0/ vs. PIT 0/0 vs. FLA x 4x - Registered two assists and went -for- (6%) in the face-off circle on Oct. 4 vs. CHI - Ranks ninth in the NHL in face-off percentage at 57.8% - Skated in a career-high 5: TOI on Oct. vs. PIT, recording a goal - Tied his career-high with two goals on Oct. 0 vs. FLA - Netted the shootout deciding goal on Oct. 5 at CHI #6: Andrej Sustr (D) 6' 8", 5 lbs. / Nov 9, 990 ( years and 0 months) Drafted: Undrafted Acquired: Signed as a free agent on March 8, 0 nd NHL / nd TBL Season Last Goal: Last Assist: OCT 4, 0 vs CHICAGO Season Career Career vs. Opp :0 + x x 0/ vs. BOS 0/ vs. BOS x x - Notched his second assist of the season on Oct. 4 vs. CHI - Recorded his first career NHL point (assist) on Oct. 5 vs. LAK - Skated in the season opener, recording 0:0 TOI on Oct. at BOS

20 #7: Richard Panik (R) 6' ", 08 lbs. / Feb 7, 99 ( years and 8 months) Drafted: Selected by Tampa Bay in the second round, 5nd overall, at the 009 NHL Entry Draft nd NHL / nd TBL Season Last Goal: APR 8, MONTREAL () Last Assist: OCT 4, 0 vs CHICAGO Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :46-0/ vs. PIT 0/ vs. PIT 0/ vs. PIT 0/ vs. PIT 0/7 vs. MIN 4x - Has tallied four assists over his past five games - Ranks fourth on the club with 6 hits this season - Collected his first career two assist game on Oct. vs. PIT - Skated in a career-high 7:0 TOI on Oct. 0 vs. FLA #76: Pierre-Cedric Labrie (L) 6' ", 4 lbs. / Dec 6, 986 (6 years and 0 months) Drafted: Undrafted Acquired: Signed to a free-agent contract on December 9, 0 rd NHL / rd TBL Season Last Goal: APR 6, WINNIPEG () Last Assist: MAR 0, TORONTO (7) Season Career Career vs. Opp :56 8-0/ vs. BOS 0/5 vs. LAK x 0/5 vs. CHI - Recorded a game-high eight hits on Oct. 5 at CHI - Ranks second on the Lightning with 0 hits this season #77: Victor Hedman (D) 6' 6", lbs. / Dec 8, 990 ( years and 0 months) (HEHD-muhn, VIHK-tohr) Drafted: Selected by Tampa Bay in the first round, nd overall, at the 009 NHL Entry Draft. 5th NHL / 5th TBL Season Last Goal: OCT 4, 0 vs CHICAGO Last Assist: OCT 4, 0 vs CHICAGO Career Shootouts: / (7%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : + 0/4 vs. CHI 4x 0/4 vs. CHI 0/8 vs. BUF 0/5 vs. CHI x x x - Scored his first goal of the season and added an assist on Oct. 4 vs. CHI - Has collected an five points (one goal, four assists) over his past seven games - Recorded his first point (assist) of the season and registered five penalty minutes on Oct. 8 at BUF

21 #9: Steven Stamkos (C) 6' 0", 90 lbs. / Feb 7, 990 ( years and 8 months) (STAM-kohs, STEE-vehn) Drafted: Selected by Tampa Bay in the first round, st overall, at the 008 NHL Entry Draft 6th NHL / 6th TBL Season Last Goal: OCT 4, 0 vs CHICAGO Last Assist: OCT 4, 0 vs CHICAGO Career Shootouts: 5/7 (9%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : /0 vs. FLA x x 0/4 vs. CHI 0/ vs. BOS 4x 0/0 vs. FLA x - Recorded a four-point game (two goals, two assists) on Oct. 4 vs. CHI - Has notched points over his past six games (seven goals, five assists) - Ranks tied for sixth in the NHL with seven goals and is fourth in the league with 4 points - Leads the NHL with home points - Recorded his sixth career hat trick and also potted an assist on Oct. 0 vs. FLA - Scored a PPG, SHG and even-strength goal all in one game for the first time in his NHL career on Oct. 0 vs. FLA

22 Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes LAST GAME Friday, October 5 Buffalo at Florida Goals: Ristolainen, Ott, Hodgson Goalie: Enroth (44 saves/45 shots) PP: 0/; PK: /; Shots: Florida 45 Buffalo CURRENT INJURIES (Man Games Lost: 55) Player (injury, first game missed) total games missed Joel Armia (hand, Oct. ; injured non-roster) games Corey Tropp (jaw, Oct. ; injured non-roster) games Ville Leino (rib, Oct. 4; injured reserve) games TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS 0/: Recalled D Rasmus Ristolainen from Rochester (AHL) 0/: Placed F Cody McCormick on IR 0/5: Activated F Cody McCormick from IR; Assigned F Kevin Porter to Rochester (AHL) UPCOMING GAMES Monday, Oct. 8: Dallas at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. : Buffalo at NY Rangers, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. : Anaheim at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5: Buffalo at San Jose, 0:0 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7: Buffalo at Los Angeles, 0:0 p.m. TONIGHT S GAME SABRES at LIGHTNING This is the second of four meetings between the Sabres and Lightning this season. Next meeting: Thursday, March 6 in Tampa Bay Last meeting: Tampa Bay defeated Buffalo, - (OT), in Buffalo on Oct. 8 The Sabres are in their last 0 games vs. the Lightning; on the road. This is the 79 h game all-time between Buffalo and Tampa Bay; Buffalo has a series record. The Sabres are 6-0- on the road against the Lightning all-time. THIS DAY IN SABRES HISTORY The Sabres are 7-9- all-time on October 6. October 6, 006: Ryan Miller stops 9 shots and the Sabres shut out the Islanders, -0, on Long Island. The win gave the team a franchise-record 0 straight victories to start the season. October 6, 008: Mike Weber makes his NHL debut in a 4- win at Florida. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW Buffalo will look to avoid losing consecutive road games to the Lightning for just the third time in franchise history (last: //0 and /8/04). In the last eight seasons, the Sabres have scored seven or more goals in a single game against the Lightning six times. Including this season, Buffalo has compiled a record of -9- (.70) against Tampa Bay in that stretch. Nikita Zadorov skated 0:0 in his third NHL game last night, recording seven hits. LEADING THE WAY AGAINST TAMPA BAY Thomas Vanek leads all Sabres with 8 points (+5) in games against the Lightning. Vanek has 6 points (6+0) in 6 road games against the Lightning. Cody Hodgson has seven points (+5) in six career games against the Lightning Ryan Miller is all-time against TBL with a.66 GAA; Jhonas Enroth is -0- with a.98 GAA. TOPPING TAMPA Buffalo s franchise record of (.667) against Tampa Bay is the team s best all-time record against any Eastern Conference opponent. The team s record against San Jose (8-0-,.707) is the only better all-time series record. The Sabres 6-0- (.705) record at Tampa Bay is the team s best road record against any Eastern Conference opponent. The Sabres only better road records are their records at Minnesota (5--0) and at Nashville (6--0). Their next best road record against an Eastern Conference opponent is their 9--0 (.6) mark at Washington.

23 SUNSHINE SUCCESS The Sabres have swept nine of their 0 Florida/Tampa Bay road trips in franchise history. In the other sets, the Sabres earned: three points (), two points (), one point () and zero points (4). This gives them record of --5 (.59) in previous trips. They opened this trip with a - win last night at Florida. HODGSON S HOT STREAK Cody Hodgson has points (4+5) in eight of his last 0 games for the first time in any 0-game stretch in his career. He has scored a goal in each of his last three, marking the second three-game goal streak of his career (last: Jan. 0 to Jan. 4, 0). MILESTONE NIGHT If he is in the lineup tonight, Tyler Ennis will appear in his 00 th NHL game. Ennis, selected by the Sabres in the first round (6 th overall) of the 008 NHL Entry Draft, will become the sixth active Sabres skater to appear in 00 games with the team, joining Thomas Vanek, Henrik Tallinder, Drew Stafford, Patrick Kaleta and Tyler Myers. FRESH FACES Nikita Zadorov scored his first NHL goal on his first career shot on Wednesday vs. BOS, becoming the second-youngest player (8 years, 9 days) and the youngest defenseman in Sabres history to score a goal. Rasmus Ristolainen scored his first goal Friday at FLA. According to Elias Sports Bureau, this made them the first Sabres duo to score their first NHL goals in consecutive games since Mike Ryan (//07 vs. MTL) and Nathan Paetsch (//07 at TOR) and the first Sabres defensemen to accomplish this feat since Mike Boland (/0/79 at ATL) and Ken Breitenbach (//79 vs. ATL). YOUTH MOVEMENT With teenage rookies Zemgus Girgensons, Mikhail Grigorenko and Rasmus Ristolainen and Nikita Zadorov on the roster, the Sabres have become the first NHL team since to dress four teenagers during the course of a season. That year, the Sabres (Jay McKee, Martin Biron, Wayne Primeau, Vaclav Varada, Curtis Brown) joined Florida (4) and Winnipeg (6) as the last teams to dress at least four teenagers in a season. According to Elias Sports Bureau, the Sabres have become the first team to dress four teenagers in a single game since March 0, 996, when Winnipeg dressed four 9-year-olds (Shane Doan, Chad Kilger, Deron Quint and Oleg Tverdovsky) in a 5- loss to Detroit. The only time the Sabres have ever dressed four teenagers simultaneously was in the 98-8 season, when forwards Dave Andreychuk and Paul Cyr and defensemen Phil Housley and Hannu Virta all played in games together. VANEK IN ELITE COMPANY With his goal on 0/5 at NYI, Thomas Vanek passed Craig Ramsay for fifth-most goals in Sabres franchise history (5). He is now 4 goals shy of Danny Gare for fourth. Vanek is currently 5 th on the Sabres games played list and his.44 goals per game rank him seventh in franchise history, behind Pat LaFontaine (.590), Rick Martin (.56), Alexander Mogilny (.554), Danny Gare (.5), Dave Andreychuk (.440) and Gilbert Perreault (.40) and just ahead of Rene Robert (.4). BACK-TO-BACK Tonight s game wraps up Buffalo s third of sets of back-to-back games this season. The Sabres are --0 in the first game of backto-back sets and --0 in the second game this season. Buffalo s point breakdown in back-to-back sets this season is: four points (0), three points (0), two points (), one point (0) and zero points (). BUF-TBL CONNECTIONS BUF C Steve Ott and TBL RW B.J Crombeen played together from as members of the Dallas Stars. BUF G Ryan Miller and TBL LW Ryan Malone played together as members of the 00 United States Olympic team. Four players in tonight s game were drafted in the first round of the 008 NHL Entry Draft: BUF C Cody Hodgson, BUF C Tyler Ennis, BUF D Tyler Myers and TBL C Steven Stamkos. Stamkos was the first overall selection, Hodgson was picked 0 th overall, Myers was the th overall selection and Ennis was the 6 th overall pick. TBL D Matt Carle and BUF D Christian Ehrhoff played together for the San Jose Sharks from Carle also played with BUF LW Ville Leino for the Philadelphia Flyers from TBL D Sami Salo played with Ehrhoff (009-0) and Hodgson (00-0) for the Vancouver Canucks. TBL C Valtteri Filppula and Leino were teammates for three seasons with the Detroit Red Wings (008-00).