Tampa Bay, Buffalo Combine For 106 PIM In Third Period

Tampa Bay, Buffalo Combine For 106 PIM In Third Period (video)

Dec 4, 2014; Tampa, FL, USA; Buffalo Sabres center Cody McCormick (8) pushes Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Radko Gudas (7) head during the third period at Amalie Arena.Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Buffalo Sabres 5-0. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /

Tampa Bay Lighting, Buffalo Sabres get caught up in on-ice drama in third period of 5-0 shutout

So the Buffalo Sabres finally fell off their unsustainable winning streak with a 5-0 shutout by the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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For not the first time this season, the Sabres were held to under 15 SOG, recording only thirteen attempts before the end of sixty minutes. Considering the team was going on a kind of terrifying win streak, it’s nice to know that the Sabres are back to their old tricks.

The final score isn’t all that important, though; to be honest, nothing really is outside of the third period penalty summary.

Brenden Morrow, Brian Boyle, Patrick Kaleta and Cody McCormick all got ten-minute game misconducts at the 11:25 mark; as if this wasn’t enough, Nikita Zadorov and Viktor Hedman had gotten the same penalty awarded just three minutes earlier. Zemgus Girgensons, All-Star Games future MVP, got a fighting major against Cedric Paquette; Tyson Strachan also walked away with a fighting major, although his dueling buddy, Ryan Callahan, was only given a two-minute roughing penalty. Instead, Brett Connolly was given the fighting major against Strachan. Steven Stamkos and Mike Weber were given matching slashing penalties AND roughing penalties at the 7:54 mark, when things really got kicked off — add in some extra roughing, tripping, slashing, cross-checking, and interference penalties in the mix, and it makes the holding penalty awarded to Torrey Mitchell and the delay of game penalty awarded to Rasmus Ristolainen look like nothing.

The two teams combined for 106 penalty minutes in that final third period. What?

Calm down, Buffalo… it’s only game.

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