Stamkos, St. Louis power Lightning to victory over Sabres March 27, 2013 – Tampa Bay, Florida - TSN, Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Lightning were rewarded for their hard work.

Steven Stamkos and Martin St. Louis each had a goal and an assist and the Lightning defeated the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Tuesday.

With new head coach Jon Cooper watching from an executive suite, the Lightning put together one of their most complete defensive efforts this season.

"We did a great job of building off of last game," Stamkos said. "We didn't get the result we wanted in Winnipeg, but we played a solid game. Today we started from the get-go and we finished with solid game."

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Source: TSN, Associated Press