The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the Tampa Bay Lightning, 6 to 4, on December 31, 2019.

Final

Lightning

21-13-4

6

Sabres

17-17-7

4

Team

TBL

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

TBL

BUF

Conor Sheary (EV) assisted by Curtis Lazar

2nd period

TBL

BUF

Marcus Johansson (EV) assisted by Conor Sheary and Marco Scandella

Ondrej Palat (PP) assisted by Tyler Johnson and Mikhail Sergachev

Jimmy Vesey (EV) assisted by Conor Sheary and Marcus Johansson

Jack Eichel (SH) unassisted

Alex Killorn (PP) assisted by Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point

Tyler Johnson (EV) assisted by Ryan McDonagh and Ondrej Palat

3rd period

TBL

BUF

Kevin Shattenkirk (EV) assisted by Tyler Johnson and Anthony Cirelli

Alex Killorn (EV) assisted by Pat Maroon and Cedric Paquette

Anthony Cirelli (EV-EN) assisted by Alex Killorn and Steven Stamkos

Lightning

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Lightning

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Andrei Vasilevskiy (W) A. Vasilevskiy	1	0	0	28	24	.857	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Erik Cernak E. Cernak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		4	1	1	0	18:25
Anthony Cirelli A. Cirelli	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	6	11	54.5	1	0	0	0	18:42
Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	13:34
Victor Hedman V. Hedman	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	25:23
Tyler Johnson T. Johnson	1	2	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	0	0	0	1	12:17
Alex Killorn A. Killorn	2	1	3	+2	0	1	0	1	4	50.0	0	0		1	2	0	0	20:16
Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	19:25
Pat Maroon P. Maroon	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	0	11:09
Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	1	0	1	23:24
Ondrej Palat O. Palat	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3	0	0		1	1	0	0	13:32
Cedric Paquette C. Paquette	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	3	10	30.0	2	0	0	0	12:40
Brayden Point B. Point	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0	2	3	66.7	0	0	0	0	18:44
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0	0	11:51
Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	0	1	1	0	7	0	1	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	3	0	0	16:59
Kevin Shattenkirk K. Shattenkirk	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	17:24
Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	4	0.0	6	15	40.0	0	1	0	1	20:53
Mitchell Stephens M. Stephens	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	7	28.6	1	0	0	0	7:42
Carter Verhaeghe C. Verhaeghe	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	1	0	0	7:40

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Linus Ullmark (L) L. Ullmark	0	1	0	26	21	.808	5	5.22	0	57

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Rasmus Asplund R. Asplund	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	8:21
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	24:25
Jack Eichel J. Eichel	1	0	1	-2	0	1	2	50.0	9	19	47.4	2	3	0	2	25:13
Zemgus Girgensons Z. Girgensons	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	13:18
Marcus Johansson M. Johansson	1	1	2	+1	2	0	2	50.0	5	8	62.5	1	0	0	2	19:45
Henri Jokiharju H. Jokiharju	0	0	0	+2	4	0	0		0	0		0	1	0	0	13:53
Johan Larsson J. Larsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	7	11	63.6	1	1	0	1	14:37
Curtis Lazar C. Lazar	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0		6	11	54.5	1	0	0	0	9:19
Jake McCabe J. McCabe	0	0	0	-1	17	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	11:47
Brandon Montour B. Montour	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	1	1	21:31
Kyle Okposo K. Okposo	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	0	0	0	1	13:45
Victor Olofsson V. Olofsson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	22:05
Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	0	0	0	-3	0	0	4	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	0	0	22:42
Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	0	0	0	-3	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		8	0	0	0	24:23
Marco Scandella M. Scandella	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	17:21
Conor Sheary C. Sheary	1	2	3	+2	0	0	4	25.0	0	0		1	0	1	0	15:00
Dalton Smith D. Smith	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	1:26
Jimmy Vesey J. Vesey	1	0	1	+1	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		0	0	2	0	12:50