The Tampa Bay Lightning eked out a victory over the Buffalo Sabres, 6 to 5, on Thursday.

Final

Sabres

24-31-6

5

Lightning

37-21-4

6

Team

BUF

TBL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

TBL

Nick Paul (EV) assisted by Ryan McDonagh and Brandon Hagel

Rasmus Dahlin (EV) assisted by Ryan McLeod and Zach Benson

Darren Raddysh (EV) assisted by Zemgus Girgensons

Alex Tuch (EV) unassisted

Peyton Krebs (EV) assisted by Ryan McLeod and Zach Benson

2nd period

BUF

TBL

Jake Guentzel (EV) assisted by Erik Cernak and Nikita Kucherov

Tage Thompson (PP) assisted by Rasmus Dahlin and JJ Peterka

JJ Peterka (EV) unassisted

Jake Guentzel (EV) assisted by Brayden Point and Nick Paul

Jake Guentzel (PP) assisted by Brandon Hagel and Darren Raddysh

3rd period

BUF

TBL

Oliver Bjorkstrand (EV) assisted by Yanni Gourde and Nikita Kucherov

Sabres

Lightning

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Lightning

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (L) U. Luukkonen	0	1	0	26	20	.769	6	6.22	0	58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Zach Benson Z. Benson	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	10:57
Jacob Bryson J. Bryson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	0	1	13:55
Bowen Byram B. Byram	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	2	20:18
Connor Clifton C. Clifton	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	1	15:36
Dylan Cozens D. Cozens	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0	10	19	52.6	1	0	0	1	16:54
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	1	1	2	+2	4	0	1	5	20.0	0	0		1	1	1	0	23:35
Jordan Greenway J. Greenway	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	1	0	12:16
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	2	0	0	1	13:47
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0	2	12	16.7	1	0	1	0	18:55
Sam Lafferty S. Lafferty	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	4	1	0	0	12:32
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	9:43
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		10	20	50.0	0	0	0	0	21:38
JJ Peterka	1	1	2	-1	2	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	0	2	4	21:35
Owen Power O. Power	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	17:54
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	2:25
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0		0	0		3	3	0	2	25:12
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	5	20.0	3	8	37.5	2	2	0	1	19:19
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	3	0	1	0	21:00

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Andrei Vasilevskiy (W) A. Vasilevskiy	1	0	0	33	28	.848	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Oliver Bjorkstrand O. Bjorkstrand	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	2	0.0	3	0	0	0	13:53
Erik Cernak E. Cernak	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		3	3	1	0	22:10
Mitchell Chaffee M. Chaffee	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	8:42
Anthony Cirelli A. Cirelli	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0	12	19	63.2	1	1	0	0	17:46
Zemgus Girgensons Z. Girgensons	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0	0	11:02
Luke Glendening L. Glendening	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	7	15	46.7	1	1	0	0	10:49
Gage Goncalves G. Goncalves	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0	1	11:07
Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	4	8	50.0	4	0	0	0	16:47
Jake Guentzel J. Guentzel	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	100.0	3	6	50.0	0	0	0	1	18:27
Brandon Hagel B. Hagel	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	2	0	1	21:42
Victor Hedman V. Hedman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	1	2:57
Nikita Kucherov N. Kucherov	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	17:18
Emil Lilleberg E. Lilleberg	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	2	0	2	17:01
Ryan McDonagh R. McDonagh	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	25:41
J.J. Moser	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	22:53
Nick Paul N. Paul	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	2	3	66.7	0	0	0	0	15:42
Brayden Point B. Point	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	8	13	61.5	0	1	0	2	16:45
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	1	1	2	+2	0	0	1	0	3	33.3	0	0		1	1	0	3	24:47