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Scoring Summary

Period Time Team Goal Strength Score
1 08:26 BUF Josh Doan (20) — Tage Thompson (33) , Bowen Byram (23) PP 0-1
2 02:15 BUF Jason Zucker (18) — Rasmus Dahlin (43) , Tage Thompson (34) PP 0-2
2 05:10 BUF Alex Tuch (26) — Tage Thompson (35) , Noah Ostlund (14) PP 0-3
2 07:55 TBL Corey Perry (13) — Nikita Kucherov (69) , Darren Raddysh (39) EV 1-3
2 11:07 BUF Alex Tuch (27) — Bowen Byram (24) SH 1-4
2 12:26 TBL Nikita Kucherov (33) — Darren Raddysh (40) PP 2-4
2 14:46 TBL Zemgus Girgensons (8) — Yanni Gourde (16) , J.J. Moser (16) EV 3-4
2 17:37 TBL J.J. Moser (6) — Conor Geekie (2) EV 4-4
3 00:59 TBL Nikita Kucherov (34) — Brandon Hagel (29) , J.J. Moser (17) EV 5-4
3 05:46 TBL Brayden Point (16) EV 6-4
3 06:12 BUF Sam Carrick (5) — Zach Benson (21) , Michael Kesselring (2) EV 6-5
3 09:48 TBL Brandon Hagel (30) — Anthony Cirelli (23) , Darren Raddysh (41) EV 7-5
3 11:03 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (13) — Tage Thompson (36) , Bowen Byram (25) EV 7-6
3 14:29 BUF Jason Zucker (19) — Ryan McLeod (33) EV 7-7
3 15:43 BUF Josh Doan (21) — Jason Zucker (15) , Rasmus Dahlin (44) PP 7-8

Penalty Summary

Period Per Time Team Player Penalty Min M
1 04:36 TBL Darren Raddysh Slashing 2
1 04:36 TBL Brandon Hagel Boarding 2
1 04:36 TBL Darren Raddysh Fighting 5
1 04:36 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Fighting 5
1 08:20 TBL Erik Cernak Interference 2
1 08:54 BUF Sam Carrick Fighting 5
1 08:54 TBL Scott Sabourin Fighting 5
1 09:13 TBL Charle-Edouard D'Astous Roughing 2
1 09:13 BUF Bowen Byram Roughing 2
1 09:13 TBL Brandon Hagel Fighting 5
1 09:13 BUF Peyton Krebs Fighting 5
1 09:13 BUF Bowen Byram Misconduct 10
1 09:13 TBL Charle-Edouard D'Astous Misconduct 10
1 10:40 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Slashing 2
1 10:40 TBL Nikita Kucherov Slashing 2
1 14:59 TBL Erik Cernak Unsportsmanlike Conduct 2
1 14:59 BUF Michael Kesselring Unsportsmanlike Conduct 2
1 16:41 BUF Noah Ostlund Unsportsmanlike Conduct 2
2 00:02 BUF Michael Kesselring Fighting 5
2 00:02 TBL Erik Cernak Fighting 5
2 00:06 TBL Corey Perry Fighting 5
2 00:06 BUF Beck Malenstyn Fighting 5
2 01:31 TBL Ryan McDonagh High Sticking 2
2 03:35 TBL Brandon Hagel Roughing 2
2 03:35 TBL Brandon Hagel Roughing 2
2 10:56 BUF Owen Power High Sticking 2
3 15:03 TBL Zemgus Girgensons Slashing 2
3 20:00 TBL Anthony Cirelli Charging 2

Team Statistics

Statistic Tampa Bay Lightning Buffalo Sabres
Shots 28 42
Faceoff % 50.0% 50.0%
Hits 40 27
Blocked Shots 6 15
Giveaways 11 14
Takeaways 2 5

Skaters

Tampa Bay Lightning

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
10 Corey Perry R 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 13 08:54
14 Conor Geekie C 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 12 07:33
21 Brayden Point C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 19 17:13
22 Oliver Bjorkstrand R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 17 14:02
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 21 15:48
29 Pontus Holmberg R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 17 13:17
37 Yanni Gourde C 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 25 18:39
38 Brandon Hagel L 1 1 2 1 11 2 0 1 0 0 23 16:42
46 Scott Sabourin R 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 1 0 10 04:17
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 17:44
71 Anthony Cirelli C 0 1 1 1 2 1 4 0 2 0 27 18:55
86 Nikita Kucherov R 2 1 3 1 2 5 5 0 1 0 24 19:15
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 26 20:41
43 Darren Raddysh D 0 3 3 2 7 4 1 1 1 0 26 23:13
51 Charle-Edouard D'Astous D 0 0 0 -1 12 1 4 0 0 0 24 18:37
77 Victor Hedman D 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 27 20:07
81 Erik Cernak D 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 0 0 12 06:47
90 J.J. Moser D 1 2 3 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 29 26:17

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
6 Zach Benson L 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 22 14:15
9 Josh Norris C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 0 23 17:55
10 Sam Carrick C 1 0 1 -2 5 3 3 0 0 1 10 06:03
17 Jason Zucker L 2 1 3 1 0 6 0 1 2 0 22 16:42
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -3 5 1 0 0 1 0 12 08:46
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 21 15:19
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 5 0 3 0 1 0 12 06:03
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 26 21:03
72 Tage Thompson C 0 4 4 -1 0 3 4 1 0 0 22 19:39
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 1 1 -1 2 2 1 0 0 0 23 16:34
89 Alex Tuch R 2 0 2 0 0 4 3 2 1 1 24 18:54
91 Josh Doan R 2 0 2 -2 0 4 2 0 0 0 24 18:25
4 Bowen Byram D 0 3 3 0 12 7 1 0 0 1 25 20:12
8 Michael Kesselring D 0 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 14 06:03
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -3 2 3 2 3 1 0 28 24:57
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -4 2 0 0 3 1 0 29 27:08
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 2 3 2 5 1 0 1 2 2 30 26:16
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13 08:55

Goalies

Tampa Bay Lightning

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
31 Jonas Johansson 42 34 8 .810 27/30 6/10 1/2 58:54
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00

Buffalo Sabres

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 28 22 7 .786 20/25 2/3 0/0 59:21
92 Colten Ellis 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00