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Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Saturday, January 12, 2019 on the road.

Team Goals 2018-2019 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 62-16-4
at Buffalo Sabres 3 33-39-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 1 3 5
Buffalo Sabres 2 0 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 11 13 30
Buffalo Sabres 16 12 5 33

Three stars

  1. N. Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 2 assists)
  2. S. Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. S. Reinhart, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:26 Tampa Bay Lightning Brayden Point (29) Nikita Kucherov (52), Tyler Johnson (16) Even strength TBL 1, BUF 0
1st 05:47 Buffalo Sabres Sam Reinhart (10) Jeff Skinner (14), Rasmus Dahlin (20) Even strength TBL 1, BUF 1
1st 19:50 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson (6) Zemgus Girgensons (7), Vladimir Sobotka (5) Even strength TBL 1, BUF 2
2nd 07:50 Tampa Bay Lightning Ondrej Palat (6) Mikhail Sergachev (16), Victor Hedman (23) Even strength TBL 2, BUF 2
3rd 05:54 Buffalo Sabres Marco Scandella (3) Jason Pominville (10), Conor Sheary (10) Even strength TBL 2, BUF 3
3rd 06:17 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (22) Steven Stamkos (27) Even strength TBL 3, BUF 3
3rd 14:44 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos (24) Nikita Kucherov (53), Victor Hedman (24) Even strength TBL 4, BUF 3
3rd 18:41 Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Callahan (5) Anthony Cirelli (8), Alex Killorn (14) Power play TBL 5, BUF 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 30 33
Power play 1 of 2 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 10 6
Hits 11 20
Blocked shots 10 7
Giveaways 2 10
Takeaways 3 10
Faceoffs won 30/62 (48.4%) 32/62 (51.6%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
9 T. Johnson C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 56.3% 14:13
10 J. Miller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 33.3% 11:00
13 C. Paquette C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 50% 12:45
17 A. Killorn L 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 12:39
18 O. Palat L 1 0 1 +2 0 5 1 0 0 17:25
21 B. Point C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:14
24 R. Callahan R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 1 1 09:40
37 Y. Gourde C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 40% 14:05
71 A. Cirelli C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 2 0 69.2% 15:13
73 A. Erne L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:08
86 N. Kucherov R 1 2 3 +3 0 3 0 0 0 21:08
91 S. Stamkos C 1 1 2 +2 2 4 1 0 0 33.3% 18:41
5 D. Girardi D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 0 0 17:38
27 R. McDonagh D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 21:57
55 B. Coburn D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 1 0 18:03
77 V. Hedman D 0 2 2 +4 0 2 0 1 0 22:06
81 E. Cernak D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 3 0 22:08
98 M. Sergachev D 0 1 1 +1 4 1 0 1 0 16:57
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
70 L. Domingue 33 30 3 .909 60:00 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 J. Eichel C 0 0 0 +1 2 8 0 1 0 47.1% 20:30
17 V. Sobotka C 0 1 1 -3 0 1 1 1 0 55.6% 13:45
21 K. Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 16:10
22 J. Larsson L 0 0 0 +1 2 1 1 0 0 63.6% 13:36
23 S. Reinhart C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 20:21
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 14:04
29 J. Pominville R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 07:17
37 C. Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 60% 11:59
43 C. Sheary L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 10:10
53 J. Skinner L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 66.7% 20:13
71 E. Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0 0 37.5% 15:29
72 T. Thompson C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 15:42
4 Z. Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 18:10
6 M. Scandella D 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 17:03
19 J. McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 18:13
24 L. Pilut D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 1 0 15:43
26 R. Dahlin D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 1 1 0 24:15
55 R. Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 0 0 23:50
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35 L. Ullmark 30 25 5 .833 58:59 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:17 Tampa Bay Lightning Braydon Coburn Roughing 2
1st 10:57 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos Tripping 2
1st 12:25 Tampa Bay Lightning Yanni Gourde Holding 2
3rd 13:27 Tampa Bay Lightning Mikhail Sergachev High sticking double minor 4
3rd 13:27 Buffalo Sabres Johan Larsson Cross checking 2
3rd 13:50 Buffalo Sabres Jack Eichel Elbowing 2
3rd 16:45 Buffalo Sabres Lawrence Pilut Holding 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Phil Housley
Referees
Dean Morton, Pierre Lambert
Linesmen
Greg Devorski, Ryan Daisy
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Anton Stralman, Danick Martel, Mathieu Joseph
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Matt Hunwick, Nathan Beaulieu, Remi Elie

2018-2019 season series

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Buffalo Sabres 2 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final/SO Game page

Other NHL games on Jan 12

Matchup Status Details
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at New Jersey Devils 3 Final Game page
New York Rangers 2 at New York Islanders 1 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 0 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at Washington Capitals 1 Final/OT Game page
Detroit Red Wings 5 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 4 at Chicago Blackhawks 3 Final/OT Game page
St. Louis Blues 3 at Dallas Stars 1 Final Game page
Arizona Coyotes 3 at Edmonton Oilers 2 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 1 at San Jose Sharks 4 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Los Angeles Kings 5 Final Game page

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