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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 6–4 on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 on the road.

Team Goals 2019-2020 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 43-21-6
at Buffalo Sabres 4 30-31-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 3 3 6
Buffalo Sabres 1 3 0 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 15 9 27
Buffalo Sabres 10 9 9 28

Three stars

  1. A. Killorn, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. C. Sheary, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. T. Johnson, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 19:03 Buffalo Sabres Conor Sheary (6) Curtis Lazar (1) Even strength TBL 0, BUF 1
2nd 02:12 Buffalo Sabres Marcus Johansson (6) Conor Sheary (6), Marco Scandella (6) Even strength TBL 0, BUF 2
2nd 07:00 Tampa Bay Lightning Ondrej Palat (12) Tyler Johnson (9), Mikhail Sergachev (14) Power play TBL 1, BUF 2
2nd 08:12 Buffalo Sabres Jimmy Vesey (5) Marcus Johansson (12), Conor Sheary (7) Even strength TBL 1, BUF 3
2nd 09:56 Buffalo Sabres Jack Eichel (25) Unassisted Shorthanded TBL 1, BUF 4
2nd 13:57 Tampa Bay Lightning Alex Killorn (14) Brayden Point (17), Nikita Kucherov (28) Power play TBL 2, BUF 4
2nd 16:55 Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson (8) Ondrej Palat (12), Ryan McDonagh (10) Even strength TBL 3, BUF 4
3rd 06:20 Tampa Bay Lightning Kevin Shattenkirk (6) Tyler Johnson (10), Anthony Cirelli (17) Even strength TBL 4, BUF 4
3rd 08:08 Tampa Bay Lightning Alex Killorn (15) Patrick Maroon (8), Cedric Paquette (7) Even strength TBL 5, BUF 4
3rd 19:57 Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Cirelli (9) Alex Killorn (19), Steven Stamkos (22) Even strength, Empty net TBL 6, BUF 4

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 27 28
Power play 2 of 5 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 15 27
Hits 19 20
Blocked shots 10 8
Giveaways 5 8
Takeaways 1 5
Faceoffs won 23/51 (45.1%) 28/51 (54.9%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
9 T. Johnson C 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 80% 12:17
13 C. Paquette C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 0 0 30% 12:40
14 P. Maroon L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 0 0 11:09
17 A. Killorn L 2 1 3 +2 0 4 1 2 1 20:16
18 O. Palat L 1 1 2 +1 0 3 1 1 1 13:32
21 B. Point C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 0 0 66.7% 18:44
23 C. Verhaeghe C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 07:40
37 Y. Gourde C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 13:34
67 M. Stephens C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 28.6% 07:42
71 A. Cirelli C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 1 0 0 54.5% 18:42
86 N. Kucherov R 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 19:25
91 S. Stamkos C 0 1 1 -1 2 4 0 1 0 40% 20:53
2 L. Schenn D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 0 0 11:51
22 K. Shattenkirk D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 17:24
27 R. McDonagh D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 0 23:24
77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 25:23
81 E. Cernak D 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 18:25
98 M. Sergachev D 0 1 1 0 7 1 2 3 0 16:59
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 28 24 4 .857 60:00 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 J. Eichel C 1 0 1 -2 0 2 2 3 0 47.4% 25:13
13 J. Vesey L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 12:50
21 K. Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 100% 13:45
22 J. Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 63.6% 14:37
23 S. Reinhart C 0 0 0 -3 0 4 1 1 0 22:42
27 C. Lazar C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 54.5% 09:19
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13:18
43 C. Sheary L 1 2 3 +2 0 4 1 0 0 15:00
67 D. Smith L 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0 01:26
68 V. Olofsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 0 22:05
74 R. Asplund C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 08:21
90 M. Johansson L 1 1 2 +1 2 2 1 0 0 62.5% 19:45
6 M. Scandella D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 1 0 0 17:21
10 H. Jokiharju D 0 0 0 +2 4 0 0 1 0 13:53
19 J. McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 17 2 1 1 0 11:47
26 R. Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 24:25
55 R. Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 8 0 0 24:23
62 B. Montour D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 0 0 21:31
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35 L. Ullmark 26 21 5 .808 57:29 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 04:03 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos Tripping 2
1st 10:29 Buffalo Sabres Henri Jokiharju Slashing 2
2nd 00:08 Tampa Bay Lightning Luke Schenn Roughing 2
2nd 00:08 Buffalo Sabres Dalton Smith Roughing 2
2nd 03:21 Buffalo Sabres Kyle Okposo Slashing 2
2nd 05:08 Buffalo Sabres Henri Jokiharju Tripping 2
2nd 08:34 Tampa Bay Lightning Mikhail Sergachev Fighting (major) 5
2nd 08:34 Buffalo Sabres Jake McCabe Instigator 2
2nd 08:34 Buffalo Sabres Jake McCabe Fighting (major) 5
2nd 08:34 Buffalo Sabres Jake McCabe Instigator misconduct (misconduct) 10
2nd 11:06 Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson Interference 2
2nd 12:59 Buffalo Sabres Marcus Johansson Hooking 2
3rd 12:07 Tampa Bay Lightning Mikhail Sergachev Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 15:42 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov Cross checking 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Ralph Krueger
Referees
Jake Brenk, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen
Derek Amell, David Brisebois
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Braydon Coburn, Jan Rutta
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Zach Bogosian, Colin Miller, Evan Rodrigues

2019-2020 season series

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Buffalo Sabres 2 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 at Buffalo Sabres 4 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 31

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 2 at New Jersey Devils 3 Final/SO Game page
New York Islanders 4 at Washington Capitals 3 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 5 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Minnesota Wild 1 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Carolina Hurricanes 3 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 0 at Detroit Red Wings 2 Final Game page
Winnipeg Jets 7 at Colorado Avalanche 4 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 5 at Calgary Flames 3 Final Game page
New York Rangers 5 at Edmonton Oilers 7 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 1 at Arizona Coyotes 3 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 3 at Los Angeles Kings 5 Final Game page

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