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Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning

Amalie Arena, Tampa Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–5 in overtime on Thursday, February 23, 2023 on the road.

Team Goals 2022-2023 record
Buffalo Sabres 6 42-33-7
at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 46-30-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 3 1 1 6
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 1 3 0 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 2 13 7 1 23
Tampa Bay Lightning 9 10 18 4 41

Three stars

  1. T. Thompson, Buffalo Sabres (3 goals)
  2. B. Point, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 3 assists)
  3. R. Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:19 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos (26) Brayden Point (29), Nikita Kucherov (60) Even strength BUF 0, TBL 1
1st 11:41 Buffalo Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (7) Rasmus Dahlin (47), Tyson Jost (14) Even strength BUF 1, TBL 1
2nd 09:36 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson (37) Jeff Skinner (33), Rasmus Dahlin (48) Power play BUF 2, TBL 1
2nd 12:20 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson (38) Jeff Skinner (34) Even strength BUF 3, TBL 1
2nd 12:36 Tampa Bay Lightning Victor Hedman (5) Patrick Maroon (9), Nick Paul (11) Even strength BUF 3, TBL 2
2nd 13:25 Buffalo Sabres Jack Quinn (10) Peyton Krebs (9), Casey Mittelstadt (26) Even strength BUF 4, TBL 2
3rd 05:48 Tampa Bay Lightning Brayden Point (34) Victor Hedman (35), Brandon Hagel (26) Even strength BUF 4, TBL 3
3rd 06:18 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson (39) Unassisted Even strength BUF 5, TBL 3
3rd 08:33 Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Cirelli (8) Erik Cernak (10), Brayden Point (30) Even strength BUF 5, TBL 4
3rd 14:54 Tampa Bay Lightning Ross Colton (13) Steven Stamkos (35), Brayden Point (31) Power play BUF 5, TBL 5
OT 01:41 Buffalo Sabres Ilya Lyubushkin (1) Unassisted Shorthanded BUF 6, TBL 5

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 23 41
Power play 1 of 2 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 4
Hits 42 42
Blocked shots 9 13
Giveaways 3 11
Takeaways 5 10
Faceoffs won 29/53 (54.7%) 24/53 (45.3%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
17 T. Jost C 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 40% 14:25
19 P. Krebs C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 6 0 0 76.9% 15:21
21 K. Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 40% 15:25
22 J. Quinn R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 12:57
24 D. Cozens C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 0 0 42.9% 15:07
28 Z. Girgensons C 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 1 0 50% 17:45
37 C. Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 13:16
53 J. Skinner L 0 2 2 +1 0 1 0 0 0 66.7% 16:46
71 V. Olofsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 13:04
72 T. Thompson C 3 0 3 +1 0 4 3 0 1 52.9% 17:16
77 J. Peterka R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 0 10:11
89 A. Tuch R 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 1 0 19:03
10 H. Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 21:54
23 M. Samuelsson D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 3 3 0 25:04
25 O. Power D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 1 0 24:31
26 R. Dahlin D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 6 1 0 27:03
46 I. Lyubushkin D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 4 1 0 12:26
78 J. Bryson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0 0 10:12
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31 E. Comrie 41 36 5 .878 61:41 Win

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
10 C. Perry R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 11:48
14 P. Maroon L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 0 0 11:15
17 A. Killorn L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 1 0 16:46
20 N. Paul L 0 1 1 +1 2 1 3 0 0 60% 14:02
21 B. Point C 1 3 4 0 0 2 2 1 0 45.5% 21:36
38 B. Hagel L 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 18:36
41 P. Bellemare L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 1 0 53.8% 10:43
71 A. Cirelli C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 1 0 40% 18:54
79 R. Colton C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 5 0 1 13:15
86 N. Kucherov R 0 1 1 -2 0 6 0 0 0 20:27
90 V. Namestnikov C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 10:31
91 S. Stamkos C 1 1 2 -2 0 5 2 0 0 33.3% 19:22
7 H. Fleury D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 13:13
28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 3 0 16:51
48 N. Perbix D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 3 0 0 15:15
77 V. Hedman D 1 1 2 +1 0 7 3 4 0 26:03
81 E. Cernak D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 4 1 0 19:34
98 M. Sergachev D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 0 0 25:48
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 23 17 6 .739 61:41 OT loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 00:24 Tampa Bay Lightning Brandon Hagel Tripping 2
2nd 06:26 Buffalo Sabres Mattias Samuelsson Holding 2
2nd 08:51 Tampa Bay Lightning Nick Paul Interference 2
3rd 13:45 Buffalo Sabres Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
3rd 19:52 Buffalo Sabres Henri Jokiharju Delaying game puck over glass 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Don Granato
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Referees
Jon McIsaac, Marc Joannette
Linesmen
Matt MacPherson, Devin Berg
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Craig Anderson, Rasmus Asplund, Kale Clague
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Zach Bogosian, Cal Foote

2022-2023 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 at Buffalo Sabres 5 Final/OT Game page
Buffalo Sabres 6 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final/OT Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Buffalo Sabres 5 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Feb 23

Matchup Status Details
Anaheim Ducks 4 at Washington Capitals 2 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 7 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 3 at New Jersey Devils 4 Final/OT Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 0 Final Game page
New York Rangers 1 at Detroit Red Wings 4 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 3 at St. Louis Blues 2 Final/OT Game page
Calgary Flames 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 4 Final/OT Game page
Boston Bruins 6 at Seattle Kraken 5 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 6 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final Game page

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