Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Thursday, January 12, 2017 · Amalie Arena

BuffaloSabresAway

2–4

Final

SOG 26–29

Tampa BayLightningHome

SUN · MSG-B

Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at Amalie Arena. The Lightning outshot the Sabres 29-26.

Ondrej Palat scored twice. Matt Moulson, Nikita Kucherov, Evander Kane and Anton Stralman also scored.

Ben Bishop made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Anders Nilsson stopped 25 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	2	26
TBL	1	2	1	4	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Matt Moulson (9)Zemgus Girgensons (5), Taylor Fedun (6)1–002:58 BUF
Ondrej Palat (8)Tyler Johnson (13), Jonathan Drouin (15)1–105:37 TBL · PPG

2nd period

Ondrej Palat (9)Nikita Nesterov (7), Vladislav Namestnikov (12)1–205:18 TBL
Nikita Kucherov (17)Victor Hedman (31), Ondrej Palat (12)1–312:58 TBL

3rd period

Evander Kane (11)Jack Eichel (7), Justin Falk (2)2–310:30 BUF
Anton Stralman (2)Valtteri Filppula (20), Brian Boyle (4)2–419:42 TBL · PPG · EN

Team stats

BUFTBL

26Shots on goal29

48%Faceoff %52%

0/4Power play2/5

30Penalty minutes18

31Hits19

15Blocked shots11

11Giveaways8

7Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 03:54Kyle Okposo · slashing2 min
1st 05:12Evander Kane · hooking2 min
1st 11:08Alex Killorn · slashing2 min
2nd 13:20Ben Bishop · high sticking2 min
2nd 20:00Victor Hedman · fighting5 min
2nd 20:00Marcus Foligno · fighting5 min
3rd 00:44Nikita Kucherov · slashing2 min
3rd 10:41Ben Bishop · delaying game2 min
3rd 15:27Cedric Paquette · fighting5 min
3rd 15:27Marcus Foligno · fighting5 min
3rd 15:27Brian Gionta · roughing2 min
3rd 17:43Evander Kane · high sticking2 min
3rd 17:43Evander Kane · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 17:43Evander Kane · misconduct10 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Evander KaneL	1	0	1	+1	7	1	2	16	–	19:07
15Jack EichelC	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	45	21:59
26Matt MoulsonL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	09:24
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	45	14:47
38Taylor FedunD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	–	13:15
41Justin FalkD	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0	–	13:26
12Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	15:22
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	20:40
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	50	19:13
44Nicolas DeslauriersL	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0	0	–	05:48
48William CarrierL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	07:45
56Justin BaileyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:02
82Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	-1	0	9	1	10	–	14:00
90Ryan O'ReillyC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	60	22:24
6Cody FransonD	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	–	19:53
29Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	–	20:32
47Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	19:44
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	5	0	–	27:20

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Anders NilssonG	L	28	25	3	.893	59:19
35Linus UllmarkG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

18Ondrej PalatL	2	1	3	+2	5	0	2	0	–	19:39
9Tyler JohnsonC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	50	17:54
11Brian BoyleC	0	1	1	-1	1	4	0	0	100	12:58
27Jonathan DrouinL	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	–	14:44
51Valtteri FilppulaC	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	0	60	17:25
86Nikita KucherovR	1	0	1	+2	4	0	1	2	–	18:21
90Vladislav NamestnikovC	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	33	17:01
6Anton StralmanD	1	0	1	+1	3	1	2	0	–	21:45
77Victor HedmanD	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	5	–	18:58
89Nikita NesterovD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:38
13Cedric PaquetteC	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	5	57	12:10
15Michael BournivalL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	08:46
17Alex KillornC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	20:22
61Gabriel DumontC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	75	10:06
63Matthew PecaC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:57
5Jason GarrisonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	22:01
55Braydon CoburnD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	16:00
62Andrej SustrD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	–	19:15

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ben BishopG	W	26	24	2	.923	60:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG		0	0	0	–	00:00