Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, March 4, 2017 · KeyBank Center

Tampa BayLightningAway

2–1

Final/SO

SOG 32–32

BuffaloSabresHome

SUN · MSG-B

Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 in a shootout on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at KeyBank Center.

Goals came from Ryan O'Reilly and Tyler Johnson.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 31 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
TBL	0	1	0	0	1	2	32
BUF	1	0	0	0	0	1	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Ryan O'Reilly (15)Rasmus Ristolainen (35), Jack Eichel (26)0–119:48 BUF · PPG

2nd period

Tyler Johnson (19)Victor Hedman (43), Nikita Kucherov (35)1–102:37 TBL

SO period

Brayden PointUnassisted2–100:00 TBL

Team stats

TBLBUF

32Shots on goal32

47%Faceoff %53%

0/2Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes4

17Hits29

9Blocked shots13

3Giveaways9

3Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 19:39Nikita Kucherov · hooking2 min
2nd 06:44Alex Killorn · holding2 min
3rd 06:04Josh Gorges · tripping2 min
3rd 19:15Anton Stralman · interference2 min
OT 01:47Zemgus Girgensons · interference2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

9Tyler JohnsonC	1	0	1	+1	6	0	1	0	35	23:47
86Nikita KucherovR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	21:37
77Victor HedmanD	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	0	–	23:15
13Cedric PaquetteC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	45	13:42
17Alex KillornC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	18:07
18Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	+1	5	1	1	0	100	22:07
21Brayden PointC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	73	19:53
23JT BrownR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	08:12
27Jonathan DrouinL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	24:22
61Gabriel DumontC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	29	08:03
73Adam ErneL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:32
90Vladislav NamestnikovC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	67	14:06
5Jason GarrisonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	25:02
6Anton StralmanD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	–	23:36
28Luke WitkowskiD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	09:51
55Braydon CoburnD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	–	16:48
59Jake DotchinD	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	–	18:18
62Andrej SustrD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:40

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	W	32	31	1	.969	65:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

15Jack EichelC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	42	23:10
90Ryan O'ReillyC	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	59	23:08
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	1	1	-1	1	4	1	0	–	33:13
9Evander KaneL	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	22:31
12Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:36
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	21:22
26Matt MoulsonL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	100	12:37
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	70	11:20
44Nicolas DeslauriersL	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	08:50
56Justin BaileyR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	07:11
63Tyler EnnisC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	12:32
71Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	25	14:03
82Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	–	16:04
4Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	–	20:32
6Cody FransonD	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	–	19:36
29Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	24:08
47Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	22:36
77Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	05:39

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Anders NilssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Robin LehnerG	O	32	31	1	.969	64:59