Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Wednesday, February 28, 2018 · Amalie Arena

BuffaloSabresAway

2–1

Final/OT

SOG 34–22

Tampa BayLightningHome

TVAS · SUN · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in overtime on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at Amalie Arena. The Sabres outshot the Lightning 34-22.

Goals came from Cory Conacher, Evan Rodrigues and Jason Pominville.

Chad Johnson made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 32 of 34.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	1	1	2	34
TBL	1	0	0	0	1	22

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Cory Conacher (7)Dan Girardi (10), Yanni Gourde (27)0–118:03 TBL

3rd period

Evan Rodrigues (6)Jason Pominville (14)1–111:47 BUF

OT period

Jason Pominville (10)Rasmus Ristolainen (25), Ryan O'Reilly (28)2–101:26 BUF · PPG

Team stats

BUFTBL

34Shots on goal22

50%Faceoff %50%

1/4Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes18

16Hits30

16Blocked shots13

3Giveaways12

7Takeaways13

Penalties

1st 14:42Cory Conacher · hooking2 min
3rd 04:57Yanni Gourde · hooking2 min
3rd 08:06Justin Falk · slashing2 min
3rd 14:53J.T. Miller · tripping2 min
3rd 19:40Adam Erne · illegal check to head2 min
OT 01:26Andrei Vasilevskiy · misconduct10 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

29Jason PominvilleR	1	1	2	+1	7	2	0	0	–	18:19
71Evan RodriguesC	1	0	1	+1	5	0	1	0	63	15:36
90Ryan O'ReillyC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	41	24:57
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	–	28:28
10Jacob JosefsonC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	33	10:04
13Nick BaptisteR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	12:32
17Jordan NolanC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	08:45
20Scott WilsonC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	14:16
22Johan LarssonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	69	12:52
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	24:08
25Seth GriffithC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	10:12
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	33	20:54
67Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	12:58
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	25:37
8Casey NelsonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	18:42
41Justin FalkD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	–	12:09
82Nathan BeaulieuD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	0	–	13:34
93Victor AntipinD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	19:44

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Chad JohnsonG	W	22	21	1	.955	61:23
40Robin LehnerG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

37Yanni GourdeC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	33	12:41
89Cory ConacherC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	2	–	09:01
5Dan GirardiD	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	–	20:17
9Tyler JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	55	18:40
10J.T. MillerC	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	63	17:40
13Cedric PaquetteC	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	70	11:49
14Chris KunitzL	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	11:52
15Michael BournivalL	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	09:20
17Alex KillornC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	–	18:36
21Brayden PointC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	29	19:31
24Ryan CallahanR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:14
73Adam ErneL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	–	16:35
91Steven StamkosC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	50	17:38
6Anton StralmanD	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	25:31
55Braydon CoburnD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	15:47
62Andrej SustrD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	13:08
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	29:31
98Mikhail SergachevD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	16:07

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70Louis DomingueG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	O	34	32	2	.941	61:26