Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Friday, April 6, 2018 · Amalie Arena
SUN · MSG-B
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-5 on Friday, April 6, 2018 at Amalie Arena. The Lightning outshot the Sabres 34-32.
Anthony Cirelli scored twice. Casey Mittelstadt, Nikita Kucherov, Alex Nylander, Yanni Gourde, Dan Girardi, Jason Pominville, Jordan Nolan, Kyle Okposo, Brayden Point and Victor Hedman also scored.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves on 32 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 27 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Anthony Cirelli (4)Yanni Gourde (38)0–100:30 TBL
Casey Mittelstadt (1)Marco Scandella (17), Evan Rodrigues (16)1–102:57 BUF · PPG
Nikita Kucherov (39)Unassisted1–204:35 TBL
Alex Nylander (1)Brendan Guhle (3), Rasmus Ristolainen (35)2–206:32 BUF
Yanni Gourde (25)Alex Killorn (30)2–309:40 TBL
2nd period
Dan Girardi (6)Nikita Kucherov (61), Ondrej Palat (24)2–401:04 TBL
Jason Pominville (15)Brendan Guhle (4), Evan Rodrigues (17)3–408:59 BUF
Jordan Nolan (4)Johan Larsson (13)4–415:58 BUF
Kyle Okposo (15)Jack Eichel (38), Ryan O'Reilly (37)5–418:45 BUF · PPG
3rd period
- Anthony Cirelli (5)Alex Killorn (31), Mikhail Sergachev (31)5–506:15 TBL
Brayden Point (32)Alex Killorn (32), Yanni Gourde (39)5–607:02 TBL
Victor Hedman (17)Andrei Vasilevskiy (2)5–718:34 TBL · EN
Team stats
BUFTBL
32Shots on goal34
48%Faceoff %52%
2/5Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes10
28Hits20
11Blocked shots11
7Giveaways8
3Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 01:16
Victor Hedman · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 17:22Cory Conacher · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 04:24
Marco Scandella · roughing2 min - 2nd 04:24Marco Scandella · roughing2 min
- 2nd 09:55J.T. Miller · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 17:46Alex Killorn · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:50Marco Scandella · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 08:19Cory Conacher · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14:17 |
| 45Brendan GuhleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 21:39 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:58 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 18:40 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:10 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:32 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 92Alex NylanderL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 20:27 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 26:52 |
| 13Nick BaptisteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:21 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 17:43 |
| 8Casey NelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 19:30 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:26 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 33 | 27 | 6 | .818 | 57:54 |
| 32Adam WilcoxG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +5 | 5 | 16:47 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +5 | 3 | 13:26 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 3 | 13:33 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:28 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:40 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:54 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 26:11 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:27 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:31 |
| 89Cory ConacherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:49 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:25 |
| 55Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Louis DomingueG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | W | 32 | 27 | 5 | .844 | 59:27 |