Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Saturday, November 5, 2022 · Amalie Arena
MSG-B · BSSUN
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at Amalie Arena. The Lightning outshot the Sabres 30-24.
Goals came from Nick Paul, Zemgus Girgensons, Brayden Point, Casey Mittelstadt, Jeff Skinner, Brandon Hagel, Nick Perbix and Nikita Kucherov.
Brian Elliott made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Eric Comrie stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nick Paul (4)Victor Hedman (8), Brandon Hagel (5)0–107:07 TBL
Zemgus Girgensons (3)Owen Power (6), Tage Thompson (8)1–116:24 BUF
2nd period
Brayden Point (6)Steven Stamkos (6), Nikita Kucherov (12)1–205:05 TBL · PPG
Casey Mittelstadt (2)Owen Power (7), Kyle Okposo (7)2–208:34 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Jeff Skinner (3)Alex Tuch (4), Dylan Cozens (4)3–204:25 BUF
Brandon Hagel (4)Nikita Kucherov (13)3–307:40 TBL
Nick Perbix (1)Nikita Kucherov (14), Brandon Hagel (6)3–415:05 TBL
Nikita Kucherov (6)Brayden Point (7)3–519:02 TBL · EN
Team stats
BUFTBL
24Shots on goal30
51%Faceoff %49%
1/3Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes6
44Hits43
10Blocked shots17
9Giveaways8
10Takeaways15
Penalties
- 1st 13:46
Nikita Kucherov · slashing2 min - 2nd 00:31
Tage Thompson · tripping2 min - 2nd 02:18Alex Killorn · hooking2 min
- 2nd 04:05Dylan Cozens · tripping2 min
- 2nd 07:19Patrick Maroon · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 28:14 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 17:22 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:04 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:09 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 17:34 |
| 72Tage ThompsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:55 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:11 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:47 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:33 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:34 |
| 20Lawrence PilutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:04 |
| 38Kale ClagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:14 |
| 45Casey FitzgeraldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:09 |
| 46Ilya LyubushkinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:14 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 26:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eric ComrieG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 59:37 |
| 41Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 6 | 19:56 |
| 38Brandon HagelL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 19:11 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:04 |
| 20Nick PaulL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 48Nick PerbixD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:23 |
| 10Corey PerryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:21 |
| 14Patrick MaroonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:49 |
| 17Alex KillornL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:36 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:41 |
| 45Cole KoepkeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:24 |
| 79Ross ColtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:57 |
| 90Vladislav NamestnikovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:44 |
| 7Haydn FleuryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:23 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:24 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:51 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 24:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian ElliottG | W | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 60:00 |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |