Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Thursday, February 29, 2024 · Amalie Arena

BuffaloSabresAway

3–2

Final/OT

SOG 23–23

Tampa BayLightningHome

MSG-B · BSSUN

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, February 29, 2024 at Amalie Arena.

Goals came from Brayden Point, Alex Tuch, Mitchell Chaffee, Tage Thompson and Rasmus Dahlin.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	1	3	23
TBL	1	1	0	0	2	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Brayden Point (31)Nikita Kucherov (66), Victor Hedman (50)0–108:12 TBL · PPG
Alex Tuch (17)Unassisted1–110:59 BUF

2nd period

Mitchell Chaffee (3)Erik Cernak (8), Anthony Cirelli (20)1–217:18 TBL

3rd period

Tage Thompson (18)Rasmus Dahlin (31)2–211:33 BUF · PPG

OT period

Rasmus Dahlin (15)Casey Mittelstadt (32), Jordan Greenway (12)3–201:42 BUF · PPG

Team stats

BUFTBL

23Shots on goal23

43%Faceoff %57%

2/3Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes6

31Hits28

11Blocked shots20

3Giveaways4

10Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 07:50Jordan Greenway · hooking2 min
2nd 12:30Casey Mittelstadt · elbowing2 min
3rd 10:21Brayden Point · high sticking2 min
3rd 13:10Zach Benson · tripping2 min
3rd 16:34Victor Hedman · hooking2 min
OT 01:16Nikita Kucherov · hooking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

26Rasmus DahlinD	1	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	–	27:55
12Jordan GreenwayL	0	1	1	+1	4	2	1	2	–	18:15
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	36	20:21
72Tage ThompsonC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	2	0	42	17:23
89Alex TuchR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	0	–	17:34
9Zach BensonL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	12:46
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	10:45
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	13:28
24Dylan CozensC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	50	16:57
28Zemgus GirgensonsL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	100	14:25
50Eric RobinsonL	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	15:28
53Jeff SkinnerL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:13
77JJ PeterkaR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	11:57
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	18:59
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	24:18
33Ryan JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	14:40
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	–	16:28
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	16:18

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	W	23	21	2	.913	61:42
31Eric ComrieG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

21Brayden PointC	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	2	56	18:36
41Mitchell ChaffeeR	1	0	1	+1	1	3	3	0	–	12:38
71Anthony CirelliC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	64	20:10
86Nikita KucherovR	0	1	1	-1	4	1	1	2	–	23:21
77Victor HedmanD	0	1	1	-1	2	4	3	2	–	24:11
81Erik CernakD	0	1	1	+1	1	3	3	0	–	22:11
11Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	57	14:55
20Nick PaulL	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	71	15:52
23Michael EyssimontC	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	0	–	11:16
38Brandon HagelL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	21:01
64Tyler MotteC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:24
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	13:29
91Steven StamkosC	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	18:50
7Haydn FleuryD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	17:11
43Darren RaddyshD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	14:52
44Calvin de HaanD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	16:29
48Nick PerbixD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	13:34
65Maxwell CrozierD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	09:27

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	O	23	20	3	.870	61:09