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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, April 5, 2025 · KeyBank Center

Tampa Bay LightningTampa BayLightningAway

2–3

Final/SO

SOG 24–38

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

FDSNSUN · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, April 5, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Lightning 38-24.

Goals came from Brayden Point, Tage Thompson, Gage Goncalves and Jason Zucker.

James Reimer made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jonas Johansson stopped 36 of 38.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTSOTSOG
Tampa Bay LightningTBL02000224
Buffalo SabresBUF01101338

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJames ReimerBUF · .917 SV%
  2. ★2nd starTage ThompsonBUF · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starJason ZuckerBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring

2nd period

3rd period

SO period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:29

2–1 · 2nd 13:01 · Goncalves. Samuelsson was 1:29 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTBL on iceBUF on ice

1–0 TBL

2nd 1:35 · Point

McLeod 0:05

1–1 BUF

2nd 4:47 · Thompson

Lilleberg 0:43

2–1 TBL

2nd 13:01 · Goncalves

Long shift: Samuelsson 1:29

2–2 BUF

3rd 5:07 · PP · Zucker

McDonagh 0:33

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

TBLBUF
24Shots on goal38
58%Faceoff %42%
0/3Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes6
19Hits16
14Blocked shots18
18Giveaways13
4Takeaways7

Penalties

  • 1st 00:28Brandon Hagel · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 09:35Owen Power · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 2nd 08:58Victor Hedman · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 16:36Noah Ostlund · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 19:59Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 3rd 04:34Gage Goncalves · hooking2 min

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