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Post-Game Report: 12/31 vs. Tampa Bay

Final Score

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final SOG
Lightning
(21-13-4)
0 3 3 6 27
Sabres
(17-17-7)
1 3 0 4 28

Game Summary

Event Summary

 

Top Notes

  • The Sabres fell to 14-1-0 this season when leading after two periods.
  • With a goal and two assists tonight, Conor Sheary tied his career high by recording his fifth career three-point game. His last three-point effort came on March 1, 2019 vs. Pittsburgh (2+1).
  • Jack Eichel’s goal tonight was the first shorthanded marker of his career. In his last seven games against Tampa Bay, Eichel has recorded seven points (2+5).
  • Eichel has now totaled 32 points (18+14) in 19 home games this season.
  • Dalton Smith logged a plus-1 rating in his NHL debut.

 

Tonight’s Goaltenders

Tonight’s Stats
Team Goaltender Decision GA SA
Lightning Vasilevskiy W 4 28
Sabres Ullmark L 5 26
Updated Season Stats
Team Goaltender Record SV% GAA
Lightning Vasilevskiy 17-9-2 .906 2.89
Sabres Ullmark 11-11-3 .909 2.90

 

Post-Game Audio

Sabres head coach Ralph Krueger

Sabres forward Jack Eichel

Sabres forward Marcus Johansson

Sabres forward Conor Sheary

Lightning head coach Jon Cooper

Lightning forward Alex Killorn

Lightning forward Ondrej Palat

Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman

Post-Game Report: 1/12 vs. Tampa Bay

Final Score

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final SOG
Lightning
(35-8-2)
1 1 3 5 30
Sabres
(23-16-6)
2 0 1 3 33

Game Summary

Event Summary

 

Top Notes

  • With his goal tonight, Sam Reinhart now has six points (5+1) in his last six games against the Lightning.
  • Rasmus Dahlin’s assist on Reinhart’s goal gives him four assists in his last three games.
    • Dahlin became the seventh defenseman in NHL history to reach 20 assists before his 19th birthday.
  • Tage Thompson scored Buffalo’s second goal and now has points in three straight home games (2+1) and goals in consecutive meetings with Tampa Bay.
  • With his goal tonight, Marco Scandella has recorded a point in consecutive games and four points (2+2) in his last seven contests.

 

Tonight’s Goaltenders

Tonight’s Stats
Team Goaltender Decision SV% GAA
Lightning Domingue W .909 3.00
Sabres Ullmark L .833 5.09

 

Updated Season Stats
Team Goaltender Record SV% GAA
Lightning Domingue 16-4-0 .905 2.99
Sabres Ullmark 9-3-3 .919 2.84

 

Post-Game Audio

Sabres head coach Phil Housley

Sabres forward Jack Eichel

Sabres forward Sam Reinhart

Sabres defenseman Marco Scandella

Lightning head coach Jon Cooper

Lightning forward Steven Stamkos

Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev

Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman

Post-Game Report: 11/28 vs. Tampa Bay

Final Score

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final SOG
Lightning
(17-5-2)
1 1 0 2 26
Sabres
(6-15-4)
0 0 0 0 34

Game Summary

Event Summary

 

Top Notes

  • The Sabres outshot their opponent for the fifth straight game tonight, but fell to 5-6-3 when outshooting opponents this season.
  • With tonight’s loss, the Sabres have been shut out in consecutive games for the first time since Oct. 17 and 18, 2014.
  • Ryan O’Reilly led all Sabres with 26:00 of ice time tonight. It was his fifth career game with at least 26 minutes and his highest total since his career-high 26:56 on Oct. 17 at Vegas.
  • With seven shots tonight, Evander Kane has tied Alexander Ovechkin for the league lead with 117 shots on the season.

 

Tonight’s Goaltenders

Tonight’s Stats
Team Goaltender Decision SV% GAA
Lightning Vasilevskiy W .930 2.30
Sabres Lehner L .905 2.96

 

Updated Season Stats
Team Goaltender Record SV% GAA
Lightning Vasilevskiy 16-3-1 .933 2.19
Sabres Lehner 5-11-2 .906 2.92

 

Post-Game Audio

Sabres head coach Phil Housley

Sabres forward Evander Kane

Sabres defenseman Marco Scandella

Sabres goaltender Robin Lehner

Lightning head coach Jon Cooper

Lightning forward Mikhail Sergachev

Lightning forward Tyler Johnson

Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman

Post-Game Report: 3/4 vs. TBL

Final Score

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final SOG
Lightning
(30-26-8)
0 1 0 0 1 2 32
Sabres
(27-26-12)
1 0 0 0 0 1 32

Game Summary

Event Summary

Top Notes

  • Jack Eichel’s assist on Buffalo’s goal extends his point streak to a career-best nine games (2+10).
    • Eichel’s point streak is the longest active streak in the NHL and the longest by a Sabre since Tim Connolly tallied points in 16 straight from Dec. 23, 2009 to Jan. 25, 2010.
  • With his power-play goal in the first period, Ryan O’Reilly has points in 13 of his last 15 games at KeyBank Center, including five points (2+3) in his last three games.
  • Rasmus Ristolainen earned the primary assist on O’Reilly’s goal, tying him for the league lead with 21 power-play assists this season.
  • Injury Update: Dmitry Kulikov left tonight’s game with an upper-body injury.

Tonight’s Goaltenders

Tonight’s Stats
Team Goaltender Decision SV% GAA
Lightning
Vasilevskiy W .969 0.92
Sabres Lehner O .969 0.92

 

Updated Season Stats
Team Goaltender Record SV% GAA
Lightning Vasilevskiy 14-13-5 .913 2.69
Sabres Lehner 18-18-8 .922 2.59

Post-Game Audio

Sabres head coach Dan Bylsma

Sabres forward Sam Reinhart

Sabres forward Ryan O’Reilly

Sabres goaltender Robin Lehner

Lightning head coach Jon Cooper

Lightning forward Tyler Johnson

Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov

Lightning defenseman Jason Garrison

Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman