Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning

Wed, Feb 28, 2018 · Amalie Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 1

Final/OT

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 in overtime on Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at Amalie Arena. Jason Pominville led the way with 2 points. Chad Johnson made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–22.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	1	1	2	34
TBL	1	0	0	0	1	22

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	18:03	TBL	EV	Cory Conacher (7) · wrist	Dan Girardi (10), Yanni Gourde (27)	0–1
3rd	11:47	BUF	EV	Evan Rodrigues (6) · wrist	Jason Pominville (14)	1–1
OT	01:26	BUF	PP	Jason Pominville (10) · slap	Rasmus Ristolainen (25), Ryan O'Reilly (28)	2–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	14:42	TBL	Cory Conacher	hooking	2
3rd	04:57	TBL	Yanni Gourde	hooking	2
3rd	08:06	BUF	Justin Falk	slashing	2
3rd	14:53	TBL	J.T. Miller	tripping	2
3rd	19:40	TBL	Adam Erne	illegal check to head	2
OT	01:26	TBL	Andrei Vasilevskiy	misconduct	10

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.19 · TBL 1.87 · xG% BUF 54.0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Jason Pominville	R	1	1	2	+1	0	7	2	0		18:19	26
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2		28:28	30
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	40.9	24:57	26
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	1	62.5	15:36	21
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		25:37	32
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		24:08	25
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	33.3	20:54	26
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		19:44	24
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		18:42	23
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		14:16	20
82	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	3		13:34	18
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		12:58	21
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	69.2	12:52	22
13	Nick Baptiste	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		12:32	21
41	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	1		12:09	20
25	Seth Griffith	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		10:12	15
10	Jacob Josefson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	33.3	10:04	14
17	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		8:45	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Chad Johnson	W	22	21	1	.955	61:23

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
5	Dan Girardi	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0		20:17	23
37	Yanni Gourde	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	33.3	12:41	18
89	Cory Conacher	C	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	0		9:01	13
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2		29:31	29
6	Anton Stralman	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1		25:31	27
21	Brayden Point	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	28.6	19:31	24
9	Tyler Johnson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	54.5	18:40	22
17	Alex Killorn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0		18:36	23
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	62.5	17:40	24
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	50.0	17:38	22
73	Adam Erne	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0		16:35	22
98	Mikhail Sergachev	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		16:07	20
55	Braydon Coburn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		15:47	20
24	Ryan Callahan	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		14:14	19
62	Andrej Sustr	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		13:08	17
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		11:52	17
13	Cedric Paquette	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	70.0	11:49	15
15	Michael Bournival	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		9:20	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	OTL	34	32	2	.941	61:26