Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning

Thu, Feb 29, 2024 · Amalie Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 2

Final/OT

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 in overtime on Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at Amalie Arena. Rasmus Dahlin led the way with 2 points. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–23.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	08:12	TBL	PP	Brayden Point (31) · wrist	Nikita Kucherov (66), Victor Hedman (50)	0–1
1st	10:59	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (17) · wrist	Unassisted	1–1
2nd	17:18	TBL	EV	Mitchell Chaffee (3) · tip-in	Erik Cernak (8), Anthony Cirelli (20)	1–2
3rd	11:33	BUF	PP	Tage Thompson (18) · snap	Rasmus Dahlin (31)	2–2
OT	01:42	BUF	PP	Rasmus Dahlin (15) · wrist	Casey Mittelstadt (32), Jordan Greenway (12)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:50	BUF	Jordan Greenway	hooking	2
2nd	12:30	BUF	Casey Mittelstadt	elbowing	2
3rd	10:21	TBL	Brayden Point	high sticking	2
3rd	13:10	BUF	Zach Benson	tripping	2
3rd	16:34	TBL	Victor Hedman	hooking	2
OT	01:16	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 1.78 · TBL 1.85 · xG% BUF 49.0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	2		27:55	34
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	35.7	20:21	19
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	1	1	+1	2	4	2	1		18:15	22
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	2		17:34	19
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	2	41.7	17:23	18
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		24:18	31
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		18:59	26
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	50.0	16:57	23
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3		16:28	22
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		16:18	22
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		15:28	15
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		14:40	15
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	100.0	14:25	19
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		13:28	14
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		13:13	13
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		12:46	17
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		11:57	19
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3	10:45	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	23	21	2	.913	61:42

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	1	1	-1	2	2	4	3		24:11	26
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	0	1	1	-1	2	4	1	1		23:21	23
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	3		22:11	29
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	64.3	20:10	25
21	Brayden Point	C	1	0	1	-1	2	2	0	0	55.6	18:36	21
41	Mitchell Chaffee	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	3		12:38	16
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		21:01	26
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1		18:50	18
7	Haydn Fleury	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2		17:11	23
44	Calvin de Haan	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		16:29	19
20	Nick Paul	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	71.4	15:52	16
11	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	57.1	14:55	20
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		14:52	19
64	Tyler Motte	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:24	18
48	Nick Perbix	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:34	16
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		13:29	17
23	Michael Eyssimont	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	2		11:16	15
65	Max Crozier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		9:27	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	OTL	23	20	3	.870	61:09