Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning
Thu, Feb 23, 2023 · Amalie Arena · 2022–23 Regular Season
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–5 in overtime on Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at Amalie Arena. Tage Thompson scored a hat trick. Eric Comrie made 36 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–41.
Linescore
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 23 |
| TBL | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 41 |
Scoring summary
| Per | Time | Team | Str | Goal | Assists | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 02:19 | TBL | EV | Steven Stamkos (26) · wrist | Brayden Point (29), Nikita Kucherov (60) | 0–1 |
| 1st | 11:41 | BUF | EV | Zemgus Girgensons (7) · deflected | Rasmus Dahlin (47), Tyson Jost (14) | 1–1 |
| 2nd | 09:36 | BUF | PP | Tage Thompson (37) · wrist | Jeff Skinner (33), Rasmus Dahlin (48) | 2–1 |
| 2nd | 12:20 | BUF | EV | Tage Thompson (38) · wrist | Jeff Skinner (34) | 3–1 |
| 2nd | 12:36 | TBL | EV | Victor Hedman (5) · slap | Patrick Maroon (9), Nick Paul (11) | 3–2 |
| 2nd | 13:25 | BUF | EV | Jack Quinn (10) · wrist | Peyton Krebs (9), Casey Mittelstadt (26) | 4–2 |
| 3rd | 05:48 | TBL | EV | Brayden Point (34) · backhand | Victor Hedman (35), Brandon Hagel (26) | 4–3 |
| 3rd | 06:18 | BUF | EV | Tage Thompson (39) · wrist | Unassisted | 5–3 |
| 3rd | 08:33 | TBL | EV | Anthony Cirelli (8) · poke | Erik Cernak (10), Brayden Point (30) | 5–4 |
| 3rd | 14:54 | TBL | PP | Ross Colton (13) · slap | Steven Stamkos (35), Brayden Point (31) | 5–5 |
| OT | 01:41 | BUF | SH | Ilya Lyubushkin (1) · wrist | Unassisted | 6–5 |
Penalties
| Per | Time | Team | Player | Infraction | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 00:24 | TBL | Brandon Hagel | tripping | 2 |
| 2nd | 06:26 | BUF | Mattias Samuelsson | holding | 2 |
| 2nd | 08:51 | TBL | Nick Paul | interference | 2 |
| 3rd | 13:45 | BUF | Bench | too many men on the ice | 2 |
| 3rd | 19:52 | BUF | Henri Jokiharju | delaying game puck over glass | 2 |
Shot map
Expected goals: BUF 2.24 · TBL 4.74 · xG% BUF 32.1
Buffalo Sabres
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Tage Thompson | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 52.9 | 17:16 | 22 |
| 26 | Rasmus Dahlin | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 27:03 | 31 | |
| 53 | Jeff Skinner | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | 16:46 | 23 |
| 28 | Zemgus Girgensons | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 50.0 | 17:45 | 22 |
| 19 | Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 76.9 | 15:21 | 24 |
| 17 | Tyson Jost | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40.0 | 14:25 | 17 |
| 37 | Casey Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:16 | 20 | |
| 22 | Jack Quinn | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:57 | 17 | |
| 46 | Ilya Lyubushkin | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12:26 | 17 | |
| 23 | Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 25:04 | 30 | |
| 25 | Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24:31 | 28 | |
| 10 | Henri Jokiharju | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21:54 | 24 | |
| 89 | Alex Tuch | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:03 | 27 | |
| 21 | Kyle Okposo | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40.0 | 15:25 | 20 |
| 24 | Dylan Cozens | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 42.9 | 15:07 | 20 |
| 71 | Victor Olofsson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:04 | 18 | |
| 78 | Jacob Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:12 | 13 | |
| 77 | JJ Peterka | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:11 | 13 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Eric Comrie | W | 41 | 36 | 5 | .878 | 61:41 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Brayden Point | C | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 45.5 | 21:36 | 23 |
| 77 | Victor Hedman | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26:03 | 27 | |
| 91 | Steven Stamkos | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 33.3 | 19:22 | 21 |
| 86 | Nikita Kucherov | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20:27 | 21 | |
| 81 | Erik Cernak | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19:34 | 25 | |
| 71 | Anthony Cirelli | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 18:54 | 22 |
| 38 | Brandon Hagel | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18:36 | 20 | |
| 20 | Nick Paul | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 60.0 | 14:02 | 20 |
| 79 | Ross Colton | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13:15 | 20 | |
| 14 | Patrick Maroon | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11:15 | 16 | |
| 98 | Mikhail Sergachev | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 25:48 | 29 | |
| 28 | Ian Cole | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16:51 | 20 | |
| 17 | Alex Killorn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16:46 | 17 | |
| 48 | Nick Perbix | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15:15 | 21 | |
| 7 | Haydn Fleury | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13:13 | 19 | |
| 10 | Corey Perry | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:48 | 12 | |
| 41 | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 53.8 | 10:43 | 14 |
| 90 | Vladislav Namestnikov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10:31 | 12 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | OTL | 23 | 17 | 6 | .739 | 61:41 |