Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL GLOBAL SERIES

7-5-2

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	2	0	1	3
Sabres BUF	0	1	1	2

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

9-5-2

Kucherov scores, Lightning top Sabres 3-2 in Sweden

Nikita Kucherov scored and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Friday night in the first of their two regular-season games in the Swedish capital.

Nov 8, 2019, 11:30 pm - Associated Press

		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	2	0	1	3
	Sabres	0	1	1	2

1st Period			TB	BUF
3:19		Nikita Kucherov (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brayden Point (7), Kevin Shattenkirk (7)	1	0
16:14		Alex Killorn (3) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Victor Hedman (8), Steven Stamkos (9)	2	0

2nd Period			TB	BUF
15:43		Sam Reinhart (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen (6), Jake McCabe (4)	2	1

3rd Period			TB	BUF
7:45		Yanni Gourde (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Pat Maroon (3), Cedric Paquette (1)	3	1
11:30		Sam Reinhart (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Henri Jokiharju (5), Victor Olofsson (5)	3	2

LIGHTNING

SABRES

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

Lightning
3
Sabres
2

Game 1

8/11

Sabres
3
Lightning
5

Game 2

9/11

Sabres
2
Lightning
5

Game 3

26/11

Lightning
6
Sabres
4

Game 4

1/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	21	13	3	45
Tampa Bay	20	13	3	43
Montreal	19	12	5	43
Boston	20	16	1	41
Florida	19	14	2	40
Ottawa	18	13	4	40
Buffalo	17	14	4	38
Toronto	15	15	5	35

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Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Stars of the Game

Nikita KucherovRW - TB

Sam ReinhartC - BUF

Victor HedmanD - TB

Game Information

Kucherov scores, Lightning top Sabres 3-2 in Sweden

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

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