Lightning 5-4 Sabres (30 Nov, 2018) Game Stats

Buffalo Sabres

17-7-2, 8-5-1 away

	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	1	1	4
TB	3	0	2	5

Tampa Bay Lightning

18-7-1, 11-4-0 home


Shots	22	37
Hits	23	28
Faceoffs Won	22	36
Faceoff Win Percent	37.9	62.1
Power Play Opportunities	2	5
Power Play Goals	0	1
Power Play Percentage	0.0	20.0
Short Handed Goals	0	0
Total Penalties	5	2
Penalty Minutes	20	4
Blocked Shots	10	8
Takeaways	8	7
Giveaways	10	10

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Lightning
1
Sabres
2

Game 1

14/11

Sabres
4
Lightning
5

Game 2

30/11

Lightning
5
Sabres
3

Game 3

13/1

Sabres
1
Lightning
2

Game 4

22/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	9	3	1	19
Tampa Bay	7	5	0	14
Toronto	6	5	2	14
Boston	6	6	1	13
Ottawa	6	5	0	12
Detroit	5	5	1	11
Buffalo	4	7	1	9
Montreal	4	7	1	9

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Buffalo Sabres

Tampa Bay Lightning

Stars of the Game

Cedric PaquetteC - TB

Nikita KucherovRW - TB

Sam ReinhartC - BUF

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Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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