Lightning 7-5 Sabres (7 Apr, 2018) Play-by-Play

Buffalo Sabres

25-44-12, 14-19-7 away

	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	3	0	5
TB	3	1	3	7

Tampa Bay Lightning

54-23-4, 29-10-2 home

SABRES

LIGHTNING

TIME	BUF	TB
0:00
0:00
0:25
0:26
0:30	0	1
0:30
0:42
0:46	0	1
1:13	0	1
1:15	0	1
1:16
1:16
1:36
2:00
2:29	0	1
2:41	0	1
2:57	1	1
2:57
3:24	1	1
3:25	1	1
4:09	1	1
4:10
4:10
4:24
4:32
4:35	1	2
4:35
4:54	1	2
4:55
4:55
5:19	1	2
5:24
5:33	1	2
5:39	1	2
5:42
5:47	1	2
5:53	1	2
6:28
6:32	2	2
6:32
6:37
6:37
7:04
7:07
7:28	2	2
7:29
7:47	2	2
7:50
7:50
8:24
8:24
8:40
9:01
9:04	2	2
9:20	2	2
9:37
9:40	2	3
9:40
9:58
10:00
10:00
10:10
10:20
11:00
11:00
11:58
12:19	2	3
12:23
12:38	2	3
14:31	2	3
14:43
14:51
15:23
15:23
15:53	2	3
16:09	2	3
16:10
16:10
16:11	2	3
16:12
16:12
16:22
17:21
17:22
17:22
17:33	2	3
18:19
18:57	2	3
19:33
19:43
20:00

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Lightning
2
Sabres
0

Game 1

29/11

Lightning
3
Sabres
5

Game 2

14/2

Sabres
2
Lightning
1

Game 3

1/3

Sabres
5
Lightning
7

Game 4

7/4

Amalie Arena

12:30 AM, 7 April 2018

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
Frederick L'Ecuyer

Linesmen:
Tim Nowak
Bevan Mills

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	52	24	6	110
Boston	47	20	15	109
Toronto	46	26	10	102
Tampa Bay	45	29	8	98
Detroit	41	32	9	91
Buffalo	39	37	6	84
Ottawa	37	41	4	78
Montreal	30	36	16	76

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