BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
49-23-8 · W3 · L10: 5-3-2
L
W
W
L
L
L
SO
W
W
W
Final/OT
6—5
2023-02-23 · Amalie Arena
TBL
TBL
Tampa Bay Lightning
49-25-6 · W1 · L10: 5-4-1
W
L
SO
W
W
W
OT
L
W
W
TBL controlled xG 5.7 to 4.8 but BUF won on execution · Decided in overtime

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RDOT
BUF xG
4.79
ACTUAL
6 — 5
TBL xG
5.68

Scoring Timeline

0.04
LOW xG
TBL1P 02:19Even Strength
Steven Stamkos
91
Steven Stamkos(26)
C · TBL · #91
Brayden Point (29), Nikita Kucherov (60)
BUF 0 - 1 TBL
0.06
MED xG
BUF1P 11:41Even Strength
Zemgus Girgensons
28
Zemgus Girgensons(7)
C · BUF · #28
Rasmus Dahlin (47), Tyson Jost (14)
BUF 1 - 1 TBL
0.06
MED xG
BUF2P 09:36Power Play
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(37)
C · BUF · #72
Jeff Skinner (33), Rasmus Dahlin (48)
BUF 2 - 1 TBL
0.74
HIGH xG
BUF2P 12:20Even Strength
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(38)
C · BUF · #72
Jeff Skinner (34)
BUF 3 - 1 TBL
0.62
HIGH xG
TBL2P 12:36Even Strength
Victor Hedman
77
Victor Hedman(5)
D · TBL · #77
Patrick Maroon (9), Nick Paul (11)
BUF 3 - 2 TBL
0.74
HIGH xG
BUF2P 13:25Even Strength
Jack Quinn
22
Jack Quinn(10)
R · BUF · #22
Peyton Krebs (9), Casey Mittelstadt (26)
BUF 4 - 2 TBL
0.70
HIGH xG
TBL3P 05:48Even Strength
Brayden Point
21
Brayden Point(34)
C · TBL · #21
Victor Hedman (35), Brandon Hagel (26)
BUF 4 - 3 TBL
0.74
HIGH xG
BUF3P 06:18Even Strength
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(39)
C · BUF · #72
BUF 5 - 3 TBL
0.79
HIGH xG
TBL3P 08:33Even Strength
Anthony Cirelli
71
Anthony Cirelli(8)
C · TBL · #71
Erik Cernak (10), Brayden Point (30)
BUF 5 - 4 TBL
0.79
HIGH xG
TBL3P 14:54Power Play
Ross Colton
20
Ross Colton(13)
C · TBL · #20
Steven Stamkos (35), Brayden Point (31)
BUF 5 - 5 TBL
0.54
HIGH xG
BUFOT 01:41Power Play
Ilya Lyubushkin
46
Ilya Lyubushkin(1)
D · BUF · #46
BUF 6 - 5 TBL

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Eric Comrie
1
Eric Comrie
G · BUF · #1
36/41 saves, .878 SV%, +0.7 GSAx
★2
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson
C · BUF · #72
3G, 4 SOG, 3 HIT
★3
Brayden Point
21
Brayden Point
C · TBL · #21
1G, 3A, 2 SOG, 2 HIT

Team Stats

BUFTBL
0Shots0
4.79xGF5.68
41.9CF%58.1
—FO%—
0/0PP0/0
0Hits0
0Blocks0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
0PIM0

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGTBL SOGBUF xGTBL xG
1st180.360.50
2nd1092.151.21
3rd6151.753.54
OT040.540.43
Total17364.805.68

Penalties

5 TOTAL
2P 00:24
TBL
Brandon Hageltripping (2 min)
Drawn by Jeff Skinner
2P 06:26
BUF
Mattias Samuelssonholding (2 min)
Drawn by Brayden Point
2P 08:51
TBL
Nick Paulinterference (2 min)
Drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
3P 13:45
BUF
Teamtoo-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)
3P 19:52
BUF
Henri Jokiharjudelaying-game-puck-over-glass (2 min)