BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
49-23-8 · W3 · L10: 5-3-2
L
W
W
W
L
W
L
W
L
L
Final/OT
3—2
2024-02-29 · Amalie Arena
TBL
TBL
Tampa Bay Lightning
49-25-6 · W1 · L10: 5-4-1
L
W
W
L
L
L
W
W
W
L
BUF dominated expected goals 2.8 to 2.4 · Decided in overtime

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RDOT
BUF xG
2.79
ACTUAL
3 — 2
TBL xG
2.41

Scoring Timeline

0.80
HIGH xG
TBL1P 08:12Power Play
Brayden Point
21
Brayden Point(31)
C · TBL · #21
Nikita Kucherov (66), Victor Hedman (50)
BUF 0 - 1 TBL
0.68
HIGH xG
BUF1P 10:59Even Strength
Alex Tuch
89
Alex Tuch(17)
R · BUF · #89
BUF 1 - 1 TBL
0.80
HIGH xG
TBL2P 17:18Even Strength
Mitchell Chaffee
41
Mitchell Chaffee(3)
R · TBL · #41
Erik Cernak (8), Anthony Cirelli (20)
BUF 1 - 2 TBL
0.75
HIGH xG
BUF3P 11:33Power Play
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(18)
C · BUF · #72
Rasmus Dahlin (31)
BUF 2 - 2 TBL
0.51
HIGH xG
BUFOT 01:42Power Play
Rasmus Dahlin
26
Rasmus Dahlin(15)
D · BUF · #26
Casey Mittelstadt (32), Jordan Greenway (12)
BUF 3 - 2 TBL

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
21/23 saves, .913 SV%, +0.4 GSAx
★2
Andrei Vasilevskiy
88
Andrei Vasilevskiy
G · TBL · #88
20/23 saves, .869 SV%, +0.3 GSAx
★3
Rasmus Dahlin
26
Rasmus Dahlin
D · BUF · #26
1G, 1A, 2 SOG, 2 HIT

Team Stats

BUFTBL
23Shots23
2.79xGF2.41
53.6CF%46.4
42.5FO%57.5
2/2PP1/3
31Hits28
11Blocks20
3Giveaways4
10Takeaways5
6PIM6

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGTBL SOGBUF xGTBL xG
1st470.871.17
2nd770.210.99
3rd871.090.25
OT100.620.00
Total20212.792.41

Penalties

6 TOTAL
1P 07:50
BUF
Jordan Greenwayhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Nikita Kucherov
2P 12:30
BUF
Casey Mittelstadtelbowing (2 min)
Drawn by Tyler Motte
3P 10:21
TBL
Brayden Pointhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Alex Tuch
3P 13:10
BUF
Zach Bensontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Nikita Kucherov
3P 16:34
TBL
Victor Hedmanhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Alex Tuch
OT 01:16
TBL
Nikita Kucherovhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Tage Thompson