TBL
Tampa Bay Lightning
49-25-6 · W1 · L10: 5-4-1
L
W
W
W
W
L
L
W
W
W
Final/SO
2—3
2025-04-05 · KeyBank Center
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
49-23-8 · W3 · L10: 5-3-2
W
W
L
W
W
W
L
L
W
W
BUF dominated expected goals 3.0 to 2.4 · Decided in a shootout
xG Flow
CUMULATIVETBL xG
2.37
ACTUAL
2 — 3
BUF xG
3.02
Scoring Timeline
0.66
HIGH xG
21
Brayden Point(39)
C · TBL · #21
Nikita Kucherov (79)TBL 1 - 0 BUF
0.04
MED xG
72
Tage Thompson(40)
C · BUF · #72
Zach Benson (16)TBL 1 - 1 BUF
0.05
MED xG
93
Gage Goncalves(6)
C · TBL · #93
Oliver Bjorkstrand (24), Yanni Gourde (21)TBL 2 - 1 BUF
0.79
HIGH xG
17
Jason Zucker(20)
L · BUF · #17
Alex Tuch (28), Rasmus Dahlin (46)TBL 2 - 2 BUF
Three Stars
PUCKLAB PICKS★1
31
Jonas Johansson
G · TBL · #31
36/38 saves, .947 SV%, +1.1 GSAx
★2
47
James Reimer
G · BUF · #47
22/24 saves, .916 SV%, +0.4 GSAx
★3
93
Gage Goncalves
C · TBL · #93
1G, 4 SOG, 1 HIT
Team Stats
TBLBUF
24Shots38
2.37xGF3.02
48.9CF%51.1
58.2FO%41.8
0/3PP1/3
19Hits16
14Blocks18
18Giveaways13
4Takeaways7
6PIM6
Period Breakdown
| Period | TBL SOG | BUF SOG | TBL xG | BUF xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2 | 9 | 0.17 | 0.51 |
| 2nd | 11 | 11 | 1.50 | 0.59 |
| 3rd | 5 | 12 | 0.39 | 1.41 |
| OT | 4 | 4 | 0.30 | 0.52 |
| Total | 22 | 36 | 2.36 | 3.03 |
Penalties
6 TOTAL1P 00:28
Brandon Hagelhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Bowen Byram1P 09:35
Owen Powerdelaying-game-puck-over-glass (2 min)
2P 08:58
Victor Hedmantripping (2 min)
Drawn by Jason Zucker2P 16:36
Noah Ostlundtripping (2 min)
Drawn by Brandon Hagel2P 19:59
Teamtoo-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)
3P 04:34
Gage Goncalveshooking (2 min)
Drawn by JJ Peterka