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Buffalo Sabres 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 — Recap
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Game Summary
Final: Buffalo Sabres 6, Tampa Bay Lightning 2. Shots on goal: BUF 35, TBL 38. Goals by period (from the event feed, matching the official final): P1 BUF 4-0 TBL; P2 BUF 1-1 TBL; P3 BUF 1-1 TBL.
Scoring plays: P1 05:25 Rasmus Dahlin (assists: Owen Power) to make it BUF 1-0 TBL; P1 06:15 Josh Norris (assists: Josh Doan, Zach Metsa) to make it BUF 2-0 TBL; P1 08:18 Josh Norris (assists: Bowen Byram, Zach Benson) to make it BUF 3-0 TBL; P1 15:06 Tage Thompson (assists: Peyton Krebs, Rasmus Dahlin) to make it BUF 4-0 TBL; P2 01:54 Zach Metsa to make it BUF 5-0 TBL; P2 16:03 Dominic James (assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Victor Hedman) to make it BUF 5-1 TBL; P3 03:43 Alex Tuch (assists: Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Quinn) to make it BUF 6-1 TBL; P3 05:27 Victor Hedman (assists: Darren Raddysh) to make it BUF 6-2 TBL. Top skaters: Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 1 G, 2 A; Josh Norris (BUF) 2 G, 0 A; Victor Hedman (TBL) 1 G, 1 A; Zach Metsa (BUF) 1 G, 1 A. Goaltending (box score): Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) 9 saves on 14, decision L; Jonas Johansson (TBL) 20 saves on 21; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) 36 saves on 38, decision W.
Standouts
Every skater's and goalie's line is in the box score below.
📊 Game Flow
- P1 5:25 Rasmus Dahlin (Owen Power) BUF · wrist shot · BUF 1, TBL 0
- P1 6:15 Josh Norris (Josh Doan, Zach Metsa) BUF · wrist shot · BUF 2, TBL 0
- P1 8:18 Josh Norris (Bowen Byram, Zach Benson) BUF · tip-in shot · BUF 3, TBL 0
- P1 15:06 Tage Thompson (Peyton Krebs, Rasmus Dahlin) BUF · wrist shot · BUF 4, TBL 0
- P2 1:54 Zach Metsa BUF · wrist shot · BUF 5, TBL 0
- P2 16:03 Dominic James (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Victor Hedman) TBL · wrist shot · BUF 5, TBL 1
- P3 3:43 Alex Tuch (Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Quinn) BUF · Power play · wrist shot · BUF 6, TBL 1
- P3 5:27 Victor Hedman (Darren Raddysh) TBL · slap shot · BUF 6, TBL 2
Biggest Period
The Buffalo Sabres scored 4 goals in P1 — the biggest single period of the game.
📋 Team Stats
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 10 | 20 | 5 | 35 |
| TBL | 14 | 12 | 12 | 38 |
🎯 Shot Map
- 6Goals12% of attempts
- 29Saved58% of attempts
- 15Missed the net30% of attempts
- 2Goals4% of attempts
- 36Saved71% of attempts
- 13Missed the net25% of attempts
● goal (large) · ● saved · ✕ missed the net; blocked shots are not located. Each team attacks to the right.
🏒 Box Score
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24:32 |
| Josh Norris | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13:08 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18:15 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22:45 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19:59 |
| Josh Doan | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16:08 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14:21 |
| Zach Benson | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:39 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10:59 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24:08 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:21 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:46 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:04 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12:26 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:40 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | W | 36 | 38 | 94.7 | 2 | 59:41 |
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Hedman | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16:53 |
| Dominic James | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13:06 |
| Darren Raddysh | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21:18 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16:26 |
| Brandon Hagel | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21:03 |
| Nikita Kucherov | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20:11 |
| Brayden Point | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:52 |
| Emil Lilleberg | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16:45 |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:16 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15:59 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15:50 |
| J.J. Moser | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15:46 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15:03 |
| Erik Cernak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:39 |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:01 |
| Pontus Holmberg | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:52 |
| Jake Guentzel | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| Gage Goncalves | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 08:17 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | L | 9 | 14 | 64.3 | 5 | 21:54 |
| Jonas Johansson | — | 20 | 21 | 95.2 | 1 | 38:06 |
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