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Tampa Bay Skates Past Buffalo 5-3 - Recap

Tampa Bay got a pair of goals from Pat Maroon as the Lightning skated to a 5-3 victory over Buffalo on Saturday at Ericsson Globe.

Tampa Bay was favored by -166 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Pat Maroon(2), Yanni Gourde, Mathieu Joseph, and Victor Hedman each scored for the Lightning in the victory. Maroon opened the scoring for Tampa Bay.

Curtis McElhinney stopped 40 of 43 Buffalo shots in the victory.

Buffalo got goals from Sam Reinhart, Jack Eichel, and Victor Olofsson in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Buffalo got a 35-stop effort from Carter Hutton in the loss.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 2-for-3, while the Sabres were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Buffalo by a margin of 43-40.

Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act home to face NY Rangers looking for another win. For Buffalo, they head home to face Carolina.