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Tampa Bay Falls 6-5 to Sabres - Recap

Buffalo got 3 goals from Tage Thompson en route to a 6-5 victory over Tampa Bay on Thursday at Amalie Arena.

Buffalo was an underdog by +188 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 7.0.

Tage Thompson(3), Ilya Lyubushkin, Zemgus Girgensons, and Jack Quinn each scored for the Sabres in the victory. Girgensons opened the scoring for Buffalo.

Eric Comrie stopped 36 of 41 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.

Steven Stamkos, Ross Colton, Victor Hedman, Anthony Cirelli, and Brayden Point scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Eric Comrie.

Tampa Bay got a 17-stop effort from Andrei Vasilevskiy in the loss.

Buffalo scored 1 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 1-for-3 with the man advantage.

Buffalo lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 41-23.

Buffalo looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Panthers. The Lightning will aim to get back on the winning track at Detroit.