nhl Game Recap
Lightning vs Sabres Final: 6-5 - Recap
The Lightning got a 3-goal performance from Jake Guentzel as Tampa Bay handed Buffalo a 6-5 defeat on Thursday at Amalie Arena.
Tampa Bay was favored by -227 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Tampa Bay got goals from Jake Guentzel(3), Oliver Bjorkstrand, Darren Raddysh, and Nick Paul in the victory. Paul opened the scoring at 5:01 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 28-save effort for the Lightning.
Buffalo got goals from Alex Tuch, JJ Peterka, Peyton Krebs, Tage Thompson, and Rasmus Dahlin in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Buffalo got a 20-stop effort from Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in the loss.
Tampa Bay scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Buffalo went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Buffalo by a margin of 33-26.
Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act home to face Boston looking for another win. For Buffalo, they head on the road to face Florida.