Game 888 Preview: Tampa Bay at Buffalo
28-29 Regular Season
| Day | Game | Visitor | S | Home | S | OT | Boxscore | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 83 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | Buffalo Sabres | 3 | - | Boxscore | ||
| 68 | 501 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 3 | Buffalo Sabres | 4 | True | Boxscore | ||
| 88 | 642 | Buffalo Sabres | 2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 3 | - | Boxscore | ||
| 106 | 769 | Buffalo Sabres | 5 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 3 | - | Boxscore | ||
| 124 | 888 | Tampa Bay Lightning | - | Buffalo Sabres | - | - | - | ||
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WINS VERSUS Sabres : 1
Last 10 Games : 4-5-1 (L1)
Away Record : 11-16-4
Overall Record : 25-29-4
Last 10 Games : 4-5-1 (L1)
Away Record : 11-16-4
Overall Record : 25-29-4
Skaters
| Name | CON | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Schmaltz | 100 | 58 | 28 | 30 | 58 | -9 | 15 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | 100 | 58 | 21 | 32 | 53 | -9 | 23 |
| Ryan Donato | 100 | 58 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 7 | 20 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 100 | 58 | 16 | 24 | 40 | -6 | 22 |
| Brock Boeser | 100 | 58 | 19 | 20 | 39 | -7 | 24 |
| Noah Dobson | 100 | 53 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 18 |
| Michael McCarron | 100 | 58 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 60 |
| Dante Fabbro | 100 | 50 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 30 |
| Timothy Liljegren | 100 | 58 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 30 |
| Cal Clutterbuck | 100 | 50 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 16 |
| Colin Miller | 100 | 58 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 50 |
| Nick Cousins | 100 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 41 |
| John Beecher | 100 | 49 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 4 |
| Casey Cizikas | 100 | 55 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 36 |
| Michael Rasmussen | 100 | 54 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| Alec Martinez | 100 | 58 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -11 | 16 |
| Anthony Duclair | 100 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 10 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | 100 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Dennis Cholowski | 100 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| Jon Merrill | 100 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 4 |
Goalies
| Name | CON | GP | W | L | OT | GAA | Sv % | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Swayman | 96 | 49 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 3.03 | 0.918 | 0 |
| Petr Mrazek | 100 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3.27 | 0.908 | 0 |
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WINS VERSUS Lightning : 3
Last 10 Games : 4-4-2 (W1)
Home Record : 12-10-5
Overall Record : 23-25-8
Last 10 Games : 4-4-2 (W1)
Home Record : 12-10-5
Overall Record : 23-25-8
Skaters
| Name | CON | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mika Zibanejad | 100 | 56 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 24 | 8 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | 100 | 53 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 2 | 68 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 100 | 56 | 18 | 26 | 44 | -15 | 42 |
| Sidney Crosby | 100 | 55 | 20 | 23 | 43 | -14 | 22 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 100 | 51 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 17 | 38 |
| J.T. Compher | 100 | 56 | 14 | 18 | 32 | -5 | 12 |
| Tyler Myers | 99 | 46 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 34 |
| Kevin Stenlund | 100 | 55 | 10 | 8 | 18 | -1 | 20 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | 100 | 50 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 14 |
| T.J. Oshie | 100 | 56 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 48 |
| Lars Eller | 100 | 51 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 4 |
| Patrick Maroon | 100 | 56 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 40 |
| Luke Schenn | 98 | 56 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 20 |
| Klim Kostin | 100 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| Nikita Zadorov | 99 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 88 |
| Brett Pesce | 96 | 56 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| Jimmy Vesey | 100 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Emil Bemstrom | 100 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Injured Reserve | |||||||
| Jake Walman | 84 | 48 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 88 | 53 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 34 |
| Nikita Okhotyuk | 80 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
Goalies
| Name | CON | GP | W | L | OT | GAA | Sv % | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Sorokin | 95 | 55 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3.00 | 0.919 | 1 |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.96 | 0.889 | 0 |

