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 | 4 | Buffalo Sabres | 3 | True | Boxscore | ||
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WINS VERSUS Sabres : 2
Last 10 Games : 5-5-0 (W1)
Away Record : 12-16-4
Overall Record : 26-29-4
Last 10 Games : 5-5-0 (W1)
Away Record : 12-16-4
Overall Record : 26-29-4
Skaters
| Name | CON | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Schmaltz | 100 | 59 | 28 | 31 | 59 | -9 | 15 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | 100 | 59 | 22 | 32 | 54 | -9 | 25 |
| Ryan Donato | 100 | 59 | 26 | 22 | 48 | 8 | 20 |
| Brock Boeser | 100 | 59 | 19 | 21 | 40 | -7 | 24 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 100 | 59 | 16 | 24 | 40 | -6 | 22 |
| Noah Dobson | 100 | 54 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 7 | 20 |
| Michael McCarron | 100 | 59 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 62 |
| Dante Fabbro | 100 | 51 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 32 |
| Timothy Liljegren | 100 | 59 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 30 |
| Cal Clutterbuck | 100 | 51 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 16 |
| Colin Miller | 100 | 59 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 50 |
| Nick Cousins | 100 | 49 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 41 |
| John Beecher | 100 | 50 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 6 |
| Casey Cizikas | 100 | 56 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 36 |
| Michael Rasmussen | 100 | 55 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| Alec Martinez | 100 | 59 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -11 | 16 |
| Anthony Duclair | 100 | 52 | 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 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -6 | 6 |
Goalies
| Name | CON | GP | W | L | OT | GAA | Sv % | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Swayman | 95 | 50 | 23 | 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 (OTL1)
Home Record : 12-10-6
Overall Record : 23-25-9
Last 10 Games : 4-4-2 (OTL1)
Home Record : 12-10-6
Overall Record : 23-25-9
Skaters
| Name | CON | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mika Zibanejad | 100 | 57 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 23 | 8 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | 100 | 54 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 1 | 68 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 100 | 57 | 18 | 28 | 46 | -16 | 42 |
| Sidney Crosby | 100 | 56 | 22 | 23 | 45 | -15 | 22 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 100 | 52 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 17 | 38 |
| J.T. Compher | 100 | 57 | 14 | 18 | 32 | -6 | 12 |
| Tyler Myers | 100 | 47 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 36 |
| Kevin Stenlund | 100 | 56 | 10 | 8 | 18 | -2 | 20 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | 100 | 51 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 14 |
| T.J. Oshie | 100 | 57 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 50 |
| Lars Eller | 100 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 4 |
| Patrick Maroon | 100 | 57 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 42 |
| Luke Schenn | 100 | 57 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| Klim Kostin | 100 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Nikita Zadorov | 100 | 52 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 90 |
| Brett Pesce | 100 | 57 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| Jimmy Vesey | 100 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Emil Bemstrom | 100 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Dawson Barteaux | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ville Heinola | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Injured Reserve | |||||||
| Jake Walman | 88 | 48 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 92 | 53 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 34 |
| Nikita Okhotyuk | 84 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
Goalies
| Name | CON | GP | W | L | OT | GAA | Sv % | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Sorokin | 95 | 56 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 3.01 | 0.918 | 1 |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.96 | 0.889 | 0 |

