Final May 18
FLA 6 -140 o5.0
TOR 1 +120 u5.0
Buffalo 7th Atlantic36-39-5-2
Tampa Bay 2nd Atlantic47-27-5-3

Sabres vs Lightning Game Overview

Amalie Arena

BUF vs TBRecords

Team Table
Team Record ATS O/U Away Home
BUF 35-37-7 43-36-0 44-28-7 13-23-4 22-14-3
TB 45-26-8 41-38-0 36-37-6 18-18-4 27-8-4

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss
6-4
Over / Under
5-4-1
Head-To-Head
Date Home Result ML O/U HSOG ASOG HPP APP
Apr 05, '25 BUF 3 - 2 (SO) BUF +182 u6.5 38 24 1-3 0-3
Mar 06, '25 TB 6 - 5 TB -233 o6.5 26 33 1-3 1-4
Apr 15, '24 TB 4 - 2 BUF +151 P6.0 33 34 0-2 0-2
Feb 29, '24 TB 3 - 2 (OT) BUF +132 u6.5 23 23 1-3 2-3
Jan 20, '24 BUF 3 - 1 TB -109 u6.5 27 16 0-2 0-3
Oct 17, '23 BUF 3 - 2 (OT) BUF -117 u7.0 31 25 0-3 0-4
Mar 04, '23 BUF 5 - 3 BUF +137 o7.0 34 36 2-5 1-5
Feb 23, '23 TB 6 - 5 (OT) BUF +190 o7.0 41 23 1-3 1-2
Nov 28, '22 BUF 6 - 5 (OT) TB -141 o6.5 37 25 0-1 3-4
Nov 05, '22 TB 5 - 3 TB -248 o6.5 30 24 1-2 1-3

GoaltendersLast 5

W/L
3-1-0-1
GAA
2.00
Save %
.922
Buffalo Goaltender Stats
Date Score W/L GA SA SV% SO ML O/U
U.Luukkonen Apr 12, 2025 FLA 3 - BUF 2 (SO) - 2 34 .941 - L +132 u5.5
J.Reimer Apr 10, 2025 CLB 3 - BUF 2 L 3 30 .900 - L +118 u6.5
J.Reimer Apr 8, 2025 BUF 3 - CAR 0 W 0 33 1.00 Shootout Check W +207 u6.5
U.Luukkonen Apr 6, 2025 BUF 6 - BOS 3 W 3 20 .850 - W -173 o6.0
J.Reimer Apr 5, 2025 BUF 3 - TB 2 (SO) W 2 24 .917 - W +182 u6.5
W/L
1-1-2-1
GAA
2.60
Save %
.907
Tampa Bay Goaltender Stats
Date Score W/L GA SA SV% SO ML O/U
A.Vasilevskiy Apr 11, 2025 TB 3 - DET 4 (OT) - 4 26 .846 - L -315 o6.5
A.Vasilevskiy Apr 9, 2025 TB 3 - TOR 4 (OT) - 4 31 .871 - L -177 o6.0
A.Vasilevskiy Apr 7, 2025 NYR 1 - TB 5 W 1 39 .974 - W -149 o5.5
J.Johansson Apr 5, 2025 BUF 3 - TB 2 (SO) - 2 38 .947 - L -205 u6.5
A.Vasilevskiy Apr 3, 2025 OTT 2 - TB 1 L 2 19 .895 - L -153 u6.0

BUF vs TBStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE Stat DEFENSE
3.29 Total 2.66
1.10 1st Period 0.72
1.05 2nd Period 0.95
1.05 3rd Period 0.89
0.04 OT 0.06

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE Stat DEFENSE
27.68 Total 28.35
8.56 1st Period 7.76
9.05 2nd Period 9.20
8.38 3rd Period 7.95
0.38 OT 0.28

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING Stat SAVE PCT.
0.12 Total 0.91
0.13 1st Period 0.91
0.12 2nd Period 0.90
0.13 3rd Period 0.89
0.10 OT 0.77

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY Stat PENALTY KILL
42 - 224 G/Att vs. GA/Att 37 - 199
18.75 PP % vs. PK % 81.41

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Buffalo Goaltenders
Name S SV SV% WL
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 1459 1293 0.886 24-23-5
James Reimer 607 549 0.904 9-9-2

BUF vs TBInjury report

Buffalo's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
O. Power D Out - Lower-body( Apr 18, '25) Apr 18, '25
Power said on Saturday (Apr. 19) that he will need two months to recover from his lower-body injury, but he will not need surgery, per Heather Engel of NHL.com.
J. Norris F Out For Season - Undisclosed( Apr 14, '25) Apr 14, '25
Norris' injury is a soft-tissue injury that the Sabres knew about before acquiring him from the Senators, according to Brian Koziol of WGR.
J. Greenway F Out - Lower Body( Apr 11, '25) Apr 11, '25
The Sabres said on Saturday (Apr. 12) that Greenway is not expected to return before the end of the regular season, per Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS # Player
LW 9 Zach Benson
LW 12 Jordan Greenway
C 13 Josh Norris
LW 17 Jason Zucker
C 19 Peyton Krebs
C 20 Jiri Kulich
RW 22 Jack Quinn
LW 29 Beck Malenstyn
C 36 Noah Ostlund
C 48 Tyson Kozak
RW 63 Isak Rosen
C 71 Ryan McLeod
C 72 Tage Thompson
RW 77 JJ Peterka
C 81 Sam Lafferty
RW 89 Alex Tuch
Defense
POS # Player
G 1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D 4 Bowen Byram
D 23 Mattias Samuelsson
D 24 Jacob Bernard-Docker
D 25 Owen Power
D 26 Rasmus Dahlin
G 47 James Reimer
D 75 Connor Clifton
D 78 Jacob Bryson

Tampa Bay's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
O. Bjorkstrand RW Out - Lower Body( May 01, '25) May 01, '25
The Lightning reported on Friday (May 2) that Bjorkstrand underwent surgery after suffering from compartment syndrome, per Benjamin Pierce of the Lightning's official site.

Tampa Bay Starters Last Game

Offense
POS # Player
C 11 Luke Glendening
RW 13 Cam Atkinson
C 14 Conor Geekie
LW 20 Nick Paul
C 21 Brayden Point
RW 22 Oliver Bjorkstrand
C 28 Zemgus Girgensons
C 37 Yanni Gourde
LW 38 Brandon Hagel
RW 41 Mitchell Chaffee
C 59 Jake Guentzel
C 71 Anthony Cirelli
RW 86 Nikita Kucherov
C 93 Gage Goncalves
Defense
POS # Player
D 27 Ryan McDonagh
G 31 Jonas Johansson
D 43 Darren Raddysh
D 48 Nick Perbix
D 65 Maxwell Crozier
D 77 Victor Hedman
D 78 Emil Lilleberg
D 81 Erik Cernak
G 88 Andrei Vasilevskiy
D 90 J.J. Moser

Betting Terminology

  • VS: Opponent for the team
  • Result: Result in the last game played between the 2 teams
  • ATS: Puck line result in the game
  • O/U: Over/Under result in the game
  • $: Net money won in the last 10 games
  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds for the winning team
  • HSOG: Home team shots on goal
  • ASOG: Away team shots on goal
  • HPP: Home team powerplay goals and attempts
  • APP: Away team powerplay goals and attempts

Betting Terminology

  • W/L: Win/Loss record
  • GA: Goals Against
  • SA: Saves in the game
  • SV%: Save Pct for the game
  • SO: Recorded a shutout
  • ML: Closing money line for the game
  • O/U: Closing OU for the game

Betting Terminology

  • NHL Avg: NHL Average
  • Shot Pct: Goals per shots percentage
  • Save %: Saves per shots faced percentage
  • PP: Powerplay
  • PK: Penalty Kill

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