Game Thread: Buffalo Sabres (27-28-4) at Tampa Bay Lightning (32-24-5) – 29 Feb 2024 – 7:00PM EST

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# Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (27-28-4) at Tampa Bay [](/r/tampabaylightning) Lightning (32-24-5)

#Amalie Arena

##In-Game Updates

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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|1st – 14:24|

|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|0|–|–|0|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|0|–|–|0|

##Team Stats

|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocks|FOW%|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Play|PIM|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|1|1|1|66.7%|1|0|0/0|0|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|3|2|1|33.3%|3|1|0/0|0|

##Goals

|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
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##Penalties

|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|

**Officials**

* Referees: Francois St-Laurent, Thomas John Luxmore
* Linesmen: Julien Fournier, Matt MacPherson

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG-B, BSSUN|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020945) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020945/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020945/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020945/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Brandon Hagel|Brayden Point|Nikita Kucherov|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Steven Stamkos|Nick Paul|Conor Sheary|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Casey Mittelstadt|Dylan Cozens|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Michael Eyssimont|Anthony Cirelli|Mitchell Chaffee|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|Peyton Krebs|JJ Peterka|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Maxwell Crozier|Luke Glendening|Tyler Motte|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Robinson|Zemgus Girgensons|Kyle Okposo|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Victor Hedman|Darren Raddysh|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Henri Jokiharju|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Calvin de Haan|Erik Cernak|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Erik Johnson|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Emil Martinsen-Lilleberg|Nick Perbix|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jacob Bryson|Connor Clifton|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Andrei Vasilevskiy|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Jonas Johansson|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/tampa-bay-lightning/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Haydn Fleury|22 Feb 2024|Upper Body|DTD|Fleury (upper body) won’t play Tuesday versus Philadelphia, per Gabby Shirley of Bally Sports Florida.|unknown|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Tanner Jeannot|15 Feb 2024|Lower Body|IR|Jeannot (undisclosed) is expected to miss at least another week of action. Coach Jon Cooper told reporters, “He’s probably going to be out like another week or so and then we can make a decision after that. Don’t hold me to that, but he won’t be playing, definitely not on this homestand,” per Chris Krenn of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s official site.|unknown|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Mikhail Sergachev|07 Feb 2024|Leg|IR-LT|Surgery|17 Apr 2024|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Logan Brown||Undisclosed|IR-LT||unknown|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|15 Feb 2024|Lower Body|IR|Quinn (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Thursday, according to Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News.|27 Mar 2024|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|06 Feb 2024|Upper Body|IR|Samuelsson (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Tuesday.|15 Sep 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/tampa-bay-lightning/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|61|32|24|5|69|0.566|3.38|3.39|28.96|80.70|29.59|29.66|51.12|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|59|27|28|4|58|0.492|2.88|3.00|15.20|79.12|31.71|29.24|46.25|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Andrei Vasilevskiy|35|35|20|15|0|1|2.99|0.896|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Jonas Johansson|25|23|11|7|5|2|3.43|0.887|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|35|32|17|15|2|4|2.47|0.914|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|20|19|9|7|2|0|3.30|0.891|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=14 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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