The Panthers struck first, but the Sabres pulled back control of the game thanks to a sterling performance from Krebs.

Jake Guentzel leads the Lightning in high-danger chances over the past five games, but only scored in one of them. Playing for a sizable home favorite in a game with a 6.5 total, this is a good spot for him to find twine. The Lightning are a strong shot suppression team, but that shouldn’t matter too much for Jason Zucker.

Buffalo Sabres (32-18-5, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (35-14-4, in the Atlantic Division) Tampa, Florida; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lightning -227, Sabres +186;

The Sabres previously beat the Wild 3-2 in a shootout on Nov. 29. The Wild made one franchise-altering change since then, with the blockbuster acquisition of Quinn Hughes in December. The defenseman has 16 points (1+15) in 16 games since the trade.

The Florida Panthers are now dead-last in the Atlantic Division. They have lost four-straight games and their latest 5-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres did not sit quite well with some players on the supposed Stanley Cup three-peat hopefuls.

The Buffalo Sabres will try to extend their winning streak to six games when they host the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night at KeyBank Center.Buffalo has been one of the NHL’s

The New York Islanders spent the last two weeks far away from home confirming their status as a fading playoff contender. The Buffalo Sabres barely had to leave the Eastern time zone to continue one of the most surprising in-season comebacks in memory.

Panthers star center Sam Bennett suffered an apparent injury during Monday night's game against the Sabres.

BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres host the Los Angeles Kings as winners of four straight games. Buffalo is 16-6-3 at home and 30-17-5 overall. The Sabres have gone 10-3-3 in games they score one or more power-play goals. Los Angeles is 22-16-13 overall and 14-6-6 in road games. The Kings are 17-1-7 when scoring at least three goals.

Beginning with the early days of Roger Crozier, the Buffalo Sabres have an illustrious history of goaltenders. It’s a franchise with nine Vezina Trophies to its name: a shared trophy for Bob Sauve and Don Edwards, one each for Tom Barrasso and Ryan Miller, and of course the six won by Dominik Hasek at the height of his all-time great career.

The Los Angeles Kings (22-17-13) look to respond after suffering a tough loss Thursday afternoon against the Buffalo Sabres as they continue their road trip against the Philadelphia Flyers (24-20-9).