The more rested Lightning had the bulk of the chances early, and they turned a Sabres giveaway into a Nikita Kucherov goal. Ellis was Buffalo’s best player as he made 12 saves in the first period, including five on high-danger chances, per Natural Stat Trick.

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.

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

The Buffalo Sabres dropped a 4-3 overtime decision to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night after surrendering a tying goal in the final seconds of regulation and a breakaway winner in the extra period.

Florida has been alternating their goalies. If they continue it will be Danill Tarasov. He’s 8-7-2 with a 2.67 goals against and .904 save percentage. Matthew Tkachuk is finally back and has played eight games and has points in just one game.

Just days after being named head coach, Joe Brady took in the Sabres' NHL game against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. While a loss, Brady was welcomed by fans on the big screen during the game. He also did an intermission interview alongside general manager Brandon Beane.

Goalie gets 11th win in past 12 starts, Krebs has 3 points for Buffalo; Bennett leaves with upper-body injury for Florida

His play in Buffalo’s close loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday was the latest example. He scored an early game-tying goal, letting out an animated first pump to celebrate. The Sabres had an 18-9 advantage in scoring chances during Power’s five-on-five minutes as he controlled play in the offensive zone.