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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.
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.
The Panthers struck first, but the Sabres pulled back control of the game thanks to a sterling performance from Krebs.
Josh Doan set up Jason Zucker for the winning power-play goal in the third period. The Sabres had to kill two late penalties – which overlapped for 1:07 of 5-on-3 play in favor of the Panthers – before Krebs finally set up a late Doan goal on the rush with 2:09 left to play. Alex Lyon made a season-high 38 saves for the win.
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 Buffalo Sabres saw their five-game win streak come to an end with a 4-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night at KeyBank Center. Buffalo carried a 2-1 lead into the third period, but Montreal’s Cole Caufield scored twice in the final frame to swing the game.
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;
Jason Zucker scored the go-ahead goal on a power play in the third period and Alex Lyon made a season-high 38 saves as the Sabres shook off a shaky start to win 5-3 in Florida on Monday night. The Sabres won despite being out-shot 41 to 20,
The Sabres are on a 20-3-1 stretch and have climbed from last place in the Eastern Conference to a playoff spot.
Jason Zucker broke a tie on a power play at 5:31 of the third period and he Buffalo Sabres beat the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers 5-3 on Monday night