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2015-16 regular season

Lightning at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 3–0

Lightning beat Sabres 4–1 at KeyBank Center on November 5, 2015.

TBL – BUF
22–31
Shots on goal
13–25
Hits
18–8
Blocked shots
5–7
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Nikita Kucherov
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 16:30 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Steven Stamkos
1 G
2 shots · 16:21 TOI
3rd star ⚡ TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Steven Stamkos Go-ahead 1st · 05:55
Assists: Valtteri Filppula, Ondrej Palat · beat Linus Ullmark
1–0
⚡ Tyler Johnson 1st · 11:35
Assists: Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov · beat Linus Ullmark
2–0
⚡ Nikita Kucherov 1st · 18:20
Assists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Braydon Coburn · beat Linus Ullmark
3–0
2nd period
⚔️ Jack Eichel 2nd · 04:21
Assists: Mike Weber, Tyler Ennis · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
3–1
3rd period
⚡ Victor Hedman Empty net 3rd · 19:30
Assists: Andrej Sustr
4–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Palat · Johnson · Filppula 18:12
L2 Killorn · Stamkos · Kucherov 16:29
L3 Namestnikov · Boyle · Callahan 13:42
L4 Paquette · Condra · Brown 11:32
D1 Hedman · Garrison 21:43
D2 Stralman · Coburn 19:36
D3 Sustr · Nesterov 17:02
⚔️Sabres
L1 O'Reilly · Eichel · Ennis 19:41
L2 Girgensons · Reinhart · Gionta 17:00
L3 Larsson · Moulson · Foligno 13:46
L4 McGinn · Deslauriers · Legwand 8:07
D1 Ristolainen · Franson 21:28
D2 McCabe · Weber 19:10
D3 Gorges · Pysyk 17:02

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL BUF⚔️
22 Shots on goal 31
13 Hits 25
18 Blocked shots 8
5 Takeaways 7
7 Giveaways 5
4 Penalty minutes 6
TBL shooting 18.2% (4/22) BUF shooting 3.2% (1/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Chad Johnson Shutout
10/10
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 39:08 TOI
Linus Ullmark
8/11
.727 SV% · 3 GA · 20:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Steven Stamkos · 1st 05:55 · 1–0 Tyler Johnson · 1st 11:35 · 2–0 Nikita Kucherov · 1st 18:20 · 3–0 Jack Eichel · 2nd 04:21 · 3–1 Victor Hedman · 3rd 19:30 · 4–1
TBL BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 3–1
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Lightning lead the season series 3–0
Oct 172015 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 1–2 Oct 102015 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 4–1 Mar 32015 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 0–3 Jan 92015 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 1–2 Dec 312014 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 5–1
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Who won Lightning vs Sabres on November 5, 2015?

Lightning won 4–1. The final score was Lightning 4, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Lightning?

Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos, Tyler Johnson, Victor Hedman.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jack Eichel.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Chad Johnson made 10 saves on 10 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Lightning vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Sabres season series?

Lightning lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeNov 3 ⚡TBL @ 🐙DET 1–2 AfterNov 7 ⚡TBL @ 🌲MIN 0–1
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 1 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 2–1 AfterNov 7 🐋VAN @ ⚔️BUF 2–3
Also on November 5
🐻BOS 1–4 🦅WSH 🏝️NYI 1–4 🇨🇦MTL ✈️WPG 2–3 🏛️OTT 🐯NSH 3–2 🌲MIN 🔔PHI 1–2 🔥CGY 🏔️COL 2–4 🌵ARI 🐆FLA 2–5 🦈SJS 🧥CBJ 3–2 👑LAK
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