Lightning 2–1 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Mar 4, 2017)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	SO	F
⚡ TBL	0	1	0	1	2
⚔️ BUF	1	0	0	0	1

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚡ TBL

Tyler Johnson

1 G

6 shots · 23:47 TOI

2nd star ⚡ TBL

Victor Hedman

1 A

3 shots · 23:15 TOI

3rd star ⚡ TBL

Andrei Vasilevskiy

31 saves

0.969 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Ryan O'Reilly PP Go-ahead 1st · 19:48

Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen, Jack Eichel · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy

0–1

2nd period

⚡ Tyler Johnson Tying 2nd · 02:37

Assists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · beat Robin Lehner

1–1

Shootout

⚡ Brayden Point Go-ahead SO · 00:00

Unassisted · beat Robin Lehner

2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚡Lightning

L1 Drouin · Palat · Johnson 23:47

L2 Killorn · Point · Kucherov 19:53

L3 Erne · Namestnikov · Paquette 13:42

L4 Dumont · Brown 8:08

D1 Garrison · Stralman 24:19

D2 Hedman · Dotchin 20:46

D3 Coburn · Sustr 14:44

D4 Witkowski 9:51

⚔️Sabres

L1 Kane · Eichel · O'Reilly 23:08

L2 Foligno · Reinhart · Gionta 16:36

L3 Moulson · Rodrigues · Ennis 12:37

L4 Deslauriers · Girgensons · Bailey 8:50

D1 Ristolainen · McCabe 28:40

D2 Bogosian · Gorges 21:34

D3 Franson · Kulikov 12:38

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚡TBL BUF⚔️

32 Shots on goal 32

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

17 Hits 29

9 Blocked shots 13

3 Takeaways 5

3 Giveaways 9

6 Penalty minutes 4

TBL shooting 6.2% (2/32) BUF shooting 3.1% (1/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚡Lightning

Andrei Vasilevskiy

31/32

.969 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Robin Lehner

31/32

.969 SV% · 1 GA · 64:59 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located

TBL BUF

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Lightning

Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-7-2 (31% win rate, 13 games)

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-3-4 (42% win rate, 12 games)

After 2nd — 1–1

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 2nd: 2-2-6 (20% win rate, 10 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 4-3-3 (40% win rate, 10 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Lightning lead the season series 3–0

Jan 122017 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 2–4 Nov 172016 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 4–1 Nov 102015 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 4–1 Nov 52015 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 4–1 Oct 172015 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 1–2

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❓ TBL vs BUF, answered

Who won Lightning vs Sabres on March 4, 2017?

Lightning won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Lightning 2, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Lightning?

Tyler Johnson.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ryan O'Reilly.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

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

BeforeMar 3 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 2–5 AfterMar 6 🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL 1–0

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeMar 2 🌵ARI @ ⚔️BUF 3–6 AfterMar 5 ⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT 3–4

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