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2017-18 regular season

Lightning at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 1–0

Lightning beat Sabres 2–0 at KeyBank Center on November 28, 2017.

TBL – BUF
26–34
Shots on goal
1/3–0/3
Power play
12–23
Hits
11–9
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Mikhail Sergachev
1 G
1 shots · 12:38 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Dan Girardi
1 G
1 shots · 15:22 TOI
3rd star ⚡ TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy
34 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Mikhail Sergachev PP Go-ahead 1st · 16:29
Assists: Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat · beat Robin Lehner
1–0
2nd period
⚡ Dan Girardi 2nd · 12:08
Assists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Nikita Kucherov · beat Robin Lehner
2–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Point · Gourde · Kucherov 20:54
L2 Killorn · Palat · Johnson 17:10
L3 Kunitz · Stamkos · Namestnikov 14:22
L4 Paquette · Callahan 11:26
D1 Hedman · Stralman 23:42
D2 Coburn · Girardi 16:40
D3 Sustr · Sergachev 12:50
D4 Koekkoek 9:42
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kane · O'Reilly · Eichel 21:32
L2 Reinhart · Okposo · Pominville 18:17
L3 Larsson · Pouliot · Nolan 12:23
L4 Moulson · Girgensons · Criscuolo 8:47
D1 Ristolainen · Scandella 25:00
D2 Beaulieu · Antipin 17:05
D3 Falk · McCabe 15:02

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL BUF⚔️
26 Shots on goal 34
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
12 Hits 23
11 Blocked shots 9
1 Takeaways 5
1 Giveaways 5
6 Penalty minutes 6
TBL shooting 7.7% (2/26) BUF shooting 0.0% (0/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy Shutout
34/34
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:50 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 55:41 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 2 goals located
Mikhail Sergachev · 1st 16:29 · 1–0 Dan Girardi · 2nd 12:08 · 2–0
TBL BUF
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-3-1 (20% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Lightning lead the season series 1–0
Apr 92017 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 2–4 Mar 42017 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 SO Jan 122017 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 2–4 Nov 172016 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 4–1 Nov 102015 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 4–1
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Who won Lightning vs Sabres on November 28, 2017?

Lightning won 2–0. The final score was Lightning 2, Sabres 0.

Who scored for Lightning?

Dan Girardi, Mikhail Sergachev.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 34 saves on 34 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeNov 25 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 2–5 AfterNov 29 ⚡TBL @ 🐻BOS 2–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 25 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–3 AfterDec 1 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 4–0
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