Sabres 6–5 Lightning — Final Score & Stats (Feb 23, 2023)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
⚔️ BUF	1	3	1	1	6
⚡ TBL	1	1	3	0	5

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚡ TBL

Brayden Point

1 G, 3 A

2 shots · 21:36 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Tage Thompson

3 G

4 shots · 17:16 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Eric Comrie

36 saves

0.878 SV% · 5 GA

🚨 Scoring

11 goals · in order

1st period

⚡ Steven Stamkos Go-ahead 1st · 02:19

Assists: Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov · beat Eric Comrie

0–1

⚔️ Zemgus Girgensons Tying 1st · 11:41

Assists: Rasmus Dahlin, Tyson Jost · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy

1–1

2nd period

⚔️ Tage Thompson PP Go-ahead 2nd · 09:36

Assists: Jeff Skinner, Rasmus Dahlin · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy

2–1

⚔️ Tage Thompson 2nd · 12:20

Assists: Jeff Skinner · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy

3–1

⚡ Victor Hedman 2nd · 12:36

Assists: Pat Maroon, Nicholas Paul · beat Eric Comrie

3–2

⚔️ Jack Quinn 2nd · 13:25

Assists: Peyton Krebs, Casey Mittelstadt · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy

4–2

3rd period

⚡ Brayden Point 3rd · 05:48

Assists: Victor Hedman, Brandon Hagel · beat Eric Comrie

4–3

⚔️ Tage Thompson 3rd · 06:18

Unassisted · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy

5–3

⚡ Anthony Cirelli 3rd · 08:33

Assists: Erik Cernak, Brayden Point · beat Eric Comrie

5–4

⚡ Ross Colton PP Tying 3rd · 14:54

Assists: Steven Stamkos, Brayden Point · beat Eric Comrie

5–5

Overtime

⚔️ Ilya Lyubushkin SH Go-ahead OT · 01:41

Unassisted · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy

6–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Girgensons · Thompson · Tuch 17:45

L2 Skinner · Krebs · Okposo 15:25

L3 Cozens · Jost · Mittelstadt 14:25

L4 Olofsson · Quinn · Peterka 12:57

D1 Dahlin · Samuelsson 26:04

D2 Power · Jokiharju 23:12

D3 Lyubushkin · Bryson 11:19

⚡Lightning

L1 Point · Stamkos · Kucherov 20:27

L2 Hagel · Killorn · Cirelli 18:36

L3 Paul · Colton · Perry 13:15

L4 Maroon · Bellemare · Namestnikov 10:43

D1 Hedman · Sergachev 25:56

D2 Cernak · Cole 18:12

D3 Perbix · Fleury 14:14

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF TBL⚡

23 Shots on goal 41

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

42 Hits 42

9 Blocked shots 13

5 Takeaways 10

3 Giveaways 11

6 Penalty minutes 4

BUF shooting 26.1% (6/23) TBL shooting 12.2% (5/41)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Eric Comrie

36/41

.878 SV% · 5 GA · 61:41 TOI

⚡Lightning

Andrei Vasilevskiy

17/23

.739 SV% · 6 GA · 61:41 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

11 of 11 goals located

BUF TBL

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

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 10-7-3 (50% win rate, 20 games)

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 1st: 10-9-1 (50% win rate, 20 games)

After 2nd — 4–2

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 7-0-1 (88% win rate, 8 games)

Lightning

Lightning — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Lightning lead the season series 2–1

Nov 282022 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 6–5 OT Nov 52022 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 3–5 Apr 102022 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 0–5 Jan 112022 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 6–1 Oct 252021 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 1–5

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❓ BUF vs TBL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Lightning on February 23, 2023?

Sabres won 6–5 in overtime. The final score was Sabres 6, Lightning 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Tage Thompson (3), Ilya Lyubushkin, Jack Quinn, Zemgus Girgensons.

Who scored for Lightning?

Anthony Cirelli, Brayden Point, Ross Colton, Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Eric Comrie made 36 saves on 41 shots (.878 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 17 saves on 23 shots (.739 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Lightning season series?

Lightning lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeFeb 21 🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF 6–3 AfterFeb 24 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 3–1

⚡ Lightning

BeforeFeb 21 🦆ANA @ ⚡TBL 1–6 AfterFeb 25 ⚡TBL @ 🐙DET 3–0

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