Buffalo Sabres roll past Tampa Bay Lightning in decisive win

That brings us to the end of a wild first period — Tampa Bay Lightning 0, Buffalo Sabres 4. Buffalo Sabres edged the shot clock 14-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Jimmy Snuggerud opened the scoring for Buffalo Sabres at 1:35, Conor Timmins extended the lead for Buffalo Sabres on the power play at 10:02, Kyle Connor extended the lead for Buffalo Sabres on the power play at 11:08, and Conor Timmins extended the lead for Buffalo Sabres at 11:32.

Andrei Vasilevskiy was under siege with 10 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Buffalo Sabres went 2-for-3.

Buffalo Sabres owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Tampa Bay Lightning 0, Buffalo Sabres 1. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 15-5, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Noel Acciari extended the lead for Buffalo Sabres at 5:34.

Igor Shesterkin was under siege with 14 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-2 while Buffalo Sabres went 0-for-1.

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Buffalo Sabres 1. Buffalo Sabres edged the shot clock 13-8, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Shane Pinto cut the deficit for Tampa Bay Lightning at 0:31, Matty Beniers extended the lead for Buffalo Sabres at 0:39, and Kiefer Sherwood cut the deficit for Tampa Bay Lightning at 0:58.

Andrei Vasilevskiy was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-2 while Buffalo Sabres went 0-for-2.

Buffalo Sabres owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.