Buffalo Sabres edge Tampa Bay Lightning in shootout

That brings us to the end of a first period — Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Buffalo Sabres 1. Buffalo Sabres edged the shot clock 10-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Noel Acciari opened the scoring for Buffalo Sabres at 3:24, then Blake Lizotte tied it for Tampa Bay Lightning at 19:29.

Andrei Vasilevskiy was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-1 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 second period — Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Buffalo Sabres 2. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 16-8, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Tyson Kozak put Buffalo Sabres in front at 3:46, Brenden Dillon tied it for Tampa Bay Lightning at 15:56, and Mackie Samoskevich put Buffalo Sabres in front at 16:08.

Igor Shesterkin was under siege with 15 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-1 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 1, Buffalo Sabres 0. Buffalo Sabres edged the shot clock 8-4, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Pavel Buchnevich tied it for Tampa Bay Lightning at 17:26.

Andrei Vasilevskiy was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-1.

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

The skills competition decides it—Buffalo Sabres take the extras over Tampa Bay Lightning.