Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres

Apr 5, 2025 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	24
Buffalo Sabres	3	38

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
01:35	TBL	Brayden Point (39)	Nikita Kucherov (79)	1 - 0
04:47	BUF	Tage Thompson (40)	Zach Benson (16)	1 - 1
13:01	TBL	Gage Goncalves (6)	Oliver Bjorkstrand (24), Yanni Gourde (21)	2 - 1
3rd Period
05:07	BUF	Jason Zucker (20) PP	Alex Tuch (28), Rasmus Dahlin (46)	2 - 2
Shootout
	BUF	Jack Quinn	Shootout winner	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
00:28	TBL	Brandon Hagel	High sticking	2
09:35	BUF	Owen Power	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd Period
08:58	TBL	Victor Hedman	Tripping	2
16:36	BUF	Noah Ostlund	Tripping	2
19:59	BUF	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
3rd Period
04:34	TBL	Gage Goncalves	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Tampa Bay Lightning	57	39	24	2	2.9	48.9
Buffalo Sabres	66	51	38	2	3.8	51.1

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Tampa Bay Lightning had.

Expected goals

Tampa Bay Lightning: 2.9 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.8 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Tampa Bay Lightning

Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nikita Kucherov · Jake Guentzel · Brayden Point	12:52	64.3	54.9	1-1
Nick Paul · Anthony Cirelli · Brandon Hagel	9:08	30.0	31.4	0-0
Yanni Gourde · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Gage Goncalves	7:36	52.9	59.3	1-0
Luke Glendening · Zemgus Girgensons · Nick Paul	2:04	50.0	62.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan McDonagh · Erik Cernak	16:49	43.3	49.5	0-0
Victor Hedman · J.J. Moser	12:03	28.6	33.0	0-0
Nick Perbix · Emil Lilleberg	5:35	22.2	21.7	1-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
21	Brayden Point	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	22:24	0.22	21-12	0.93-0.59
93	Gage Goncalves	C	1	0	1	1	2	4	1	11:42	0.51	10-10	0.61-0.41
28	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	1	1	1	0	3	3	13:50	0.23	11-9	0.58-0.35
37	Yanni Gourde	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	17:22	0.07	12-12	0.68-0.55
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	23:25	0.17	21-13	0.93-0.63
20	Nick Paul	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:29	0.15	10-19	0.40-0.61
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24:50		16-18	0.67-0.61
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	09:52		5-6	0.15-0.13
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	21:53	0.25	8-17	0.45-0.58
41	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	09:15	0.11	6-4	0.25-0.09
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:41	0.05	14-4	0.71-0.23
48	Nick Perbix	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	06:36		6-7	0.25-0.27
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	24:31	0.33	20-15	0.88-0.69
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:27	0.19	7-17	0.26-0.61
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	25:28	0.54	15-20	0.55-0.77
78	Emil Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:20	0.03	8-8	0.30-0.36
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	21:00	0.02	14-19	0.66-0.71
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19:23		11-15	0.46-0.54

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Jonas Johansson	OTL	38	36	2	64:59	3.85	+1.85

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tage Thompson · Jiri Kulich · Zach Benson	11:30	65.4	91.2	1-0
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Peyton Krebs	10:45	50.0	33.2	0-0
Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka	9:39	31.6	20.4	0-2
Sam Lafferty · Beck Malenstyn · Noah Ostlund	5:18	75.0	79.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jacob Bernard-Docker · Owen Power	12:55	68.8	76.9	0-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	12:44	46.4	53.2	0-0
Connor Clifton · Bowen Byram	12:24	47.6	40.2	1-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	15:47	0.09	10-10	0.32-0.55
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	22:50	0.38	21-14	0.75-0.39
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	16:06	0.21	19-11	0.67-0.31
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	23:16	0.37	18-17	0.68-0.57
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	19:54	0.58	8-8	0.23-0.46
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	-2	0	6	0	19:35	0.92	11-17	0.52-0.93
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	15:49	0.05	11-15	0.33-0.71
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	18:04	0.13	23-10	0.81-0.24
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	13:22	0.25	9-15	0.39-0.72
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	22:27	0.07	17-23	0.80-1.02
24	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:01		6-5	0.37-0.15
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20:18	0.11	16-16	0.61-0.82
25	Jacob Bernard-Docker	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:10	0.08	12-5	0.49-0.12
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	20:12	0.21	12-9	0.39-0.51
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11:01	0.07	5-6	0.24-0.37
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	18:17	0.26	9-16	0.49-0.74
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	20:14	0.06	15-16	0.51-0.85
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	08:37		3-2	0.15-0.26

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
47	James Reimer	W	24	22	2	65:00	2.87	+0.87