Lightning 7-4 Sabres (Apr 13, 2025) Play-by-Play

Buffalo Sabres

35-38-7, 13-24-4 away

	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	0	2	4
TB	1	4	2	7

TIME	BUF	TB
0:00	Start of 1st Period	0	0
0:00	Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Jiri Kulich	0	0
0:35	Jake Guentzel shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson	0	0
0:40	Mattias Samuelsson hit Jake Guentzel	0	0
1:25	Nick Perbix Wrist Shot Wide Left	0	0
1:33	Icing	0	0
1:33	Nick Paul faceoff won against Peyton Krebs	0	0
1:34	Emil Lilleberg shot blocked by Nick Paul	0	0
1:35	Nick Paul Snap Shot saved by James Reimer	0	0
1:40	Conor Geekie hit Peyton Krebs	0	0
1:41	Giveaway by Peyton Krebs	0	0
1:46	Bowen Byram hit Conor Geekie	0	0
2:00	Gage Goncalves hit Peyton Krebs	0	0
2:54	Takeaway by Victor Hedman	0	0
2:56	Giveaway by Victor Hedman	0	0
3:11	Darren Raddysh Snap Shot Wide Right	0	0
3:14	Goalie Stopped	0	0
3:14	Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Brayden Point	0	0
3:26	Beck Malenstyn Backhand saved by Jonas Johansson	0	0
3:51	Takeaway by Nikita Kucherov	0	0
4:11	Giveaway by Erik Cernak	0	0
4:52	Jack Quinn Snap Shot Off Crossbar	0	0
4:54	Puck in Crowd	0	0
4:54	Nick Paul faceoff won against Peyton Krebs	0	0
5:03	Conor Geekie Tip-In Wide Left	0	0
5:12	Conor Geekie Snap Shot Wide Left	0	0
5:42	Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Jonas Johansson	0	0
5:55	Tage Thompson Backhand saved by Jonas Johansson	0	0
6:01	Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by J.J. Moser	0	0
6:09	Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Jonas Johansson	0	0
6:35	Noah Ostlund Wrist Shot saved by Jonas Johansson	0	0
6:38	Goalie Stopped	0	0
6:38	Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Sam Lafferty	0	0
7:00	Mitchell Chaffee Snap Shot Short	0	0
7:18	Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Hit Right Post	0	0
7:22	Giveaway by JJ Peterka	0	0
7:51	Puck in Benches	0	0
7:51	Tage Thompson faceoff won against Yanni Gourde	0	0
8:36	Tage Thompson Slap Shot Wide Left	0	0
8:50	Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Jonas Johansson	0	0
8:52	Goalie Stopped	0	0
8:52	Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Nick Paul	0	0
9:01	Beck Malenstyn Slap Shot Above Crossbar	0	0
9:06	Conor Geekie hit Connor Clifton	0	0
9:11	Beck Malenstyn Between Legs saved by Jonas Johansson	0	0
9:12	Goalie Stopped	0	0
9:12	Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Peyton Krebs	0	0
9:34	Nick Perbix shot blocked by Jacob Bernard-Docker	0	0
9:50	Jake Guentzel shot blocked by Jack Quinn	0	0
10:15	Icing	0	0
10:15	Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Ryan McLeod	0	0
10:28	Giveaway by JJ Peterka	0	0
10:34	Puck Frozen - Goalie	0	0
10:34	Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Brayden Point	0	0
10:36	Erik Cernak Slap Shot saved by James Reimer	0	0
10:38	Goalie Stopped	0	0
10:38	Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Brayden Point	0	0
11:00	Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Jonas Johansson	0	0
11:02	Puck in Netting	0	0
11:02	Nick Paul faceoff won against Peyton Krebs	0	0
11:13	Off-side	0	0
11:13	Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Brayden Point	0	0
11:20	Takeaway by Emil Lilleberg	0	0
11:33	Giveaway by JJ Peterka	0	0
11:43	Giveaway by Emil Lilleberg	0	0
11:49	Icing	0	0
11:49	Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli	0	0
12:26	Giveaway by Darren Raddysh	0	0
12:41	Brandon Hagel Snap Shot Above Crossbar	0	0
12:44	Anthony Cirelli Snap Shot Wide Left	0	0
12:51	Icing	0	0
12:51	Sam Lafferty faceoff won against Yanni Gourde	0	0
12:54	Giveaway by Jacob Bernard-Docker	0	0
12:58	Beck Malenstyn hit Erik Cernak	0	0
13:02	Brayden Point Snap Shot Hit Left Post	0	0
13:09	Takeaway by Erik Cernak	0	0
13:17	Takeaway by Connor Clifton	0	0
13:21	Brayden Point Snap Shot Wide Left	0	0
13:52	Connor Clifton shot blocked by Brayden Point	0	0
14:17	Conor Geekie Snap Shot saved by James Reimer	0	0
14:20	Giveaway by Peyton Krebs	0	0
14:20	Gage Goncalves hit Peyton Krebs	0	0
14:32	Nick Paul Snap Shot saved by James Reimer	0	0
14:34	Goalie Stopped	0	0
14:34	Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli	0	0
15:09	Icing	0	0
15:09	Brayden Point faceoff won against Ryan McLeod	0	0
15:29	Brayden Point shot blocked by Noah Ostlund	0	0
15:32	Darren Raddysh Slap Shot Wide Right	0	0
15:53	Off-side	0	0
15:53	Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Jiri Kulich	0	0
15:58	Giveaway by Erik Cernak	0	0
16:02	Jacob Bernard-Docker Wrist Shot saved by Jonas Johansson	0	0
16:05	Jake Guentzel hit Jiri Kulich	0	0
16:12	Zach Benson hit Ryan McDonagh	0	0
16:14	Jacob Bryson hit Jake Guentzel	0	0
16:33	Brandon Hagel Tip-In Wide Right	0	0
16:35	Jake Guentzel Goal (39) Wrist Shot, assists: Brandon Hagel (53), Anthony Cirelli (30)	0	1
16:35	Conor Geekie faceoff won against Peyton Krebs	0	1
16:49	Takeaway by Gage Goncalves	0	1
16:52	Gage Goncalves Snap Shot Wide Left	0	1
17:03	Giveaway by Peyton Krebs	0	1
17:49	JJ Peterka Wrist Shot Wide Right	0	1
18:10	Giveaway by Yanni Gourde	0	1
18:11	Noah Ostlund Wrist Shot High and Wide Left	0	1
18:36	Beck Malenstyn hit Victor Hedman	0	1
18:58	Nikita Kucherov Tip-In Wide Left	0	1
19:01	Puck Frozen - Goalie	0	1
19:01	Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Tage Thompson	0	1
19:03	Ryan McDonagh Snap Shot Wide Right	0	1
19:10	Giveaway by Jake Guentzel	0	1
19:35	Tage Thompson shot blocked by Brandon Hagel	0	1
19:37	Jiri Kulich Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (28)	1	1
19:37	Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Nick Paul	1	1
19:52	Connor Clifton Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (18), Jack Quinn (23)	2	1
19:52	Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Ryan McLeod	2	1
20:00	End of 1st Period	2	1

Nikita Kucherov tallies goal vs. Sabres

0:37

Nikita Kucherov scores power-play goal vs. Sabres

0:44

Nicholas Paul scores on the power play for Tampa Bay Lightning

0:44

Regular Season Series

TB wins 2-1

Sabres
5
Lightning
6

Game 1

3/6

Lightning
2
Sabres
3

Game 2

4/5

Sabres
4
Lightning
7

Game 3

4/13

Amalie Arena

6:00 PM, April 13, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Tampa, FL

Line: TB -260

Over/Under: 6.5

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
Brandon Schrader
Michael Markovic

Linesmen:
Brad Kovachik
Ryan Jackson

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	51	26	4	106
Tampa Bay	47	26	8	102
Florida	47	31	4	98
Ottawa	44	30	7	95
Montreal	40	31	11	91
Detroit	39	35	7	85
Buffalo	35	39	7	77
Boston	33	39	10	76

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