One of the craziest games of the season saw 15 goals, including a combined seven in the third period, as the Tampa Bay Lightning suffered an 8-7 loss to the Buffalo Sabres in Sunday\u2019s Atlantic Division clash.<\/p>\n
Buffalo led 3-0 and then 4-1 before Tampa Bay scored five straight goals to take a 6-4 lead. The teams traded goals to a 7-7 tie until a power-play goal won it for Buffalo with 4:17 remaining.<\/p>\n
JJ Moser, Nikita Kucherov and Darren Raddysh led the Lightning with three points in a game that ended with 100 penalty minutes and five power-play goals between the teams.<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay is now 39-19-4 this season and will get back to game action on Tuesday when they host the Columbus Blue Jackets.<\/p>\n
Scoring Summary<\/p>\n
First period<\/p>\n
BUF 1, TBL 0<\/p>\n
8:26 Josh Doan (20) – Tage Thompson, Bowen Byram – PP<\/p>\n
Forward Josh Doan opened the scoring on the power play, skating to the net and roofing a shot near the goalpost<\/p>\n
Shots on goal: BUF 10, TBL 6<\/p>\n
Second period<\/p>\n
BUF 2, TBL 0<\/p>\n
2:15 Jason Zucker (18) – Rasmus Dahlin, Thompson – PP<\/p>\n
Buffalo\u2019s second power-play goal of the game came on a one-timer in the right circle from forward Jason Zucker.<\/p>\n
BUF 3, TBL 0<\/p>\n
5:10 Alex Tuch (26) – Thompson, Noah Ostlund – PP<\/p>\n
The Sabres once again scored on the power play, this time on a redirection by Alex Tuch in front of the Lightning net.<\/p>\n
BUF 3, TBL 1<\/p>\n
7:55 Corey Perry (13) – Nikita Kucherov, Darren Raddysh<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay got on the board with Corey Perry\u2019s second goal in as many games when the forward skated to the net and shelved a backhand shot.<\/p>\n
BUF 4, TBL 1<\/p>\n
11:07 Tuch (27) – Byram – SH<\/p>\n
Buffalo got a shorthanded breakaway goal from Tuch to regain a three-goal lead.<\/p>\n
BUF 4, TBL 2<\/p>\n
12:26 Kucherov (33) – Raddysh – PP<\/p>\n
A shot from Nikita Kucherov on the power-play deflected into the net off a Sabres\u2019 skate near the net.<\/p>\n
BUF 4, TBL 3<\/p>\n
14:46 Zemgus Girgensons (8) – Yanni Gourde, JJ Moser<\/p>\n
Former Sabre Zemgus Girgensons clawed the Lightning closer to a tie game with his top-shelf shot.<\/p>\n
BUF 4, TBL 4<\/p>\n
17:37 Moser (6) – Conor Geekie<\/p>\n
The Lightning tied the game late in the middle frame on a JJ Moser shot in the slot following forward Conor Geekie\u2019s takeaway and pass in the offensive zone.<\/p>\n
Shots on goal: BUF 15, TBL 10<\/p>\n
Third period<\/p>\n
TBL 5, BUF 4<\/p>\n
00:59 Kucherov (34) – Brandon Hagel, Moser<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay\u2019s first lead was off the stick of a Nikita Kucherov one-timer.<\/p>\n
TBL 6, BUF 4<\/p>\n
5:46 Brayden Point (16) – Unassisted<\/p>\n
Brayden Point got his stick on a chance in the slot before Buffalo put the puck in their own net to further the Lightning advantage.<\/p>\n
TBL 6, BUF 5<\/p>\n
6:12 Sam Carrick (5) – Zach Benson, Michael Kesselring<\/p>\n
The Sabres responded quickly, scoring on a shot off the rush to make it a one-goal game 26 seconds after the Point goal.<\/p>\n
TBL 7, BUF 5<\/p>\n
9:48 Hagel (30) – Cirelli, Raddysh<\/p>\n
Brandon Hagel\u2019s 30th goal of the season came on a rebound to add to the offense.<\/p>\n
TBL 7, BUF 6<\/p>\n
11:03 Dahlin (13) – Thompson, Byram<\/p>\n
Buffalo\u2019s captain skated into the slot and scored on a deke in tight to cut the lead to one goal.<\/p>\n
TBL 7, BUF 7<\/p>\n
14:29 Zucker (19) – Ryan McLeod<\/p>\n
The Sabres tied the game with a breakaway goal from Zucker.<\/p>\n
BUF 8, TBL 7<\/p>\n
15:43 Doan (21) – Zucker, Dahlin – PP<\/p>\n
Doan\u2019s second goal of the game was the winner after a point shot hit the post and Doan buried the second chance.<\/p>\n
Total shots: BUF 42, TBL 28<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the craziest games of the season saw 15 goals, including a combined seven in the third…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-183669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-tampa","9":"tag-tampa-headlines","10":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}