Buffalo Sabres vs. Tampa Bay LightningApr 13, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	0	2	4		BUF	11	7	7	25
TBL	1	4	2	7		TBL	5	15	11	31

: BUF 53TBL 73
: BUF 2.74TBL 5.74
PP goals: BUF 1TBL 1
Hits: BUF 16TBL 13
Blocks: BUF 9TBL 12
PIM: BUF 4TBL 4
: BUF 48%TBL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Buffalo Sabres 7–4

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Buffalo Sabres 7–4 at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:08 together.

Points
Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:42.Kucherov
Points
Brandon Hagel had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:24.Hagel
Points
Jake Guentzel had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:16.Guentzel
Points
Anthony Cirelli had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:59.Cirelli
Points
Gage Goncalves had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:51.Goncalves
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:11.Dahlin
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:08 together.Zucker Tuch Thompson Dahlin Peterka
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Hedman, Kucherov, Guentzel, Point and Hagel) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:00 together.Hedman Kucherov Guentzel Point Hagel

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · TBL 73 · BUF 53

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL pressure
BUF pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 23% of the game, TBL 53%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

TBL

BUF

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BUF	TBL
	60	79
	2.93	6.18
	2.89	5.74
	7	20
	2	4
	20	28
	−0.019	+0.019
	23%	53%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Zucker – Krebs – Quinn
12:5321% CF
L2Tuch – McLeod – Peterka
9:5853% CF
L3Thompson – Kulich – Benson
8:4250% CF
L4Lafferty – Malenstyn – Ostlund
7:4144% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
15:3971% CF
D2Clifton – Byram
13:2625% CF
D3Bryson – Bernard-Docker
13:1442% CF

PP1Zucker – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Peterka
2:0860% CF
PP2McLeod – Byram – Quinn – Kulich – Ostlund
0:55
PK1FTuch – McLeod
1:37
PK2FMalenstyn – Krebs
0:45
PK1DClifton – Samuelsson
2:11
PK2DDahlin – Byram
0:34

Current BUF line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Guentzel – Cirelli – Hagel
14:3363% CF
L2Kucherov – Gourde – Point
13:3148% CF
L3Paul – Goncalves – Geekie
8:3571% CF
D1Perbix – Lilleberg
14:1959% CF
D2McDonagh – Cernak
13:5448% CF
D3Hedman – Moser
10:3169% CF

PP1Hedman – Kucherov – Guentzel – Point – Hagel
2:00100% CF
PP2McDonagh – Paul – Cirelli – Hagel – Goncalves
0:45100% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
1:28
PK2FGourde – Guentzel
0:54
PK1DHedman – Moser
1:22
PK2DMcDonagh – Cernak
1:13

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:48	—	—	23	19
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	30	24
Jack Quinn R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.17	0	1	0	14:41	—	—	26	23
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	0	1	-2	1	0.25	1	1	0	19:04	—	—	42	17
JJ Peterka R	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.05	0	1	2	16:37	—	—	48	20
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	55	30
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.42	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	50	42
Zach Benson L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	1	1	0	15:22	—	—	44	40
Jiri Kulich C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.41	0	0	0	12:56	—	—	50	48
Noah Ostlund C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	1	0	12:44	—	—	58	43
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	3	0	0	11:45	—	—	52	44
Sam Lafferty C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.40	1	0	0	11:34	—	—	54	51
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	2	2	0	4	0.12	1	0	0	24:11	—	—	60	55
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	21:46	—	—	58	53
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	21:59	—	—	29	33
Connor Clifton D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.22	3	0	0	19:07	—	—	30	28
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	43	17
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.13	0	1	2	14:08	—	—	43	17

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	L	31	24	7	.774	5.74	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anthony Cirelli C	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.77	0	1	0	20:59	—	—	60	62
Brandon Hagel L	L1	0	3	3	+1	1	0.35	1	1	0	20:24	—	—	63	65
Jake Guentzel C	L1	2	0	2	+1	4	0.81	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	61	64
Nikita Kucherov R	L2	2	1	3	+2	4	1.15	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	51	73
Yanni Gourde C	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.14	1	0	0	18:56	—	—	53	69
Brayden Point C	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.34	0	2	0	18:18	—	—	50	71
Gage Goncalves C	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.24	3	0	0	15:51	—	—	68	72
Nick Paul L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.55	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	67	79
Conor Geekie C	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.84	4	2	0	12:40	—	—	58	76
Nick Perbix D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.07	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	62	71
Emil Lilleberg D	D1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.04	1	1	2	16:27	—	—	57	56
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	18:14	—	—	48	51
Erik Cernak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	17:23	—	—	42	46
Victor Hedman D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	21:33	—	—	76	84
J.J. Moser D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	18:03	—	—	53	72
Mitchell Chaffee R	—	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	10:38	—	—	45	34
Zemgus Girgensons C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	2	0	2	9:25	—	—	48	43
Darren Raddysh D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	9:06	—	—	65	83

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonas Johansson(start)	W	25	21	4	.840	2.74	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jiri Kulich (BUF) 1st 19:37 · assists Tage Thompson · Forecheck turnover · 8.7 mph shot.

Jiri Kulich · 1st 19:37 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.7 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Connor Clifton · 1st 19:52 · BUF

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.7 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 10.0 s

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Jake Guentzel · 1st 16:35 · TBL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.1 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Nikita Kucherov · 3rd 2:39 · TBL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.8 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Jake Guentzel · 3rd 13:12 · TBL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.2 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: one-timer

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Ryan McDonagh · 2nd 3:02 · TBL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 65.7 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Nikita Kucherov · 2nd 6:34 · TBL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 16.4 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Conor Geekie · 2nd 14:21 · TBL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.8 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: rebound

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Emil Lilleberg · 2nd 16:45 · TBL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 60.0 mph
Distance: 59 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Alex Tuch · 3rd 8:39 · BUF PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5
Shot: 33.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: one-timer

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Sam Lafferty · 3rd 18:23 · BUF

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 48.9 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Tampa Bay LightningApr 13, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Buffalo Sabres 7–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Tampa Bay Lightning

Goal anatomy

Jiri Kulich · 1st 19:37 · BUF

Connor Clifton · 1st 19:52 · BUF

Jake Guentzel · 1st 16:35 · TBL

Nikita Kucherov · 3rd 2:39 · TBL

Jake Guentzel · 3rd 13:12 · TBL PP

Ryan McDonagh · 2nd 3:02 · TBL

Nikita Kucherov · 2nd 6:34 · TBL

Conor Geekie · 2nd 14:21 · TBL

Emil Lilleberg · 2nd 16:45 · TBL

Alex Tuch · 3rd 8:39 · BUF PP

Sam Lafferty · 3rd 18:23 · BUF