
The matchup quickly got away from Tampa Bay after Point opened the scoring with a power-play goal with 6:32 left in the first period. Tampa Bay, coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to Pittsburgh on Thursday, has been outscored by a combined margin of 21-11 in its past four.īrayden Point, Nick Perbix and Alex Killorn scored for the Lightning, and Brian Elliott stopped 29 shots. The Lightning dropped to 0-3-1 in their past four to mark the team's longest skid since losing four straight a year ago. They won two straight meetings against the Lightning for the first time since February 2018, following a 6-5 overtime win at Tampa Bay two weeks ago.

The Sabres were coming off consecutive losses to Columbus and Boston by a combined 12-4 score. Tage Thompson, Jeff Skinner, Tyson Jost and Vinnie Hinostroza also scored for Buffalo (32-25-4), which matched its win total from last year. (AP) - Rookie Jack Quinn scored during Buffalo's three-goal second period, and the Sabres beat the the slumping Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Saturday in a chippy Atlantic Division matchup.
