Lightning vs Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres and Tampa Bay Lightning meet Saturday in NHL action at the Amalie Arena. The Buffalo Sabres look for a win after splitting their last 6 games. The Tampa Bay Lightning look for a win after winning 5 of their last 7 games.

The Buffalo Sabres are averaging 4.18 goals per game and are scoring on 23.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Victor Olofsson leads Buffalo with 9 goals, Rasmus Dahlin has 8 assists and Tage Thompson has 44 shots on goal. Defensively, the Buffalo Sabres are allowing 3 goals per game and are killing 77.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Eric Comrie has given up 23 goals on 225 shots faced, and Craig Anderson has given up 9 goals on 124 shots.