Matthew Fairburn

Sabres beat the Golden Knights 3-2. That’s four straight wins coming out of the break for Buffalo.

And now Pavel Dorofeyev scores on a breakaway. The Sabres' lead is now just 3-2 midway through the second period.

Vegas gets one back. Ivan Barbashev. Scrambly play around the net and Barbashev scored on a wraparound. Sabres up 3-1.

Tage Thompson scores a nice feed from Alex Tuch. The Sabres are up 3-0 on Vegas. USA! chants breaking out in Buffalo.

Owen Power scores on a shot from the point. Sabres have a 2-0 lead early in the second period.

After some pre-game cheers for Jack Eichel as part of the Tage Thompson ceremony, Sabres fans are back to loudly booing the former Sabres captain.

Michael Kesselring just took a puck in the face. Looks like he's staying on the Sabres' bench.

The Sabres are snapping the puck around early, and Jason Zucker gets a goal right at the net front, where he makes a living. Sabres up 1-0 on the Golden Knights early.

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“I was in one mentally.”

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Sabres’ dominant win over Lightning shows they can hang with East’s elite: 5 thoughts Buffalo moved to within 4 points of Atlantic-leading Tampa Bay; the teams meet twice more this season.

With a dominant win over the Lightning, the Sabres once again showed they can hang with the East’s Elite. 5 thoughts from a big win for Buffalo:

The Sabres beat the Lightning 6-2 to finish the road trip 3-0. The Sabres got all three wins in regulation. Buffalo is now in sole possession of second place in the Atlantic Division and four points behind the Lightning for first place in the division.

Hedman scores, and the Sabres' lead is cut to 6-2.

Alex Tuch scores on the power play to put the Sabres up 6-1

Sabres catch a break on the video review, ruled a kicking motion. Sabres still up 5-1.

The Lightning score on the power play to cut the Sabres' lead to 5-2 early in the third period.

Sabres up 5-1 on the Lightning through two periods.

Dominic James scores for the Lightning, but the Sabres are still up 5-1 late in the second period.

The Sabres and Lightning will play four on four. Dahlin got a cross-checking penalty. Point got a slashing penalty. Ostlund gets nothing.

Brayden Point slashed Rasmus Dahlin and Noah Ostlund stepped in to try to mix it up with Point. That is obviously not Ostlund's strength, but admiral to see him to try step in.

Michael Kesselring stayed in the game, which is a good sign.

Prior to that Zach Metsa goal, Michael Kesselring was in some pain coming off the ice. Looked like upper body of some sort after crashing into the boards.

After the Sabres opened up a 5-0 lead, the Lightning pulled Andrei Vasilevskiy. The Sabres scored their five goals on 14 shots.

Zach Metsa picks off a pass from Anthony Cirelli and quickly turns it into a goal. The Sabres are up 5-0 in Tampa.

The Sabres are up 4-0 on the Lightning after one period. What a period for Buffalo.

The Lightning gave Tage Thompson way too much room to operate and he made them pay. The Sabres have opened up a 4-0 lead on the Lightning in the first period.

Josh Norris gets his second goal of the game. Zach Benson set up Bo Byram for a point shot. And Norris deflected the shot. The Sabres have a 3-0 lead less than 10 minutes into this game against the Lightning.

Great play by Zach Metsa to get the rush started. And a quick passing play results in a Josh Norris goal. The Sabres have a 2-0 lead in Tampa.

Rasmus Dahlin with a pretty goal to get the scoring started in this game. Power got the puck up to Dahlin quickly in transition, and Dahlin walked across the zone before picking his spot. Sabres up 1-0 on the Lightning.

The Sabres sent Anton Wahlberg back to the AHL. They also activated Zach Benson from injured reserve, according to the NHL media site.

Panthers goalie Daniil Tarasov blasts replay officials, claims he was interfered with Daniil Tarasov says he was interfered with on the goal that put the Panthers down 2-1 against the Sabres.

“They made the call based on Toronto. I don’t know what these guys are smoking there. Or they’re disappointed yesterday (Toronto) lost. It’s hard to say.“

Daniil Tarasov didn’t hold back on the pivotal goalie interference challenge in Sabres-Panthers