Score: Lightning 6 | Sabres 5
Shots: BUF 37 | TB 25
Buffalo Sabres Goals: Tage Thompson (13), Jack Quinn (4), Tyson Jost (1), Dylan Cozens (6), Jeff Skinner (10)
Tampa Bay Lightning Goals: Brayden Point (9-PP, 10-PP), Corey Perry (3), Steven Stamkos (11, 12-OTW), Brandon Hagel (7-PP)
Minus 1 - First to Trail
Almost halfway through the first period, Tampa Bay struck first following a neat pass up the middle to Brayden Point who, as Rick Jeanneret would say, “dipsy-doodled” around defenders Ilya Lyubushkin and Mattias Samuelsson to net the first goal of the game.