Game Thread: Tampa Bay Lightning (23-17-5) at Buffalo Sabres (20-21-4) – 20 Jan 2024 – 12:30PM EST

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# Tampa Bay [](/r/tampabaylightning) Lightning (23-17-5) at Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (20-21-4)

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##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|9:30AM|10:30AM|11:30AM|12:30PM|1:30PM|5:30PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG-B, BSSUN|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/news/tampa-bay-lightning-buffalo-sabres-game-preview-january-20) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020706/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020706/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020706/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zach Benson|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Steven Stamkos|Brayden Point|Nikita Kucherov|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Casey Mittelstadt|JJ Peterka|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Brandon Hagel|Anthony Cirelli|Nick Paul|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Jordan Greenway|Jack Quinn|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Michael Eyssimont|Tyler Motte|Conor Sheary|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Victor Olofsson|Peyton Krebs|Kyle Okposo|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Austin Watson|Luke Glendening|Waltteri Merelä|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson|Rasmus Dahlin|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Victor Hedman|Darren Raddysh|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ryan Johnson|Owen Power|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Calvin de Haan|Nicklaus Perbix|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jacob Bryson|Connor Clifton|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Emil Martinsen-Lilleberg|Maxwell Crozier|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Andrei Vasilevskiy|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Jonas Johansson|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/tampa-bay-lightning/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Dylan Cozens||Upper Body|DTD||unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Mattias Samuelsson||Upper Body|DTD||unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Henri Jokiharju||Undisclosed|DTD||unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner||Upper Body|IR|Not Specified|unknown|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Erik Johnson||Upper Body|DTD||unknown|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Tanner Jeannot||Lower Body|IR||23 Jan 2024|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Logan Brown||Undisclosed|IR-LT||07 Feb 2024|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Mikhail Sergachev||Lower Body|IR-LT||07 Feb 2024|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Erik Cernak||Upper Body|DTD||unknown|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Haydn Fleury||Hand|IR-LT||25 Jan 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/tampa-bay-lightning/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|45|20|21|4|44|0.489|2.96|3.16|14.50|79.71|31.18|29.24|46.62|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|45|23|17|5|51|0.567|3.38|3.38|30.99|80.65|30.33|30.07|51.39|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|23|20|11|9|2|3|2.64|0.909|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|19|18|8|7|2|0|3.32|0.889|
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|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Andrei Vasilevskiy|22|22|13|9|0|1|2.86|0.899|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Jonas Johansson|21|20|9|6|5|2|3.45|0.891|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=14 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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