Game Thread: Tampa Bay Lightning (1-2-0) at Buffalo Sabres (0-2-0) – 17 Oct 2023 – 7:30PM EDT

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# Tampa Bay [](/r/tampabaylightning) Lightning (1-2-0) at Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (0-2-0)

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##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:30PM|5:30PM|6:30PM|7:30PM|8:30PM|11:30PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|ESPN|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020040) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020040/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020040/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020040/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Tage Thompson|Alex Tuch|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Brandon Hagel|Brayden Point|Nikita Kucherov|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|John Jason Peterka|Dylan Cozens|Victor Olofsson|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Tanner Jeannot|Anthony Cirelli|Michael Eyssimont|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Casey Mittelstadt|Zach Benson|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Conor Sheary|Nick Paul|Alex Barre-Boulet|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|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)|Rasmus Dahlin|Mattias Samuelsson|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Victor Hedman|Nicklaus Perbix|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Henri Jokiharju|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Mikhail Sergachev|Darren Raddysh|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Connor Clifton|Erik Johnson|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Calvin de Haan|Erik Cernak|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Jonas Johansson|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Matt Tomkins|

[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)|Matthew Savoie|19 Sep 2023|Shoulder|IR-NR|Savoie (shoulder) didn’t participate in Wednesday’s morning skate, per Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News.|19 Oct 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|21 Sep 2023|Achilles|IR-NR|Surgery|29 Oct 2023|
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|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Steven Stamkos|15 Oct 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Stamkos (lower body) won’t play in Sunday’s game versus the Ottawa Senators, Chris Krenn of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s official site reports.|unknown|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Tyler Motte|10 Oct 2023|Upper Body|IR|Motte (upper body) will be sidelined indefinitely, Gabby Shirley of Bally Sports Florida reports.|26 Oct 2023|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Roman Schmidt||Undisclosed|IR-NR||24 Oct 2023|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Jack Finley||Undisclosed|IR-NR||24 Oct 2023|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Logan Brown|01 Oct 2023|Undisclosed|IR-LT|Brown (undisclosed) was assigned to AHL Syracuse on Saturday.|04 Nov 2023|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Andrei Vasilevskiy|28 Sep 2023|Back|IR-LT|Vasilevskiy will miss at least 8-10 weeks after undergoing back surgery Thursday, Erik Erlendsson of LightningInsider.com reports.|02 Dec 2023|

[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)|2|0|2|0|0|0.000|1.50|4.00|0.00|85.71|26.50|30.00|36.00|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|3|1|2|0|2|0.333|3.67|4.67|33.33|85.71|27.67|37.00|56.21|

[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)|Devon Levi|2|2|0|2|0|0|3.55|0.881|
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|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Jonas Johansson|2|2|1|1|0|0|4.09|0.889|
|[TBL](/r/tampabaylightning)|Matt Tomkins|1|1|0|1|0|0|4.10|0.892|

[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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