BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres are looking to stop their four-game slide with a victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tampa Bay is 36-21-4 overall and 7-10-0 against the Atlantic Division. The Lightning are second in the league with 217 total goals (averaging 3.6 per game).
Jake Guentzel records a hat trick and Oliver Bjorkstrand scores in his Bolts debut as Tampa Bay wins a wild one over Buffalo
One of the best goaltenders in the NHL gave the Buffalo Sabres a gift on Thursday, as Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy gave up five goals. However, the Lightning still recovered to beat the Sabres.