John Carlson Had a Goal and Assisted on All Three Kucherov Goals: Lightning 8, Sabres 3 on Just 22 Shots

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The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Wednesday night in front of 19,070, according to the ESPN box score. Tampa Bay is 12-4-2. Buffalo fell to 8-7-3.

John Carlson: 1 Goal, 4 Assists, Plus-4

Carlson played 22:43, the most of any Lightning skater, and also blocked three shots. His own goal came 49 seconds after Scott Sabourin's, late in the first period, for a 2-0 lead. Tampa Bay led 4-2 after two, and Tage Thompson pulled Buffalo within 4-3 just 33 seconds into the third. Kucherov answered 52 seconds later, scored again at 4:11 and finished the hat trick at 14:13. Carlson had an assist on all three.

Eight Goals on 22 Shots

The Sabres outshot Tampa Bay 31-22 and still gave up eight. Colten Ellis allowed three goals on eight shots in 18:32, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen allowed five on 14 in relief. Brandon Hagel scored twice with an assist and has 11 goals this season. Jake Guentzel had four assists. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves on 31 shots, and the Lightning went 2 for 4 on the power play to Buffalo's 1 for 3.