Tuesday, 3 a.m.
These days, the Tampa Bay Lightning is having a little trouble keeping up with the Buffalo Sabres.
For the third straight meeting, the Sabres got the best of the Lightning 4-2 at the KeyBank Center. Buffalo, which tied the Lightning atop the NHL Atlantic Division, has totaled 18 goals in the three games.
The Lightning tied the game at 2-2 3:56 into the second period, but didn't score again. They had five power play opportunities but scored on just one of them.
Buffalo led 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2.
Nikita Kucherov sfcored his 43rd goal and Jake Guentzel his 37th.
Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 of 28 goals.
The Bolts play at Ottawa tonight at the Canadian Tire Centre at 7 p.m.