Lightning 2, Sabres 1
TAMPA, Fla. -- Alex Killorn scored the game-winning goal on a power play at 16:03 in the third period to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.
Killorn scored his first goal of the season after center Tyler Johnson found him on a sharp pass with Sabres goalie Chad Johnson out of position. Killorn sent the puck into the open end of the net for the easy goal.
Buffalo left wing Sam Reinhart scored the first goal of his NHL career at 2:52 in the first period off of a nice pass from right wing Tyler Ennis.
Ennis was camping out behind the net when he spotted Reinhart streaking to the slot and fed him the puck for a shot that got past Lightning goalie Ben Bishop.
Tampa Bay responded and tied the game at 13:41 of the second period on an unassisted breakaway goal by right wing Vladislav Namestnikov.
Namestnikov took control of a loose puck around center ice and skated past the reach of Jake McCabe to slip a backhand shot past Sabres goalie Chad Johnson for his second goal of the season.
Bishop finished with 31 saves while Johnson had 20 saves for the Sabres. Buffalo held a 16-3 advantage in shots on goal in the first period.
NOTES: Sabres coach Dan Bylsma mixed up the lines during practice on Friday and in the morning skate, moving C Sam Reinhart from the third line to the top line, where he will move to the left wing and play with C Ryan O'Reilly and RW Tyler Ennis. C Zemgus Girgensons moved to the third line. ... The Lightning were without D Victor Hedman (possible concussion) and D Nikita Nesterov (suspension). They called up D Slater Koekkoek from Syracuse of the AHL. ... Sabres C David Legwand will play Saturday after being a healthy scratch on Thursday. ... Lightning LW Alex Killorn missed Thursday's game because of a lower-body injury and RW Erik Condra was a healthy scratch.