Sabres fall 7-4 to Tampa Bay

Lightning cruise to 7-4 victory over the Sabres

Buffalo is winless in three games (0-2-1) since a five-game winning streak.

Nikita Kucherov claims scoring title, powers Lightning past Sabres

Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov netted a tiebreaking goal in a three-point night to collect another scoring title, and the Lightning inched closer to home-ice advantage in the playoffs with a 7-4 victory over the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Sunday night.

Sabres fall 7-4 to Tampa Bay

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jake Guentzel scored twice to reach the 40-goal mark, NHL scoring leader Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 on Sunday. Conor Geekie, Ryan McDonagh and Emil Lilleberg also scored for Tampa Bay, and Jonas Johansson made with 21 saves. Brandon Hagel had three assists. Jiri Kulich, Conor Clifton, Sam Lafferty and Alex Tuch scored for Buffalo. James Reimer …

Tampa Bay 7, Buffalo 4

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Sabres wrap: Lightning use 4-goal second period to roll to 7-4 win

The Sabres finished the season with a 13-24-4 road record, and they dropped to 35-38-7 overall.

Guentzel, Kucherov each score twice in the Lightning's 7-4 victory over the Sabres

Jake Guentzel scored twice to reach the 40-goal mark, NHL scoring leader Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 on Sunday.Conor Geekie, Ryan McDonagh and Emil Lilleberg also scored for Tampa Bay, and Jonas Johansson made with 21 saves. Brandon Hagel had three assists.Jiri Kulich, Conor Clifton, Sam Lafferty and Alex Tuch scored for Buffalo. James Reimer stopped 24 shots.Guen…