Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

24-11-4, 9-7-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	1	1	3	5
Sabres BUF	1	0	0	1

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

14-21-3, 10-9-2 Home

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Regular Season Series

TB leads 2-1

Lightning
1
Sabres
2

Game 1

3/12

Sabres
0
Lightning
5

Game 2

5/12

Lightning
5
Sabres
1

Game 3

31/12

Sabres
1
Lightning
2

Game 4

10/1

Sabres
0
Lightning
3

Game 5

4/3

KeyBank Center

11:00 PM, 31 December 2014

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 19,070

Referees:
Greg Kimmerly
Chris Lee

Linesmen:
Jean Morin
Michel Cormier

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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