Buffalo at Tampa Bay

Buffalo defeated the Lightning 5-3 on Feb. 13 and the Sabres come off a 4-1 win over Boston on Sunday as Benoit Puliot and Kyle Okposo scored on consecutive first-period shots and Chad Johnson had 34 saves. Robin Lehner is expected back in goal tonight and he has a 2.95 goals-against average and .910 save percentage. Tampa Bay had had two shootout wins its last two games at Montreal and at home against Toronto. The league's leading scorer, Nikita Kucherov, is questionable with an upper body injury. The Sabres have won four of their last five versus Atlantic Division teams and are getting good value here. Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy has allowed 12 goals his last four starts. Play the Sabres.