Tampa Bay at Buffalo

Tampa Bay has won five of six and is working on two days of rest. The offense is Top 10 in goals scored and shooting percentage. Meanwhile, Buffalo is on a 2-9 slide with a defense that has slipped to 23rd in goals surrendered, 18th in shots on goal allowed, and 22nd in save percentage (.900.). Buffalo is 9-36 in the first half of the season when facing a winning team. Tampa Bay beat Buffalo, 5-3, last month and the Sabres are 11-43 when revenging a loss to an opponent by 2 goals or more. Play Tampa Bay.