The Lightning ends a two-game losing skid with the 2-0 victory over Buffalo.
By Joe Yerdon / NHL.com Correspondent
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 34 saves and Mikhail Sergachev and Dan Girardi scored for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 2-0 win against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Tuesday.
Vasilevskiy got his second shutout of the season and his sixth in the NHL. He leads the League with 16 wins.
The Lightning (17-5-2) had lost two in a row.
The Sabres (6-15-4) have lost two straight and nine of 10.
Sergachev gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead at 16:29 of the first period with a power-play goal. He received a pass from Tyler Johnson and his shot from the high slot deflected off the stick of Sabres forward Johan Larsson.
Girardi made it 2-0 at 12:08 of the second period. He received a pass from Vladislav Namestnikov and his shot deflected off Sabres defenseman Marco Scandella. It was Girardi’s first goal for the Lightning; he signed with Tampa Bay as a free agent after he was bought out by the New York Rangers.
The Sabres are home again on Friday to the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins.
Greece native Ryan Callahan dished out 3 hits for the Lightning as he played over 12 minutes in the game.