Greece native Ryan Callahan scores securing goal for the Lightning.

By Heather Engel / NHL.com Correspondent

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Steven Stamkos broke a tie late in the third period to help the Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Buffalo Sabres, 5-3, at KeyBank Center on Saturday.

Stamkos made it 4-3 with 5:16 left after assisting on Nikita Kucherov’s tying goal at 6:17 of the third, 23 seconds after the Sabres took a 3-2 lead.

Brayden Point, Ondrej Palat, and Greece native Ryan Callahan scored, and Louis Domingue made 30 saves for Tampa Bay (35-8-2), which has won 10 of its past 11 games. Kucherov had two assists to give him an NHL-leading 75 points.

Sam Reinhart, Tage Thompson, and Marco Scandella scored, and Linus Ullmark made 25 saves for Buffalo (23-16-6).

Point gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead 26 seconds into the first period after he picked up a loose puck at the bottom of the left face-off circle.

Reinhart tied it 1-1 at 5:47 when he scored from the high slot.

Thompson put the Sabres ahead 2-1 with 10 seconds left in the period, sliding in a shot into the far side of the net off a pass from Zemgus Girgensons on a 2-on-1.

Mikhail Sergachev faked a shot before passing to Palat in the slot, where Palat tied it 2-2 at 7:50 of the second period.

Scandella gave Buffalo a 3-2 lead with a backhand through the five-hole at 5:54 of the third.

Callahan made it 5-3 with a power-play goal with 1:19 remaining.

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