At The Final Horn | Anderson leads Sabres to victory with 35 saves

The Buffalo Sabres battled through a tough second period en route to a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday at KeyBank Center.
Craig Anderson was strong between the pipes, stopping 35 shots. The victory was the 294th of Anderson's career, moving him into sole possession of 40th place in NHL history in goaltender wins.
Drake Caggiula netted the eventual game-winner late in the second period to break a 1-1 tie. Victor Olofsson scored twice while Vinnie Hinostroza and Robert Hagg also scored.
Alex Killorn scored Tampa Bay's lone goal and Brian Elliott made 20 saves on the 23 shots he faced.

Buffalo's power play was 0-for-1 while the penalty kill was once again perfect, going 2-for-2.
The Sabres improve to 4-1-1 on the season.

How it happened

Buffalo got things going early with Olofsson's first goal. At the 1:41 mark, he put in a rebound off a Tage Thompson shot for his third goal of the season.
At the 8:59 mark, Killorn had a great chance to tie the game, but looking at a wide-open net, he ended up backhanding the puck into Anderson's right pad. Killorn got his revenge with 1:34 left in the period, deflecting in a shot to make it 1-1.
The Sabres were outshot 11-3 in the second period, but they capitalized on their third shot to take the lead. Caggiula stole the puck at his own blue line and pulled away from Mikhail Sergachev to score with 37.8 seconds left and give the Sabres a 2-1 advantage.
Hinostroza put Buffalo up by a pair 4:25 into the third after his straight shot beat Elliott for his first as a Sabre.
Hagg added Buffalo's first empty netter with 5:35 left and Olofsson added another with 2:30 to play.

Roll the highlight

Here's Caggiula's go-ahead goal:

Worthy of a mention

• Hagg picked up the secondary assist on Olofsson's opening goal for his first point as a member of the Sabres. With his goal, he recorded his first multi-point game since October 4, 2018.
• Buffalo snapped a seven-game losing streak against the Lightning with the victory. It was Buffalo's first win against Tampa Bay at KeyBank Center since November 13, 2018.

Coming up

The Sabres hit the road for a four-game swing up and down the West Coast that begins Thursday night in Anaheim.
Faceoff against the Ducks is set for 10 p.m. on MSG and WGR 550 with pregame coverage starting at 9:30 p.m. on MSG.