Cozens scores twice as Sabres beat Lightning to finish another disappointing season

made 31 saves for Tampa Bay, which is assured of finishing as the first wild card in the Eastern Conference.

The Lightning, 0-2-1 in their past three games, will play either Boston or Florida in the first round of the playoffs after concluding their regular season against Toronto on Wednesday night. Buffalo needed just 1:26 from the opening faceoff to take a 1-0 lead when Cozens snapped the rebound of’s shot past Vasilevskiy. He put the Sabres ahead 2-1 with a short-handed goal at 5:08 of the second.

Greenway, who set up Cozens’ second goal, made it 3-1 at 16:12, helping the Sabres defeat the Lightning for the third time in their four meetings, and Benson added a third-period goal., playing for the first time since March 7, made 31 saves. He had been 0-7-1 since winning his first start of the season on Oct. 21.

Stamkos’ goal at 2:27 of the second period tied the game 1-1 and came off a pass from NHL scoring leaderCernak’s goal at 9:39 of the third cut the margin to 3-2, but Benson scored 15 seconds later.

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