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Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning

NHLMarch 6, 2025Benchmark International Arena

SabresBuffaloBUF

Sabres 5, Lightning 6

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Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  3. 0:24Giveaway by Dylan Cozens
  4. 0:41J.J. Moser shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  5. 1:25Anthony Cirelli Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  6. 2:07Emil Lilleberg Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  7. 2:09Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot Wide Right
  8. 2:11Brayden Point shot blocked by Jacob Bryson
  9. 2:28Brayden Point Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  10. 2:29Goalie Stopped
  11. 2:29Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  12. 2:33Zemgus Girgensons Tip-In Wide Left
  13. 2:51Giveaway by Darren Raddysh
  14. 2:57Sam Lafferty Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  15. 3:00Darren Raddysh hit Beck Malenstyn
  16. 3:07Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Emil Lilleberg
  17. 3:39J.J. Moser Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  18. 3:50Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  19. 3:58Giveaway by Victor Hedman
  20. 4:03Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  21. 4:49Tage Thompson Backhand Wide Left
  22. 5:01Nick Paul Goal (19) Backhand, assists: Ryan McDonagh (18), Brandon Hagel (39)
  23. 5:01Brayden Point faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  24. 5:17Rasmus Dahlin Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (18), Zach Benson (11)
  25. 5:17Sam Lafferty faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  26. 5:27High Stick
  27. 5:27Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  28. 5:46Mitchell Chaffee hit Bowen Byram
  29. 5:47Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  30. 5:53Darren Raddysh Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Zemgus Girgensons (4)
  31. 5:53Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Oliver Bjorkstrand
  32. 6:02Off-side
  33. 6:02Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  34. 6:35Erik Cernak hit Alex Tuch
  35. 6:36Takeaway by Erik Cernak
  36. 6:54Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  37. 7:14J.J. Moser Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  38. 7:16Goalie Stopped
  39. 7:16Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  40. 7:26Giveaway by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  41. 7:55Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  42. 7:57Goalie Stopped
  43. 7:57Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  44. 7:59Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  45. 8:10Gage Goncalves hit Bowen Byram
  46. 8:11Yanni Gourde hit Owen Power
  47. 8:20Alex Tuch Goal (24) Snap Shot, assists: none
  48. 8:20Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  49. 8:23Tage Thompson High-sticking against Brandon Hagel
  50. 8:23Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  51. 9:49Puck in Netting
  52. 9:49Nick Paul faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  53. 9:50Anthony Cirelli shot blocked by Jordan Greenway
  54. 10:25Alex Tuch hit Ryan McDonagh
  55. 10:31Hand Pass
  56. 10:31Brayden Point faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  57. 10:39Giveaway by Jake Guentzel
  58. 10:51Giveaway by Brayden Point
  59. 10:53Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  60. 11:01Tage Thompson Backhand saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  61. 11:26Zach Benson hit Oliver Bjorkstrand
  62. 11:28Oliver Bjorkstrand hit Bowen Byram
  63. 12:02Gage Goncalves hit Zach Benson
  64. 12:04Off-side
  65. 12:04Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  66. 12:54Off-side
  67. 12:54Luke Glendening faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  68. 12:57Sam Lafferty hit Emil Lilleberg
  69. 13:08Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  70. 13:26Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  71. 13:29Luke Glendening hit Peyton Krebs
  72. 13:33Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  73. 14:13Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  74. 14:15Goalie Stopped
  75. 14:15Luke Glendening faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  76. 14:54Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Emil Lilleberg
  77. 14:55Puck in Netting
  78. 14:55Alex Tuch faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  79. 14:57Bowen Byram shot blocked by Brandon Hagel
  80. 15:26Icing
  81. 15:26Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Brayden Point
  82. 15:30Brayden Point Backhand Wide Left
  83. 16:47Peyton Krebs hit Ryan McDonagh
  84. 16:48Gage Goncalves Wrist Shot Wide Right
  85. 17:09Peyton Krebs Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (19), Zach Benson (12)
  86. 17:09Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  87. 17:19Off-side
  88. 17:19Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  89. 17:39Icing
  90. 17:39Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  91. 17:44Icing
  92. 17:44Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  93. 17:54Anthony Cirelli shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  94. 18:06Jiri Kulich shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  95. 18:08Puck in Netting
  96. 18:08Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  97. 18:13Connor Clifton Wrist Shot Wide Right
  98. 18:20Connor Clifton shot blocked by Darren Raddysh
  99. 18:28Peyton Krebs hit Darren Raddysh
  100. 18:40Connor Clifton Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  101. 18:43Goalie Stopped
  102. 18:43Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  103. 18:46Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  104. 19:50Giveaway by JJ Peterka
  105. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  3. 0:07Takeaway by Alex Tuch
  4. 0:41JJ Peterka Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  5. 0:43Goalie Stopped
  6. 0:43Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  7. 0:58Jake Guentzel Goal (30) Snap Shot, assists: Erik Cernak (14), Nikita Kucherov (63)
  8. 0:58Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Oliver Bjorkstrand
  9. 1:10Connor Clifton hit Yanni Gourde
  10. 1:27Giveaway by Emil Lilleberg
  11. 1:40Gage Goncalves Backhand Wide Right
  12. 1:48Jordan Greenway hit Oliver Bjorkstrand
  13. 1:57Off-side
  14. 1:57Erik Cernak Roughing against Rasmus Dahlin
  15. 1:57Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  16. 2:18Rasmus Dahlin hit Brandon Hagel
  17. 2:28Brandon Hagel Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  18. 2:37Alex Tuch hit Brandon Hagel
  19. 3:20Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Zach Benson
  20. 4:29Connor Clifton shot blocked by J.J. Moser
  21. 4:33Sam Lafferty hit Ryan McDonagh
  22. 5:30Icing
  23. 5:30Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  24. 5:41Giveaway by JJ Peterka
  25. 5:48Off-side
  26. 5:48Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Jordan Greenway
  27. 5:58J.J. Moser Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  28. 6:00Goalie Stopped
  29. 6:00Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
  30. 6:30Giveaway by Emil Lilleberg
  31. 7:39Zemgus Girgensons hit Connor Clifton
  32. 7:40Giveaway by Jacob Bryson
  33. 7:44Puck Frozen - Goalie
  34. 7:44Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  35. 8:10Nick Paul Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  36. 8:11Goalie Stopped
  37. 8:11Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  38. 8:13Nikita Kucherov Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  39. 8:21Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot Wide Right
  40. 9:15Gage Goncalves Tripping against Tage Thompson
  41. 9:15Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  42. 9:35Tage Thompson Goal (31) Wrist Shot, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (40), JJ Peterka (32)
  43. 9:35Luke Glendening faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  44. 9:56Darren Raddysh Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  45. 10:07Zemgus Girgensons hit Zach Benson
  46. 10:34Mattias Samuelsson hit Mitchell Chaffee
  47. 10:54Takeaway by Jordan Greenway
  48. 10:59Brandon Hagel Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  49. 11:01Oliver Bjorkstrand Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  50. 11:09Erik Cernak Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  51. 11:11Goalie Stopped
  52. 11:11Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  53. 11:20Yanni Gourde Slap Shot Wide Left
  54. 11:27Yanni Gourde Slap Shot Wide Right
  55. 11:42Yanni Gourde hit Peyton Krebs
  56. 12:05Giveaway by Darren Raddysh
  57. 12:19Puck Frozen - Goalie
  58. 12:19Brayden Point faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  59. 12:20Erik Cernak Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  60. 12:22Puck Frozen - Goalie
  61. 12:22Brayden Point faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  62. 12:38Takeaway by JJ Peterka
  63. 12:40JJ Peterka Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  64. 12:40Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  65. 12:52Connor Clifton hit Brandon Hagel
  66. 13:11Jordan Greenway Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  67. 13:21Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Jacob Bryson
  68. 13:25Puck in Netting
  69. 13:25Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  70. 13:38Oliver Bjorkstrand hit Peyton Krebs
  71. 13:41Yanni Gourde hit Ryan McLeod
  72. 13:45Giveaway by Gage Goncalves
  73. 13:49Peyton Krebs Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  74. 13:51Goalie Stopped
  75. 13:51Tage Thompson faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  76. 13:52Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  77. 14:28Anthony Cirelli hit Rasmus Dahlin
  78. 14:48Tage Thompson hit J.J. Moser
  79. 14:56Sam Lafferty hit Brandon Hagel
  80. 15:04Mitchell Chaffee shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  81. 15:05Puck in Netting
  82. 15:05Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  83. 15:40Puck Frozen - Skater
  84. 15:40Tage Thompson faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  85. 15:58Takeaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  86. 16:29J.J. Moser shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  87. 16:35Mitchell Chaffee Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  88. 16:37Goalie Stopped
  89. 16:37Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  90. 16:56Giveaway by Darren Raddysh
  91. 17:00Zach Benson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  92. 17:19Puck in Benches
  93. 17:19Brayden Point faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  94. 17:40Jiri Kulich hit Nick Paul
  95. 17:43Jake Guentzel Goal (31) Backhand, assists: Brayden Point (33), Nick Paul (16)
  96. 17:43Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  97. 18:08Anthony Cirelli Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  98. 18:10Goalie Stopped
  99. 18:10Rasmus Dahlin Roughing against Anthony Cirelli served by Sam Lafferty
  100. 18:10Anthony Cirelli Roughing against Rasmus Dahlin
  101. 18:10Rasmus Dahlin Roughing - Removing opponent's helmet against Anthony Cirelli
  102. 18:10Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Brayden Point
  103. 18:46Jake Guentzel Goal (32) Slap Shot, assists: Brandon Hagel (40), Darren Raddysh (24)
  104. 18:46Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Nick Paul
  105. 18:47Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  106. 19:08Erik Cernak shot blocked by Yanni Gourde
  107. 19:24Takeaway by JJ Peterka
  108. 19:29Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  109. 19:32Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  110. 19:46Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  111. 19:48Puck in Netting
  112. 19:48Luke Glendening faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  113. 19:55Alex Tuch hit J.J. Moser
  114. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nick Paul faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
  3. 0:23Puck in Netting
  4. 0:23Brayden Point faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  5. 0:29Giveaway by JJ Peterka
  6. 0:47Darren Raddysh Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  7. 1:09Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  8. 1:31Erik Cernak shot blocked by Sam Lafferty
  9. 1:37Yanni Gourde Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  10. 1:40Oliver Bjorkstrand Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Yanni Gourde (12), Nikita Kucherov (64)
  11. 1:40Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  12. 3:19Sam Lafferty hit Erik Cernak
  13. 3:25Beck Malenstyn hit Jake Guentzel
  14. 3:26Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
  15. 3:38Sam Lafferty Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  16. 3:44Sam Lafferty Wrist Shot Wide Right
  17. 4:15Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  18. 4:29Mattias Samuelsson hit Brandon Hagel
  19. 5:03Oliver Bjorkstrand hit Jiri Kulich
  20. 5:22Hand Pass
  21. 5:22Luke Glendening faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  22. 6:47Owen Power Backhand saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  23. 6:58Brayden Point Wrist Shot Wide Right
  24. 7:02Emil Lilleberg Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  25. 7:04Goalie Stopped
  26. 7:04Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  27. 7:12Ryan McDonagh shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  28. 7:25Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot Wide Left
  29. 7:34Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  30. 7:52Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  31. 8:19Mattias Samuelsson hit Gage Goncalves
  32. 8:29Erik Cernak hit Ryan McLeod
  33. 8:57Dylan Cozens Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  34. 9:15Giveaway by Connor Clifton
  35. 9:43Jiri Kulich Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  36. 10:03Bowen Byram hit J.J. Moser
  37. 10:25JJ Peterka Holding against Nikita Kucherov
  38. 10:25TV Timeout
  39. 10:25Brayden Point faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  40. 10:33Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Brandon Hagel
  41. 10:35Puck in Netting
  42. 10:35Anthony Cirelli faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  43. 10:50Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  44. 11:31Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  45. 11:38Giveaway by Brandon Hagel
  46. 12:11Yanni Gourde Tip-In Wide Left
  47. 12:30Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  48. 12:33Goalie Stopped
  49. 12:33Luke Glendening faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  50. 12:40Takeaway by Jiri Kulich
  51. 12:50Erik Cernak hit Rasmus Dahlin
  52. 13:05Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Anthony Cirelli
  53. 13:22Off-side
  54. 13:22Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Brayden Point
  55. 13:28Alex Tuch Backhand saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  56. 13:36J.J. Moser hit Peyton Krebs
  57. 13:55Icing
  58. 13:55Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Brayden Point
  59. 14:00Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  60. 14:11Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Brayden Point
  61. 14:55Luke Glendening Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  62. 14:57Goalie Stopped
  63. 14:57Jiri Kulich faceoff won against Brayden Point
  64. 15:08Puck in Crowd
  65. 15:08Brayden Point faceoff won against Jiri Kulich
  66. 15:15Giveaway by JJ Peterka
  67. 15:18Giveaway by Brayden Point
  68. 15:33Yanni Gourde Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  69. 15:35Yanni Gourde hit Mattias Samuelsson
  70. 15:52Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  71. 16:05Icing
  72. 16:05Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
  73. 16:20Dylan Cozens hit Oliver Bjorkstrand
  74. 17:14Giveaway by Zach Benson
  75. 17:44Tage Thompson hit J.J. Moser
  76. 17:47Puck in Netting
  77. 17:47Tage Thompson faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
  78. 18:04Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  79. 18:06Brandon Hagel Tripping against Tage Thompson
  80. 18:06Timeout - Visitor
  81. 18:06Luke Glendening faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  82. 18:07Erik Cernak Wrist Shot Wide Right
  83. 18:25Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  84. 19:11Tage Thompson shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  85. 19:12Puck in Netting
  86. 19:12Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  87. 19:14JJ Peterka Slap Shot Wide Left
  88. 19:25Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
  89. 19:43Ryan McDonagh High-sticking against Ryan McLeod
  90. 19:43Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  91. 19:46Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Luke Glendening
  92. 19:55Tage Thompson shot blocked by Erik Cernak
  93. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  94. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 5:01BUF 0, TB 1Nick Paul Goal (19) Backhand, assists: Ryan McDonagh (18), Brandon Hagel (39)
  2. 5:17BUF 1, TB 1Rasmus Dahlin Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (18), Zach Benson (11)
  3. 5:53BUF 1, TB 2Darren Raddysh Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Zemgus Girgensons (4)
  4. 8:20BUF 2, TB 2Alex Tuch Goal (24) Snap Shot, assists: none
  5. 17:09BUF 3, TB 2Peyton Krebs Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (19), Zach Benson (12)

2nd

  1. 0:58BUF 3, TB 3Jake Guentzel Goal (30) Snap Shot, assists: Erik Cernak (14), Nikita Kucherov (63)
  2. 9:35BUF 4, TB 3Tage Thompson Goal (31) Wrist Shot, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (40), JJ Peterka (32)
  3. 12:40BUF 5, TB 3JJ Peterka Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  4. 17:43BUF 5, TB 4Jake Guentzel Goal (31) Backhand, assists: Brayden Point (33), Nick Paul (16)
  5. 18:46BUF 5, TB 5Jake Guentzel Goal (32) Slap Shot, assists: Brandon Hagel (40), Darren Raddysh (24)

3rd

  1. 1:40BUF 5, TB 6Oliver Bjorkstrand Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Yanni Gourde (12), Nikita Kucherov (64)

Game leaders

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LightningTampa Bay

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alex Tuch RW101030021:00100.04010001292415:443:122:04
JJ Peterka RW11-1000221:350.02004112261918:233:120:00
Peyton Krebs C10-1020013:4775.0213100020513:420:050:00
Tage Thompson C100022219:1937.55531130253116:113:080:00
Beck Malenstyn LW00-301009:430.000000001648:170:001:26
Dylan Cozens C001010016:5452.619101000261115:401:010:13
Jack Quinn RW00000002:250.000000004102:250:000:00
Jiri Kulich C00-1010018:5516.731020021261215:463:090:00
Jordan Greenway LW001011012:160.0110000120310:230:001:53
Ryan McLeod C020000021:3850.0010100010261415:532:502:55
Sam Lafferty C00-2041012:32100.0201001019212:260:060:00
Zach Benson LW022010010:570.020010101599:111:050:41
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Rasmus Dahlin D112011423:3550002110.0291119:533:230:19
Bowen Byram D00-2010020:1810020000.030718:101:021:06
Connor Clifton D00-1020015:3610010100.021012:070:003:29
Jacob Bryson D000002013:5500010000.021012:480:001:07
Mattias Samuelsson D002033025:1200020000.031322:010:003:11
Owen Power D00-3000017:5440000000.025617:030:510:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G26620.76957:5300200000

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