Luukkonen made 20 saves in a 6-5 loss to the Lightning on Thursday.
This was a bit of a pond hockey game, where the Sabres went up 5-3 midway through the second before the Bolts struck three times to take the win. Luukkonen has lost three straight starts after getting pulled 7:57 into a game against the Canes at the end of February. Before that, he was on a 6-2-0 run. Luukkonen is now 20-19-4 with two shutouts, a 3.14 GAA and .890 save percentage in 45 starts.