Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

39-19-4, 20-9-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	0	4	3	7
Sabres BUF	1	3	4	8

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

39-19-6, 20-8-3 Home

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Oliver BjorkstrandO. Bjorkstrand#22
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Conor GeekieC. Geekie#14
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Brandon HagelB. Hagel#38
Pontus HolmbergP. Holmberg#29
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Corey PerryC. Perry#10
Brayden PointB. Point#21
Scott SabourinS. Sabourin#46
defensemen
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
Charle-Edouard D'AstousC. D'Astous#51
Victor HedmanV. Hedman#77
Ryan McDonaghR. McDonagh#27
J.J. MoserJ.J. Moser#90
Darren RaddyshD. Raddysh#43

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	17	14:02	2:23	0:00	11:39	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	4	0	2	27	18:55	0:40	2:41	15:34	12	10	54.5
0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	12	7:33	0:00	0:00	7:33	3	4	42.9
1	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	4	0	0	21	15:48	0:00	2:43	13:05	6	3	66.7
0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	25	18:39	0:00	4:09	14:30	6	4	60.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	17:44	2:53	1:44	13:07	2	5	28.6
1	1	1	2	3	1	4	11	0	0	0	23	16:42	0:45	0:25	15:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	17	13:17	0:37	0:00	12:40	0	0	0.0
2	1	1	5	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	24	19:15	2:50	0:13	16:12	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	13	8:54	0:55	0:00	7:59	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	17:13	2:35	0:12	14:26	3	6	33.3
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	1	10	4:17	0:00	0:00	4:17	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	3	3	9	0	0	0	12	6:47	0:04	1:14	5:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	12	4	0	0	24	18:37	0:00	0:13	18:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	27	20:07	0:37	2:17	17:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	26	20:41	0:00	3:55	16:46	0	0	0.0
1	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	29	26:17	0:00	4:55	21:22	0	0	0.0
0	3	2	4	1	1	2	7	1	0	1	26	23:13	2:53	1:39	18:41	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jonas JohanssonJ. Johansson#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
42	8	34	.810	27	6	1	0	0	58:54	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#6
Sam CarrickS. Carrick#10
Josh DoanJ. Doan#91
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#29
Ryan McLeodR. McLeod#71
Josh NorrisJ. Norris#9
Noah OstlundN. Ostlund#86
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#17
defensemen
Bowen ByramB. Byram#4
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Michael KesselringM. Kesselring#8
Zach MetsaZ. Metsa#73
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	14:15	0:01	1:14	13:00	0	0	0.0
1	0	-2	3	0	0	1	5	3	1	0	10	6:03	0:08	0:00	5:55	7	2	77.8
2	0	-2	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	24	18:25	4:35	0:00	13:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	12	8:46	0:00	0:00	8:46	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	1	12	6:03	0:00	0:34	5:29	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	26	21:03	1:45	2:20	16:58	15	9	62.5
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	23	17:55	5:20	0:00	12:35	6	9	40.0
0	1	-1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	23	16:34	1:57	0:00	14:37	1	3	25.0
0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	21	15:19	0:56	0:00	14:23	0	0	0.0
0	4	-1	3	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	22	19:39	6:07	0:00	13:32	2	5	28.6
2	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	3	1	1	24	18:54	2:21	2:30	14:03	0	0	0.0
2	1	1	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	22	16:42	4:47	0:00	11:55	1	3	25.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	3	0	7	0	0	2	12	1	1	0	25	20:12	3:13	1:30	15:29	0	0	0.0
1	2	2	1	0	1	1	5	0	2	2	30	26:16	3:40	0:59	21:37	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	2	7	0	0	1	14	6:03	0:00	0:05	5:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	13	8:55	0:00	0:58	7:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	-4	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	1	29	27:08	0:25	1:01	25:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	3	0	3	1	2	2	0	1	28	24:57	0:10	2:31	22:16	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenU. Luukkonen#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
28	7	22	.786	20	2	0	0	0	59:21	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	0	4	3	7
	Sabres	1	3	4	8

1st Period			TB	BUF
8:26		Josh Doan (20) (Power Play) Assists: Tage Thompson (33), Bowen Byram (23)	0	1

2nd Period		TB	BUF
2:15	Jason Zucker (18) (Power Play) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin (43), Tage Thompson (34)	0	2
5:10	Alex Tuch (26) (Power Play) Assists: Tage Thompson (35), Noah Ostlund (14)	0	3
7:55	Corey Perry (13) Assists: Nikita Kucherov (69), Darren Raddysh (39)	1	3
11:07	Alex Tuch (27) (Shorthanded) Assists: Bowen Byram (24)	1	4
12:26	Nikita Kucherov (33) (Power Play) Assists: Darren Raddysh (40)	2	4
14:46	Zemgus Girgensons (8) Assists: Yanni Gourde (16), J.J. Moser (16)	3	4
17:37	J.J. Moser (6) Assists: Conor Geekie (2)	4	4

3rd Period		TB	BUF
0:59	Nikita Kucherov (34) Assists: Brandon Hagel (29), J.J. Moser (17)	5	4
5:46	Brayden Point (16) Unassisted	6	4
6:12	Sam Carrick (5) Assists: Zach Benson (21), Michael Kesselring (2)	6	5
9:48	Brandon Hagel (30) Assists: Anthony Cirelli (23), Darren Raddysh (41)	7	5
11:03	Rasmus Dahlin (13) Assists: Tage Thompson (36), Bowen Byram (25)	7	6
14:29	Jason Zucker (19) Assists: Ryan McLeod (33)	7	7
15:43	Josh Doan (21) (Power Play) Assists: Jason Zucker (15), Rasmus Dahlin (44)	7	8

Josh Doan scores power-play goal vs. Lightning

0:59

Jason Zucker lights the lamp

0:58

Rasmus Dahlin scores goal vs. Lightning

0:43

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 2-1

Sabres
3
Lightning
4

Game 1

4/2

Sabres
6
Lightning
2

Game 2

1/3

Lightning
7
Sabres
8

Game 3

8/3

Lightning
Sabres

Game 4

7/4

KeyBank Center

10:00 PM, 8 March 2026

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 19,070

Referees:
Eric Furlatt
Brian Pochmara

Linesmen:
Ryan Daisy
Jeremy Faucher

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	39	19	6	84
Tampa Bay	39	19	4	82
Detroit	36	21	7	79
Montreal	34	18	10	78
Boston	35	22	6	76
Ottawa	31	22	9	71
Florida	31	29	3	65
Toronto	27	26	11	65

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