Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

16-9-2, 8-3-2 Away

BUF

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

11-13-4, 9-5-2 Home

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	11	6	2	1	2.31	.917
J. Johansson	5	3	0	0	3.06	.892

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Lyon	3	6	3	1	3.23	.899
U. Luukkonen	4	4	1	0	2.57	.895
C. Ellis	4	3	0	0	3.40	.892

KeyBank Center

KeyBank Center

10:00 PM, 8 March 2026

Buffalo, NY

TB

BUF

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Alex TuchRW #89

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

Tage ThompsonC #72

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Rasmus DahlinD #26

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Nikita Kucherov RW	OUT	8 Dec
Andrei Vasilevskiy G	OUT	8 Dec
Brayden Point C	IR	8 Dec
Ryan McDonagh D	IR	8 Dec
Erik Cernak D	IR	15 Dec

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Tyson Kozak C	Day-To-Day	8 Dec
Michael Kesselring D	IR	18 Dec

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.26	2.63	27.2	27.5	310	14	16.3	11	87.4	2	0
BUF	2.93	3.43	29.0	30.0	279	15	18.1	10	87.2	3	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/5/25	vsPIT	L4-3
12/3/25	@NYI	L2-1
11/29/25	@NYR	W4-1
11/28/25	@DET	W6-3
11/27/25	vsCGY	W5-1

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/6/25	@WPG	L4-1
12/4/25	@PHI	L5-2
12/2/25	vsWPG	W5-1
11/30/25	@MIN	W3-2 SO
11/28/25	vsNJ	L5-0

Regular Season Series

Series starts 2/3

Sabres
Lightning

Game 1

4/2

Sabres
Lightning

Game 2

1/3

Lightning
Sabres

Game 3

8/3

Lightning
Sabres

Game 4

7/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	16	9	2	34
Boston	16	13	0	32
Montreal	14	9	3	31
Detroit	14	11	3	31
Ottawa	13	10	4	30
Toronto	13	11	3	29
Florida	12	12	2	26
Buffalo	11	13	4	26

Canucks bring 4-game losing streak into matchup against the Wild

Canucks bring 4-game losing streak into matchup against the Wild

Minnesota Wild (15-8-5, in the Central Division) vs. Vancouver Canucks (10-15-3, in the Pacific Division)

Penguins visit the Stars following Malkin's 2-goal performance

Penguins visit the Stars following Malkin's 2-goal performance

Pittsburgh Penguins (14-7-5, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Dallas Stars (19-5-5, in the Central Division)

Flames and Mammoth hit the ice in Western Conference action

Flames and Mammoth hit the ice in Western Conference action

Utah Mammoth (14-12-3, in the Central Division) vs. Calgary Flames (10-15-4, in the Pacific Division)

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