Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

29-13-4, 17-4-4 Away

BUF

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

26-16-4, 16-6-2 Home

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	19	7	3	1	2.26	.915
J. Johansson	10	6	1	0	2.73	.896
B. Halverson	0	0	0	0	0.00	.000

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Lyon	10	6	3	1	2.82	.906
U. Luukkonen	10	6	1	0	2.59	.904
C. Ellis	6	4	0	0	3.10	.898

KeyBank Center

KeyBank Center

10:00 PM, 8 March 2026

Buffalo, NY

TB

BUF

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Tage ThompsonC #72

Goals

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Tage ThompsonC #72

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Rasmus DahlinD #26

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Brayden Point C	IR	5 Feb
Ryan McDonagh D	IR	20 Jan
Scott Sabourin RW	IR	18 Jan
Victor Hedman D	IR	1 Feb

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Josh Norris C	OUT	19 Jan
Josh Dunne C	IR	25 Feb
Alex Lyon G	IR	19 Jan

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.48	2.54	27.5	26.3	642	31	21.1	24	83.9	3	0
BUF	3.26	3.11	28.0	29.5	409	27	19.4	21	83.3	6	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
1/17/26	@STL	L3-2 SO
1/14/26	@PIT	W2-1 SO
1/13/26	@PHI	W5-1
1/11/26	@PHI	W7-2
1/7/26	vsCOL	W4-2

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
1/16/26	vsMTL	W5-3
1/15/26	vsPHI	W5-2
1/13/26	vsFLA	L4-3
1/11/26	vsANA	W5-3
1/9/26	@NYR	W5-2

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	29	13	4	62
Detroit	29	16	4	62
Montreal	26	15	7	59
Buffalo	26	16	4	56
Boston	27	19	2	56
Toronto	23	16	8	54
Florida	24	19	3	51
Ottawa	22	19	5	49

Hurricanes visit the Devils after Ehlers' hat trick

Hurricanes visit the Devils after Ehlers' hat trick

Carolina Hurricanes (29-15-4, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. New Jersey Devils (24-21-2, in the Metropolitan Division)

Dallas tries to stop home losing streak in game against Tampa Bay

Dallas tries to stop home losing streak in game against Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Lightning (29-13-4, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Dallas Stars (27-12-9, in the Central Division)

Golden Knights host the Predators after Dorofeyev's 2-goal game

Golden Knights host the Predators after Dorofeyev's 2-goal game

Nashville Predators (23-20-4, in the Central Division) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (23-11-12, in the Pacific Division)

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