Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

21-13-3, 11-4-3 Away

BUF

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

19-14-4, 12-5-2 Home

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	13	7	2	1	2.32	.915
J. Johansson	7	6	1	0	2.76	.897

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Lyon	9	6	3	1	2.87	.907
U. Luukkonen	6	5	1	0	2.73	.897
C. Ellis	4	3	0	0	3.25	.895

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10:00 PM, 8 March 2026

Buffalo, NY

TB

BUF

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Tage ThompsonC #72

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

Tage ThompsonC #72

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Rasmus DahlinD #26

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Erik Cernak D	IR-LT	31 Dec
Ryan McDonagh D	OUT	28 Dec
Brandon Hagel LW	IR	28 Dec
Emil Lilleberg D	IR	20 Jan
Victor Hedman D	IR	1 Feb

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Tyson Kozak C	OUT	29 Dec
Rasmus Dahlin D	OUT	29 Dec
Conor Timmins D	IR	5 Feb
Colten Ellis G	IR	6 Jan
Jason Zucker LW	IR	3 Jan

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.25	2.61	27.7	26.6	413	21	18.1	18	84.3	2	0
BUF	3.03	3.25	28.3	29.7	341	22	20.2	16	84.5	3	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/28/25	@FLA	W4-2
12/23/25	vsSTL	W4-1
12/21/25	vsCAR	W6-4
12/19/25	vsLA	L2-1
12/16/25	vsFLA	L5-2

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/28/25	vsBOS	W4-1
12/24/25	@OTT	W3-2 OT
12/22/25	@NJ	W3-1
12/20/25	vsNYI	W3-2 SO
12/19/25	vsPHI	W5-3

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
Detroit	22	14	3	47
Tampa Bay	21	13	3	45
Montreal	20	12	5	45
Florida	20	15	2	42
Buffalo	19	14	4	42
Ottawa	18	14	5	41
Boston	20	18	1	41
Toronto	17	15	5	39

Auston Matthews has goal, 2 assists as Maple Leafs beat Senators 7-5

Auston Matthews has goal, 2 assists as Maple Leafs beat Senators 7-5

— Captain Auston Matthews shook off a slump with a goal and two assists, and Matthew Knies scored twice to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 7-5 win against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.

Team USA's Cole Hutson struck by puck in World Juniors game

Team USA's Cole Hutson struck by puck in World Juniors game

Cole Hutson was briefly hospitalized after a puck appeared to strike him near the back of his helmet during Saturday's world juniors game against Switzerland.

Kucherov scores twice, Lightning top Panthers 4-2 in another penalty-filled matchup

Kucherov scores twice, Lightning top Panthers 4-2 in another penalty-filled matchup

— Pontus Holmberg scored with 7.3 seconds left in the first period to put Tampa Bay on top for good, Nikita Kucherov scored twice and the Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 in another penalty-filled matchup between the Sunshine State rivals.

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