Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

43-21-4, 23-9-4 Away

BUF

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

44-20-6, 22-9-3 Home

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	33	12	3	2	2.29	.915
J. Johansson	10	9	1	0	3.23	.884

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Lyon	20	8	3	3	2.54	.915
U. Luukkonen	17	8	2	1	2.54	.911
C. Ellis	7	4	1	0	3.11	.896

KeyBank Center

KeyBank Center

12:00 AM, 7 April 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
Victor Hedman D	OUT	24 Mar
Maxwell Crozier D	IR-LT	29 Apr
Declan Carlile D	IR	13 Apr
Dominic James C	IR	30 Apr

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Tanner Pearson LW	OUT	25 Mar
Jiri Kulich C	IR	15 Sep
Jordan Greenway LW	IR	31 Mar
Justin Danforth RW	IR	28 Mar

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.59	2.74	28.1	27.0	991	46	22.1	38	82.3	5	0
BUF	3.46	2.87	28.0	29.4	664	43	20.7	32	83.1	10	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
3/22/26	@EDM	W5-2
3/20/26	@VAN	W6-2
3/18/26	@SEA	W6-2
3/14/26	vsCAR	L4-2
3/12/26	vsDET	W4-1

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
3/21/26	@LA	W4-1
3/20/26	@SJ	W5-0
3/18/26	@VGK	W2-0
3/14/26	vsTOR	W3-2 SO
3/12/26	vsWSH	L2-1

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

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	44	20	6	94
Tampa Bay	43	21	4	90
Montreal	38	21	10	86
Boston	39	23	8	86
Detroit	38	24	8	84
Ottawa	36	24	9	81
Florida	34	32	3	71
Toronto	29	29	13	71

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