Tampa Bay Lightning 7 — 8 Buffalo Sabres
2026-03-08 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | TBL | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | 13 | 17 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | W | 22 | 28 | 7 | 20/25 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 59:21 |
| Jonas Johansson start | TBL | L | 34 | 42 | 8 | 27/30 | 6/10 | 1/2 | 58:54 |
TBL skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikita Kucherov | R | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:15 |
| Darren Raddysh | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23:13 |
| J.J. Moser | D | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26:17 |
| Brandon Hagel | L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:42 |
| Yanni Gourde | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:39 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:48 |
| Corey Perry | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:54 |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:55 |
| Brayden Point | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:13 |
| Conor Geekie | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 07:33 |
| Victor Hedman | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:07 |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:02 |
| Jake Guentzel | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:44 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:37 |
| Pontus Holmberg | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:17 |
| Ryan McDonagh | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:41 |
| Scott Sabourin | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 04:17 |
| Erik Cernak | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 06:47 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tage Thompson | C | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19:39 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20:12 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:42 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26:16 |
| Josh Doan | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:25 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18:54 |
| Sam Carrick | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 06:03 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:34 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21:03 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 06:03 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:15 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:19 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 24:57 |
| Josh Norris | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:55 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:46 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 06:03 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27:08 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 08:55 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-06 | 2025-26 | TBL | 2 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2026-03-08 | 2025-26 | TBL | 7 | BUF | 8 | |
| 2026-02-28 | 2025-26 | BUF | 6 | TBL | 2 | |
| 2026-02-03 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | TBL | 4 | OT |
| 2025-04-13 | 2024-25 | BUF | 4 | TBL | 7 | |
| 2025-04-05 | 2024-25 | TBL | 2 | BUF | 3 | SO |
| 2025-03-06 | 2024-25 | BUF | 5 | TBL | 6 | |
| 2024-04-15 | 2023-24 | BUF | 4 | TBL | 2 | |
| 2024-02-29 | 2023-24 | BUF | 3 | TBL | 2 | OT |
| 2024-01-20 | 2023-24 | TBL | 3 | BUF | 1 |